UPDATE 4/04: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 1.2.0 released

• Fix race condition in wslhost's com server logic to prevent a crash
• Remove cgroup_no_v1=all from kernel command line (solves #9868)
• Remove unused WSL_E_PACKAGE_UPGRADE_AVAILABLE error message (solves #9866)
• Give an actionable error message if an error occurs in reading reg keys (solves #9834)
• Redesign the way that page reporting is configured, will result on lower vmmemWSL usage on newer versions of Windows
  
  • Removes wsl2.pageReportingOrder option from %userprofile%\.wslconfig
• Re-register package if com class creation fails when talking to wslservice (solves #9064)
• Remove bond, dummy, fb_tunnel adapters via kernel command line (solves #7791)
• Bind mount /run/user to //wsl/user before the namespaces fork
• Make /run/user/ an overlayfs so each user can write its folder
• Wait for systemd to be started before forking the mount namespaces
• Update Microsoft.WSL.Kernel to 6.1.21.1-1
  
  • Update to stable kernel version v6.1.21
  • Out-of-tree vpci patches now included from upstream
  • Out-of-tree vsock patches now included from upstream
  • Enable anonymous VMA name support (ANON_VMA_NAME)
  • Enable use nosuid,noexec mount options on devtmpfs (DEVTMPFS_SAFE)
  • Enable register zeroing on function exit (ZERO_CALL_USED_REGS)
  • Enable check for invalid mappings in user page tables (PAGE_TABLE_CHECK)
  • Enable Kernel Function Probe (FPROBE)
• Update Microsoft.WSLg to version 1.0.51
  
  • rdpapplist/rdp plugin: support pin WSLg app icon to taskbar (require msrdc update)
  • rdp backend: handle the case nothing to send for window zorder to client
  • rdp backend: use rdp_dispatch_task_to_display_loop for dispatching failure response to display loop
  • rdp shell: fix overactive assert at launch_desktop_shell_process
  • rdp shell/rdp backend: support pin WSLg app icon to taskbar (requires msrdc update)

Source: Release 1.1.7 . microsoft/WSL . GitHub

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/det...x/9P9TQF7MRM4R

See also:

• Enable or Disable Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL in Windows 10
• How to Update from WSL to WSL 2 in Windows 10

Posted By: Brink
04 Apr 2023