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`v6.14-rc5 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/cc8a0934d099b8153fc880a3588eec4791a7bccb >`__,
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`v6.14-rc6 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/6ceb6346b0436ea6591c33ab6ab22e5077ed17e7 >`__,
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- rebuilding of the free space tree at mount time is done in more transactions,
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- unused parameter removal
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- code moved to new files
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+ 6.15 (May 2025)
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+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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+ Pull requests:
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+ `v6.15-rc1 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/fd71def6d9abc5ae362fb9995d46049b7b0ed391 >`__,
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+ `v6.15-rc3 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/0cb9ce06a682b251d350ded18965a3dfa5d13595 >`__,
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+ `v6.15-rc4 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/bc3372351d0c8b2726b7d4229b878342e3e6b0e8 >`__,
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+ `v6.15-rc5 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/7a13c14ee59d4f6c5f4277a86516cbc73a1383a8 >`__,
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+ `v6.15-rc6 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/0d8d44db295ccad20052d6301ef49ff01fb8ae2d >`__,
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+ `v6.15-rc7 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/74a6325597464e940a33e56e98f6899ef77728d8 >`__,
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+ User visible changes:
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+ - fall back to buffered write if direct io is done on a file that requires checksums
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+ - this avoids a problem with checksum mismatch errors, observed e.g. on
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+ virtual images when writes to pages under writeback cause the checksum
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+ mismatch reports
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+ - this may lead to some performance degradation but currently the
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+ recommended setup for VM images is to use the NOCOW file attribute that
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+ also disables checksums
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+ - fast/realtime zstd levels -15 to -1
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+ - supported by mount options (compress=zstd:-5) and defrag ioctl
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+ - improved speed, reduced compression ratio, check the `commit for sample
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+ measurements <https://git.kernel.org/linus/da798fa519df6f995a493ca5105c72ccc4fc7b75> `__.
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+ - defrag ioctl extended to accept negative compression levels
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+ - subpage mode
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+ - remove warning when subpage mode is used, the feature is now reasonably
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+ complete and tested
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+ - in debug mode allow to create 2K b-tree nodes to allow testing subpage on
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+ x86_64 with 4K pages too
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+ - fixes
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+ - escape subvolume path in mount option list so it cannot be wrongly parsed
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+ when the path contains ","
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+ - reinstate message when setting a large value of mount option 'commit'
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+ Performance improvements:
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+ - in send, better file path caching improves runtime (on sample load by -30%)
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+ - on s390x with hardware zlib support prepare the input buffer in a better way
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+ to get the best results from the acceleration
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+ - minor speed improvement in encoded read, avoid memory allocation in
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+ synchronous mode
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+ Core:
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+ - enable stable writes on inodes, replacing manually waiting for writeback and
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+ allowing to skip that on inodes without checksums
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+ - add last checks and warnings for out-of-band dirty writes to pages, requiring
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+ a fixup ("fixup worker"), this should not be necessary since 5.8 where
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+ get_user_page() and pin_user_pages*() prevent this
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+ - more preparations for large folio support
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+ 6.16 (Jul 2025)
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+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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+ `v6.16-rc1 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/5e82ed5ca4b510e0ff53af1e12e94e6aa1fe5a93 >`__,
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+ `v6.16-rc1 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/a56baa225308e697163e74bae0cc623a294073d4 >`__,
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+ `v6.16-rc4 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/5ca7fe213ba3113dde19c4cd46347c16d9e69f81 >`__,
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+ `v6.16-rc5 <https://git.kernel.org/linus/4c06e63b92038fadb566b652ec3ec04e228931e8 >`__,
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+ Performance:
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+ - extent buffer conversion to xarray gains throughput and runtime improvements
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+ on metadata heavy operations doing writeback (sample test shows +50%
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+ throughput, -33% runtime)
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+ - extent io tree cleanups lead to performance improvements by avoiding
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+ unnecessary searches or repeated searches
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+ - more efficient extent unpinning when committing transaction (estimated run
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+ time improvement 3-5%)
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+ User visible changes:
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+ - remove standalone mount option 'nologreplay', deprecated in 5.9, replacement
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+ is 'rescue=nologreplay'
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+ - in scrub, update reporting, add back device stats message after detected
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+ errors (accidentally removed during recent refactoring)
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+ Core:
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+ - convert extent buffer radix tree to xarray
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+ - in subpage mode, move block perfect compression out of experimental build
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+ - in zoned mode, introduce sub block groups to allow managing special block
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+ groups, like the one for relocation or tree-log, to handle some corner cases
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+ of ENOSPC
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+ - continued preparations for large folios: add support where missing:
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+ compression, buffered write, defrag, hole punching, subpage, send
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+ - fix fsync of files with no hard links not persisting deletion
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+ - reject tree blocks which are not nodesize aligned, a precaution from 4.9
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+ times
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+ - enhanced ASSERT() macro with optional format strings
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