Re: [PATCH 6.18 000/314] 6.18.17-rc1 review

Dileep malepu
2026-03-10T16:41:37Z

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> wrote:

> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.17 release.
> There are 314 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
>
> Responses should be made by Thu Mar 12 11:19:16 AM UTC 2026.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git/rawdiff/?id=linux-6.18.y&id2=v6.18.16
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.18.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> Thanks,
> Sasha
>
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built and boot-tested the linux-stable-rc 6.18.17 kernel using QEMU.

The kernel built and booted successfully in a virtual environment
on the tested architectures. No issues were observed during boot,
and no regressions were found in the dmesg output.

Build details:
Architectures : arm64, x86_64
Kernel version: 6.18.17-rc1
Configuration : defconfig
Source : https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
Commit : c86e53b5f7797099e5c89a0c3f43de859d8ec1ec