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-rw-r--r--src/liblzma/api/lzma/base.h11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/base.h b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/base.h
index 749e4fe7..ff2d8696 100644
--- a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/base.h
+++ b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/base.h
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ typedef enum {
* specified memory usage limit. To continue decoding,
* the memory usage limit has to be increased with
* lzma_memlimit_set().
+ *
+ * liblzma 5.2.6 and earlier had a bug in single-threaded .xz
+ * decoder (lzma_stream_decoder()) which made it impossible
+ * to continue decoding after LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR even if
+ * the limit was increased using lzma_memlimit_set().
+ * Other decoders worked correctly.
*/
LZMA_FORMAT_ERROR = 7,
@@ -691,6 +697,11 @@ extern LZMA_API(uint64_t) lzma_memlimit_get(const lzma_stream *strm)
* return LZMA_OK. Later versions treat 0 as if 1 had been specified (so
* lzma_memlimit_get() will return 1 even if you specify 0 here).
*
+ * liblzma 5.2.6 and earlier had a bug in single-threaded .xz decoder
+ * (lzma_stream_decoder()) which made it impossible to continue decoding
+ * after LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR even if the limit was increased using
+ * lzma_memlimit_set(). Other decoders worked correctly.
+ *
* \return - LZMA_OK: New memory usage limit successfully set.
* - LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR: The new limit is too small.
* The limit was not changed.