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Linux: 2.6.34-rc4, "Hunting A Really Annoying VM Reg

"it's been two weeks rather than the usual one, because we've been hunting a really annoying vm regression that not a lot of people seem to have seen, but i didn't want to release an -rc4 with it," began linux creator linus torvalds, announcing the 2.6.34-rc4 linux kernel. he explained, "we had the choice of either reverting all the anon-vma scalability ... (316 天前)

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Linux: Properly Creating And Testing Patches

"if you're wondering why i'm taking a long time to respond to your patches,", began theodore ts'o on the linux-ext4 mailing list, in a thread that offered much insight into how and why to properly submit and test patches. "patches that are accepted into mainline should do one and only one thing," ted continued, "so if someone suggests that you make chang... (316 天前)

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Linux: Memory Compaction

mel gorman posted the seventh version of his memory compaction patches asking, "are there any further obstacles to merging?" the patches, first posted in may of 2007, provide a mechanism for moving gfp_movable pages into a smaller number of pageblocks, reducing externally fragmented memory. mel explains that 'compaction' is another method of defragmentin... (316 天前)

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Linux: First Release Of nftables

netfilter maintainer patrick mchardy recently announced a first alpha-release of nftables, slated to eventually replace iptables as the standard linux packet filtering engine. nftables aims to simplify the kernel abi, reduce code duplication, improve error reporting, and provide more efficient execution, storage and updates of filtering rules. patrick be... (316 天前)

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Linux: Removing The Big Kernel Lock

arnd bergmann noted that he's working on removing the bkl from the linux kernel, "i've spent some time continuing the work of the people on cc and many others to remove the big kernel lock from linux and i now have [a] bkl-removal branch in my git tree". he went on to explain that his branch is working, and lets him run the linux kernel, "on [a] quad-cor... (316 天前)

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Website Updated

kerneltrap has been updated to drupal 6. we're running a fair bit of custom code, so please let me know if you find anything broken or if any of your favorite features are missing. and yes, this upgrade is the first step toward getting regular posts on the website again.read more... (316 天前)

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Quote: The Real Bug

"the _real_ bug is clearly in the hardware design that allows you to brick those things without apparently even having a lock bit. i'm hoping intel doesn't treat this as just a software bug. some hw designer should be thinking hard about which orifice they put their head up in."... (316 天前)

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