2.4.10

Posted Jul 15, 2023 0:40 UTC (Sat) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: Stabilizing per-VMA locking by Paf
Parent article: Stabilizing per-VMA locking

The VM switch in 2.4 seemed insane at the time as well. It did seem to stabilize a lot of the persistent problems that had been plaguing that kernel, though; it's been a long time since I've heard anybody who thinks it was the wrong decision.

2.4.10

Posted Jul 16, 2023 19:30 UTC (Sun) by Paf (subscriber, #91811) [Link]

Yeah, I can’t argue with the results. That stood out but I was in fact talking as much about the whole process - the differing branches and the seeming lack of maintainers except Linus. It feels a little like watching a kind of multi-mode high traffic near-chaos flow, the kind that seems - to someone used to orderly traffic - like it should lead to constant crashes but somehow doesn’t (usually :x).