{
  "id": 16068063,
  "title": "[$] The end of __get_user() and __put_user()",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/the-end-of-get-user-and-put-user",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-22T16:25:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1102061/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Linus Torvalds rarely writes significant amounts kernel code these days, so the merging of a 48-part patch series from him is an unusual event. This series, destined for the 7.4 kernel release, performs some long-delayed kernel cleanup by removing a couple of the primitives used to access user-space memory from the kernel. What was once a best practice has long been superseded, but it can take…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}