--- title: "KSMBD Adds SMB2 Compression Support In Linux 7.2" url: https://daily.dev/posts/ksmbd-adds-smb2-compression-support-in-linux-7-2-oggd3g258 source_url: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-KSMBD type: article source: "Phoronix" published: 2026-06-25T09:55:02.233Z updated: 2026-06-25T09:55:41.833Z tags: ["linux", "compression"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # KSMBD Adds SMB2 Compression Support In Linux 7.2 **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux 7.2 brings SMB2 compression support to KSMBD, the in-kernel SMB3 file server. The implementation follows Microsoft's SMB 3.1.1 specification, which introduced native in-transit data compression using algorithms like LZ4, XPRESS/LZ77, and Pattern_V1. KSMBD can now negotiate LZ77 and Pattern_V1 compression and shares the LZ77 encoder with CIFS. The merge covers both at-rest and over-the-wire data compression, alongside several bug fixes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SMB3 & KSMBD See Performance Improvements With Linux 6.18](https://daily.dev/posts/smb3-ksmbd-see-performance-improvements-with-linux-6-18-tcjfn1zqj) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Samba 4.23 Released With SMB3 Over QUIC, SMB3 Unix Extensions By Default](https://daily.dev/posts/samba-4-23-released-with-smb3-over-quic-smb3-unix-extensions-by-default-qdbi2k0ib) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.2 To Better Communicate File-System Casefolding For Helping Windows NFS & More](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-to-better-communicate-file-system-casefolding-for-helping-windows-nfs-more-ixp0ekx2h) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#compression](https://daily.dev/tags/compression) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ksmbd-adds-smb2-compression-support-in-linux-7-2-oggd3g258)