Re: [GIT PULL v2] zstd support (lib, btrfs, squashfs, nocrypto)

2017-09-12 Thread Phillip Lougher
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:24 PM, Chris Mason wrote: > Hi Linus, > > Nick Terrell's patch series to add zstd support to the kernel has been > floating around for a while. After talking with Dave Sterba, Herbert > and Phillip, we decided to send the whole thing in as one pull request.

Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] squashfs: Add zstd support

2017-08-13 Thread Phillip Lougher
On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 10:19 PM, Nick Terrell wrote: >> --- a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c >> +++ b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c >> @@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ static const struct squashfs_decompressor >>

Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] squashfs: Add zstd support

2017-07-30 Thread Phillip Lougher
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 2:50 AM, Phillip Lougher <phillip.loug...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Nick Terrell <terre...@fb.com> wrote: >> Add zstd compression and decompression support to SquashFS. zstd is a >> great fit for SquashFS becaus

Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] squashfs: Add zstd support

2017-07-30 Thread Phillip Lougher
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Nick Terrell wrote: > Add zstd compression and decompression support to SquashFS. zstd is a > great fit for SquashFS because it can compress at ratios approaching xz, > while decompressing twice as fast as zlib. For SquashFS in particular, > it