git: b558f108d0 - main - ff report 2025 q3: timeout handling -> timeout(1)
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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:48:02 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kib:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=b558f108d0be27611d0842534ccaa7e26df2bcd9
commit b558f108d0be27611d0842534ccaa7e26df2bcd9
Author: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-11-30 16:46:29 +0000
Commit: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-11-30 16:46:29 +0000
ff report 2025 q3: timeout handling -> timeout(1)
It is not about 'timeout handling', it is races in the timeout(1)
utility.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
---
.../content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/freebsd-foundation.adoc | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/freebsd-foundation.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/freebsd-foundation.adoc
index d76a8e995f..0f0d19ca9b 100644
--- a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/freebsd-foundation.adoc
+++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/freebsd-foundation.adoc
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ Other highlights include:
* Improved virtual memory scalability, allowing multiple processes to load shared libraries in parallel.
* Greater UFS reliability on very large filesystems (with more than 2 billion inodes).
* Support for systems with over 4 TB of RAM, including a reworked Kernel Virtual Address (KVA) layout tailored for the 57-bit address space (LA57) architecture.
-* Kqueue inheritance across `fork()`.
+* Kqueue inheritance across `fork(2)`.
* A new safeguard (`noshutdown`) to help prevent accidental system shutdown.
* Simplified and more reliable filesystem rename operations.
* A fix for amd64 pmap panics under low-memory conditions.
-* Numerous fixes for race conditions in timeout handling.
+* Numerous fixes for race conditions in timeout(1).
* A new EXTERROR(9) interface, standardizing how external applications can report detailed error information.
The Foundation also continued to support two major initiatives: the Laptop Support and Usability project (in collaboration with link:https://www.ql-research.com/[Quantum Leap Research]) and an <<_infrastructure_modernization,infrastructure modernization project>> commissioned by the link:https://www.sovereign.tech/[Sovereign Tech Agency].