[HN Gopher] Linux kernel RNG enhancements for 5.19 ___________________________________________________________________ Linux kernel RNG enhancements for 5.19 Author : zx2c4 Score : 53 points Date : 2022-05-26 11:55 UTC (2 days ago) (HTM) web link (twitter.com) (TXT) w3m dump (twitter.com) | marcodiego wrote: | If MGLRU is merged, 5.19 will be a landmark as probably one of | the most improved kernels in history. | hamandcheese wrote: | What other notable improvements are there? | marcodiego wrote: | https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.. | .. | | https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.. | .. | | https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.. | .. | | https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.. | .. | | https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.. | .. | | https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Btrfs- | Li... | | https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel- | IF... | | But MGLRU alone is impactful enough to finally fix a multi- | decade desktop limitation, so I don't even care about other | changes. | cpeterso wrote: | For people who don't know what MGLRU (Multi-Generation | Least Recently Used) page cache algorithm is: | | https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MGLRU-v | 1... | | > There are wins reported for Cassandra, Hadooop, | MySQL/MariaDB, Memcached, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, and | improving the behavior in general for systems with limited | RAM capacities or a lot of memory intense activities. | | > MGLRU is already shipping with Google Android devices and | also patched into Google's Chrome OS kernel. | izietto wrote: | [deleted] | mnd999 wrote: | In this case it's particularly dumb since they could have | linked to the LKML post which is far better. | zx2c4 wrote: | I'll spare ya the trouble. | | - Unrolled tweets: | https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1528494394604761094.html | | - The merge commit: | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin... | | - Some discussion: | https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YmlMGx6+uigkGiZ0@zx2c4.com/ | | - The commit from that discussion: | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.... | | - Source code: | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.... | | - More commits: | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.... | pvg wrote: | _OT_ | | It is. | | _Please don 't complain about tangential annoyances--things | like article or website formats, name collisions, or back- | button breakage. They're too common to be interesting._ | | https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-05-28 23:00 UTC)