Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] odb: unify read and write streams

Karthik Nayak <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:13:05 -0400

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Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> we have two different kind of object database streams in our code base:
> `odb_write_stream` and `odb_read_stream`. While those are used for
> different use cases, the provided functionality is ultimately the exact
> same.
>
> This patch series thus refactors these streams so that we have a single
> `odb_stream`, only. This allows us to reuse the streams for different
> kinds of purposes and makes them more generally useful overall. For
> example, it's trivially possible now to create an object stream for any
> given object and then write that stream into a different source.
>
> The series is built on top of 5b2471720c (The 10th batch, 2026-08-03).
>
> Changes in v2:
>   - Use the correct object type when hashing in-memory objects.
>   - Remove a stale comment.
>   - Adapt a commit message to mention that renames will follow in
>     subsequent commits.
>   - Add another commit to rename `struct input_zstream_data`.
>   - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
>

I went through v2 and I think its already in a good state!

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