Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 6.1 on the kernel mailing list, which means that the two-week 6.2 merge window opens, and the 6.2 merge closes just in time for the Christmas holidays. In the past, kernel developers like to submit pull requests before the deadline, which is not good news for Torvalds who is preparing to celebrate the holiday. However, Torvalds has previously criticized this approach, and the developers seem to have listened to their opinions, and they have started pull requests in advance. The new features of Linux 6.1 include: initial support for Rust language, BPF program crash (panic) for easy kernel debugging, improved io_uring performance, better user space control for transparent huge page creation, improved memory layering support, maple tree data structure , Alternate Page Recycling Multi-Gen LRU, etc. More can browse KernelNewbies 6.1.
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