Article 5ZJD6 Linux 5.19 To "Make Life Miserable" In Slowing Down Bad Behaving Split-Lock Apps

Linux 5.19 To "Make Life Miserable" In Slowing Down Bad Behaving Split-Lock Apps

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Back in 2020 Intel engineers working on the Linux kernel added split lock detection to provide a warning when an atomic operation spans multiple cache lines and requires a global bus lock for atomicity. A warning is now deemed not useful enough so instead the intent moving forward is to "make life miserable" for such misbehaving user-space applications by slowing down the performance with hopes of the app developers better handling their code...
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