Linux's Old Mount API Code On The Chopping Block For The 7.0 Kernel (www.phoronix.com)

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The Linux kernel's "new mount API" that has been in the kernel since 2019 and recently made rounds for taking 6+ years to land the man page documentation on it will soon be the the only mount API internally within the kernel. Removing the "old" Linux kernel mount API internals is a candidate for the upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel cycle.

Christian Brauner has queued a patch by Red Hat's Eric Sandeen to remove the kernel-internal portion of the old mount API code from the kernel.

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[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

who makes the thumbnails for phoronix? is this the same hdd that was in a previous one?

[-] cm0002@literature.cafe 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It looks like the same drive, but more unhinged

Maybe the next Phoronix article is going to be even eviler 😅

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Infinitely better than ai lol

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