Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 22, 2023
This edition contains the following feature content:
- PostgreSQL reconsiders its process-based model: is it possible to change a fundamental design decision made over 30 years ago?
- Scope-based resource management for the kernel: using a nonstandard compiler feature to eliminate resource-management bugs.
- Ongoing LSFMM+BPF coverage:
- XFS online filesystem check and repair: a discussion on an online fsck feature for XFS.
- Merging bcachefs: the time has come to merge this new filesystem, and there are questions about what the process is for doing so.
- Backporting XFS fixes to stable: a case-study of the XFS stable backports team and its activities, with an eye toward applying the idea to other filesystems.
- Merging copy offload: handing off copy operations to block storage devices has been a feature floating around for a decade now; merging it would seem to be on the (near) horizon.
- Reports from OSPM 2023, part 2: discussions from the second day of the 2023 Conference on Power Management and Scheduling in the Linux Kernel.
- Armbian 23.05: optimized for single-board computers: a look at this specialized Debian derivative.
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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