Once again impressed by Julia Lawall's amazing work on the Coccinelle program matching and transformation engine. From her ASE2023 keynote today:

- "Over 9000 commits in the Linux kernel based on Coccinelle"

- "Probably everyone (attending this talk) uses some Coccinelle modified code"

https://coccinelle.gitlabpages.inria.fr/website/

#ASE2023 #Coccinelle #Linux #LinuxKernel

A quick glance :)

#linux #linuxkernel #linuxadmin #sysadmin #opensource #git

#Bcachefs was about to hit #linux-next (a pre-requisite for mainline inclusion[1]), but missing Signed-off-by lines seems to come in between:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230911125359.5a61d30a@canb.auug.org.au/ #kernel #LinuxKernel

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wjUX287gJCKDXUY02Wpot1n0VkjQk-PmDOmrsrEfwPfPg@mail.gmail.com/

Linux Weekly Roundup: Manjaro 23.0 ‘Uranos’ & LibreOffice 7.5.6 Updates, and More

#LinuxRoundup #LinuxNews #LinuxUpdates #Manjaro #LibreOffice #Tails #fwupd #DXVK #LinuxLite #OpenSource #LinuxCommunity #TechNews #LinuxKernel

https://linuxtldr.com/weekly-roundup/

Linux: ReiserFS wurde im Kernel als obsolete markiert - Golem.de
https://www.golem.de/news/linux-reiserfs-wurde-im-kernel-als-obsolete-markiert-2309-177358.html #Linux #LinuxKernel #ReiserFS

Done! #Slackware #linuxkernel #build :)

#linuxadmin #sysadmin #opensource

Linux From Scratch 12: Neue Texte für bessere Lesbarkeit bei der Linux-Anleitung :tux: heise online
https://heise.de/-9293914 #Linux #LinuxKernel #LinuxAnleitung #LinuxHandbuch

😜
No, you can't take away the sadist pleasure of building the kernel from me :)

#linux #linuxkernel #opensource #linuxadmin #sysadmin

Phoronix: Linux 6.6 Unconditionally Enables x86 CPU Microcode Loading Support
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-x86-microcode

#phoronix #LinuxKernel

Comprarte un ryzen 5 5500, y que a los días te anuncien que el próximo kernel de Linux trae mejoras en rendimiento para esa línea de procesadores es algo hermoso.
Uno estaba acostumbrado que al comprar una pc el rendimiento con los años fuera decreciendo. Pero en mi experiencia personal, en los últimos 5 años que vengo usando exclusivamente Linux ha sido lo contrario. Mi A6 de 2015 sigue bancando y bancando, y en aplicaciones específicas ha habido una notoria mejoría.
Digan lo que quieran del pingüino, pero que rinde, rinde. (Seguimos en debe con el tema consumo de batería, pero bueno, todo no se puede).

#Linux
#LinuxKernel

Linux 6.5 mit zahlreichen Optimierungen erschienen | heise online 🐧
https://heise.de/-9289506 #Linux #LinuxKernel

SecurityOnline: PoC Exploit Releases for Linux Kernel Escalate Privileges Flaw (CVE-2023-35001) https://securityonline.info/poc-exploit-releases-for-linux-kernel-escalate-privileges-flaw-cve-2023-35001/ #CVE-2023-35001 #Vulnerability #LinuxKernel

2/ Related: there is a proposal to discuss "trust and maintenance of [#Linux #kernel] file systems" on this years #LinuxKernel maintainer summit:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZO9NK0FchtYjOuIH@infradead.org/

"""we have a lot of on-disk file system drivers […] maintaining them is a burden, and there is a lot expectation on how they are maintained. […]

Part 2: unmaintained file systems

[…] The easiest way forward would be to remove everything that is not fully maintained, but that would remove a lot of useful features. […]"""

#Reiserfs in the #Linux mainline #kernel's MAINTAINERS file is now considered "Obsolete":

To quote https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2363650b22ed3c8bbe7700789e399a77096ac931:

"""MAINTAINERS: change reiserfs status to obsolete

Reiserfs file system is no longer supported and is going to be removed in 2025 as stated in commit eb103a51640e ("reiserfs: Deprecate reiserfs").""" #LinuxKernel

Linux 6.5 mit zahlreichen Optimierungen erschienen

Der Linux-Kernel 6.5 liefert Optimierungen und Unterstützung für USB4 v2, MIDI 2.0 und WiFi 7. Memory-Leaks sagt er den Kampf an.

https://www.heise.de/news/Linux-6-5-mit-zahlreichen-Optimierungen-erschienen-9289506.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#Linux #LinuxundOpenSource #LinuxKernel #news

Retro-Hardware: Linux läuft auch auf dem C64 - Golem.de
https://www.golem.de/news/retro-hardware-linux-laeuft-auch-auf-dem-c64-2308-177130.html #Linux #LinuxKernel #C64

The EEVDF ("Earliest Eligible Virtual Deadline First") scheduler was merged to mainline for #Linux #kernel 6.6.

"""EEVDF too is a virtual-time scheduler, with two parameters (weight and relative deadline), compared to CFS that had weight only. It completely reworks the base scheduler: placement, preemption, picking -- everything.

@LWN as usual, has a terrific writeup about EEVDF: https://lwn.net/Articles/925371/ """

https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3ca9a836ff53db8eb76d559764c07fb3b015886a #LinuxKernel

[Edit: ignore this, the whole idea is flawed, see reply]

Dear #git, why does

$ git describe --tags --contains <hexsha>

sometimes return a #LinuxKernel mainline tag when querying a commit in next (2dde18cd1d8f in the example shown in the screenshot), while other times it gives me a #Linux-next tag (e8b908146d44)?

Would be nice to have something more reliable for checking quickly if a commit in -next already made it to the mainline #kernel.

Do not ask users to share the output of #dmidecode without strong need, as it contains data some people would prefer to keep privat (like serial numbers for board, chassis, …).

Instead tell them to share the output of the following command, which usually suffices (for example to generate #kernel quirks):

grep -v /sys/class/dmi/id/* 2>/dev/null

#NoteToSelf #LinuxKernel

Linux 6.5 Kernel Released: New Features, Improved Hardware Support, and Performance Enhancements
#Linux #Linuxkernel #News
https://kernel.org/