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Linux 6.11-rc7 To Fix A "Massive Performance Regression" For AMD Graphics


Sent out today were the DRM fixes for 6.11-rc7 ahead of the Linux 6.11-rc7 kernel being released on Sunday

There is one change though with the AMD Radeon graphics driver side worth highlighting to address a performance regression affecting recent kernels. A user had found the performance within Valve's Dota 2 game and other titles like Rise of the Tomb Raider to regress substantially when moving to recent versions of the Linux kernel. It turns out the regression was introduced four months ago when adding clear page functionality to the AMDGPU driver.

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