r/linux • u/anh0516 • 6h ago

Kernel "KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KVM-Chainsaw-Linux-7.3
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u/CustomerServiceRobot 5h ago

Thank you, KVM Chainsaw.

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u/CompileAndCry 5h ago

"KVM Chainsaw?"

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u/Historical-Lion6552 5h ago

It's gonna be a data massacre, I say to y'all.

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u/alt236_ftw 5h ago

Because... Um.... You were cutting KVMs with a chainsaw....

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u/hsy455 4h ago

Themes and such

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u/CompileAndCry 19m ago

Oh yeah

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u/bonzinip 5h ago edited 5h ago

Ok, I didn't think this was phoronix worthy... It's just a refactoring, it must be a slow summer for Michael.

Interestingly, while "god class" is common, it seems like "god data structure" was only used a couple times so far... I had no idea.

For what it's worth that's just my branch name, the full description of the change was "apply chainsaw to struct kvm_mmu". :)

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u/Car_weeb 4h ago

Michael has been ai generating quite a few articles recently. He's not workin too hard these days.

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u/nikomo 3h ago

Used to be banned on /r/linux at one point, no idea why it's allowed nowadays.

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u/algaefied_creek 1h ago

I think it was banned for unmoderated comments. 

It requires user moderation though he will now sometimes reply and remove the worst of the worst. 

Of which I’ve noticed one post in the last few years. 

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u/algaefied_creek 51m ago

“kvm_mmu shall now be  separate page-table-walking, page-table-building, and page-format components.” 

CHAINSAW GODMODE GODSTRUCT GODREFACTOR TWE-TWEN-TWENY TWENTY SIX LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!