Re: [RFC PATCH] fs: binfmt_misc: introduce eBPF-based matching and interpreter selection

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 04:03:20 EST


> Christian,
>
> Could you help me please understand how the next branch makes
> its way to the kernel?

-next is just an integration tree but is intended to only contain work
that is going to be merged into the upcoming merge window.

> I see NixOS Offers the latest as of 7.1.
>
> The topic for binfmt is named on 7.3.binfmt in vfs so my assumption is
> that it's slated for 7.3.

Yes.

>
> So that means when Linux pulls for 7.3.rc1 I could start to test it on
> NixOS? Maybe 3 more weeks?

Two more weeks - unless Linus decided to do -rc8. That happens rarely
but it does sometimes happen.

Note, I'm off this week and will be back on Monday.