Developers have been working on an AVX-512 optimized version of the `xor_gen()` function for the Linux kernel. This function is used for generating and validating parity blocks, specifically benefiting Linux’s software RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays.
The latest iteration of AVX-512 `xor_gen()` was posted today, demonstrating impressive results on AMD Zen 5 hardware. The optimization aims to improve performance when handling RAID arrays by accelerating the parity calculation process.
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