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Linux early boot memory allocator cut from 268 seconds to 50ms
Original: Linux's Early Boot-Time Physical Memory Allocator Big Speed-Up: ~268s to ~50ms
The Linux kernel's memblock allocator, which handles physical memory management during early boot, has received a major optimization that shrinks its runtime from roughly 268 seconds to around 50 milliseconds. The change, covered by Phoronix ahead of the Linux 7.4 kernel cycle, dramatically reduces boot times, particularly on large-memory servers, and is drawing strong interest from developers and system administrators.
Why now: A dramatic performance improvement to core kernel boot code is notable to developers running large-memory systems.
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