[$] The first part of the 7.4 merge window

Since the merge window for 7.4 opened, there have been 6,753 non-merge changesets pulled into the mainline repository. Many more are expected, especially given the possibility that [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1101211/

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[$] Seeking smaller kernel stacks

Memory has always been a scarce resource in computing systems, but the problem seems to have worsened recently. In particular, the worldwide shortage of memory chips has led to a [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1100271/

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[$] Discussing a rewrite of XArray

The work to support block sizes larger than the page size on XFS has been difficult. Many users of XFS run stable kernels, which means that they aren't testing new XFS code as it i [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1100520/

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[$] Recent and future changes to the Linux NFS server

The NFS network filesystem protocol has a long history on Unix-like operating systems (and beyond). NFS is still evolving, though, and implementations need to keep up. At the 202 [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1098611/

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[$] Testing compat_linux on NetBSD with the Linux Test Project

NetBSD has long had support for running Linux binaries via its kernel-level compat_linux feature, but test coverage for it was less complete than some might hope. In order to provi [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1094310/

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[$] Ways to encrypt data on servers

At the 2026 edition of FOSSY, Romeo Solano gave a fast-paced, humorous presentation on what could have been a rather boring topic: server encryption. There are a number of threats [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092553/

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