xBoreUp Linux Patch

A curated collection of performance and responsiveness patches for Linux linux-7.1.y.

Patch List

Network

#	Patch	Description
0001	net/tcp: add Google BBR v3 congestion control	Replace default CUBIC with BBR v3 for higher throughput and lower latency
0002	net/tcp: increase TCP write buffer limit 4MB → 16MB	Bigger TCP write buffer for high-throughput connections
0003	net/sock: increase default socket buffer size 4x	Raise default socket receive/send buffer across all sockets

Scheduler

#	Patch	Description
0004	sched: rate-limit sched_yield to once per jiffy	Prevent yield spam in Proton/Wine games that abuse sched_yield()
0008	sched: add BORE Scheduler	Burst-Oriented Response Enhancer — improves desktop interactivity
0009	sched: add POC Selector	Piece Of Cake task selector for the fair scheduler
0013	sched: add Cambyses load balancer	Alternative load balancer for better multi-core task distribution

Memory Management

#	Patch	Description
0005	mm: raise default max_map_count to INT_MAX	Prevent game crashes caused by VMA exhaustion
0012	zram: add Immediate Recompression	Re-compress ZRAM pages immediately for better memory efficiency
0015	mm: add lru_marie MARIE LRU	Unified SIMD-accelerated LRU reclaim with async swap compression via kcompmari and hardware-accelerated PTE scanning (SSE2/AVX2/AVX-512/NEON)
0016	lru_marie: add AVX-512F+BW+BMI2 PTE scanner for AMD Zen 5	AVX-512 optimised PTE scanner specifically tuned for AMD Zen 5

I/O

#	Patch	Description
0010	block: add ADIOS I/O Scheduler	Adaptive Deadline I/O Scheduler — lower latency block I/O

CPU / Power

#	Patch	Description
0006	time: reduce default timer_slack_ns 50µs → 50ns	Tighter hrtimer coalescing window for nanosleep/select/futex, inherited from PID 1
0007	iommu: enable posted MSI by default	Lower PCIe interrupt latency, especially for GPU
0011	cpuidle: add NAP Governor	Neural Adaptive Prediction cpuidle governor for smarter power saving
0014	cpufreq: add Reflex Governor	Interactive cpufreq governor with fast frequency scaling (default as modules)

Build

#	Patch	Description
0017	scripts: setlocalversion remove tag for git repo	Cleaner kernel version string
0018	kbuild: add full support for the mold linker	Use mold as the kernel linker for faster build times (experimental always use LLD)

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Maintained by Salman Wahib