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AMDXDNA Driver Adds Per-Process Buffer Object Memory Queries for Linux 7.1

New code for the AMD XD/DNA driver was submitted this week as part of a drm-misc-next pull, targeting the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window. These Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) changes introduce suppor...

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Intel Xe Driver Prepares Linux 7.1 vRAM OOM Improvements with New API

Intel developers have submitted a new round of updates for the Intel Xe kernel graphics driver, aimed at enhancing its ability to manage video memory pressure and out-of-memory situations for vRAM. Th...

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Linux Kernel DRM Fix Prevents Unprivileged Memory Exhaustion

A recently identified oversight in the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics driver common code allowed unprivileged users to potentially trigger unbounded kernel memory consumption. ...

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