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Linux 6.10 Improves Performance For Opening Unencrypted Files
FSCRYPT is the file-system encryption framework within the Linux kernel for supporting optional encryption on file-systems like EXT4, F2FS, Btrfs, and others
Try it today to view our site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and more while the proceeds allow us to write more Linux hardware reviews. Mateusz Guzik uncovered a rather expensive oversight in handling of unencrypted files on file-systems like EXT4 that support FSCRYPT. Quite a significant boost to the file open performance for these common Linux file-systems supporting FSCRYPT encryption but not necessarily used.
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