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Jarkko Sakkinen

I wish it had been titled "Swaptraction Layer" :-/ Article was interesting tho.
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@ljs @jarkko that layer was removed with SLAB
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@vbabka @jarkko @ljs what about swap-backed slab allocations?

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@oleksandr @vbabka @jarkko well that's just a fucking horrible idea and now I won't sleep thanks
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HAMMER SMASHED FILESYSTEM πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

Edited 6 months ago

@ljs @oleksandr @jarkko @vbabka research UNIX kernel's malloc/mfree routines take the "map" as the first argument, which represents either memory space of swap

was this not actually the part SCO claimed linux stole? (edit: it fucking was! http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/smoking-fizzle.html)

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@lkundrak @oleksandr @jarkko @vbabka that doesn't bear any resemblance to reality and is extremely brain damaged.

Which sounds a lot like that whole lawsuit, allegedly etc. (given I'm in UK libel laws + all)
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@ljs @jarkko @vbabka you had to walk 6k steps anyway, so enjoy

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@vbabka @jarkko @ljs until someone actually implements that

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@oleksandr @vbabka @jarkko lol like dynamic kernel stacks using a security add-on to gcc or something
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@oleksandr @jarkko @vbabka but I'm not doing mid life crisis stuff like suddenly going to the gym all the time am I?
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@ljs @jarkko @vbabka first stage is denial

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@oleksandr @jarkko @vbabka well it's not like I'm suddenly changing career in some way imminently is it?
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@vbabka @jarkko @oleksandr yeah and it's not like I bought a v8 6.2 litre monster car some years ago (before realising it was a nightmare to actually own and selling) is it??
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@vbabka @ljs @oleksandr don't go to modular, it's a trap ;-) worse than heroin
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@jarkko @vbabka @oleksandr oh mate I am trying to avoid it lol.

Though at some point I'll have to give in...

Music has gone on hold until this damn book is done as otherwise I'd genuinely burn out, but when that's done (should be 3-4 weeks for 1st draft completion) it'll be back to synths ;)
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