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    Golang Now Enables Speedier getrandom() On Linux

    Phoronix: Golang Now Enables Speedier getrandom() On Linux

    The Linux 6.11 kernel introduced getrandom() in the vDSO for faster yet secure user-space random number generation needs. In addition to patches pending for Glibc to make use of getrandom() vDSO support, Golang is now another early user of this functionality...

    Golang Now Enables Speedier getrandom() On Linux - Phoronix
    https://www.phoronix.com/news/Goland-getrandom-vDSO
    Phoronix, Linux Hardware Reviews, Linux hardware benchmarks, Linux server benchmarks, Linux benchmarking, Desktop Linux, Linux performance, Open Source graphics, Linux How To, Ubuntu benchmarks, Ubuntu hardware, Phoronix Test Suite
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    nice!
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    • #3
      Now we wait 5 years while major cloud providers add support for kernel 6.11 (for example Amazon Linux 2023 uses kernel 6.1)
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      • #4
        Very nice. Now if someone would work on io-uring support that would be great.
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          Originally posted by npwx View Post
          Very nice. Now if someone would work on io-uring support that would be great.
          not wanting to use the 3rd party packages?

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          • #6
            That's pretty impressive performance boost

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