LKML News v5.5-rc6

OOM killer not nearly agressive enough?

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200107204412.GA29562@amd

The author if this mail, Pavel updated his userspace to x86-64 and encountered chromium’s memory hogging. He was required to kill the chromium himself, because OOM killer didn’t kill it. He asks whether this means OOM killer is not aggressive enough.

[PATCH 0/4] introduce memory hinting API for external process

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200110213433.94739-1-minchan@kernel.org

Minchan has previously posted the patchset introducing the MADV_COLD, MADV_PAGEOUT and external madvise() able code change. However, he has split the patchset into two part. And, the first part, which adds MADV_COLD and MADV_PAGEOUT has been merged to the mainline. This patchset is the second part of the patchset. Now he aims to let processes to be able to do madvise() to other processes.

Linux 5.5-rc6

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wjZRs-nL2SQ3syoyC8-Ycaj-AcH18UHe2b3GV0ayf0ZjQ@mail.gmail.com

This release was also very calm. Linus suspects it was due to the holiday. Therefore, he thinks the 5.5 release will be after ‘-rc8’, this time. But, it’s not fixed plan. If things go well, he might release the 5.5 only after ‘-rc7’ as usual.

Most changes for rc6 was for drivers.