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Many EXT4 Fixes Lined Up For Linux 7.0-rc6 (www.phoronix.com)
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Ahead of the Linux 7.0-rc6 kernel due to be released later today, quite a number of EXT4 file-system fixes were sent out this morning.

Ted Ts'o sent out the latest round of EXT4 fixes for Linux 7.0, which appear heavier than normal with various Syzkaller issues resolved, some memory leak fixes, a use-after-free bug, a potential crash, an fsync bug, and a variety of other fixes all making it into this stable pull

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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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[–] suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The fact that this reponse has 1 downvote is *chef's kiss*

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

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