> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-btrfs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-btrfs- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Steigerwald > Sent: Tuesday, 14 November 2017 6:35 PM > To: dsterba@xxxxxxx; linux-btrfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Read before you deploy btrfs + zstd > > Hello David. > > David Sterba - 13.11.17, 23:50: > > while 4.14 is still fresh, let me address some concerns I've seen on > > linux forums already. > > > > The newly added ZSTD support is a feature that has broader impact than > > just the runtime compression. The btrfs-progs understand filesystem > > with ZSTD since 4.13. The remaining key part is the bootloader. > > > > Up to now, there are no bootloaders supporting ZSTD. This could lead > > to an unmountable filesystem if the critical files under /boot get > > accidentally or intentionally compressed by ZSTD. > > But otherwise ZSTD is safe to use? Are you aware of any other issues? > > I consider switching from LZO to ZSTD on this ThinkPad T520 with > Sandybridge. I've been using it since rc2 and had no trouble at all so far. The filesystem is running faster now (with zstd) than it did uncompressed on 4.13 Paul. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
