Linux 4.8 Plans/Developments
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Hardened Usercopy Protection Sent In For Linux 4.8
The usercopy protection was sent in today for pulling into the Linux 4.8 kernel.
This user-copy protection support isn't about any form of digital rights management but rather about safeguarding objects being copied to/from user-space. I covered this work in more detail a few days ago in Hardened Usercopy Appears Ready To Be Merged For Linux 4.8.
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SMR Drive Support In Linux 4.8 To Be Further Improved
With the Linux 4.7 kernel came initial work on SMR drives, a.k.a. Shingled Magnetic Recording. With Linux 4.8 the SMR drive support continues to be improved.
Shingled Magnetic Recording is a magnetic storage tech used by HDDs with high storage density.
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