Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753194AbdIIEPJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Sep 2017 00:15:09 -0400 Received: from orcrist.hmeau.com ([104.223.48.154]:59434 "EHLO deadmen.hmeau.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750899AbdIIEPH (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Sep 2017 00:15:07 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 12:14:41 +0800 From: Herbert Xu To: Nick Terrell Cc: Chris Mason , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-btrfs , Phillip Lougher , Sean Purcell , David Sterba Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] zstd support (lib, btrfs, squashfs) Message-ID: <20170909041441.GA30452@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <20170909013559.GA29188@gondor.apana.org.au> <24CD81E2-A5AB-43A3-ACB0-9731ED2B8853@fb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <24CD81E2-A5AB-43A3-ACB0-9731ED2B8853@fb.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 676 Lines: 17 On Sat, Sep 09, 2017 at 02:48:55AM +0000, Nick Terrell wrote: > > There is a patch [1] floating around adding zstd support to compressed RAM > that uses the crypto API. > > [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170824014936.4738-1-sergey.senozhatsky%40gmail.com Yes but I think it would make more sense for the crypto API patches to be submitted together with its first user. It wouldn't be the first time for an algorithm to be added with an intended user which itself never actually gets merged into the kernel. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt