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A Linux kernel block subsystem maintainer spent 5 minutes on code and increased the number of I/O operations per second by 6%

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Jens Axbo reported that he was able to increase the number of input/output operations per second (IOPS) by 6% (or even more for full Linux kernel configurations).

His idea was to cache the current time request in the block subsystem made during each I/O operation, since there is nothing in the block system that needs nanosecond time precision.

Axbo explained that this idea came to his mind 5 years ago, but he postponed the implementation then due to other challenges. Recently, he returned to his idea. The developer spent only 5 minutes making edits and testing his idea.

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