The 4.13 kernel is out
The 4.13 kernel is out
Linus has released the 4.13 kernel, right on schedule.
Headline features in this release include
kernel hardening via structure layout
randomization,
native TLS protocol support,
better huge-page swapping,
improved handling of writeback errors,
better asynchronous I/O support,
better power management via next-interrupt
prediction,
the elimination of the DocBook toolchain for formatted documentation,
and more. There is one other change that is called out explicitly in the
announcement: "The change in question is simply changing the default cifs behavior:
instead of defaulting to SMB 1.0 (which you really should not use:
just google for 'stop using SMB1' or similar), the default cifs mount
now defaults to a rather more modern SMB 3.0.
"