Linus Torvalds Rejects the Idea of Enabling Damon by Default in the Linux Kernel
a year ago
- #Kernel
- #Linux
- #DAMON
- Linus Torvalds rejected the idea of enabling DAMON by default in the Linux kernel.
- DAMON is a data access monitoring solution developed by Amazon and others for system monitoring and optimizations.
- A patch to enable DAMON by default was initially merged during the Linux 6.16 merge window.
- The rationale for enabling DAMON by default included support from major distros and minimal risk.
- Torvalds reverted the change, stating that new features should not be enabled by default without strong justification.
- DAMON is now disabled by default in the latest Linux Git code ahead of Linux 6.16-rc2.