#vfs
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The Linux 7.4 Kernel Will Open Files for Reading Nearly 40% Faster
A small optimization of the do_open() function in the VFS subsystem, more than two years in the making, promises a noticeable boost in the speed of opening files for reading.
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The Linux 7.3 Kernel Drops EFS and FreeVxFS and Gains FailFS
In the Linux 7.3 development cycle, Linus Torvalds has accepted early pull requests: two ancient file systems have been removed from the kernel, and in their place comes a pseudo-filesystem that refuses to do anything.