[Patch v2 1/2] zstd: Add zstd decompression logic

Simon Horman horms at kernel.org
Fri Dec 13 04:46:48 PST 2024


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On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 03:13:24PM -0600, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> zstd is becoming a popular zlib replacement because it both tends to
> get a better compression ratio as well performs considerably
> better. As such, zstd is now one of the options that can be used to
> compress the Linux kernel.
> 
> Lets enable it by using a system provided shared library, creating the
> required boilerplate to match the existing zlib/lzma function
> signatures, and creating build options to enable/disable it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton at arm.com>
> Acked-by: Pingfan Liu <piliu at redhat.com>

Thanks, applied.



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