Linux Lands Fix for Rare, Varying SMP Boot Hangs Affecting Kernels Since 2024

First reported 17 Oct, 10:54 UTCSource: PhoronixLast editorial activity 17 Oct, 10:54 UTC

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Among the flurry of last minute patch activity ahead of tomorrow's presumed Linux 7.3 stable kernel release is a fix for addressing some rare hangs at boot time.

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Linux Lands Fix for Rare, Varying SMP Boot Hangs Affecting Kernels Since 2024 ↗
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-KThreads-NBCON

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