EXT4 for Linux 6.16 Brings a Change Yielding "Stupendous Performance"
a year ago
- #EXT4
- #Linux
- #Performance
- EXT4 file-system changes for Linux 6.16 include performance improvements.
- Key improvements: fast-commit performance, multi-fsblock atomic write support for bigalloc, and large folio support for regular files.
- Large folio support shows a 37.7% improvement in FS-Mark benchmark.
- Ted Ts'o highlights the significant performance boost from large folio support.
- EXT4 optimizations are part of an exciting cycle for file-system improvements in Linux.
- Other file-systems like Bcachefs, Btrfs, and XFS also see performance enhancements.