Linux Kernel 7.0 Speeds Up File Cache Memory Reclaim by Up to 75%
5 days ago
- #Kernel
- #Linux
- #Performance
- Linux Kernel 7.0 introduces up to 75% faster file cache memory reclaim.
- Performance improvements were tested on 32-core Arm64 and x86 machines.
- Optimizations benefit memory-intensive workloads like databases, HPC, and AI.
- The improvement was developed by Baolin Wang of Alibaba.
- Real-world performance gains are yet to be fully tested.
- Recent kernel development focuses on task scheduling and memory management.