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author | Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> | 2008-09-27 19:09:21 +0300 |
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committer | Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> | 2008-09-27 19:09:21 +0300 |
commit | 1dcecfb09b55157b8653d747963069c8bed74f04 (patch) | |
tree | 81fa1f1e8bf6871981970ca826d897db6f33527b /src/liblzma/api | |
parent | Added 7z2lzma.bash. (diff) | |
download | xz-1dcecfb09b55157b8653d747963069c8bed74f04.tar.xz |
Some API changes, bug fixes, cleanups etc.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/liblzma/api')
-rw-r--r-- | src/liblzma/api/lzma/delta.h | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/liblzma/api/lzma/lzma.h | 230 |
2 files changed, 149 insertions, 89 deletions
diff --git a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/delta.h b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/delta.h index 740de97c..bdb5b926 100644 --- a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/delta.h +++ b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/delta.h @@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ typedef struct { * - 16-bit stereo audio: distance = 4 bytes * - 24-bit RGB image data: distance = 3 bytes */ - uint32_t distance; -# define LZMA_DELTA_DISTANCE_MIN 1 -# define LZMA_DELTA_DISTANCE_MAX 256 + uint32_t dist; +# define LZMA_DELTA_DIST_MIN 1 +# define LZMA_DELTA_DIST_MAX 256 /** * \brief Reserved space for possible future extensions @@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ typedef struct { */ uint32_t reserved_int1; uint32_t reserved_int2; + uint32_t reserved_int3; + uint32_t reserved_int4; void *reserved_ptr1; void *reserved_ptr2; diff --git a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/lzma.h b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/lzma.h index c4d5dbfa..094667eb 100644 --- a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/lzma.h +++ b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/lzma.h @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /** * \file lzma/lzma.h - * \brief LZMA filter + * \brief LZMA1 and LZMA2 filters * * \author Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Igor Pavlov * \author Copyright (C) 2007 Lasse Collin @@ -22,12 +22,22 @@ /** - * \brief Filter ID + * \brief LZMA1 Filter ID * - * Filter ID of the LZMA filter. This is used as lzma_filter.id. + * LZMA1 is the very same thing as what was called just LZMA in earlier + * LZMA Utils, 7-Zip, and LZMA SDK. It's called LZMA1 here to prevent + * developers from accidentally using LZMA when they actually want LZMA2. */ -#define LZMA_FILTER_LZMA LZMA_VLI_C(0x20) +#define LZMA_FILTER_LZMA1 LZMA_VLI_C(0x4000000000000001) +/** + * \brief LZMA2 Filter ID + * + * Usually you want this instead of LZMA1. Compared to LZMA1, LZMA2 adds + * support for LZMA_SYNC_FLUSH, uncompressed chunks (expands uncompressible + * data less), possibility to change lc/lp/pb in the middle of encoding, and + * some other internal improvements. + */ #define LZMA_FILTER_LZMA2 LZMA_VLI_C(0x21) @@ -36,55 +46,60 @@ * * Match finder has major effect on both speed and compression ratio. * Usually hash chains are faster than binary trees. + * + * The memory usage formulas are only rough estimates, which are closest to + * reality when dict_size is a power of two. The formulas are more complex + * in reality, and can also change a little between liblzma versions. Use + * lzma_memusage_encoder() to get more accurate estimate of memory usage. */ typedef enum { LZMA_MF_HC3 = 0x03, /**< - * \brief Hash Chain with 3 bytes hashing + * \brief Hash Chain with 2- and 3-byte hashing * - * \todo Memory requirements + * Minimum nice_len: 3 * - * \note It's possible that this match finder gets - * removed in future. The definition will stay - * in this header, but liblzma may return - * LZMA_OPTIONS_ERROR if it is specified (just - * like it would if the match finder had been - * disabled at compile time). + * Memory usage: + * - dict_size <= 16 MiB: dict_size * 7.5 + * - dict_size > 16 MiB: dict_size * 5.5 + 64 MiB */ LZMA_MF_HC4 = 0x04, /**< - * \brief Hash Chain with 4 bytes hashing + * \brief Hash Chain with 2-, 3-, and 4-byte hashing * - * Memory requirements: 7.5 * dictionary_size + 4 MiB + * Minimum nice_len: 4 * - * \note It's possible that this match finder gets - * removed in future. The definition will stay - * in this header, but liblzma may return - * LZMA_OPTIONS_ERROR if it is specified (just - * like it would if the match finder had been - * disabled at compile time). + * Memory usage: dict_size * 7.5 */ LZMA_MF_BT2 = 0x12, /**< - * \brief Binary Tree with 2 bytes hashing + * \brief Binary Tree with 2-byte hashing + * + * Minimum nice_len: 2 * - * Memory requirements: 9.5 * dictionary_size + 4 MiB + * Memory usage: dict_size * 9.5 */ LZMA_MF_BT3 = 0x13, /**< - * \brief Binary Tree with 3 bytes hashing + * \brief Binary Tree with 2- and 3-byte hashing + * + * Minimum nice_len: 3 * - * Memory requirements: 11.5 * dictionary_size + 4 MiB + * Memory usage: + * - dict_size <= 16 MiB: dict_size * 11.5 + * - dict_size > 16 MiB: dict_size * 9.5 + 64 MiB */ LZMA_MF_BT4 = 0x14 /**< - * \brief Binary Tree with 4 bytes hashing + * \brief Binary Tree with 2-, 3-, and 4-byte hashing * - * Memory requirements: 11.5 * dictionary_size + 4 MiB + * Minimum nice_len: 4 + * + * Memory usage: dict_size * 11.5 */ } lzma_match_finder; @@ -114,7 +129,7 @@ extern lzma_bool lzma_mf_is_supported(lzma_match_finder match_finder) * finder. */ typedef enum { - LZMA_MODE_FAST = 0, + LZMA_MODE_FAST = 1, /**< * \brief Fast compression * @@ -122,7 +137,7 @@ typedef enum { * a hash chain match finder. */ - LZMA_MODE_NORMAL = 1 + LZMA_MODE_NORMAL = 2 /**< * \brief Normal compression * @@ -149,7 +164,7 @@ extern lzma_bool lzma_mode_is_available(lzma_mode mode) lzma_attr_const; /** - * \brief Options specific to the LZMA method handler + * \brief Options specific to the LZMA1 and LZMA2 filters */ typedef struct { /********************************** @@ -167,14 +182,30 @@ typedef struct { * indicate what data to repeat from the dictionary buffer. Thus, * the bigger the dictionary, the better compression ratio usually is. * - * Raw decoding: Too big dictionary does no other harm than - * wasting memory. This value is ignored by lzma_raw_decode_buffer(), - * because it uses the target buffer as the dictionary. + * Maximum size of the dictionary depends on multiple things: + * - Memory usage limit + * - Available address space (not a problem on 64-bit systems) + * - Selected match finder (encoder only) + * + * Currently the maximum dictionary size for encoding is 1.5 GiB + * (i.e. (UINT32_C(1) << 30) + (UINT32_C(1) << 29)) even on 64-bit + * systems for certain match finder implementation reasons. In future, + * there may be match finders that support bigger dictionaries (3 GiB + * will probably be the maximum). + * + * Decoder already supports dictionaries up to 4 GiB - 1 B (i.e. + * UINT32_MAX), so increasing the maximum dictionary size of the + * encoder won't cause problems for old decoders. + * + * Because extremely small dictionaries sizes would have unneeded + * overhead in the decoder, the minimum dictionary size is 4096 bytes. + * + * \note When decoding, too big dictionary does no other harm + * than wasting memory. */ - uint32_t dictionary_size; -# define LZMA_DICTIONARY_SIZE_MIN (UINT32_C(1) << 12) -# define LZMA_DICTIONARY_SIZE_MAX (UINT32_C(1) << 30) -# define LZMA_DICTIONARY_SIZE_DEFAULT (UINT32_C(1) << 23) + uint32_t dict_size; +# define LZMA_DICT_SIZE_MIN UINT32_C(4096) +# define LZMA_DICT_SIZE_DEFAULT (UINT32_C(1) << 23) /** * \brief Pointer to an initial dictionary @@ -201,18 +232,17 @@ typedef struct { * * \todo This feature is not implemented yet. */ - const uint8_t *preset_dictionary; + const uint8_t *preset_dict; /** * \brief Size of the preset dictionary * * Specifies the size of the preset dictionary. If the size is - * bigger than dictionary_size, only the last dictionary_size - * bytes are processed. + * bigger than dict_size, only the last dict_size bytes are processed. * - * This variable is read only when preset_dictionary is not NULL. + * This variable is read only when preset_dict is not NULL. */ - uint32_t preset_dictionary_size; + uint32_t preset_dict_size; /** * \brief Number of literal context bits @@ -222,11 +252,21 @@ typedef struct { * account when predicting the bits of the next literal. * * \todo Example + * + * There is a limit that applies to literal context bits and literal + * position bits together: lc + lp <= 4. Without this limit the + * decoding could become very slow, which could have security related + * results in some cases like email servers doing virus scanning. + * This limit also simplifies the internal implementation in liblzma. + * + * There may be LZMA streams that have lc + lp > 4 (maximum lc + * possible would be 8). It is not possible to decode such streams + * with liblzma. */ - uint32_t literal_context_bits; -# define LZMA_LITERAL_CONTEXT_BITS_MIN 0 -# define LZMA_LITERAL_CONTEXT_BITS_MAX 4 -# define LZMA_LITERAL_CONTEXT_BITS_DEFAULT 3 + uint32_t lc; +# define LZMA_LCLP_MIN 0 +# define LZMA_LCLP_MAX 4 +# define LZMA_LC_DEFAULT 3 /** * \brief Number of literal position bits @@ -238,10 +278,8 @@ typedef struct { * * \todo Example */ - uint32_t literal_pos_bits; -# define LZMA_LITERAL_POS_BITS_MIN 0 -# define LZMA_LITERAL_POS_BITS_MAX 4 -# define LZMA_LITERAL_POS_BITS_DEFAULT 0 + uint32_t lp; +# define LZMA_LP_DEFAULT 0 /** * \brief Number of position bits @@ -252,14 +290,13 @@ typedef struct { * which a matching sequence is found from the dictionary and * thus can be stored as distance-length pair. * - * Example: If most of the matches occur at byte positions - * of 8 * n + 3, that is, 3, 11, 19, ... set pos_bits to 3, - * because 2**3 == 8. + * Example: If most of the matches occur at byte positions of + * 8 * n + 3, that is, 3, 11, 19, ... set pb to 3, because 2**3 == 8. */ - uint32_t pos_bits; -# define LZMA_POS_BITS_MIN 0 -# define LZMA_POS_BITS_MAX 4 -# define LZMA_POS_BITS_DEFAULT 2 + uint32_t pb; +# define LZMA_PB_MIN 0 +# define LZMA_PB_MAX 4 +# define LZMA_PB_DEFAULT 2 /****************************************** * LZMA options needed only when encoding * @@ -274,7 +311,7 @@ typedef struct { * in the middle of the encoding process without resetting the encoder. * * This option is used only by LZMA2. LZMA1 ignores this and it is - * safeto not initialize this when encoding with LZMA1. + * safe to not initialize this when encoding with LZMA1. */ lzma_bool persistent; @@ -282,31 +319,56 @@ typedef struct { lzma_mode mode; /** - * \brief Number of fast bytes + * \brief Nice length of a match + * + * This determines how many bytes the encoder compares from the match + * candidates when looking for the best match. Once a match of at + * least nice_len bytes long is found, the encoder stops looking for + * better condidates and encodes the match. (Naturally, if the found + * match is actually longer than nice_len, the actual length is + * encoded; it's not truncated to nice_len.) * - * Number of fast bytes determines how many bytes the encoder - * compares from the match candidates when looking for the best - * match. Bigger fast bytes value usually increase both compression - * ratio and time. + * Bigger values usually increase the compression ratio and + * compression time. For most files, 30 to 100 is a good value, + * which gives very good compression ratio at good speed. + * + * The exact minimum value depends on the match finder. The maximum is + * 273, which is the maximum length of a match that LZMA can encode. */ - uint32_t fast_bytes; -# define LZMA_FAST_BYTES_MIN 5 -# define LZMA_FAST_BYTES_MAX 273 -# define LZMA_FAST_BYTES_DEFAULT 128 + uint32_t nice_len; /** Match finder ID */ - lzma_match_finder match_finder; + lzma_match_finder mf; /** - * \brief Match finder cycles + * \brief Maximum search depth in the match finder + * + * For every input byte, match finder searches through the hash chain + * or binary tree in a loop, each iteration going one step deeper in + * the chain or tree. The searching stops if + * - a match of at least nice_len bytes long is found; + * - all match candidates from the hash chain or binary tree have + * been checked; or + * - maximum search depth is reached. + * + * Maximum search depth is needed to prevent the match finder from + * wasting too much time in case there are lots of short match + * candidates. On the other hand, stopping the search before all + * candidates have been checked can reduce compression ratio. * - * Higher values give slightly better compression ratio but - * decrease speed. Use special value 0 to let liblzma use - * match-finder-dependent default value. + * Setting depth to zero tells liblzma to use an automatic default + * value, that depends on the selected match finder and nice_len. + * The default is in the range [10, 200] or so (it may vary between + * liblzma versions). * - * \todo Write much better description. + * Using a bigger depth value than the default can increase + * compression ratio in some cases. There is no strict maximum value, + * but high values (thousands or millions) should be used with care: + * the encoder could remain fast enough with typical input, but + * malicious input could cause the match finder to slow down + * dramatically, possibly creating a denial of service attack. */ - uint32_t match_finder_cycles; + uint32_t depth; /** * \brief Reserved space for possible future extensions @@ -319,6 +381,10 @@ typedef struct { uint32_t reserved_int2; uint32_t reserved_int3; uint32_t reserved_int4; + uint32_t reserved_int5; + uint32_t reserved_int6; + uint32_t reserved_int7; + uint32_t reserved_int8; void *reserved_ptr1; void *reserved_ptr2; @@ -326,21 +392,13 @@ typedef struct { /** - * \brief Maximum sum of literal_context_bits and literal_pos_bits - * - * literal_context_bits + literal_pos_bits <= LZMA_LITERAL_BITS_MAX - */ -#define LZMA_LITERAL_BITS_MAX 4 - - -/** - * \brief Table of presets for the LZMA filter + * \brief Set a compression level preset to lzma_options_lzma structure * - * lzma_preset_lzma[0] is the fastest and lzma_preset_lzma[8] is the slowest. - * These presets match the switches -1 .. -9 of the lzma command line tool + * level = 0 is the fastest and level = 8 is the slowest. These presets match + * the switches -1 .. -9 of the command line tool. * * The preset values are subject to changes between liblzma versions. * - * This variable is available only if LZMA encoder has been enabled. + * This function is available only if LZMA encoder has been enabled. */ -extern const lzma_options_lzma lzma_preset_lzma[9]; +extern lzma_bool lzma_lzma_preset(lzma_options_lzma *options, uint32_t level); |