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Linux 7.3 SMP Improvement To Help Reduce Latency, Improve Real-Time Performance 17 August 2026 - Symmetric Multiprocessing Among the pull requests sent out today now that the Linux 7.3 merge window is open are the SMP improvements for this next kernel version. Standing out among the SMP code are some enhancements for helping reduce latency and ultimately enhancing real-time Linux performance. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

Con Kolivas Revives "-ck" Patches & MuQSS To Improve Linux Desktop Responsiveness 17 August 2026 - Linux 7.2-ck Huge surprise this morning! Longtime Linux users may recall the out-of-tree work done years ago by open-source developer Con Kolivas... And as part of that his work on the Brain F*** Scheduler that evolved into the MuQSS scheduler, all in the name of working to improve Linux desktop and mobile responsiveness. While a number of years ago he decided to retire from this out-of-tree Linux kernel work, out of the blue he announced a new -ck patch series today with updated MuQSS code. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu Released Following More Driver Cleaning 17 August 2026 - GNU Linux-libre 7.2 Following yesterday's release of the Linux 7.2 kernel, GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu is now available for this kernel downstream that strips out support for drivers depending upon non-free-software microcode/firmware, the ability to load closed-source kernel modules, and other restrictions in the name of software freedom. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

Linux 7.2 Released With Faster I/O, New AMD & Intel Driver Improvements 16 August 2026 - Linux 7.2 Linus Torvalds just released Linux 7.2 as stable! After a very busy kernel cycle due to the increased patch and reporting churn due to AI/LLM ages, Linux 7.2 managed to make it out today on-schedule for this feature-packed kernel. Linux 7.2 is going on to power Ubuntu 26.10 and other upcoming Linux distribution releases. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

tlbi= Boot Option Submitted Ahead Of Linux 7.2 Kernel Release 16 August 2026 - tlbi=ipi Ahead of the Linux 7.2 kernel stable release expected to occur in the coming hours, a last minute "x86/urgent" pull request was submitted with one patch for adding the new tlbi= boot option. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

Sandboxie (By DavidXanatos) Update 2026-08-16 #Sandboxie Release tag: Release v1.18.2 / 5.73.2 Assets: Sandboxie-Classic-x64-v5.73.2.exe (3.0 MB) Sandboxie-Plus-ARM64-v1.18.2.exe (21.3 MB) Sandboxie-Plus-x64-v1.18.2.exe (23.7 MB) sha256-checksums.txt (296 bytes)

Clash Meta for Android Update 2026-08-16 #Clash #ClashMeta #Android Release tag: v2.11.33 Assets: cmfa-2.11.33-meta-arm64-v8a-release.apk (42.8 MB) cmfa-2.11.33-meta-armeabi-v7a-release.apk (43.0 MB) cmfa-2.11.33-meta-universal-release.apk (104.0 MB) cmfa-2.11.33-meta-x86-release.apk (45.0 MB) cmfa-2.11.33-meta-x86_64-release.apk (44.5 MB) output-metadata.json (2.5 KB)

Linux 7.3 binfmt_misc To Allow BPF Programs To Dynamically Choose Execution Environments 16 August 2026 - binfmt_misc The Linux kernel's binfmt_misc functionality allows non-native/custom files to ne run directly such as for Windows EXE files to be handled by Wine or JAR files to be handled by the Java runtime. For the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window, the miscellaneous binary formats support is being extended so a binary type can be matched programmatically and the interpreter determined on a per-exec basis. BPF programs can also then be attached to dynamically choosing an execution environment on a per-binary basis. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

AI大模型的普及，让很多普通人高估了自己的能力。 有的人连HMP和EAS的区别、walt和pelt的区别都没搞明白，却相信自己能利用AI写出超越高通walt的CPU governor。 有的人连解决merge upstream代码冲突的能力都没有，却相信自己能利用AI调整各种参数实现更好的性能。 有的人或许从来没有亲自clone源代码编译内核的经历，却相信自己能利用AI让marble吃上6.18内核。 我自己在日常的工作和生活中也会大量使用AI，但很快我就发现AI的一个致命缺陷：AI非常擅长讨好人类，不惜以回答失之偏颇为代价。 举个例子吧，我之前在写那篇 “浅谈 Android 与 DAMON-based reclaim” 的时候，在我和AI讨论了DAMON-based reclaim对Android设备是否有益之后，我又向AI抛出了一个问题：DAMON的另一个功能——DAMON-based LRU-lists sorting对Android设备是否有益。两个不同的AI大模型给出了不同的回答：Deepseek告诉我DAMON_LRU_SORT非常适合Android设备，比起DAMON_RECLAIM更应该优先使用DAMON_LRU_SORT，做了看似严谨的对比，甚至连各项参数都给你预设好了；而Gemini告诉我现代的Android内核普遍使用了MGLRU，DAMON_LRU_SORT的功能与MGLRU高度重合，并且DAMON_LRU_SORT带来的性能开销完全比不上收益。 因此，很多时候我是把AI当作一个高级且没有广告的搜索引擎来使用，一旦要让AI给我创造一些东西，我都是非常谨慎地对待AI的回答。如果是文字材料，我自然是不会放过每一处细节、每一处谬误、每一处可能表述不当或有争议的地方；如果是程序代码，我必须研究透每一行代码的作用、每一个使用到的库函数的用法。 如果你不擅长做某一件事，而AI替你做了，那么以后你照样是不擅长这件事。 AI终究是一种工具，比起学习更加熟练地使用AI，提升自己的知识水平更加重要。 #碎碎念

计划同时为Melt Kernel做CI build。 我之前说过，Melt Kernel和Glow Kernel的编译和出包流程非常复杂，你要知道，这次光是workflow文件我就写了至少5个小时。 目前workflow已经跑通，可以正常出包，但我对现在的Android内核开发圈子有很多负面看法，因此在综合考虑之后，我决定取消该计划。 有些话我想说，但我选择不说。 I had planned to set up CI builds for Melt Kernel as well. As I've mentioned before, the compilation and packaging processes for Melt Kernel and Glow Kernel are incredibly complex. I spent at least five hours just writing the workflow file this time around. The workflow is currently functioning correctly and successfully packages the AK3 files; however, I hold a very negative view of the current kernel development community. Therefore, after careful consideration, I have decided to cancel the plan. There are things I want to say, but I choose not to.

Features Coming For Linux 7.3 From Optimizing Intel Hybrid CPUs To Old AMD Athlon XPs 14 August 2026 - Linux 7.3 Features With Linux 7.2 expected to see its stable debut Sunday, here is a look at what I have been monitoring as changes expected to be submitted during the Linux 7.3 merge window that will open on Monday. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

Patches Posted For Fixing The Linux DRM Scheduler's Fair Policy 14 August 2026 - DRM Fair Policy Ahead of the Linux 7.2 kernel release expected out on Sunday, the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem was forced to revert their "fair" scheduler policy default new for this kernel. Due to a last minute user-reported regression, FIFO returns as the default DRM scheduler policy for Linux 7.2. But patches are now available for addressing that regression and thus hopefully for Linux 7.3 there will be the fair scheduler becoming the default. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

The Best Linux 7.2 Features: Cache Aware Scheduling, AMD Zen 6, AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL 13 August 2026 - Linux 7.2 Best Features With the Linux 7.2 kernel expected to be released on Sunday, 16 August, here is a look at some of the most interesting new features and changes to find with this next kernel version to be used by Ubuntu 26.10 and other upcoming Linux distribution releases. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

Linux 7.2 To Revert Back To The FIFO DRM Scheduler Policy Due To "Fair" Regressions 12 August 2026 - Fair Scheduler Policy One of the Direct Rendering Manager changes made for Linux 7.2 was switching to "fair" as the DRM scheduler default in place of the existing FIFO policy. The intent was on making the DRM scheduler policy more fair with this being used by AMDGPU and various other DRM kernel graphics drivers. But due to a last minute regression report, the fair policy is being reverted for Linux 7.2. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

Google already merged 5.10.264 into android12-5.10-lts

LLVM Update 2026-08-12 #LLVM Release tag: LLVM 23.1.0-rc3 (Pre-release) Assets: llvm-project-23.1.0-rc3.src.tar.xz (170.8 MB) llvm-project-23.1.0-rc3.src.tar.xz.jsonl (11.1 KB) llvm-project-23.1.0-rc3.src.tar.xz.sig (466 bytes) llvm_man_pages-23.1.0-rc3.tar.xz (349.0 KB) llvm_man_pages-23.1.0-rc3.tar.xz.jsonl (10.8 KB) llvm_man_pages-23.1.0-rc3.tar.xz.sig (466 bytes) test-suite-23.1.0-rc3.src.tar.xz (164.7 MB) test-suite-23.1.0-rc3.src.tar.xz.jsonl (11.1 KB) test-suite-23.1.0-rc3.src.tar.xz.sig (466 bytes) Slim LLVM toolchains: Here

Up To 12.8x Improvement Observed For gup_test With New Linux MM Patches 11 August 2026 - Batch follow_page_mask() Linux developer Rik van Riel has pulled off some nice Linux kernel optimizations over the years and the Meta engineer has been working on another one around batching of look-ups with Linux's follow_page_mask() that is used for translating virtual addresses to the corresponding struct page. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

Open-Source NVIDIA "Nova" Driver Sees More Functionality For Linux 7.3 10 August 2026 - NVIDIA Nova Excitement Sent to DRM-Next this week was the DRM Rust core and driver changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window. There continues to be a lot of DRM core infrastructure work happening for Rust integration plus two leading Rust DRM drivers of Nova for open-source NVIDIA GPU support as the successor to Nouveau and then Tyr as the in-development Arm Mali driver. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

Linux 7.3 Bringing A KCFI Optimization To Benefit Older Intel CPUs 10 August 2026 - Linux 7.3 KCFI Expected to be merged during the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is a Kernel Control Flow Integrity (KCFI) improvement intended to benefit older Intel processors. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel

Linux 7.2-rc7 Released Following Another Exhausting AI-Driven Week 9 August 2026 - Linux 7.2  Linux 7.2-rc7 is now available for testing as we close in on the official Linux 7.2 release hopefully next weekend. #Phoronix #LinuxKernel