Linux kernel 7.0 has been released after a nine-week development cycle. Key highlights include the removal of 'experimental' status for Rust code in the kernel, a new filtering mechanism for io_uring operations, lazy preemption enabled by default in the CPU scheduler, time-slice extension support, the new nullfs filesystem, self-healing support for XFS, swap subsystem improvements, and AccECN congestion notification support. Linus Torvalds noted that AI tool usage may be driving an increased volume of small corner-case fixes, potentially becoming the new normal.
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