Shrinking the kernel with an axe

Posted Feb 12, 2018 10:14 UTC (Mon) by pr1268 (guest, #24648)
Parent article: Shrinking the kernel with an axe

I propose that all SoC's these days be built with Arm64's. Kernel 4.16's support for 52-bit physical addresses on this arch/HW makes Nicolas' efforts moot. (Just kidding.)

Seriously, though, I still wonder sometimes how much benefit might be realized by Mr. Pitre's work. At least if not for the size savings, then perhaps for the reduced attack vector of undiscovered vulnerabilities?