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3 days ago · On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 at 12:00, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > Well, I do think that a *new* architecture should indeed add all of > those, but make the 'struct stat' for all of them be the same. Just to clarify: by "all of those" I don't mean all the stat64/oldstat/newstat variants that we have for compatibility with
1 day ago · Re: deconflicting new syscall numbers for 6.11. On Fri, 5 Jul 2024 at 09:18, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote: > > VM_DROPPABLE *is* actually a very useful feature. Or it at least seems > like it could be one. Yes. It's been discussed exactly in that "this _could_ be very useful" sense, although we've never actually pulled the trigger.
3 days ago · please do that, It avoids the compat issues too. I think 'struct statx' is a horrid bloated thing (clearing those extra. "spare" words is a pain, and yes, the user copy for _regular_ 'stat()'. already shows up in profiles), but for some new 32-bit platform it's. definitely worth the pain just to avoid the compat code or new. structure definitions.
3 days ago · Shows just *how* long ago that was - and how long ago I looked. at 32-bit code. Because clearly, I was wrong. I guess it shows how nobody actually cares about 32-bit any more, at. least in the 2037 sense. The point stands, though - statx isn't a replacement for existing binaries. Linus.
2 days ago · Re: deconflicting new syscall numbers for 6.11. share. On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 at 10:33, Linus Torvalds. <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: >. > I need a real actual live user that says "I can't just use rdrand and. > my own chacha mixing on top" and explains why having a SSE2 chachacha. > in kernel code exposed as a vdso is so critical, and a ...
1 day ago · Phoronix: Linus Torvalds Unconvinced By getrandom() In The vDSO & Plans To Reject It For Linux 6.11 While there were plans of adding getrandom() in the vDSO with the upcoming Linux 6.11 merge window to speed up user-space random number generation access, Linus Torvalds is unconvinced by the work and intends to reject any
5 days ago · 219. Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux operating system, has announced the release of Linux Kernel 6.10 Release Candidate 6 (RC6).. In his recent post on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, Torvalds described this release as relatively calm and minor, with a series of small fixes spread across various components.
