Re: [PATCH 5/9] btrfs: zstd: Switch to the zstd-1.4.6 API

From: Chris Mason
Date: Wed Sep 16 2020 - 17:03:53 EST


On 16 Sep 2020, at 4:49, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 08:42:59PM -0700, Nick Terrell wrote:
From: Nick Terrell <terrelln@xxxxxx>

Move away from the compatibility wrapper to the zstd-1.4.6 API. This
code is functionally equivalent.

Again, please use sensible names And no one gives a fuck if this bad
API is "zstd-1.4.6" as the Linux kernel uses its own APIs, not some
random mess from a badly written userspace package.

Hi Christoph,

It’s not completely clear what you’re asking for here. If the API matches what’s in zstd-1.4.6, that seems like a reasonable way to label it. That’s what the upstream is for this code.

I’m also not sure why we’re taking extra time to shit on the zstd userspace package. Can we please be constructive or at least actionable?

-chris