By: smeuletz (alexsmeu.delete@this.yahoo.com), January 7, 2020 4:34 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
First of all, Linus Torvalds, thank you a lot to take the time to reply.
On your remark: Both binaries and source code from decades ago are supposed to still "JustWork(tm)"
I would really like to agree, but, like you also said, the entire Linux stack is build on a very shaky eco-system, where backwards compatibility seems to be the least concern:
* C++ the language which is widely used to program services and applications in Linux, is a nuisance when it comes to binary (and even code) compatibility. As soon as you change the compiler version, linking will fail because of those mangled names. This was ameliorated in the last compiler versions, but only recently.
* the Linux libraries currently form a hell which is worse than on Windows. If you take a package or binary library and try to install it manually, it will fail 100%. So there is no way except to get the official package for that distribution or to manually compile from sources.
* even inside the same Linux distribution (eg: Ubuntu) between consecutive recent versions (16.04 and 18.04) there is little chance of running the same binary code. And if you try to compile something, it fails if you depend on anything else that libraries that are dormant (forgotten) for decades. And the old libraries you cannot compile as they depend on software that was not brought up to date.
On Windows, the end product is indeed managing to run old binary code (running code and binaries from the 90's on Windows 10, with MFC and all the old stuff). But in Linux, the eco-system crushed backwards compatibility many years ago. So, the Linux 'product' is not loved because backwards compatibility, it is hated for the lack of it.
So, even if it was cool to be backwards compatible years ago (and is cool today if the product does it), why bother with it so much now when the entire eco-system is going the opposite direction?
And again, why not at least deprecate now stuff that became meaningless 10 years ago so that in 20 years, when we use quantum computers we don't stumble on sched_yield again (joke).
Regarding porting programs from Windows and UNIX
First, there is no more stringent need to port stuff from Windows as most devs use their free time to write new apps on mobile platforms. And if we really need to port some important program, we can use docker-like technologies which are suitable for all these backwards compatible hacks.
Secondly, all the programs that were 'blindly'(read 'easily') ported, which are using API's changed under the hood, even if they were ok when they were written, are now full of security loop-holes because they no longer understand what goes on under them. In the last 20 years, had there been pressure to improve C and deprecate its unsafe functions, the whole world would be safer. With the risk of being called an Apple fan-boy, I give Apple credit for having the guts to stick to a better language when it comes for all library and application usage. Today they are nearly unbreakable, while Linux and Android are punctured easily.
Regarding the kernel itself
C is still a great language, but why keep it dormant for so many years? It compiles on all platforms, this is true, but it needs so little to become safer to use. Just add some form of shared and weak pointers, and safe string functions, start to use them, deprecate old ones and you eliminate half of the kernel's vulnerabilities and make it more reliable. The Linux kernel is the main user of this language, so it must have a say in requesting some new features. So why keep it so primitive? Soon it might be too late to change..
And we all know that what the Linux kernel adopts, everybody adopts in a few years. It could improve the lives of many C programmers like myself to have something new but relevant (unlike C++ new versions which are new and full of irrelevant language features).
It is indeed all about philosophy but I still say that the lack of action and the prevention of visible changes for the user don't do anything good in Linux, or any other project (except for the increased complexity which helps feed Linux consultants, which might not be all a bad thing).
Thank you again and again for your precious time, and best regards,
Alex Smeu
On your remark: Both binaries and source code from decades ago are supposed to still "JustWork(tm)"
I would really like to agree, but, like you also said, the entire Linux stack is build on a very shaky eco-system, where backwards compatibility seems to be the least concern:
* C++ the language which is widely used to program services and applications in Linux, is a nuisance when it comes to binary (and even code) compatibility. As soon as you change the compiler version, linking will fail because of those mangled names. This was ameliorated in the last compiler versions, but only recently.
* the Linux libraries currently form a hell which is worse than on Windows. If you take a package or binary library and try to install it manually, it will fail 100%. So there is no way except to get the official package for that distribution or to manually compile from sources.
* even inside the same Linux distribution (eg: Ubuntu) between consecutive recent versions (16.04 and 18.04) there is little chance of running the same binary code. And if you try to compile something, it fails if you depend on anything else that libraries that are dormant (forgotten) for decades. And the old libraries you cannot compile as they depend on software that was not brought up to date.
On Windows, the end product is indeed managing to run old binary code (running code and binaries from the 90's on Windows 10, with MFC and all the old stuff). But in Linux, the eco-system crushed backwards compatibility many years ago. So, the Linux 'product' is not loved because backwards compatibility, it is hated for the lack of it.
So, even if it was cool to be backwards compatible years ago (and is cool today if the product does it), why bother with it so much now when the entire eco-system is going the opposite direction?
And again, why not at least deprecate now stuff that became meaningless 10 years ago so that in 20 years, when we use quantum computers we don't stumble on sched_yield again (joke).
Regarding porting programs from Windows and UNIX
First, there is no more stringent need to port stuff from Windows as most devs use their free time to write new apps on mobile platforms. And if we really need to port some important program, we can use docker-like technologies which are suitable for all these backwards compatible hacks.
Secondly, all the programs that were 'blindly'(read 'easily') ported, which are using API's changed under the hood, even if they were ok when they were written, are now full of security loop-holes because they no longer understand what goes on under them. In the last 20 years, had there been pressure to improve C and deprecate its unsafe functions, the whole world would be safer. With the risk of being called an Apple fan-boy, I give Apple credit for having the guts to stick to a better language when it comes for all library and application usage. Today they are nearly unbreakable, while Linux and Android are punctured easily.
Regarding the kernel itself
C is still a great language, but why keep it dormant for so many years? It compiles on all platforms, this is true, but it needs so little to become safer to use. Just add some form of shared and weak pointers, and safe string functions, start to use them, deprecate old ones and you eliminate half of the kernel's vulnerabilities and make it more reliable. The Linux kernel is the main user of this language, so it must have a say in requesting some new features. So why keep it so primitive? Soon it might be too late to change..
And we all know that what the Linux kernel adopts, everybody adopts in a few years. It could improve the lives of many C programmers like myself to have something new but relevant (unlike C++ new versions which are new and full of irrelevant language features).
It is indeed all about philosophy but I still say that the lack of action and the prevention of visible changes for the user don't do anything good in Linux, or any other project (except for the increased complexity which helps feed Linux consultants, which might not be all a bad thing).
Thank you again and again for your precious time, and best regards,
Alex Smeu
Topic | Posted By | Date |
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Nuances related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler | Beastian | 2020/01/03 12:46 PM |
Nuances related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler | Montaray Jack | 2020/01/03 01:14 PM |
Nuances related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler | Montaray Jack | 2020/01/03 01:49 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/03 07:05 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Beastian | 2020/01/04 12:03 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Malte Skarupke | 2020/01/04 12:22 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/04 01:31 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | dmcq | 2020/01/05 07:33 AM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | smeuletz | 2020/01/06 02:05 AM |
Do not blame others for your unfinished job | smeuletz | 2020/01/06 02:08 AM |
Where did all the experts come from? Did Linus get linked? (NT) | anon | 2020/01/06 04:27 AM |
Phoronix | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/06 05:04 AM |
Phoronix | Salvatore De Dominicis | 2020/01/06 07:59 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Chester | 2020/01/06 09:17 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | smeuletz | 2020/01/06 10:11 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Chester | 2020/01/06 10:54 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | smeuletz | 2020/01/06 11:33 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/06 12:58 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Gionatan Danti | 2020/01/06 01:13 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/06 01:28 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Gionatan Danti | 2020/01/06 01:52 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | John Scott | 2020/01/10 08:48 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | supernovas | 2020/01/10 10:01 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/10 12:45 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | GDan | 2020/04/06 03:10 AM |
Oracle | Anon3 | 2020/04/07 06:42 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | smeuletz | 2020/01/07 04:07 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Simon Farnsworth | 2020/01/07 01:40 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Etienne | 2020/01/08 02:08 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | smeuletz | 2020/01/08 02:18 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Michael S | 2020/01/08 02:56 AM |
Not deprecating irrelevant API: sched_yield() on quantum computers? | smeuletz | 2020/01/07 04:34 AM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | magicalgoat | 2020/01/09 05:58 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/09 10:37 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Anon3 | 2020/01/10 04:40 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | rwessel | 2020/01/06 10:04 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/06 12:11 PM |
Do not blame anyone. Please give polite, constructive criticism | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/06 02:36 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Howard Chu | 2020/01/09 11:39 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/10 12:30 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | president ltd | 2020/01/04 02:44 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Jörn Engel | 2020/01/04 12:34 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Emil Briggs | 2020/01/04 01:13 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Jörn Engel | 2020/01/04 01:46 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/04 02:24 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/04 03:54 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Jörn Engel | 2020/01/05 10:21 AM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/05 12:42 PM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | Jörn Engel | 2020/01/05 02:45 PM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/05 04:30 PM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | Jörn Engel | 2020/01/05 07:03 PM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | RichardC | 2020/01/06 07:11 AM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/06 01:11 PM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/06 03:20 AM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | xilun | 2020/01/06 05:19 PM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | Konrad Schwarz | 2020/01/13 04:36 AM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/13 04:53 AM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | Simon Farnsworth | 2020/01/13 05:36 AM |
FUTEX_LOCK_PI performance | rwessel | 2020/01/13 06:22 AM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | rainstar | 2020/01/04 10:58 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Charles Ellis | 2020/01/05 04:00 AM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Richard | 2020/01/05 09:58 AM |
It's hard to separate | Michael S | 2020/01/05 11:17 AM |
It's hard to separate | rainstared | 2020/01/06 01:52 AM |
It's hard to separate | David Kanter | 2020/01/08 09:27 AM |
It's hard to separate | Anon | 2020/01/08 09:37 PM |
It's hard to separate | none | 2020/01/08 11:50 PM |
It's hard to separate | Anon | 2020/01/09 01:41 AM |
It's hard to separate | none | 2020/01/09 03:54 AM |
It's hard to separate | gallier2 | 2020/01/09 04:19 AM |
It's hard to separate | Anon | 2020/01/09 05:12 AM |
It's hard to separate | Adrian | 2020/01/09 05:24 AM |
It's hard to separate | gallier2 | 2020/01/09 05:58 AM |
It's hard to separate | Adrian | 2020/01/09 07:09 AM |
It's hard to separate | gallier2 | 2020/01/09 05:42 AM |
It's hard to separate | Adrian | 2020/01/09 04:41 AM |
It's hard to separate | Anon | 2020/01/09 05:24 AM |
It's hard to separate | gallier2 | 2020/01/09 06:07 AM |
It's hard to separate | David Hess | 2020/01/09 09:27 AM |
It's hard to separate | Adrian | 2020/01/09 10:15 AM |
It's hard to separate | David Hess | 2020/01/09 10:45 AM |
It's hard to separate | Anon | 2020/01/09 11:15 AM |
It's hard to separate | Adrian | 2020/01/09 11:51 AM |
It's hard to separate | Brett | 2020/01/09 01:49 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Brett | 2020/01/10 10:53 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/11 07:06 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Adrian | 2020/01/11 07:29 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/11 08:45 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/11 08:04 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ronald Maas | 2020/01/12 10:47 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/12 12:15 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Anon | 2020/01/12 11:34 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Jose | 2020/01/13 01:23 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | gallier2 | 2020/01/13 01:42 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Jose | 2020/01/13 10:04 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | rwessel | 2020/01/13 10:40 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/13 11:35 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Simon Farnsworth | 2020/01/14 03:56 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Michael S | 2020/01/14 04:09 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Simon Farnsworth | 2020/01/14 05:06 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/14 10:22 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/14 10:15 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | rwessel | 2020/01/14 04:12 PM |
286 16 bit I/O | Tim McCaffrey | 2020/01/15 11:25 AM |
286 16 bit I/O | David Hess | 2020/01/15 09:17 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/13 11:52 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Anon | 2020/01/13 12:25 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/13 06:38 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | rwessel | 2020/01/13 07:16 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/13 07:47 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | someone | 2020/01/14 07:54 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Anon | 2020/01/14 08:31 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/14 06:29 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Simon Farnsworth | 2020/01/15 03:26 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Tim McCaffrey | 2020/01/15 11:27 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Simon Farnsworth | 2020/01/15 02:32 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/15 03:47 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Anon | 2020/01/15 04:08 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/15 05:16 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Anon | 2020/01/15 05:31 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/15 06:46 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Anon | 2020/01/15 07:04 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/15 09:53 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/16 07:27 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Anon | 2020/01/16 08:33 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ronald Maas | 2020/01/17 12:05 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Anon | 2020/01/17 08:15 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/17 02:59 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Anon | 2020/01/17 07:40 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/18 08:42 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | gallier2 | 2020/01/19 08:02 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/18 07:12 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/15 09:49 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | gallier2 | 2020/01/16 12:57 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Simon Farnsworth | 2020/01/16 02:30 AM |
IBM PC success | Etienne | 2020/01/16 06:42 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/16 07:32 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Brett | 2020/01/17 01:38 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/18 07:28 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/18 07:22 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/15 09:30 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Maxwell | 2020/01/11 09:07 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | David Hess | 2020/01/11 09:40 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Maxwell | 2020/01/11 10:08 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ricardo B | 2020/01/11 08:42 PM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | Devin | 2020/01/12 02:13 PM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | Ricardo B | 2020/01/12 06:46 PM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | Anon | 2020/01/13 05:10 AM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | gallier2 | 2020/01/13 06:07 AM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | Anon | 2020/01/13 07:09 AM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | Ricardo B | 2020/01/13 11:48 AM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | Michael S | 2020/01/13 07:40 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ronald Maas | 2020/01/13 09:44 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Anon | 2020/01/13 04:32 PM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | Ricardo B | 2020/01/13 11:24 AM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | rwessel | 2020/01/13 03:59 PM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | David Hess | 2020/01/13 07:12 PM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | rwessel | 2020/01/13 07:28 PM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | David Hess | 2020/01/13 07:51 PM |
8086 does NOT have those addressing modes | David Hess | 2020/01/13 06:55 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | rwessel | 2020/01/11 01:26 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Brett | 2020/01/11 03:16 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | rwessel | 2020/01/11 08:20 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Brett | 2020/01/12 01:02 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | rwessel | 2020/01/12 10:06 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | Brett | 2020/01/12 11:02 PM |
Zilog Z8000 | James | 2020/01/13 06:12 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Adrian | 2020/01/12 12:38 AM |
PDP-11 | Michael S | 2020/01/12 02:33 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | rwessel | 2020/01/12 07:01 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Ronald Maas | 2020/01/12 11:03 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Konrad Schwarz | 2020/01/13 04:49 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Adrian | 2020/01/14 12:38 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | konrad.schwarz | 2020/01/15 05:50 AM |
Zilog Z8000 | Adrian | 2020/01/15 11:24 PM |
It's hard to separate | David Hess | 2020/01/11 07:08 AM |
It's hard to separate | David Hess | 2020/01/11 07:11 AM |
It's hard to separate | Adrian | 2020/01/09 12:16 PM |
It's hard to separate | David Hess | 2020/01/11 07:17 AM |
It's hard to separate | gallier2 | 2020/01/10 01:11 AM |
It's hard to separate | none | 2020/01/10 02:58 AM |
It's hard to separate | rwessel | 2020/01/09 08:00 AM |
It's hard to separate | David Hess | 2020/01/09 09:10 AM |
It's hard to separate | rwessel | 2020/01/09 09:51 AM |
It's hard to separate | Adrian | 2020/01/08 11:58 PM |
It's hard to separate | rwessel | 2020/01/09 07:31 AM |
It's hard to separate | Adrian | 2020/01/09 07:44 AM |
It's hard to separate | David Hess | 2020/01/09 09:37 AM |
It's hard to separate | none | 2020/01/09 10:34 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Paul A. Clayton | 2020/01/09 03:15 PM |
Yes, they are terrible (NT) | Anon | 2020/01/09 03:20 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Adrian | 2020/01/10 12:49 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Etienne | 2020/01/10 02:28 AM |
Are segments so bad? | gallier2 | 2020/01/10 02:37 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Adrian | 2020/01/10 03:19 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Adrian | 2020/01/10 04:27 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Etienne | 2020/01/10 04:41 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Adrian | 2020/01/10 03:05 AM |
Are segments so bad? | gallier2 | 2020/01/10 03:13 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon3 | 2020/01/10 11:37 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Adrian | 2020/01/10 11:47 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/11 01:43 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/01/10 06:51 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Adrian | 2020/01/11 01:05 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/11 08:20 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/11 10:14 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/11 09:15 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/11 11:15 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/12 04:18 AM |
Are segments so bad? | anon | 2020/01/12 12:30 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/12 10:19 PM |
the world sucks worse than you're aware of | Michael S | 2020/01/13 01:50 AM |
the world sucks worse than you're aware of | Brendan | 2020/01/13 03:56 AM |
the world sucks worse than you're aware of | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/13 04:46 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/13 07:41 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/13 08:21 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/13 09:43 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/13 01:02 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Anne O. Nymous | 2020/01/13 01:22 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/13 02:50 PM |
actor of around 200? | Michael S | 2020/01/14 03:58 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/14 12:50 PM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Brendan | 2020/01/14 01:40 PM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/15 03:17 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Anon | 2020/01/15 04:43 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/15 05:09 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Anon | 2020/01/15 05:16 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/15 06:58 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Anon | 2020/01/15 09:08 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/16 04:05 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Michael S | 2020/01/15 04:48 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/15 05:10 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Michael S | 2020/01/15 08:13 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/15 08:46 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/15 06:08 AM |
Thanks for the info (NT) | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/15 07:00 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/15 12:30 PM |
OOM killer complains | Anon | 2020/01/15 12:44 PM |
OOM killer complains | anon | 2020/01/15 04:26 PM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Brendan | 2020/01/16 07:26 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/16 10:17 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/16 10:48 AM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Doug S | 2020/01/16 03:41 PM |
Not overcomitting leads to more OOMs, not less | Doug S | 2020/01/16 03:44 PM |
Are segments so bad? | rwessel | 2020/01/13 04:11 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/14 07:37 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/14 08:48 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/14 11:13 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/14 02:30 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brett | 2020/01/14 10:13 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/15 07:04 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/15 03:35 AM |
Specifying cost of dropping pages | Paul A. Clayton | 2020/01/13 03:00 PM |
Specifying cost of dropping pages | rwessel | 2020/01/13 04:19 PM |
Specifying cost of dropping pages | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/15 03:23 AM |
Are segments so bad? | anon | 2020/01/14 02:15 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/14 06:13 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/14 12:57 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/14 02:58 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/15 03:33 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/01/15 05:24 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/15 06:20 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Etienne | 2020/01/15 05:56 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/15 08:53 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/16 06:12 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/16 10:56 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/15 06:20 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/15 06:56 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/16 07:16 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/16 11:08 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/17 01:52 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/17 10:08 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/18 12:40 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/18 10:13 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/19 12:25 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brett | 2020/01/19 03:18 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brett | 2020/01/19 03:34 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/20 12:57 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/20 05:54 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/20 12:43 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/21 07:01 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/21 06:04 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/22 07:30 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/22 03:56 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/23 08:44 AM |
Are segments so bad? | rwessel | 2020/01/16 03:06 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/16 03:13 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/17 01:51 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/17 03:18 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/01/17 08:01 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/20 01:06 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/18 03:15 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/20 12:55 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Michael S | 2020/01/20 05:30 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/20 08:02 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/20 08:41 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Michael S | 2020/01/20 08:45 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/20 09:36 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/20 11:04 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Michael S | 2020/01/20 01:22 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/20 02:38 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Simon Farnsworth | 2020/01/20 03:40 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/01/20 04:35 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Simon Farnsworth | 2020/01/20 05:30 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Michael S | 2020/01/20 05:20 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/21 05:08 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/21 06:07 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/22 01:53 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/22 04:32 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/22 07:12 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/22 04:28 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/23 07:36 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/24 07:27 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/24 10:42 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/25 02:46 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/25 08:29 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/26 11:17 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/27 07:55 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/27 04:33 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/28 06:28 AM |
DDS assets and MipMap chains | Montaray Jack | 2020/01/29 03:26 AM |
Are segments so bad? | gallier2 | 2020/01/27 03:58 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/27 06:19 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anne O. Nymous | 2020/01/25 03:23 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/01/22 05:52 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Anne O. Nymous | 2020/01/23 01:24 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/01/23 05:24 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Anne O. Nymous | 2020/01/24 12:43 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/01/24 04:04 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Etienne | 2020/01/24 06:10 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/23 01:48 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Michael S | 2020/01/23 03:48 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/23 07:38 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/23 01:29 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/01/23 06:08 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/24 09:51 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/01/23 06:02 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/24 03:57 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/01/24 04:17 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/01/24 09:23 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/02/02 10:15 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/02/03 01:47 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/02/03 02:34 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Gabriele Svelto | 2020/02/03 05:36 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon3 | 2020/02/03 08:47 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon | 2020/02/04 05:49 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/24 10:10 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/17 10:26 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Anne O. Nymous | 2020/01/12 04:18 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/12 08:41 AM |
Are segments so bad? | rwessel | 2020/01/11 01:31 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Anne O. Nymous | 2020/01/11 08:22 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Ricardo B | 2020/01/11 08:01 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Adrian | 2020/01/12 12:18 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Michael S | 2020/01/12 02:43 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Adrian | 2020/01/12 04:35 AM |
Are segments so bad? | Ricardo B | 2020/01/12 12:04 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Anon3 | 2020/01/12 05:52 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Brendan | 2020/01/12 09:58 PM |
Are segments so bad? | Paul A. Clayton | 2020/01/13 09:11 AM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | rainstared | 2020/01/06 01:43 AM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Foo_ | 2020/01/06 05:33 AM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | dmcq | 2020/01/06 06:03 AM |
changes in context | Carlie Coats | 2020/01/09 09:06 AM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | rainstar | 2020/01/09 10:16 PM |
No nuances, just buggy code (was: related to Spinlock implementation and the Linux Scheduler) | Montaray Jack | 2020/01/09 11:11 PM |
Suggested reading for the author | anon | 2020/01/04 11:16 PM |
Suggested reading for the author | ab | 2020/01/05 05:15 AM |
Looking at the other side (frequency scaling) | Chester | 2020/01/06 10:19 AM |
Looking at the other side (frequency scaling) | Foo_ | 2020/01/06 11:00 AM |
Why spinlocks were used | Foo_ | 2020/01/06 11:06 AM |
Why spinlocks were used | Jukka Larja | 2020/01/06 12:59 PM |
Why spinlocks were used | Simon Cooke | 2020/01/06 03:16 PM |
Why spinlocks were used | Rizzo | 2020/01/07 01:18 AM |
Looking at the other side (frequency scaling) | ab | 2020/01/07 01:14 AM |
Cross-platform code | Gian-Carlo Pascutto | 2020/01/06 08:00 AM |
Cross-platform code | Michael S | 2020/01/06 09:11 AM |
Cross-platform code | Gian-Carlo Pascutto | 2020/01/06 12:33 PM |
Cross-platform code | Michael S | 2020/01/06 01:59 PM |
Cross-platform code | Nksingh | 2020/01/07 12:09 AM |
Cross-platform code | Michael S | 2020/01/07 02:00 AM |
SRW lock implementation | Michael S | 2020/01/07 02:35 AM |
SRW lock implementation | Nksingh | 2020/01/09 02:17 PM |
broken URL in Linux source code | Michael S | 2020/01/14 01:56 AM |
broken URL in Linux source code | Travis Downs | 2020/01/14 10:14 AM |
broken URL in Linux source code | Michael S | 2020/01/14 10:48 AM |
broken URL in Linux source code | Travis Downs | 2020/01/14 04:43 PM |
SRW lock implementation - url broken | Michael S | 2020/01/14 03:07 AM |
SRW lock implementation - url broken | Travis Downs | 2020/01/14 11:06 AM |
SRW lock implementation - url broken | gpderetta | 2020/01/15 04:28 AM |
SRW lock implementation - url broken | Travis Downs | 2020/01/15 11:16 AM |
SRW lock implementation - url broken | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/15 11:20 AM |
SRW lock implementation - url broken | Travis Downs | 2020/01/15 11:35 AM |
SRW lock implementation - url broken | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/16 11:24 AM |
SRW lock implementation - url broken | Konrad Schwarz | 2020/02/05 10:19 AM |
SRW lock implementation - url broken | nksingh | 2020/02/05 02:42 PM |
Cross-platform code | Linus Torvalds | 2020/01/06 01:57 PM |