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RISC-V Wires Up More Kernel Features With Linux 6.12


The RISC-V architecture updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.12 kernel cycle

Better handling Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) is always worthy, RISC-V supporting generic CPU vulnerabilities reporting is good in the name of transparency and being consistent across architectures, and overcoming the size limit for execute in place (XIP) kernels is also worth mentioning. RISC-V's Svvptc extension is for obviating memory management instructions after marking PTEs as valid. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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