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Diffstat (limited to 'src/liblzma/api')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/liblzma/api/lzma/base.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/base.h b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/base.h index 66915348..ae194f0a 100644 --- a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/base.h +++ b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/base.h @@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ typedef struct lzma_internal_s lzma_internal; * * Application may modify the values of total_in and total_out as it wants. * They are updated by liblzma to match the amount of data read and - * written, but aren't used for anything else. + * written but aren't used for anything else except as a possible return + * values from lzma_get_progress(). */ typedef struct { const uint8_t *next_in; /**< Pointer to the next input byte. */ @@ -557,6 +558,25 @@ extern LZMA_API(void) lzma_end(lzma_stream *strm) lzma_nothrow; /** + * \brief Get progress information + * + * In single-threaded mode, applications can get progress information from + * strm->total_in and strm->total_out. In multi-threaded mode this is less + * useful because a significant amount of both input and output data gets + * buffered internally by liblzma. This makes total_in and total_out give + * misleading information and also makes the progress indicator updates + * non-smooth. + * + * This function gives realistic progress information also in multi-threaded + * mode by taking into account the progress made by each thread. In + * single-threaded mode *progress_in and *progress_out are set to + * strm->total_in and strm->total_out, respectively. + */ +extern LZMA_API(void) lzma_get_progress(lzma_stream *strm, + uint64_t *progress_in, uint64_t *progress_out) lzma_nothrow; + + +/** * \brief Get the memory usage of decoder filter chain * * This function is currently supported only when *strm has been initialized |