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Calls for Presentations

CFP Deadlines: April 7, 2022 to June 6, 2022

The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.

DeadlineEvent Dates EventLocation
April 14 June 2
June 4		 openSUSE Conference 2022 Nürnberg, Germany
April 15 July 17
July 24		 Debconf 2022 Prizren, Kosovo
April 15 July 7
July 9		 Free Silicon Conference 2022 Paris, France
April 26 May 17
May 19		 Yocto Project Summit 2022.05 Online
May 1 June 10
June 12		 South East Linux Fest Charlotte, NC, USA
May 2 September 6
September 8		 Research Software Engineers' Conference 2022 Newcastle, UK
May 15 July 21 Icinga Camp Berlin Berlin, Germany
May 26 September 15
September 18		 EuroBSDCon 2022 Vienna, Austria
May 30 September 13
September 16		 Open Source Summit Europe Dublin, Ireland
May 30 August 23
August 24		 Open Source Summit Latin America Online

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Upcoming Events

Events: April 7, 2022 to June 6, 2022

The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.

Date(s)EventLocation
April 5
April 7		 Cephalocon 2022 Portland, OR, US
April 7
April 9		 FOSSASIA Summit Online
April 20
April 22		 foss-north Online 2022 Online
April 22
April 24		 LinuxFest Northwest 2022 Online
April 22
April 23		 Grazer Linuxtage 2022 Graz, Austria
April 23
April 24		 FLISOL 2022 Latinoamérica
April 27
May 3		 PyCon Salt Lake City, UT, US
April 29
May 1		 Linux Application Summit 2022 Rovereto, Italy
May 2
May 4		 Linux Storage, Filesystem, and Memory-Management Summit Palm Springs CA, USA
May 10
May 11		 Red Hat Summit 2022 Boston, US
May 10
May 11		 HOT - Heidelberg OSADL Talks Online
May 13 PostgreSQL Conference Germany Leipzig, Germany
May 13
May 14		 Fedora Linux 36 Release Party
May 17
May 19		 Yocto Project Summit 2022.05 Online
May 24
May 27		 PGCon Online
May 30
May 31		 Embedded Recipes Paris, France
May 31
June 2		 sambaXP Göttingen, Germany
June 1
June 3		 Kernel Recipes Paris, France
June 1
June 4		 BSDCan Online
June 2 Devconf.CZ Mini IRL Brno, Czech
June 2
June 4		 openSUSE Conference 2022 Nürnberg, Germany

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Security updates

Alert summary March 31, 2022 to April 6, 2022

Dist. ID Release Package Date
Arch Linux ASA-202204-2 polkit 2022-04-05
Arch Linux ASA-202204-1 postgresql 2022-04-05
Arch Linux ASA-202204-4 rizin 2022-04-05
Arch Linux ASA-202204-3 zlib 2022-04-05
Debian DLA-2969-1 LTS asterisk 2022-04-03
Debian DLA-2966-1 LTS libgc 2022-03-30
Debian DLA-2962-2 LTS pjproject 2022-03-31
Debian DLA-2970-1 LTS qemu 2022-04-04
Debian DLA-2967-1 LTS wireshark 2022-03-31
Debian DLA-2968-1 LTS zlib 2022-04-02
Debian DSA-5111-1 stable zlib 2022-04-01
Fedora FEDORA-2022-2558f14c58 F34 389-ds-base 2022-04-01
Fedora FEDORA-2022-40544b5314 F35 389-ds-base 2022-04-01
Fedora FEDORA-2022-ad2b0ad61b F34 cobbler 2022-03-31
Fedora FEDORA-2022-445ec90e7c F35 cobbler 2022-03-31
Fedora FEDORA-2022-cd2c5e0634 F35 fish 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-e85e37206b F35 gdal 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-1f981071eb F34 ghc-cmark-gfm 2022-04-02
Fedora FEDORA-2022-1f981071eb F34 ghc-hakyll 2022-04-02
Fedora FEDORA-2022-1f981071eb F34 gitit 2022-04-02
Fedora FEDORA-2022-d0fe2a444a F35 libkiwix 2022-04-04
Fedora FEDORA-2022-56942dc7c5 F34 mingw-fribidi 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-8c2af4ba24 F35 mingw-fribidi 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-e85e37206b F35 mingw-gdal 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-b0a85ed1b3 F34 mingw-openexr 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-f2e0d16c90 F35 mingw-openexr 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-9515529c96 F35 mingw-openjpeg2 2022-03-31
Fedora FEDORA-2022-ee15b98ea1 F34 mingw-python-pillow 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-64332f2a7c F35 mingw-python-pillow 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-e85e37206b F35 mingw-python3 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-9515529c96 F35 openjpeg2 2022-03-31
Fedora FEDORA-2022-9e88b5d8d7 F34 openssl 2022-04-03
Fedora FEDORA-2022-1f981071eb F34 pandoc 2022-04-02
Fedora FEDORA-2022-1f981071eb F34 pandoc-citeproc 2022-04-02
Fedora FEDORA-2022-1f981071eb F34 patat 2022-04-02
Fedora FEDORA-2022-29c30bc7ef F34 phoronix-test-suite 2022-04-04
Fedora FEDORA-2022-cce05f0e5e F35 phoronix-test-suite 2022-04-04
Fedora FEDORA-2022-ee15b98ea1 F34 python-pillow 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-64332f2a7c F35 python-pillow 2022-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2022-3f78aabf8c F34 seamonkey 2022-04-04
Fedora FEDORA-2022-6043a7b938 F34 skopeo 2022-04-02
Fedora FEDORA-2022-eda0e65b01 F35 skopeo 2022-04-02
Mageia MGASA-2022-0130 8 chromium-browser-stable 2022-04-05
Mageia MGASA-2022-0126 8 golang 2022-03-31
Mageia MGASA-2022-0128 8 libtiff 2022-04-03
Mageia MGASA-2022-0129 8 openjpeg2 2022-04-03
Mageia MGASA-2022-0123 8 openvpn 2022-03-30
Mageia MGASA-2022-0127 8 php-smarty 2022-04-03
Mageia MGASA-2022-0125 8 wavpack 2022-03-31
Mageia MGASA-2022-0124 8 zlib 2022-03-31
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:1100-1 15.3 389-ds 2022-04-04
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:0100-1 15.3 SLE15 abcm2ps 2022-03-31
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:0096-1 15.3 SLE15 fish3 2022-03-31
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:0097-1 15.3 SLE15 icingaweb2 2022-03-31
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:1065-1 15.3 kernel-firmware 2022-03-31
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:0098-1 15.3 SLE15 nextcloud 2022-03-31
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:0095-1 15.3 openSUSE-build-key 2022-03-31
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:0103-1 15.3 opera 2022-04-04
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:1091-1 15.3 15.4 python 2022-04-01
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:1064-1 15.3 python2-numpy 2022-03-31
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:1059-1 15.3 salt 2022-03-30
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:1073-1 15.3 yaml-cpp 2022-04-01
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2022:1061-1 15.3 15.4 zlib 2022-03-30
Oracle ELSA-2022-9260 OL6 Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) Unbreakable Enterprise kernel 2022-04-05
Oracle ELSA-2022-9257 OL6 httpd 2022-04-01
Oracle ELSA-2022-9260 OL7 kernel 2022-04-05
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1253-01 OSP16.2 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 (python-waitress) 2022-04-06
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1173-01 EL6 httpd 2022-04-04
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1139-01 EL7.3 httpd 2022-04-02
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1138-01 EL7.4 httpd 2022-04-02
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1136-01 EL7.6 httpd 2022-04-02
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1137-01 EL7.7 httpd 2022-04-02
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1198-01 EL7 kernel 2022-04-05
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1213-01 EL8.2 kernel 2022-04-05
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1199-01 EL7 kernel-rt 2022-04-05
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1209-01 EL8.2 kernel-rt 2022-04-05
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1185-01 EL7 kpatch-patch 2022-04-05
Red Hat RHSA-2022:1186-01 EL8.2 kpatch-patch 2022-04-05
Scientific Linux SLSA-2022:1198-1 SL7 kernel 2022-04-06
Slackware SSA:2022-095-01 mozilla 2022-04-05
Slackware SSA:2022-089-01 vim 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1102-1 MP4.1 SLE15 SES7 389-ds 2022-04-04
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1100-1 MP4.2 SLE15 389-ds 2022-04-04
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:14934-1 SLE11 expat 2022-03-31
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1065-1 MP4.2 SLE15 kernel-firmware 2022-03-31
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1093-1 SLE12 libreoffice 2022-04-04
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1113-1 OS8 OS9 SLE12 mozilla-nss 2022-04-05
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:14936-1 SLE11 mozilla-nss 2022-04-05
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1041-1 SLE15 opensc 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1091-1 MP4.2 SLE15 python 2022-04-01
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1064-1 MP4.2 SLE15 python2-numpy 2022-03-31
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1044-1 SLE12 python3 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1094-1 SLE12 python36 2022-04-04
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1060-1 MP4.1 SLE15 SES7 salt 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1059-1 MP4.2 SLE15 salt 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1051-1 SLE12 salt 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1057-1 SLE15 salt 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1058-1 SLE15 SES6 salt 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1105-1 OS9 SLE12 util-linux 2022-04-04
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1103-1 SLE12 util-linux 2022-04-04
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1108-1 SLE15 util-linux 2022-04-04
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1073-1 MP4.1 MP4.2 SLE15 yaml-cpp 2022-04-01
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1072-1 SLE12 yaml-cpp 2022-04-01
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1061-1 MP4.1 MP4.2 SLE15 SES6 SES7 zlib 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1043-1 OS8 SLE12 zlib 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:1062-1 OS9 SLE12 zlib 2022-03-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2022:14929-1 SLE11 zlib 2022-03-30
Ubuntu USN-5356-1 18.04 dosbox 2022-03-31
Ubuntu USN-5365-1 20.04 21.10 h2database 2022-04-05
Ubuntu USN-5358-1 18.04 20.04 21.10 linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.13, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 2022-03-30
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Ubuntu USN-5362-1 20.04 linux-intel-5.13 2022-03-31
Ubuntu USN-5359-1 18.04 20.04 rsync 2022-03-31
Ubuntu USN-5360-1 18.04 20.04 tomcat9 2022-03-31
Ubuntu USN-5354-1 18.04 20.04 21.10 twisted 2022-03-31
Ubuntu USN-5364-1 20.04 21.10 waitress 2022-04-05
Ubuntu USN-5355-2 14.04 16.04 zlib 2022-03-30
Ubuntu USN-5355-1 18.04 20.04 21.10 zlib 2022-03-30
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Kernel patches of interest

Kernel releases

Linus Torvalds Linux 5.18-rc1 Apr 03
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior v5.17.1-rt17 Apr 01
Clark Williams 5.15.32-rt39 Mar 31
Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux 4.14.275 Apr 02

Architecture-specific

Arnd Bergmann ARM: ARMv5 multiplatform conversions Apr 05
Tong Tiangen arm64: add machine check safe support Apr 06
guoren@kernel.org riscv: Add COMPAT mode support for rv64 Apr 02
Thomas Gleixner x86/fpu/xsave: Add XSAVEC support and XGETBV1 utilization Apr 04
Kirill A. Shutemov TDX Guest: TDX core support Apr 06

Core kernel

Beau Belgrave tracing/user_events: Update user_events ABI from Apr 01
Eric DeVolder crash: Kernel handling of CPU and memory hot un/plug Apr 01
Dmitrii Dolgov Priorities for bpf progs attached to the same tracepoint Apr 03
Liam Howlett Introducing the Maple Tree Apr 04
John Ogness implement threaded console printing Apr 05

Device drivers

Martin Povišer Apple Macs machine-level ASoC driver Mar 31
Yunfei Dong media: mtk-vcodec: support for M8192 decoder Mar 31
niravkumar.l.rabara@intel.com Add Altera hardware mutex driver Apr 01
Sameer Pujar ASRC support on Tegra186 and later Mar 31
Michael Walle hwmon: add lan9668 driver Mar 31
jason-jh.lin Add Mediatek Soc DRM (vdosys0) support for mt8195 Apr 01
frank zago WCH CH341 GPIO and SPI support Mar 31
Sui Jingfeng drm/loongson: add drm driver for loongson display controller Apr 02
Caleb Connolly power: supply: introduce the Qualcomm smb2 Apr 01
Jishnu Prakash thermal: qcom: Add support for PMIC5 Gen2 ADC_TM Apr 03
Chuanhong Guo spi: add support for Mediatek SPI-NAND controller Apr 03
Yusuf Khan drivers: ddcci: add drivers for DDCCI Apr 03
Sumit Gupta Tegra234 cpufreq driver support Apr 04
Biju Das Add Renesas RZ/G2UL Type-1 {SoC,SMARC EVK} support Apr 02
Chris Morgan power: supply: Add Support for RK817 Charger Apr 04
Richard Fitzgerald ASoC: Add a driver for the Cirrus Logic CS35L45 Smart Amplifier Apr 05
Satya Priya Add Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. PM8008 regulator driver Apr 05
Alex Bennée rpmb subsystem, uapi and virtio-rpmb driver Apr 05
Jane Chu DAX poison recovery Apr 05
Jarrett Schultz platform: surface: Introduce Surface XBL Driver Apr 05
Ashish Mhetre memory: tegra: Add MC channels and error logging Apr 06
Tony Huang Add mmc driver for Sunplus SP7021 SOC Apr 06
Yicong Yang Add support for HiSilicon PCIe Tune and Trace device Apr 06
Puranjay Mohan PRUSS Remoteproc, Platform APIS, and Ethernet Driver Apr 06
Xuan Zhuo virtio pci support VIRTIO_F_RING_RESET (refactor vring) Apr 06
Manikanta Pubbisetty add support for WCN6750 Apr 06
Cheng Xu Elastic RDMA Adapter (ERDMA) driver Apr 06
Miquel Raynal RZN1 RTC support Apr 05
Chris Packham arm64: mvebu: Support for Marvell 98DX2530 (and variants) Apr 06
Aswath Govindraju AM62: Add support for AM62 USB wrapper driver Apr 06

Device-driver infrastructure

Nicolas Dufresne H.264 Field Decoding Support for Frame-based Decoders Mar 31
Andy Shevchenko gpiolib: Two new helpers and way toward fwnode Apr 01
Leon Romanovsky Add gratuitous ARP support to RDMA-CM Apr 04

Filesystems and block layer

Jeffle Xu fscache,erofs: fscache-based on-demand read semantics Mar 31
Jeff Layton ceph+fscrypt: fully-working prototype Mar 31
Stephen Brennan fs/dcache: Per directory amortized negative dentry pruning Mar 31
Dai Ngo NFSD: Initial implementation of NFSv4 Courteous Server Mar 31
Qu Wenruo btrfs: add subpage support for RAID56 Apr 01
Omar Sandoval btrfs: add send/receive support for reading/writing compressed data Apr 04
Jeff Layton ceph+fscrypt: full support Apr 05
Christoph Hellwig use block_device based APIs in block layer consumers Apr 06
Chandan Babu R xfs: Extend per-inode extent counters Apr 06

Memory management

Charan Teja Kalla mm: shmem: support POSIX_FADV_[WILL|DONT]NEED for shmem files Mar 31
Daniel Verkamp mm/memfd: MFD_NOEXEC for memfd_create Apr 01
Yang Shi Make khugepaged collapse readonly FS THP more consistent Apr 04
Peter Xu userfaultfd-wp: Support shmem and hugetlbfs Apr 04
Kirill A. Shutemov mm, x86/cc: Implement support for unaccepted memory Apr 06

Security-related

Jason A. Donenfeld random: opportunistically initialize on /dev/urandom reads Apr 05
Eric Snowberg Add CA enforcement keyring restrictions Apr 05
Stanislav Fomichev bpf: cgroup_sock lsm flavor Apr 05

Virtualization and containers

Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan Add TDX Guest Attestation support Mar 30
Gavin Shan Support SDEI Virtualization Apr 03
Matthew Rosato KVM: s390: enable zPCI for interpretive execution Apr 04
Tony Krowiak s390/vfio-ap: dynamic configuration support Apr 04
Suravee Suthikulpanit Introducing AMD x2APIC Virtualization (x2AVIC) support. Apr 05
Marc Zyngier KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: MMIO-based LPI invalidation and co Apr 05

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