July saw the release of Linux 3.5, which included an average sized XFS update: 81 files changed, 2633 insertions(+), 3004 deletions(-) Noteworthy updates in Linux 3.5 include the removal of the xfsbufd background thread which writes metadata buffers, background processing of CIL flushes and thus lower average latency for metadata heavy workloads, as well a a reduction of lock hold times and frequency during reads and writes. The large XFS update for the Linux 3.6 merge window did not get merged yet by the end of July, but will bring better support for large directory block sizes, a faster inode allocator and a large amount of bug fixes in different areas of the code. Development on the list has been fairly busy on the patchsets to support group and project quotas at the same time, as well as improved SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA support but otherwise mostly limited to bug fixes and smaller cleanups. Userpace development has been rather slow with a single fix for xfs_db and another single fix in xfstests. _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs