Linux 6.5 Slated To Add Provisioning Primitives For Thinly Provisioned Storage

Another feature scheduled for the upcoming Linux 6.5 kernel merge window is the introduction of support for provisioning primitives for thinly provisioned storage with the Device Mapper code. These provisioning primitives, developed by Google's Chrome OS team, allow for pre-allocation of space for use in storage setups, such as suspend-to-disk mechanisms and virtual machines using sparse files or DM-thin as storage devices.