WSL 2 gains faster file system access with per-device SWIOTLB pools

WSL 2 gains faster file system access with per-device SWIOTLB pools

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Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 is implementing per-device SWIOTLB pools for virtiofs and virtioproxy, addressing a bottleneck in file I/O performance. For developers using WSL as their primary development environment, this means notably faster builds, file operations, and project syncing between Windows and Linux workspaces.

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