News stories tagged with #storage
Linux 7.0: New Security Features, File System Improvements, and Ceph Support
Linux 7.0 introduces key updates including user-space control-flow integrity (CFI) support for RISC-V to enhance security against ROP attacks, alongside an optimized strlen implementation. The NTFS3 driver gains improvements such as better readahead, fsync optimizations, and delayed allocation support, while the competing NTFS Remake driver continues development. AppArmor receives enhancements like per-permission tagging and execpath in user namespaces, improving security and debugging. Additionally, the Linux 7.0 kernel adds AES256K key support for Ceph authentication based on Kerberos 5 / AES256-CTS-HMAC384-192, expanding Ceph's encryption capabilities.
Linux 7.0: Performance Gains, Memory Optimization, and Enhanced Support for Modern Hardware
The Linux 7.0 kernel introduces significant improvements, including enhanced sequential read performance for exFAT, dynamic thread pool sizing for the NFS server, and 8D-8D-8D-Octal DTR support for faster SPI NAND transfers. It also optimizes F2FS performance, expands the Sheaves memory allocation system, and adds support for new Intel chipsets. The kernel removes outdated drivers like the Intel 440BX EDAC driver and strengthens Rust kernel driver support. These updates simplify customization and improve efficiency in modern and embedded systems.