Article 5RWR5 Modernized Zstd Merged Into Linux 5.16 For Much Greater Performance

Modernized Zstd Merged Into Linux 5.16 For Much Greater Performance

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While Zstd is used in various areas of the Linux kernel for data compression from transparent file-system compression with the likes of Btrfs to allowing kernel modules be compressed with this Zstandard algorithm, the in-kernel code had fallen years outdated. Finally with Linux 5.16 that Zstd in-kernel implementation is now being brought up to modern standards and delivering better performance too...
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