# XanMod Kernel 7.2.0-xanmod1

- Product: XanMod Kernel (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xanmod)
- Vendor: XanMod
- Date: 2026-08-21
- Version: 7.2.0-xanmod1
- Original notes: https://gitlab.com/xanmod/linux/-/releases/7.2.0-xanmod1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xanmod/releases/7.2.0-xanmod1

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- **added** — Add sysctl to disallow unprivileged CLONE_NEWUSER by default
- **added** — Enable overrides for missing ACS capabilities in PCI
- **added** — Export file_close_fd() for use by modules
- **added** — Allow __wake_up_pollfree() to be used from GPL modules
- **added** — Add debug mask file for binder_alloc
- **added** — Convert binder into a module
- **added** — Expose controller board power in sysfs for Steam Deck
- **added** — Add MFD core driver for Steam Deck
- **added** — Add support for Steam Deck LED
- **added** — Add support for max battery level and rate in Steam Deck hwmon
- **added** — Add driver for Steam Deck's EC sensors
- **added** — Add driver for Steam Deck extcon
- **added** — Add xt_FLOWOFFLOAD target for netfilter
- **added** — Add netfilter nf_tables fullcone support
- **added** — Add sysctl to skip tcp collapse processing when receive buffer is full
- **changed** — Update TCP 'bbr' congestion control module to BBRv3
- **changed** — Disable workqueues for crypto ops in dm-crypt
- **changed** — Use call_rcu when detaching client in input/evdev
- **changed** — Initialize ata before graphics
- **changed** — Improve rwsem spin performance
- **changed** — Enable stateless firmware loading
- **changed** — Accept connections in LIFO order for cache efficiency in sched/wait
- **changed** — Add working set protection for anon and clean file pages
- **changed** — Add 500Hz timer interrupt kernel config option
- **changed** — Set wbt_default_latency_nsec() to 2msec
- **changed** — Set rq_affinity to force complete I/O requests on same CPU
- **changed** — Disable front_merges by default in block/mq-deadline
- **changed** — Increase write priority in block/mq-deadline to improve responsiveness
- **changed** — Set scheduler tunable latencies to unscaled

- 275555fa1bf1 Linux 7.2.0-xanmod1
- 29d92d1b92fb XANMOD: .gitlab-ci: Add gitlab-ci.yml file
- f67bfad06094 XANMOD: Add GPLv2 license file
- 020afb98da2e sysctl: add sysctl to disallow unprivileged CLONE_NEWUSER by default
- 84598b0cf5c4 PCI: Enable overrides for missing ACS capabilities
- a4c71e364327 file: export file_close_fd() instead of close_fd_get_file()
- 049ff525581a wait: allow to use __wake_up_pollfree() from GPL modules
- d72d6bc52918 binder: give binder_alloc its own debug mask file
- 2b656afd62ec binder: turn into module
- 8cba03efea37 mfd: steamdeck: Expose controller board power in sysfs
- 53f4492f17e1 mfd: Add MFD core driver for Steam Deck
- 92b109106b84 leds: steamdeck: Add support for Steam Deck LED
- 4d95534fadd3 hwmon: steamdeck-hwmon: Add support for max battery level/rate
- 824ae407514e hwmon: Add driver for Steam Deck's EC sensors
- 8e799663139b extcon: Add driver for Steam Deck
- 3b4d00f3a7bb netfilter: add xt_FLOWOFFLOAD target
- 04edf698d915 netfilter: Add netfilter nf_tables fullcone support
- 2bc6b0895f5c tcp: Add a sysctl to skip tcp collapse processing when the receive buffer is full
- d50171100f3c tcp_bbr: v3: update TCP 'bbr' congestion control module to BBRv3
- 9c594ca6d407 ZEN: dm-crypt: Disable workqueues for crypto ops
- c1f19aa98e54 ZEN: input/evdev: Use call_rcu when detaching client
- 66b54cff5cba drivers: initialize ata before graphics
- 1c4833ae5add locking: rwsem: spin faster
- dce6a5fdd743 firmware: Enable stateless firmware loading
- 7c6a92846009 sched/wait: Do accept() in LIFO order for cache efficiency
- 80af49bc67fa mm: Add working set protection for anon and clean file pages
- 36d9622e03e8 XANMOD: Makefile: Move x86 instruction set selection to kernel-wide build
- 4bc30ce6728f x86/kconfig: more x86-64 ISA levels and uarches
- 231777ac25f3 XANMOD: x86/build: Prevent generating avx2 floating-point code
- 0283427a0a31 XANMOD: scripts/setlocalversion: Move localversion* files to the end
- 517afee9bc92 XANMOD: scripts/setlocalversion: remove '+' tag for git repo short version
- f2ef9a46d11b XANMOD: lib/kconfig.debug: disable default SYMBOLIC_ERRNAME and DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
- ccc0f7ec88e3 XANMOD: cpufreq: tunes ondemand and conservative governor for performance
- 5b4df09b709a XANMOD: mm/vmscan: Reduce amount of swapping
- ed2a9eca2135 XANMOD: mm: Raise max_map_count default value
- 7ac91c5588e7 XANMOD: vfs: Decrease rate at which vfs caches are reclaimed
- 0988dbc5822a XANMOD: kconfig: add 500Hz timer interrupt kernel config option
- 89d0ae046966 XANMOD: blk-wbt: Set wbt_default_latency_nsec() to 2msec
- bae2948f36c9 XANMOD: block: Set rq_affinity to force complete I/O requests on same CPU
- fd699380cd6a XANMOD: block/mq-deadline: Disable front_merges by default
- 3868ed8dbd88 XANMOD: block/mq-deadline: Increase write priority to improve responsiveness
- b746821c0765 XANMOD: fair: Set scheduler tunable latencies to unscaled
- 19e5ebe24766 kbuild: Re-add .config file required to sign external modules
- c9d752c21d51 XANMOD: kbuild: deb-pkg: Create -dbg when make DEB_DEBUG_PKG=1
- 1d39a03d3382 XANMOD: kbuild: Add SMS-based software pipelining flags
- 3b40b2850e79 XANMOD: kbuild: Add LLVM polyhedral loop optimizer flags
- dd21db2d9881 XANMOD: x86/build: Add more CFLAGS optimizations
- 8d3ae59288f1 Linux 7.2