#bpf
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Linux Plumbers in Prague: what the sched_ext microconference discussed
The Linux Plumbers Conference blog has published a report from the sched_ext microconference. Three topics dominated: priority inversion, paravirtualized scheduling, and hardware topology in task placement.
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In Linux 7.3, binfmt_misc will learn to pick the interpreter through BPF
The kernel mechanism for launching non-native executables is gaining a programmable interpreter choice — right down to attaching BPF programs that determine the environment for each individual launch.
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Linux 7.2-rc2 hardens BPF against JIT-spraying attacks
Linux kernel developers have landed changes aimed at protecting the BPF subsystem from JIT spraying attacks. The fixes made it into the codebase ahead of the Linux 7.2-rc2 release.