The kernel team often needs to investigate various kernel configuration options or perhaps kernel sub-systems to ensure that we have a correctly configured kernel. This page links to various project investigations and results.
Ubuntu Quantal
SLUB vs SLAB - Analysis of SLUB vs SLAB kernel memory allocators
IPv6 - How well does Ubuntu work with IPv6
CFQ vs Deadline - Choice of I/O scheduler for Quantal
Low Latency Kernel Results - Low Latency benchmarking