Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 17, 2022
This edition contains the following feature content:
- Uniting the Linux random-number devices: the longstanding distinction between /dev/random and /dev/urandom may be about to come to an end.
- The long road to a fix for CVE-2021-20316: closing a Samba bug required a two-year massive rewrite.
- Going big with TCP packets: a proposal to allow TCP to use massive packets on suitable networks.
- Remote per-CPU page list draining: memory allocation scalability is a tricky business.
- Debian reconsiders NEW review: Debian's NEW queue is causing pain for developers, leading to a rethinking of how Debian reviews packages on their way into the repository.
This week's edition also includes these inner pages:
- Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
- Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
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