A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.54 has been released. XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. The real-time version is recommended for critical runtime applications such as Linux gaming eSports, streaming, live productions and ultra-low latency enthusiasts.

XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. Built to provide a stable, responsive and smooth desktop experience.

The real-time version is recommended for critical runtime applications such as Linux gaming eSports, streaming, live productions and ultra-low latency enthusiasts.

Supports all recent 64-bit versions of Debian and Ubuntu-based systems.

Main Features

• Preemptive Full Tickless Kernel at 500Hz w/ Tuned CPU Core Scheduler.
• RCU Boost for better responsiveness and lower overall system latency.
• Block Layer w/ multi-threaded runqueue for high I/O throughput.
• Caching, Virtual Memory Manager and CPUFreq Governor improvements.
• BBR TCP Congestion Control + FQ-PIE Packet Scheduling and AQM Algorithm [5.8].
• ORC Unwinder for Kernel Stack Traces (debuginfo) implementation.
• Third-party patchset available: ZSTD kernel, initrd and modules support [5.8][5.6-rt], Full x86_64 FSGSBASE instructions [5.8], Clear Linux [partial], CK's Hrtimer Patchset [5.8][5.4], Wine / Proton Fsync, PCIe ACS Override, BMQ Process Scheduler [5.4 stock disabled], Aufs [5.4] and GCC graysky's.
• Real-time Linux kernel (PREEMPT_RT) build available [5.6-rt][5.4-rt].
• Generic kernel package for compatibility with most Debian & Ubuntu based distributions. Built on the latest GCC 10.2 and Binutils 2.35.
• GPLv2 license. Can be built for any distribution or purpose.

Install via Terminal

echo 'deb  http://deb.xanmod.org releases main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xanmod-kernel.list && wget -qO -  https://dl.xanmod.org/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

Then update and install:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-xanmod

Reboot.

Meta packages available: linux-xanmod, linux-xanmod-edge, linux-xanmod-lts, linux-xanmod-rt-edge and linux-xanmod-rt.

To try without adding the repository

Download from Sourceforge and install:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xanmod/files/

1. In terminal:

   sudo dpkg -i linux-image-*xanmod*.deb linux-headers-*xanmod*.deb

2. Reboot.

• Check it:

  cat /proc/version

* linux-firmware-image package is optional

Linux 5.10.54-xanmod1

• edbcebf Linux 5.10.54-xanmod1
• 6f04fc9 Merge tag 'v5.10.54' into 5.10
• 08277b9 Linux 5.10.54
• c9f8e17 skbuff: Fix build with SKB extensions disabled
• ba28765 xhci: add xhci_get_virt_ep() helper
• 624290f sfc: ensure correct number of XDP queues
• 1df4fe5 drm/i915/gvt: Clear d3_entered on elsp cmd submission.
• c938e65 usb: ehci: Prevent missed ehci interrupts with edge-triggered MSI
• 25af91a perf inject: Close inject.output on exit
• fb35426 Documentation: Fix intiramfs script name
• 570341f skbuff: Release nfct refcount on napi stolen or re-used skbs
• 31828ff bonding: fix build issue
• c9d97b7 PCI: Mark AMD Navi14 GPU ATS as broken
• f7ee361 net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: enable SerDes PCS register dump via ethtool -d on Topaz
• 30f1d4d net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: enable SerDes RX stats for Topaz
• fc31b5b drm/amdgpu: update golden setting for sienna_cichlid
• 69a603a drm: Return -ENOTTY for non-drm ioctls
• 2831eeb driver core: Prevent warning when removing a device link from unregistered consumer
• 0e75938 nds32: fix up stack guard gap
• 7497f4c misc: eeprom: at24: Always append device id even if label property is set.
• 8571daa rbd: always kick acquire on "acquired" and "released" notifications
• 2f3731d rbd: don't hold lock_rwsem while running_list is being drained
• 92291fa hugetlbfs: fix mount mode command line processing
• 1a25c57 memblock: make for_each_mem_range() traverse MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG regions
• 0b591c0 userfaultfd: do not untag user pointers
• fca5343 io_uring: remove double poll entry on arm failure
• 9eef902 io_uring: explicitly count entries for poll reqs
• 1077e2b selftest: use mmap instead of posix_memalign to allocate memory
• 6e81e2c posix-cpu-timers: Fix rearm racing against process tick
• 3efec3b bus: mhi: core: Validate channel ID when processing command completions
• b3f3a58 ixgbe: Fix packet corruption due to missing DMA sync
• e991457 media: ngene: Fix out-of-bounds bug in ngene_command_config_free_buf()
• 755971d btrfs: check for missing device in btrfs_trim_fs
• 552b053 tracing: Synthetic event field_pos is an index not a boolean
• 757bdba tracing: Fix bug in rb_per_cpu_empty() that might cause deadloop.
• a5e1aff tracing/histogram: Rename "cpu" to "common_cpu"
• 0edad8b tracepoints: Update static_call before tp_funcs when adding a tracepoint
• 4ed4074 firmware/efi: Tell memblock about EFI iomem reservations
• 647e26b usb: typec: stusb160x: register role switch before interrupt registration
• a206167 usb: dwc2: gadget: Fix sending zero length packet in DDMA mode.
• f2c04f6 usb: dwc2: gadget: Fix GOUTNAK flow for Slave mode.
• 7073acb usb: gadget: Fix Unbalanced pm_runtime_enable in tegra_xudc_probe
• 1bf7371 USB: serial: cp210x: add ID for CEL EM3588 USB ZigBee stick
• 45c87a9 USB: serial: cp210x: fix comments for GE CS1000
• f528521 USB: serial: option: add support for u-blox LARA-R6 family
• 311fd7f usb: renesas_usbhs: Fix superfluous irqs happen after usb_pkt_pop()
• 7af54a4 usb: max-3421: Prevent corruption of freed memory
• 69da81a USB: usb-storage: Add LaCie Rugged USB3-FW to IGNORE_UAS
• e6343aa usb: hub: Fix link power management max exit latency (MEL) calculations
• 8f087b4 usb: hub: Disable USB 3 device initiated lpm if exit latency is too high
• 709137c KVM: PPC: Book3S HV Nested: Sanitise H_ENTER_NESTED TM state
• c1fbdf0 KVM: PPC: Book3S: Fix H_RTAS rets buffer overflow
• e3eb672 xhci: Fix lost USB 2 remote wake
• 02e2e96 usb: xhci: avoid renesas_usb_fw.mem when it's unusable
• 9e9cf23 Revert "usb: renesas-xhci: Fix handling of unknown ROM state"
• ebaa670 ALSA: pcm: Fix mmap capability check
• 431e311 ALSA: pcm: Call substream ack() method upon compat mmap commit
• 3c9afa2 ALSA: hdmi: Expose all pins on MSI MS-7C94 board
• 253759d ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix pop noise and 2 Front Mic issues on a machine
• 2b3cdf5 ALSA: sb: Fix potential ABBA deadlock in CSP driver
• 5858c8a ALSA: usb-audio: Add registration quirk for JBL Quantum headsets
• 2de5185 ALSA: usb-audio: Add missing proc text entry for BESPOKEN type
• 37a88b4 s390/boot: fix use of expolines in the DMA code
• d1ab962 s390/ftrace: fix ftrace_update_ftrace_func implementation
• 3b4009b mmc: core: Don't allocate IDA for OF aliases
• fc6ac92 proc: Avoid mixing integer types in mem_rw()
• 76f7eae cifs: fix fallocate when trying to allocate a hole.
• c26372b cifs: only write 64kb at a time when fallocating a small region of a file
• b91e5b6 drm/panel: raspberrypi-touchscreen: Prevent double-free
• 9e03739 net: sched: cls_api: Fix the the wrong parameter
• c8ebf13 net: dsa: sja1105: make VID 4095 a bridge VLAN too
• 164294d tcp: disable TFO blackhole logic by default
• 8eb2258 sctp: update active_key for asoc when old key is being replaced
• ef799bd nvme: set the PRACT bit when using Write Zeroes with T10 PI
• 7850f03 r8169: Avoid duplicate sysfs entry creation error
• 0f5dc39 afs: Fix tracepoint string placement with built-in AFS
• 7110578 Revert "USB: quirks: ignore remote wake-up on Fibocom L850-GL LTE modem"
• 8985dc2 nvme-pci: don't WARN_ON in nvme_reset_work if ctrl.state is not RESETTING
• fb28b15 ceph: don't WARN if we're still opening a session to an MDS
• ce8fafb ipv6: fix another slab-out-of-bounds in fib6_nh_flush_exceptions
• 0717291 net/sched: act_skbmod: Skip non-Ethernet packets
• ee36bb4 spi: spi-bcm2835: Fix deadlock
• 432738c net: hns3: fix rx VLAN offload state inconsistent issue
• 3e903e0 net: hns3: fix possible mismatches resp of mailbox
• f430537 ALSA: hda: intel-dsp-cfg: add missing ElkhartLake PCI ID
• 41a8394 net/tcp_fastopen: fix data races around tfo_active_disable_stamp
• ba33363 net: hisilicon: rename CACHE_LINE_MASK to avoid redefinition
• 320dcbd bnxt_en: Check abort error state in bnxt_half_open_nic()
• 134a053 bnxt_en: Validate vlan protocol ID on RX packets
• 4f7da0f bnxt_en: Add missing check for BNXT_STATE_ABORT_ERR in bnxt_fw_rset_task()
• 9273704 bnxt_en: Refresh RoCE capabilities in bnxt_ulp_probe()
• ab830c3 bnxt_en: don't disable an already disabled PCI device
• 2646368 ACPI: Kconfig: Fix table override from built-in initrd
• 113ce8c spi: cadence: Correct initialisation of runtime PM again
• 3ea448b scsi: target: Fix protect handling in WRITE SAME(32)
• b82a1a2 scsi: iscsi: Fix iface sysfs attr detection
• 6811744 netrom: Decrease sock refcount when sock timers expire
• 096a8dc sctp: trim optlen when it's a huge value in sctp_setsockopt
• 8e9662f net: sched: fix memory leak in tcindex_partial_destroy_work
• e14ef10 KVM: PPC: Fix kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl vcpu_load leak
• fcbad8e KVM: PPC: Book3S: Fix CONFIG_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=n crash
• 30b8302 net: decnet: Fix sleeping inside in af_decnet
• d402c60 efi/tpm: Differentiate missing and invalid final event log table.
• 8983766 dma-mapping: handle vmalloc addresses in dma_common_{mmap,get_sgtable}
• 115e4f5 usb: hso: fix error handling code of hso_create_net_device
• 1582a02 net: fix uninit-value in caif_seqpkt_sendmsg
• 2fc8048 bpftool: Check malloc return value in mount_bpffs_for_pin
• 3b5b0af bpf, sockmap, udp: sk_prot needs inuse_idx set for proc stats
• c260442 bpf, sockmap, tcp: sk_prot needs inuse_idx set for proc stats
• 715f378 bpf, sockmap: Fix potential memory leak on unlikely error case
• e3a9548 s390/bpf: Perform r1 range checking before accessing jit->seen_reg[r1]
• 9264beb liquidio: Fix unintentional sign extension issue on left shift of u16
• 0ff2ea9 timers: Fix get_next_timer_interrupt() with no timers pending
• ca9ba1d xdp, net: Fix use-after-free in bpf_xdp_link_release
• 39f1735 bpf: Fix tail_call_reachable rejection for interpreter when jit failed
• 2b4046e bpf, test: fix NULL pointer dereference on invalid expected_attach_type
• 3dba72d ASoC: rt5631: Fix regcache sync errors on resume
• 2435dcf spi: mediatek: fix fifo rx mode
• a9a85bf regulator: hi6421: Fix getting wrong drvdata
• 5cdc986 regulator: hi6421: Use correct variable type for regmap api val argument
• 23811b7 spi: stm32: fixes pm_runtime calls in probe/remove
• 844ab04 spi: imx: add a check for speed_hz before calculating the clock
• 3b6c430 ASoC: wm_adsp: Correct wm_coeff_tlv_get handling
• 57efe4f perf sched: Fix record failure when CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS is not set
• 61f2e1e perf data: Close all files in close_dir()
• 7c91e0c perf probe-file: Delete namelist in del_events() on the error path
• a6c3231 perf lzma: Close lzma stream on exit
• 2ae8f40 perf script: Fix memory 'threads' and 'cpus' leaks on exit
• 51077d3 perf report: Free generated help strings for sort option
• 2bfa3c5 perf env: Fix memory leak of cpu_pmu_caps
• a2f0da3 perf test maps__merge_in: Fix memory leak of maps
• b7bfd8a perf dso: Fix memory leak in dso__new_map()
• c9c101d perf test event_update: Fix memory leak of evlist
• b768db7 perf test session_topology: Delete session->evlist
• b8892d1 perf env: Fix sibling_dies memory leak
• 306411a perf probe: Fix dso->nsinfo refcounting
• f21987d perf map: Fix dso->nsinfo refcounting
• 7337ff2 perf inject: Fix dso->nsinfo refcounting
• a87d42a KVM: x86/pmu: Clear anythread deprecated bit when 0xa leaf is unsupported on the SVM
• b990585 nvme-pci: do not call nvme_dev_remove_admin from nvme_remove
• 0fa11e1 mptcp: fix warning in __skb_flow_dissect() when do syn cookie for subflow join
• 3714e0b cxgb4: fix IRQ free race during driver unload
• d92337b pwm: sprd: Ensure configuring period and duty_cycle isn't wrongly skipped
• f1edbcc selftests: icmp_redirect: IPv6 PMTU info should be cleared after redirect
• 906bbb1 selftests: icmp_redirect: remove from checking for IPv6 route get
• bb737ec stmmac: platform: Fix signedness bug in stmmac_probe_config_dt()
• 79ec7b5 ipv6: fix 'disable_policy' for fwd packets
• 35eaefb bonding: fix incorrect return value of bond_ipsec_offload_ok()
• 13626ba bonding: fix suspicious RCU usage in bond_ipsec_offload_ok()
• 56ccdf8 bonding: Add struct bond_ipesc to manage SA
• b3bd1f5 bonding: disallow setting nested bonding + ipsec offload
• 43511a6 bonding: fix suspicious RCU usage in bond_ipsec_del_sa()
• 6ca0e55 ixgbevf: use xso.real_dev instead of xso.dev in callback functions of struct xfrmdev_ops
• ba7bfcd bonding: fix null dereference in bond_ipsec_add_sa()
• 3ae639a bonding: fix suspicious RCU usage in bond_ipsec_add_sa()
• 4a31baf net: add kcov handle to skb extensions
• 78e4baf gve: Fix an error handling path in 'gve_probe()'
• 813449f igb: Fix position of assignment to *ring
• 4417180 igb: Check if num of q_vectors is smaller than max before array access
• cb92924 iavf: Fix an error handling path in 'iavf_probe()'
• a6756d6 e1000e: Fix an error handling path in 'e1000_probe()'
• dea695a fm10k: Fix an error handling path in 'fm10k_probe()'
• a099192 igb: Fix an error handling path in 'igb_probe()'
• db4c32c igc: Fix an error handling path in 'igc_probe()'
• 7bc9fb1 ixgbe: Fix an error handling path in 'ixgbe_probe()'
• 02d1af0 igc: change default return of igc_read_phy_reg()
• f153664 igb: Fix use-after-free error during reset
• e15f629 igc: Fix use-after-free error during reset

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