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Linux 6.16: faster file systems, improved confidential memory, more Rust support

Linux continues to grow bigger and better. Here's what's new and notable in the 6.16 release, plus what you need to know about 6.17.

These boosts include faster commit paths, large folio support, and atomic multi-fsblock writes for bigalloc filesystems. If your Linux laptop doubles as a music player, another nice new feature is that you can now stream your audio over USB even while the rest of your system is asleep. The opposite is true, warned Torvalds: "That does not mean that I'll be more lenient to late pull requests (probably quite the reverse, since it's just going to add to the potential chaos)."

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