zstd_min_clevel(9)

💅 zstd_min_clevel — minimum allowed compression level 🎀

okay bestie, so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's about zstd_min_clevel — like, the actual floor of compression levels. she's the lowest you're allowed to go, no cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

zstd_min_clevel — minimum allowed compression level, periodt. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int zstd_min_clevel (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — literally no arguments. nothing. zero. she takes nothing and she gives you a number. iconic behaviour honestly 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

She returns the minimum allowed compression level — that's it, that's the whole vibe check. int, one number, done. ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so here's the whole friend group, and yes you will be meeting all of them. no skipping, bestie, they're all listed in the kernel file ./include/linux/zstd.h:

• zstd_compress_bound(9)
• zstd_is_error(9)
• zstd_get_error_code(9)
• zstd_get_error_name(9)
• zstd_max_clevel(9)
• zstd_default_clevel(9)
• zstd_get_params(9)
• zstd_get_cparams(9)
• zstd_cctx_set_param(9)
• zstd_cctx_workspace_bound(9)
• zstd_cctx_workspace_bound_with_ext_seq_prod(9)
• zstd_init_cctx(9)
• zstd_compress_cctx(9)
• zstd_create_cctx_advanced(9)
• zstd_free_cctx(9)
• zstd_create_cdict_byreference(9)
• zstd_free_cdict(9)
• zstd_compress_using_cdict(9)
• zstd_dctx_workspace_bound(9)
• zstd_init_dctx(9)
• zstd_decompress_dctx(9)
• zstd_create_ddict_byreference(9)
• zstd_free_ddict(9)
• zstd_create_dctx_advanced(9)
• zstd_free_dctx(9)
• zstd_decompress_using_ddict(9)
• zstd_cstream_workspace_bound(9)
• zstd_cstream_workspace_bound_with_ext_seq_prod(9)
• zstd_init_cstream(9)
• zstd_reset_cstream(9)
• zstd_compress_stream(9)
• zstd_flush_stream(9)
• zstd_end_stream(9)
• zstd_dstream_workspace_bound(9)
• zstd_init_dstream(9)
• zstd_reset_dstream(9)
• zstd_decompress_stream(9)
• zstd_find_frame_compressed_size(9)
• zstd_get_frame_header(9)
• zstd_compress_sequences_and_literals(9)

like, the whole squad showed up. loml energy 😭💖

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ngl if you're looking for the maximum or the default, that's zstd_max_clevel(9) and zstd_default_clevel(9) — this page is strictly the minimum one. don't get it twisted bestie 💀

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okay and finally the credits moment because we always thank the source 🫶 — this little beauty lives in ./include/linux, October 2026, Kernel API Manual, zstd_min_clevel(9). stream it, love it, cite it. mwah 💋🌈