The Lustre filesystem has a long
history, some of which intersects with Linux. It was added to the staging
tree in 2013, but was bounced out of
staging in 2018, due to a lack of progress and a development model
that was incompatible with the kernel’s. Lustre may be working its way
back into the kernel, though. In a filesystem-track session at
the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit
(LSFMM+BPF), Timothy Day and James Simmons led a discussion on how to get
Lustre into the mainline.
history, some of which intersects with Linux. It was added to the staging
tree in 2013, but was bounced out of
staging in 2018, due to a lack of progress and a development model
that was incompatible with the kernel’s. Lustre may be working its way
back into the kernel, though. In a filesystem-track session at
the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit
(LSFMM+BPF), Timothy Day and James Simmons led a discussion on how to get
Lustre into the mainline.