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Linux 6.10 Goes Ahead In Removing Sysctl Sentinel Bloat
Over the past year there's been much work happening within the Linux kernel's sysctl code for clearing up ~64 bytes of bloat per array throughout the kernel by dropping the last sysctl 'sentinel' entry at the end of each array
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