Linux Kernel 2.6.25 Released

Yes Linus Torvalds announced the release of the 2.6.25 kernel today. I’ve been trying to confirm whether the TASK_KILLABLE patches have been included. It has been mentioned in the comments of the LWM article announcing the 2.6.25 release but the Kernel Newbies 2.6.25 page only lists:

“softlockup: automatically detect hung TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE tasks”

Honestly after reading about the other big changes this is the one that has the most effect on my work. The addition of LatencyTop support should help improve desktops running Linux and I look forward to playing with it. But most of the other changes do not address issues that I am experiencing while the TASK_KILLABLE patches most certainly do. I will have to do more research on the state of these patches; perhaps they don’t seem like a big deal to other people but I’m surprised that such an important change wouldn’t be mentioned.