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

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Date:   Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:49:58 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Nick Terrell <nickrterrell@...il.com>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        squashfs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>,
        Nick Terrell <terrelln@...com>, Chris Mason <clm@...com>,
        Petr Malat <oss@...at.biz>, Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...com>,
        Niket Agarwal <niketa@...com>, Yann Collet <cyan@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] btrfs: zstd: Switch to the zstd-1.4.6 API

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