Updated Zstd Implementation Merged For Linux 6.2

[_r00t-]

Yeahh!!! Finally!!!! Linux Kernel 6.2 with updated Zstd + many optimizations for BTRFS... 2023 will be the year of BTRFS.

[milkylainen]

Finally!
I've been asking for this for almost a year.

We know you have!

[Danny3]

Finally!
I've been asking for this for almost a year.
But weren't the Zstd developers saying that they plan to release another Zstd version this month and then update the kernel to that?
It's a shame they didn't do that.
Like discussed here:

https://github.com/facebook/zstd/issues/3275#issuecomment-1267381027

[cynic]

Nice! I wonder if this will have measurable impact on zstd-compressed filesystem

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Updated Zstd Implementation Merged For Linux 6.2

It finally happened! An updated Zstd kernel implementation based on Zstd v1.5 upstream has been merged for the in-development Linux 6.2 to provide better performance and reliability for Zstd compression/decompression use-cases from compressed firmware to transparent file-system compression...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.2-Zstd