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[$] Moving the kernel to large block sizes
Wednesday September 27, 2023. 10:09 PM , from LWN.net
Using larger block sizes in the kernel for I/O is a recurring topic in
storage and block-layer circles. The topic came up in discussions at the Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management and BPF Summit (LSFMM) back in May. One of the participants in those discussions, Hannes Reinecke, gave a talk at Open Source Summit Europe 2023 with an overview of the reasons behind using larger blocks for I/O, the current status of that work, and where it all might lead from here.
https://lwn.net/Articles/945646/
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