The new Linux 6.6 kernel is now available, integrating an array of updated capabilities that will impact workstation, server and cloud deployments. Among the improvements that are part of Linux 6.6 ...

Linus Torvalds says that claims by C++ game developer Malte Skarupke that his spinlocks experiments had discovered the Linux kernel had a scheduler issue were garbage. Torvalds said the whole post ...

Bugs in the Linux scheduler can cause performance degradation in heavily multithreaded loads, but a do-it-yourself fix is available The Linux kernel scheduler has deficiencies that prevent a multicore ...

Modifying any part of the Linux kernel source code is usually a challenging task most software developers would prefer to avoid, composed as it is thousands of code lines divided by hundred of files.

The Linux kernel, the core of any Linux distribution, constantly is evolving to incorporate new technologies and to improve performance, scalability and usability. Every new kernel release adds ...

System development uses a microkernel architecture and Linux run-time environment to achieve high-speed performance. For many applications, employing common programming techniques—such as memory ...