The 4.13 kernel is out

The change in question is simply changing the default cifs behavior: instead of defaulting to SMB 1.0 (which you really should not use: just google for 'stop using SMB1' or similar), the default cifs mount now defaults to a rather more modern SMB 3.0.

Linus has released the 4.13 kernel, right on schedule. Headline features in this release include kernel hardening via structure layout randomization , native TLS protocol support , better huge-page swapping improved handling of writeback errors, better asynchronous I/O support, better power management via next-interrupt prediction , the elimination of the DocBook toolchain for formatted documentation, and more. There is one other change that is called out explicitly in the announcement: " Log in to post comments)