Re: [PATCH 6.18 000/122] 6.18.9-rc1 review

From: Dileep malepu

Date: Fri Feb 06 2026 - 03:07:24 EST


On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release.
> There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.9-rc1.gz
> 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,
>
> greg k-h
>
> -------------
build and boot report for Linux 6.18.9-rc1.

The kernel was built and booted successfull on both arm64 and x86_64
architectures using the defconfig. Testing was performed in virtual
environments,
and the system ran as expected.

No dmesg regressions were found during testing.

Build details:
Architectures: arm64, x86_64
Kernel version: 6.18.9
Configuration: defconfig
Source: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
Commit: 28a73c31d7f5d9d2276c92e1d4891c18a5631e6e

Tested-by: Dileep Malepu <dileep.debian@xxxxxxxxx>