Jeez... this reminds me of the recent thing with Volkswagon. What a pain in the ass all of this is going to be for a whole lot of people and companies.
--Jeff Moden
I heard about this earlier than most since I also run Linux systems and the folks kept talking about "secretive patches" going into the kernel. So I alarmed the proper folks and I don't think they will realize the magnitude of the situation for the SQL databases until job run times go up. Maybe the application I/O improvements I've asked for years ago will get rolled out to make up for the loss in performance...
Some of the fixes may also affect the high resolution system timers in the user space. That would kill certain categories of apps....
" In other words, it's a huge s**t sandwich, and we're all gonna have to take a bite."
- Full Metal Jacket