• [$] Timer IDs, CRIU, and ABI challenges

    From LWN.net@1337:1/100 to All on Thu Mar 6 14:30:08 2025
    [$] Timer IDs, CRIU, and ABI challenges

    Date:
    Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:24:03 +0000

    Description:
    The kernel project has usually been willing to make fundamental internal changes if they lead to a better kernel in the end. The project also,
    though, goes out of its way to avoid breaking interfaces that have been
    exposed to user space, even if programs come to rely on behavior that was
    never documented. Sometimes, those two principles come into conflict,
    leading to a situation where fixing problems within the kernel is either difficult or impossible. This sort of situation has been impeding
    performance improvements in the kernel's POSIX timers implementation for
    some time, but it appears that a solution has been found.

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    Link to news story:
    https://lwn.net/Articles/1012490/


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