XFS Zone Allocator No Longer Experimental With Linux 7.2
The XFS file-system updates for the Linux 7.2 kernel aren't too notable with the exception of its zone allocator being promoted from behind its previously-experimental flag.
The XFS zone allocator is used for supporting zoned storage devices like shingled magnetic recording (SMR) and zoned namespace (ZNS) SSDs where writes must be done sequentially from start to finish. The XFS zone allocator has been part of the kernel for a while to comply with the zoned device constraints while now for Linux 7.2 it's no longer considered experimental. Again, just relevant for SMR and ZNS type zoned storage devices.
Other than that the XFS merge for Linux 7.2 is just bringing some fixes and minor alterations.
The XFS zone allocator is used for supporting zoned storage devices like shingled magnetic recording (SMR) and zoned namespace (ZNS) SSDs where writes must be done sequentially from start to finish. The XFS zone allocator has been part of the kernel for a while to comply with the zoned device constraints while now for Linux 7.2 it's no longer considered experimental. Again, just relevant for SMR and ZNS type zoned storage devices.
Other than that the XFS merge for Linux 7.2 is just bringing some fixes and minor alterations.