"KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure
"KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure Written by Michael Larabel in Virtualization on 26 July 2026 at 11:32 AM EDT. Add A Comment A patch series that appears destined for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is what's dubbed the "KVM Chainsaw" as a major code clean-up in dealing with the kvm_mmu "god data structure". Red Hat engineer and KVM maintainer Paolo Bonzini has merged the kvm-chainsaw branch to KVM's "next" Git branch.
- ▪"KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure Written by Michael Larabel in Virtualization on 26 July 2026 at 11:32 AM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment A patch series that appears destined for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is what's dubbed the "KVM Chainsaw" as a major code clean-up in dealing with the kvm_mmu "god data structure".
- ▪Red Hat engineer and KVM maintainer Paolo Bonzini has merged the kvm-chainsaw branch to KVM's "next" Git branch.
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"KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure Written by Michael Larabel in Virtualization on 26 July 2026 at 11:32 AM EDT. Add A Comment A patch series that appears destined for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is what's dubbed the "KVM Chainsaw" as a major code clean-up in dealing with the kvm_mmu "god data structure". Red Hat engineer and KVM maintainer Paolo Bonzini has merged the kvm-chainsaw branch to KVM's "next" Git branch. With this KVM Chainsaw work now in the next branch, it should be submitted for the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle. The KVM Chainsaw work deals with the kvm_mmu structure being overloaded with multiple uses and splits it down into three parts for better handling current KVM usage.
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