Writing eBPF code is, by many accounts, a pain. Now, a new language called KernelScript is emerging from beta, promising a smoother path for kernel customization and app optimizations.
AMD's next-generation Zen 6 CPUs are inching closer to reality, with early driver patches landing in the Linux kernel. These changes focus on power management and hint at upcoming architectural shifts.
Forget tiny pages. Btrfs is gearing up for a massive change with huge folios. This could mean better performance, but is it just more corporate jargon?
The Linux kernel community is wrestling with a new frontier: using large language models to sift through mountains of code. A recent summit laid bare the challenges and tantalizing potential.
The Linux kernel just dropped a mountain of stable updates. Is this a sign of burgeoning maturity or a scramble to patch holes?
GCC's BPF support is maturing at warp speed, aiming to level the playing field with LLVM. This yearly update reveals just how far the compiler has come.
The latest Linux kernel prepatch is raising eyebrows, not for major new features, but for a deluge of minor fixes that some argue are clogging the release pipeline. The debate: is it worth the churn this late in the game?
The Linux kernel's ongoing battle with major page fault lock contention is far from over. A recent summit revealed renewed efforts to find a lasting solution to this significant performance bottleneck.
Greg Kroah-Hartman dropped a bombshell at RustWeek: a Rust-based proposal that might eliminate 80% of Linux kernel CVEs. This isn't just theoretical; it tackles C's fundamental weaknesses head-on.
Forget user-space agents. They're dead. eBPF has arrived, attaching directly to the Linux kernel's syscall interface for security observability that attackers can't kill.
NVIDIA engineer Sasha Levin has proposed a 'kill switch' for the Linux kernel, aiming to quickly disable vulnerable functions. While promising a rapid mitigation for exploit risks, it raises serious questions about system stability and the nature of security patching.
After decades at the helm, Andrew Morton is handing over the reins of Linux kernel memory management. The seismic shift raises critical questions about subsystem stability and future maintainership.