Merge pull request #1138 from lz4/devv1.9.4release

stage v1.9.4

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+v1.9.4
+perf : faster decoding speed (~+20%) on aarch64 platforms
+perf : faster decoding speed (~+70%) for -BD4 setting in CLI
+api  : new function `LZ4_decompress_safe_partial_usingDict()` by @yawqi
+api  : lz4frame: ability to provide custom allocators at state creation
+api  : can skip checksum validation for improved decoding speed
+api  : new experimental unit `lz4file` for file i/o API, by @anjiahao1
+api  : new experimental function `LZ4F_uncompressedUpdate()`, by @alexmohr
+cli  : `--list` works on `stdin` input, by @Low-power
+cli  : `--no-crc` does not produce (compression) nor check (decompression) checksums
+cli  : fix: `--test` and `--list` produce an error code when parsing invalid input
+cli  : fix: support skippable frames when passed via `stdin`, reported by @davidmankin
+build: fix: Makefile respects CFLAGS directives passed via environment variable
+build: `LZ4_FREESTANDING`, new build macro for freestanding environments, by @t-mat
+build: `make` and `make test` are compatible with `-j` parallel run
+build: AS/400 compatibility, by @jonrumsey
+build: Solaris 10 compatibility, by @pekdon
+build: MSVC 2022 support, by @t-mat
+build: improved meson script, by @eli-schwartz
+doc  : Updated LZ4 block format, provide an "implementation notes" section
+
 v1.9.3
 perf: highly improved speed in kernel space, by @terrelln
 perf: faster speed with Visual Studio, thanks to @wolfpld and @remittor