Kernel coverage at LWN.net
The article index
See the LWN Kernel Index for instant access to all LWN kernel articles, organized by topic.
Recent LWN.net kernel articles
LWN runs kernel-oriented content every week. Some of our more recent articles in this area include:
June 17, 2026 Some buffer-heads cleanup work June 15, 2026 Development statistics for the 7.1 kernel June 12, 2026 An overlayfs update June 11, 2026 Automatic mTHP creation in 7.2 June 9, 2026 BPF loop verification with scalar evolution June 8, 2026 An update on fanotify June 5, 2026 Moving beyond fork() + exec() June 4, 2026 Splicing out vmsplice() June 3, 2026 BPF in the agentic era June 2, 2026 Caching for extended attributes June 1, 2026 Representing the true signatures of kernel functions June 1, 2026 Reconsidering x32 — again May 29, 2026 A loadable crypto module for FIPS certification May 28, 2026 Policies for merging new filesystems May 28, 2026 Separating memory descriptors from struct page May 27, 2026 Further progress toward removing the page map count May 26, 2026 Better automatic management of transparent huge pages May 25, 2026 Reviewing kernel patches with LLMs May 25, 2026 Tier-aware memory-controller limits May 25, 2026 Dirk and Linus discuss AI and kernel development
The LWN kernel-source database
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Recent kernel patches
A few of the most recently posted kernel patches are listed below; see the LWN Kernel Patches Page for full access to the patch database.