Linux Kernel 5.6
Key changes: Intel MPX (memory protection extension) support has been removed from the kernel. RISC-V has gained KASAN support. The kernel's translation from the 32-bit time_t type and associated types is complete: the kernel is now ready for the year 2038 problem. Operations for the io_uring subsystem have been added. The system call pidfd_getfd() has been added, allowing a process to retrieve a file descriptor from another process. A bootconfig mechanism has been introduced, enabling the kernel […]
