"The last week of the release continued the same 'lots of small fixes' trend, but it all really does seem pretty benign, so I've tagged the final 7.0 and pushed it out."
"I suspect it's a lot of AI tool use that will keep finding corner cases for us for a while, so this may be the 'new normal' at least for a while."
"The most notable inclusion in this release is the conclusion of experimental work to support Rust - meaning the language is now officially supported for kernel development."
"Self-healing XFS is another inclusion, making the filesystem more robust."
Linus Torvalds released version 7.0 of the Linux kernel, marking a normal release with a round number. The release includes numerous small fixes and highlights the increasing role of AI tools in identifying bugs. Notably, Rust is now officially supported for kernel development. Enhancements for ARM, RISC-V, and Loongson processors are included, along with improved support for KVM virtual machines on AMD EPYC 5 CPUs. The self-healing XFS filesystem feature enhances robustness, and new code for SPARC and DEC Alpha CPUs has been added.
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