Re: [PATCH 6/7] lib/lzo: implement run-length encoding

2018-11-28 Thread Sergey Senozhatsky
On (11/29/18 12:08), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote: > On (11/27/18 16:19), Dave Rodgman wrote: > > > > This modifies the bitstream in a way which is backwards compatible > > (i.e., we can decompress old bitstreams, but old versions of lzo > > cannot decompress new bitstreams). > > > > Hmmm... Whoa. Hel

Re: [PATCH 6/7] lib/lzo: implement run-length encoding

2018-11-28 Thread Sergey Senozhatsky
On (11/27/18 16:19), Dave Rodgman wrote: > > This modifies the bitstream in a way which is backwards compatible > (i.e., we can decompress old bitstreams, but old versions of lzo > cannot decompress new bitstreams). > Hmmm... Whoa. Help me understand this: So a btrfs filesystem, compressed with t