Linux 5.17: Quicker Mount Times For XFS, Few New Features For EXT4

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 5.17: Quicker Mount Times For XFS, Few New Features For EXT4

In addition to the Btrfs updates, the EXT4 and XFS file-system maintainers submitted their feature changes already for the in-development Linux 5.17 kernel...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.17-XFS-EXT4

[mirmirmir]

Looks like articles about gnome are held back. Why is that?

[jacob]

Linux 5.17 will be an epic release.

[PuckPoltergeist]

Phoronix: Linux 5.17: Quicker Mount Times For XFS, Few New Features For EXT4

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.17-XFS-EXT4

The main feature change for XFS with Linux 5.17 is the mount code only trying to free stale CoW staging extents if the file-system unmounted cleanly. In turn this means XFS mount times should be lower, especially for file-systems supporting reflinks and having a large number of allocation groups...

uncleanly

[HD7950]

XFS & EXT4 are the only file-systems I would recommend.

[Nocifer]

Looks like articles about gnome are held back. Why is that?

Obviously it is a conspiracy against GNOME, Phoronix is a well-known KDE shill after all.

/s

[RejectModernity]

XFS & EXT4 are the only file-systems I would recommend.

Nah, I'm cool with my f2fs on my SSDs.

[skeevy420]

XFS & EXT4 are the only file-systems I would recommend.

For me it's Ext4, F2FS, and ZFS; or simple stuff, specific media, advanced stuff. For simple stuff, XFS and Ext4 are basically tied in my mind.

Well, I'd suggest and use Reiser4/5 for simple stuff if it had better support; was in-kernel. Michael, I don't know if you are aware of this, but the ass-end of the Wikipedia page for Reiser4 is them writing about your assumptions.

[Vistaus]

How fast are we talking about? I recently switched to XFS (on my new PC) for the first time ever and it's already much, much faster compared to EXT4. In fact, it's almost *too* fast. So am I even going to notice the difference when 5.17 lands?

[DanL]

Looks like articles about gnome are held back. Why is that?

WTF are you talking about? This is an article about the kernel, specifically filesystems.