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Linux Optimization Patches Significantly Speed-Up Debuggers Using /proc/kcore


A set of Linux kernel patches posted on Friday by Meta/Facebook provide for sizable performance optimizations for applications leveraging /proc/kcore such as for debuggers.

A set of Linux kernel patches posted on Friday by Meta/Facebook provide for sizable performance optimizations for applications leveraging/proc/kcore such as for debuggers. Meta engineer Omar Sandoval posted the set of four patches on Friday for speeding-up interactions with /proc/kcore: Drgn is a programmable debugger that supports scripting in Python and can be used for debugging the Linux kernel and other purposes.

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