# Re: \[PATCH\] module: add in-kernel support for decompressing

- From: Luis Chamberlain \<mcgrof@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2021-12-03 01:01:52 
- List: linux-modules
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-modules/2021/12/1594908
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-modules/2021/11/1588769/t.md

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On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 12:14:18AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> I still wonder if it might be able to use of the "acomp" API
> instead of calling directly into the specific decompressor.

drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c also deals with decompression
of files, so I wonder if something can be shared with that code too?

  Luis
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