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'"[…] Suppose you compile an #eBPF program on #kernel version 5.3, but it fails to run on 5.4.
Why? Because each kernel version ships with its own kernel headers, which define structs and memory layouts. […]
So if a certain struct field […] sits at a different offset in another OS or ke…

Linux is when your computer doesn't boot, you think it's a kernel bug, you spend half the day troubleshooting, you identify an actual hardware defect, you go out and buy new hardware, and then you find out it actually was a kernel bug all along.
#linux #kernel

Wondering why the number of downloaded vanilla #Linux mainline #kernel packages[1] for aarch64 and ppc64le on Fedora 42 already overtook 40 and 41.
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BTW, if anyone wants me to build kernels for s390x as well, please let me know. It's likely not more work for me than enabling a c…

'"[…] I had always assumed the shell used the shebang as a hint, but that’s incorrect! This functionality is actually handled directly by the #Linux #Kernel. […]"'

With the release of #Linux 6.13.12[1] the 6.13.y #LinuxKernel series is now considered end-of-life and "everyone should move to the 6.14.y #kernel branch"[2].
[1] in parallel with 6.14.3 and …