Offload API

[embg]

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[embg]

[embg@dev0021.ash9 ~/zstd (offload)]$ ./zstd -b ~/silesia.tar
3#silesia.tar : 211975168 -> 86460481 (x2.452), 193.1 MB/s, 668.9 MB/s
[embg@dev0021.ash9 ~/zstd (offload)]$ zstd -b ~/silesia.tar
3#silesia.tar : 211975168 -> 66508266 (x3.187), 150.3 MB/s, 726.6 MB/s

[embg]

[embg@dev0021.ash9 ~/zstd (offload)]$ ./zstd -b ~/silesia.tar 3
#silesia.tar : 211975168 -> 86460481 (x2.452), 193.1 MB/s, 668.9 MB/s

Could you compare it to faster compression levels, like zstd --fast=1 for example?

Also, how does the comparison look like when compressing small blocks, like -B16K for example?

@Cyan4973 These numbers are for the toy external matchfinder I wrote, not QAT :)

[Cyan4973]

Is the "close" intentional ?

edit : just noticed your message, this is replaced by #3333

Nice PR nb by the way !