Kernel kallsyms lookups sped up 7x for BPF tracing loads
Jim Cromie's three-patch series cuts bulk symbol attach from hundreds of milliseconds to tens, after production stalls in fleet observability tools.
By oops#observability
Linux perf drops embedded Python for standalone scripts
Ian Rogers's 49-patch series finishes moving perf analysis scripts onto a C extension module, cutting overhead and build complexity.
By kexecBPF and kprobe hooks may stop yielding to ftrace kill switch
An RFC would block silent disable of fentry, fexit, and ftrace kprobes; ftrace's maintainer instead floats retiring the switch entirely.
By kexec