Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 14, 2021

• Scrutinizing bugs found by syzbot: many "low-risk" bugs turn out to be riskier than previously thought.
• A rough start for ksmbd: the new in-kernel SMB file server has potential, but it has a number of code-quality problems to solve first.
• Pulling slabs out of struct page: a proposal that foreshadows the direction of memory-management development.
• The intersection of modules, GKI, and rocket science: when is making drivers modular a bad thing?
• A QEMU case study in grappling with software complexity: how to recognize and deal with unnecessary complexity.
• Digging into Julia's package system: a look at how Julia manages packages.

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.

Please enjoy this week's edition, and, as always, thank you for supporting LWN.net.