LKML News v5.7-rc1

[GIT PULL] XArray for 5.7-rc1

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200331141749.GB21484@bombadil.infradead.org

Matthew’s XArray pull request for 5.7 merge window. Quickly merged by Torvald.

[PATCH v5 00/10] workingset protection/detection on the anonymous LRU list

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1585892447-32059-1-git-send-email-iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com

The fifth version of the workingset protection.

[PATCH v4 0/2] mm: using CMA for 1 GB hugepages allocation

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200407010431.1286488-1-guro@fb.com

This patchset make hugetlb to use CMA for 1GB hugepage allocations.

[PATCH RFC] mm: compaction: avoid migrating non-cma pages to a cma area

The compaction algorithm doesn’t distinguish CMA from other movable pageblocks. In other words, it can move non-cma pages into a cma zone. This patch avoid the problem by preserving non-cma pages from being moved into a cma area.

Linux 5.7-rc1

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wh0F0fnOQA3dr_-QCdjc_FTTk3ccPFLU33zr3zLD9FQ7Q@mail.gmail.com

The merge window for Linux 5.7 has closed about one or two hours earlier than usual, due to the Easter Sunday.

Torvalds says the merge window was pretty normal. Not too big, not too small. The distribution of patches also seems quite normal.

The kernel technical advisotry board (TAB) asked Torvalds to announce that they would help people struggling their kernel work from COVID-19.