Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 11, 2020
This edition contains the following feature content:
- Seccomp and deep argument inspection: in search of a safe way to let seccomp look at structures passed to system calls.
- 5.8 Merge window, part 1: the first set of changes merged for the 5.8 development cycle.
- A crop of new capabilities: after a six-year lull, two new capabilities have been added to the kernel and another is waiting in the wings.
- DMA-BUF cache handling: Off the DMA API map (part 1): a detailed look at how the kernel's DMA APIs are not fully up to the task of driving contemporary systems.
- Home Assistant, the Python IoT Hub: an introduction to a free home-management application.
This week's edition also includes these inner pages:
- Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
- Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
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