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At the
2023 Linux Storage, Filesystem,
Memory-Management and BPF Summit, Luis Chamberlain led a plenary
session on kernel support for block sizes larger than 4KB. There are
assumptions in the current kernel that the block size used by a block-layer
device is less than or equal to the system s page size both are usually 4KB
today. But there have been efforts over the years to remove that
restriction; that work may be heading toward fruition, in part because of
the folio efforts of late, though there are
still lots of areas that need attention.
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At the 2023 Linux Storage, Filesystem,
Memory-Management and BPF Summit, Hannes Reinecke led a plenary session
ostensibly dedicated to the "limits of development". The actual discussion
focused on the frustrations of the kernel development process as
experienced by both developers and maintainers. It is probably fair to say
that no problems were solved here, but perhaps the nature of some of the
challenges is a bit more clear.