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Recent LWN.net kernel articles
LWN runs kernel-oriented content every week. Some of our more
recent articles in this area include:
| February 1, 2021 | Finding real-world kernel subsystems |
| January 22, 2021 | Preserving the mobility of ZONE_MOVABLE |
| January 21, 2021 | Avoiding blocking file-name lookups |
| January 18, 2021 | Resource limits in user namespaces |
| January 15, 2021 | Fast commits for ext4 |
| January 14, 2021 | MAINTAINERS truth and fiction |
| January 11, 2021 | Old compilers and old bugs |
| January 7, 2021 | Restricted DMA |
| January 5, 2021 | Portable and reproducible kernel builds with TuxMake |
| December 28, 2020 | 5.11 Merge window, part 2 |
| December 18, 2020 | 5.11 Merge window, part 1 |
| December 17, 2020 | Managing multifunction devices with the auxiliary bus |
| December 14, 2020 | Statistics from the 5.10 kernel development cycle |
| December 11, 2020 | Reducing page structures for huge pages |
| December 7, 2020 | Sidestepping kernel memory management with DMEMFS |
| December 4, 2020 | The future of 32-bit Linux |
| December 3, 2020 | XFS, stable kernels, and -rc releases |
| November 30, 2020 | Scheduling for asymmetric Arm systems |
| November 20, 2020 | epoll_pwait2(), close_range(), and encoded I/O |
| November 19, 2020 | ID mapping for mounted filesystems |
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