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The .lzma File Format
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0. Preface
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0.1. Copyright Notices
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0.2. Changes
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1. Conventions
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1.1. Byte and Its Representation
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1.2. Multibyte Integers
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2. Stream
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2.1. Stream Types
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2.1.1. Single-Block Stream
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2.1.2. Multi-Block Stream
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2.2. Stream Header
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2.2.1. Header Magic Bytes
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2.2.2. Stream Flags
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2.2.3. CRC32
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3. Block
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3.1. Block Header
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3.1.1. Block Flags
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3.1.2. Compressed Size
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3.1.3. Uncompressed Size
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3.1.4. List of Filter Flags
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3.1.4.1. Misc
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3.1.4.2. External ID
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3.1.4.3. External Size of Properties
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3.1.4.4. Filter Properties
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3.1.5. CRC32
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3.1.6. Header Padding
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3.2. Compressed Data
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3.3. Block Footer
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3.3.1. Check
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3.3.2. Stream Footer
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3.3.2.1. Uncompressed Size
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3.3.2.2. Backward Size
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3.3.2.3. Stream Flags
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3.3.2.4. Footer Magic Bytes
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3.3.3. Footer Padding
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4. Filters
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4.1. Detecting when All Data Has Been Decoded
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4.1.1. With Uncompressed Size
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4.1.2. With End of Input
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4.1.3. With End of Payload Marker
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4.2. Alignment
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4.3. Filters
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4.3.1. Copy
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4.3.2. Subblock
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4.3.2.1. Format of the Encoded Output
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4.3.3. Delta
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4.3.3.1. Format of the Encoded Output
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4.3.4. LZMA
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4.3.4.1. LZMA Properties
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4.3.4.2. Dictionary Flags
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4.3.5. Branch/Call/Jump Filters for Executables
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5. Metadata
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5.1. Metadata Flags
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5.2. Size of Header Metadata Block
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5.3. Total Size
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5.4. Uncompressed Size
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5.5. Index
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5.5.1. Number of Data Blocks
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5.5.2. Total Sizes
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5.5.3. Uncompressed Sizes
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5.6. Extra
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5.6.1. 0x00: Dummy/Padding
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5.6.2. 0x01: OpenPGP Signature
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5.6.3. 0x02: Filter Information
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5.6.4. 0x03: Comment
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5.6.5. 0x04: List of Checks
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5.6.6. 0x05: Original Filename
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5.6.7. 0x07: Modification Time
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5.6.8. 0x09: High-Resolution Modification Time
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5.6.9. 0x0B: MIME Type
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5.6.10. 0x0D: Homepage URL
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6. Custom Filter and Extra Record IDs
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6.1. Reserved Custom Filter ID Ranges
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7. Cyclic Redundancy Checks
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8. References
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8.1. Normative References
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8.2. Informative References
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0. Preface
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This document describes the .lzma file format (filename suffix
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`.lzma', MIME type `application/x-lzma'). It is intended that
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this format replace the format used by the LZMA_Alone tool
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included in LZMA SDK up to and including version 4.43.
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IMPORTANT: The version described in this document is a
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draft, NOT a final, official version. Changes
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are possible.
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0.1. Copyright Notices
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Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>
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Copyright (C) 2006 Ville Koskinen <w-ber@iki.fi>
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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
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modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty
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provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
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Modified versions must be marked as such.
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All source code examples given in this document are put into
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the public domain by the authors of this document.
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Thanks for helping with this document goes to Igor Pavlov,
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Mark Adler and Mikko Pouru.
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0.2. Changes
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Last modified: 2007-12-02 22:40+0200
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(A changelog will be kept once the first official version
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is made.)
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1. Conventions
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The keywords `must', `must not', `required', `should',
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`should not', `recommended', `may', and `optional' in this
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document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC-2119].
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These words are not capitalized in this document.
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Indicating a warning means displaying a message, returning
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appropriate exit status, or something else to let the user
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know that something worth warning occurred. The operation
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should still finish if a warning is indicated.
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Indicating an error means displaying a message, returning
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appropriate exit status, or something else to let the user
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know that something prevented successfully finishing the
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operation. The operation must be aborted once an error has
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been indicated.
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1.1. Byte and Its Representation
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In this document, byte is always 8 bits.
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A `nul byte' has all bits unset. That is, the value of a nul
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byte is 0x00.
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To represent byte blocks, this document uses notation that
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is similar to the notation used in [RFC-1952]:
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+-------+
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| Foo | One byte.
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+-------+
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+---+---+
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| Foo | Two bytes; that is, some of the vertical bars
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+---+---+ can be missing.
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+=======+
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| Foo | Zero or more bytes.
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+=======+
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In this document, a boxed byte or a byte sequence declared
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using this notation is called `a field'. The example field
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above would be called called `the Foo field' or plain `Foo'.
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1.2. Multibyte Integers
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Multibyte integers of static length, such as CRC values,
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are stored in little endian byte order (least significant
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byte first).
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When smaller values are more likely than bigger values (e.g.
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file sizes), multibyte integers are encoded in a simple
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variable-length representation:
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- Numbers in the range [0, 127] are copied as is, and take
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one byte of space.
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- Bigger numbers will occupy two or more bytes. The lowest
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seven bits of every byte are used for data; the highest
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(eighth) bit indicates either that
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0) the byte is in the middle of the byte sequence, or
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1) the byte is the first or the last byte.
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For now, the value of the variable-length integers is limited
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to 63 bits, which limits the encoded size of the integer to
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nine bytes. These limits may be increased in future if needed.
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Note that the encoding is not as optimal as it could be. For
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example, it is possible to encode the number 42 using any
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number of bytes between one and nine. This is convenient
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for non-streamed encoders, that write Compressed Size or
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Uncompressed Size fields to the Block Header (see Section 3.1)
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after the Compressed Data field is written to the disk.
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In several situations, the decoder needs to compare that two
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fields contain identical information. When comparing fields
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using the encoding described in this Section, the decoder must
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consider two fields identical if their decoded values are
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identical; it does not matter if the encoded variable-length
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representations differ.
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The following C code illustrates encoding and decoding 63-bit
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variables; the highest bit of uint64_t must be unset. The
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functions return the number of bytes occupied by the integer
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(1-9), or zero on error.
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#include <sys/types.h>
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#include <inttypes.h>
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size_t
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encode(uint8_t buf[static 9], uint64_t num)
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{
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if (num >= (UINT64_C(1) << (9 * 7)))
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return 0;
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if (num <= 0x7F) {
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buf[0] = num;
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return 1;
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}
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buf[0] = (num & 0x7F) | 0x80;
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num >>= 7;
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size_t i = 1;
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while (num >= 0x80) {
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buf[i++] = num & 0x7F;
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num >>= 7;
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}
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buf[i++] = num | 0x80;
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return i;
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}
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size_t
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decode(const uint8_t buf[], size_t size_max, uint64_t *num)
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{
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if (size_max == 0)
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return 0;
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if (size_max > 9)
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size_max = 9;
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*num = buf[0] & 0x7F;
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if (!(buf[0] & 0x80))
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return 1;
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size_t i = 1;
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do {
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if (i == size_max)
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return 0;
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*num |= (uint64_t)(buf[i] & 0x7F) << (7 * i);
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} while (!(buf[i++] & 0x80));
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return i;
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}
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size_t
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decode_reverse(const uint8_t buf[], size_t size_max,
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uint64_t *num)
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{
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if (size_max == 0)
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return 0;
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const size_t end = size_max > 9 ? size_max - 9 : 0;
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size_t i = size_max - 1;
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*num = buf[i] & 0x7F;
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if (!(buf[i] & 0x80))
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return 1;
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do {
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if (i-- == end)
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return 0;
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*num <<= 7;
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*num |= buf[i] & 0x7F;
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} while (!(buf[i] & 0x80));
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return size_max - i;
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}
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2. Stream
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+========+========+========+
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| Stream | Stream | Stream | ...
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+========+========+========+
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A file contains usually only one Stream. However, it is
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possible to concatenate multiple Streams together with no
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additional processing. It is up to the implementation to
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decide if the decoder will continue decoding from the next
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Stream once the end of the first Stream has been reached.
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2.1. Stream Types
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There are two types of Streams: Single-Block Streams and
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Multi-Block Streams. Decoders conforming to this specification
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must support at least Single-Block Streams. Supporting
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Multi-Block Streams is optional. If the decoder supports only
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Single-Block Streams, the documentation of the decoder should
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mention this fact clearly.
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2.1.1. Single-Block Stream
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+===============+============+
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| Stream Header | Data Block |
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+===============+============+
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As the name says, a Single-Block Stream has exactly one Block.
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The Block must be a Data Block; Metadata Blocks are not allowed
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in Single-Block Streams.
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2.1.2. Multi-Block Stream
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+===============+=======================+
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| Stream Header | Header Metadata Block |
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+===============+=======================+
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+============+ +============+=======================+
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---> | Data Block | ... | Data Block | Footer Metadata Block |
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+============+ +============+=======================+
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Notes:
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- Stream Header is mandatory.
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- Header Metadata Block is optional.
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- Each Multi-Block Stream has at least one Data Block. The
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maximum number of Data Blocks is not limited.
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- Footer Metadata Block is mandatory.
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2.2. Stream Header
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+---+---+---+---+---+---+--------------+--+--+--+--+
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| Header Magic Bytes | Stream Flags | CRC32 |
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+---+---+---+---+---+---+--------------+--+--+--+--+
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2.2.1. Header Magic Bytes
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The first six (6) bytes of the Stream are so called Header
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Magic Bytes. They can be used to identify the file type.
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Using a C array and ASCII:
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const uint8_t HEADER_MAGIC[6]
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= { 0xFF, 'L', 'Z', 'M', 'A', 0x00 };
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In plain hexadecimal:
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FF 4C 5A 4D 41 00
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Notes:
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- The first byte (0xFF) was chosen so that the files cannot
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be erroneously detected as being in LZMA_Alone format, in
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which the first byte is in the the range [0x00, 0xE0].
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- The sixth byte (0x00) was chosen to prevent applications
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from misdetecting the file as a text file.
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2.2.2. Stream Flags
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Bit(s) Mask Description
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0-2 0x07 Type of Check (see Section 3.3.1):
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ID Size Check name
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0x00 0 bytes None
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0x01 4 bytes CRC32
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0x02 4 bytes (Reserved)
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0x03 8 bytes CRC64
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0x04 16 bytes (Reserved)
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0x05 32 bytes SHA-256
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0x06 32 bytes (Reserved)
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0x07 64 bytes (Reserved)
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3 0x08 The CRC32 field is present in Block Headers.
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4 0x10 If unset, this is a Single-Block Stream; if set,
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this is a Multi-Block Stream.
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5-7 0xE0 Reserved for future use; must be zero for now.
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Implementations must support at least the Check IDs 0x00 (None)
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and 0x01 (CRC32). Supporting other Check IDs is optional. If an
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unsupported Check is used, the decoder must indicate a warning
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or error.
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If any reserved bit is set, the decoder must indicate an error.
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It is possible that there is a new field present which the
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decoder is not aware of, and can thus parse the Stream Header
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incorrectly.
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2.2.3. CRC32
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The CRC32 is calculated from the Stream Flags field. It is
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stored as an unsigned 32-bit little endian integer. If the
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calculated value does not match the stored one, the decoder
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must indicate an error.
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Note that this field is always present; the bit in Stream Flags
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controls only presence of CRC32 in Block Headers.
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3. Block
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+==============+=================+==============+
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| Block Header | Compressed Data | Block Footer |
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+==============+=================+==============+
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There are two types of Blocks:
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- Data Blocks hold the actual compressed data.
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- Metadata Blocks hold the Index, Extra, and a few other
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non-data fields (see Section 5).
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The type of the Block is indicated by the corresponding bit
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in the Block Flags field (see Section 3.1.1).
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3.1. Block Header
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+------+------+=================+===================+
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| Block Flags | Compressed Size | Uncompressed Size |
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+------+------+=================+===================+
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+======================+--+--+--+--+================+
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---> | List of Filter Flags | CRC32 | Header Padding |
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+======================+--+--+--+--+================+
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3.1.1. Block Flags
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The first byte of the Block Flags field is a bit field:
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Bit(s) Mask Description
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0-2 0x07 Number of filters (0-7)
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3 0x08 Use End of Payload Marker (even if
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Uncompressed Size is stored to Block Header).
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4 0x10 The Compressed Size field is present.
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5 0x20 The Uncompressed Size field is present.
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6 0x40 Reserved for future use; must be zero for now.
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7 0x80 This is a Metadata Block.
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The second byte of the Block Flags field is also a bit field:
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Bit(s) Mask Description
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0-4 0x1F Size of the Header Padding field (0-31 bytes)
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5-7 0xE0 Reserved for future use; must be zero for now.
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The decoder must indicate an error if End of Payload Marker
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is not used and Uncompressed Size is not stored to the Block
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Header. Because of this, the first byte of Block Flags can
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never be a nul byte. This is useful when detecting beginning
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of the Block after Footer Padding (see Section 3.3.3).
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If any reserved bit is set, the decoder must indicate an error.
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It is possible that there is a new field present which the
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decoder is not aware of, and can thus parse the Block Header
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incorrectly.
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3.1.2. Compressed Size
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This field is present only if the appropriate bit is set in
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the Block Flags field (see Section 3.1.1).
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This field contains the size of the Compressed Data field.
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The size is stored using the encoding described in Section 1.2.
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If the Compressed Size does not match the real size of the
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Compressed Data field, the decoder must indicate an error.
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Having the Compressed Size field in the Block Header can be
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useful for multithreaded decoding when seeking is not possible.
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If the Blocks are small enough, the decoder can read multiple
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Blocks into its internal buffer, and decode the Blocks in
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parallel.
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Compressed Size can also be useful when seeking forwards to
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a specific location in streamed mode: the decoder can quickly
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skip over irrelevant Blocks, without decoding them.
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3.1.3. Uncompressed Size
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This field is present only if the appropriate bit is set in
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the Block Flags field (see Section 3.1.1).
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The Uncompressed Size field contains the size of the Block
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after uncompressing.
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Storing Uncompressed Size serves several purposes:
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- The decoder will know when all of the data has been
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decoded without an explicit End of Payload Marker.
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- The decoder knows how much memory it needs to allocate
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for a temporary buffer in multithreaded mode.
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- Simple error detection: wrong size indicates a broken file.
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- Sometimes it is useful to know the file size without
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uncompressing the file.
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It should be noted that the only reliable way to find out what
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the real uncompressed size is is to uncompress the Block,
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because the Block Header and Metadata Block fields may contain
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(intentionally or unintentionally) invalid information.
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Uncompressed Size is stored using the encoding described in
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Section 1.2. If the Uncompressed Size does not match the
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real uncompressed size, the decoder must indicate an error.
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3.1.4. List of Filter Flags
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+================+================+ +================+
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| Filter 0 Flags | Filter 1 Flags | ... | Filter n Flags |
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+================+================+ +================+
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The number of Filter Flags fields is stored in the Block Flags
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field (see Section 3.1.1). As a special case, if the number of
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Filter Flags fields is zero, it is equivalent to having the
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Copy filter as the only filter.
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The format of each Filter Flags field is as follows:
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+------+=============+=============================+
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| Misc | External ID | External Size of Properties |
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+------+=============+=============================+
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+===================+
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---> | Filter Properties |
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+===================+
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The list of officially defined Filter IDs and the formats of
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their Filter Properties are described in Section 4.3.
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3.1.4.1. Misc
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To save space, the most commonly used Filter IDs and the
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Size of Filter Properties are encoded in a single byte.
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Depending on the contents of the Misc field, Filter ID is
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the value of the Misc or External ID field.
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Value Filter ID Size of Filter Properties
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0x00 - 0x1F Misc 0 bytes
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0x20 - 0x3F Misc 1 byte
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0x40 - 0x5F Misc 2 bytes
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0x60 - 0x7F Misc 3 bytes
|
|
0x80 - 0x9F Misc 4 bytes
|
|
0xA0 - 0xBF Misc 5 bytes
|
|
0xC0 - 0xDF Misc 6 bytes
|
|
0xE0 - 0xFE External ID 0-30 bytes
|
|
0xFF External ID External Size of Properties
|
|
|
|
The following code demonstrates parsing the Misc field and,
|
|
when needed, the External ID and External Size of Properties
|
|
fields.
|
|
|
|
uint64_t id;
|
|
uint64_t properties_size;
|
|
uint8_t misc = read_byte();
|
|
|
|
if (misc >= 0xE0) {
|
|
id = read_variable_length_integer();
|
|
|
|
if (misc == 0xFF)
|
|
properties_size = read_variable_length_integer();
|
|
else
|
|
properties_size = misc - 0xE0;
|
|
|
|
} else {
|
|
id = misc;
|
|
properties_size = misc / 0x20;
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1.4.2. External ID
|
|
|
|
This field is present only if the Misc field contains a value
|
|
that indicates usage of External ID. The External ID is stored
|
|
using the encoding described in Section 1.2.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1.4.3. External Size of Properties
|
|
|
|
This field is present only if the Misc field contains a value
|
|
that indicates usage of External Size of Properties. The size
|
|
of Filter Properties is stored using the encoding described in
|
|
Section 1.2.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1.4.4. Filter Properties
|
|
|
|
Size of this field depends on the Misc field (Section 3.1.4.1)
|
|
and, if present, External Size of Properties field (Section
|
|
3.1.4.3). The format of this field is depends on the selected
|
|
filter; see Section 4.3 for details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1.5. CRC32
|
|
|
|
This field is present only if the appropriate bit is set in
|
|
the Stream Flags field (see Section 2.2.2).
|
|
|
|
The CRC32 is calculated over everything in the Block Header
|
|
field except the Header Padding field and the CRC32 field
|
|
itself. It is stored as an unsigned 32-bit little endian
|
|
integer. If the calculated value does not match the stored
|
|
one, the decoder must indicate an error.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1.6. Header Padding
|
|
|
|
This field contains as many nul bytes as indicated by the value
|
|
stored in the Header Flags field. If the Header Padding field
|
|
contains any non-nul bytes, the decoder must indicate an error.
|
|
|
|
The intent of the Header Padding field is to allow alignment
|
|
of Compressed Data. The usefulness of alignment is described
|
|
in Section 4.3.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.2. Compressed Data
|
|
|
|
The format of Compressed Data depends on Block Flags and List
|
|
of Filter Flags. Excluding the descriptions of the simplest
|
|
filters in Section 4, the format of the filter-specific encoded
|
|
data is out of scope of this document.
|
|
|
|
Note a special case: if End of Payload Marker (see Section
|
|
3.1.1) is not used and Uncompressed Size is zero, the size
|
|
of the Compressed Data field is always zero.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.3. Block Footer
|
|
|
|
+=======+===============+================+
|
|
| Check | Stream Footer | Footer Padding |
|
|
+=======+===============+================+
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.3.1. Check
|
|
|
|
The type and size of the Check field depends on which bits
|
|
are set in the Stream Flags field (see Section 2.2.2).
|
|
|
|
The Check, when used, is calculated from the original
|
|
uncompressed data. If the calculated Check does not match the
|
|
stored one, the decoder must indicate an error. If the selected
|
|
type of Check is not supported by the decoder, it must indicate
|
|
a warning or error.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.3.2. Stream Footer
|
|
|
|
+===================+===============+--------------+
|
|
| Uncompressed Size | Backward Size | Stream Flags |
|
|
+===================+===============+--------------+
|
|
|
|
+----------+---------+
|
|
---> | Footer Magic Bytes |
|
|
+----------+---------+
|
|
|
|
Stream Footer is present only in
|
|
- Data Block of a Single-Block Stream; and
|
|
- Footer Metadata Block of a Multi-Block Stream.
|
|
|
|
The Stream Footer field is placed inside Block Footer, because
|
|
no padding is allowed between Check and Stream Footer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.3.2.1. Uncompressed Size
|
|
|
|
This field is present only in the Data Block of a Single-Block
|
|
Stream if Uncompressed Size is not stored to the Block Header
|
|
(see Section 3.1.1). Without the Uncompressed Size field in
|
|
Stream Footer it would not be possible to quickly find out
|
|
the Uncompressed Size of the Stream in all cases.
|
|
|
|
Uncompressed Size is stored using the encoding described in
|
|
Section 1.2. If the stored value does not match the real
|
|
uncompressed size of the Single-Block Stream, the decoder must
|
|
indicate an error.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.3.2.2. Backward Size
|
|
|
|
This field contains the total size of the Block Header,
|
|
Compressed Data, Check, and Uncompressed Size fields. The
|
|
value is stored using the encoding described in Section 1.2.
|
|
If the Backward Size does not match the real total size of
|
|
the appropriate fields, the decoder must indicate an error.
|
|
|
|
Implementations reading the Stream backwards should notice
|
|
that the value in this field can never be zero.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.3.2.3. Stream Flags
|
|
|
|
This is a copy of the Stream Flags field from the Stream
|
|
Header. The information stored to Stream Flags is needed
|
|
when parsing the Stream backwards.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.3.2.4. Footer Magic Bytes
|
|
|
|
As the last step of the decoding process, the decoder must
|
|
verify the existence of Footer Magic Bytes. If they are not
|
|
found, an error must be indicated.
|
|
|
|
Using a C array and ASCII:
|
|
const uint8_t FOOTER_MAGIC[2] = { 'Y', 'Z' };
|
|
|
|
In hexadecimal:
|
|
59 5A
|
|
|
|
The primary reason to have Footer Magic Bytes is to make
|
|
it easier to detect incomplete files quickly, without
|
|
uncompressing. If the file does not end with Footer Magic Bytes
|
|
(excluding Footer Padding described in Section 3.3.3), it
|
|
cannot be undamaged, unless someone has intentionally appended
|
|
garbage after the end of the Stream. (Appending garbage at the
|
|
end of the file does not prevent uncompressing the file, but
|
|
may give a warning or error depending on the decoder
|
|
implementation.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.3.3. Footer Padding
|
|
|
|
In certain situations it is convenient to be able to pad
|
|
Blocks or Streams to be multiples of, for example, 512 bytes.
|
|
Footer Padding makes this possible. Note that this is in no
|
|
way required to enforce alignment in the way described in
|
|
Section 4.3; the Header Padding field is enough for that.
|
|
|
|
When Footer Padding is used, it must contain only nul bytes.
|
|
Any non-nul byte should be considered as the beginning of
|
|
a new Block or Stream.
|
|
|
|
The possibility of Padding should be taken into account when
|
|
designing an application that wants to find out information
|
|
about a Stream by parsing Footer Metadata Block.
|
|
|
|
Support for Padding was inspired by a related note in
|
|
[GNU-tar].
|
|
|
|
|
|
4. Filters
|
|
|
|
The Block Flags field defines how many filters are used. When
|
|
more than one filter is used, the filters are chained; that is,
|
|
the output of one filter is the input of another filter. The
|
|
following figure illustrates the direction of data flow.
|
|
|
|
v Uncompressed Data ^
|
|
| Filter 0 |
|
|
Encoder | Filter 1 | Decoder
|
|
| ... |
|
|
| Filter n |
|
|
v Compressed Data ^
|
|
|
|
The filters are independent from each other, except that they
|
|
must cooperate a little to make it possible, in all cases, to
|
|
detect when all of the data has been decoded. In addition, the
|
|
filters should cooperate in the encoder to keep the alignment
|
|
optimal.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.1. Detecting when All Data Has Been Decoded
|
|
|
|
There must be a way for the decoder to detect when all of the
|
|
Compressed Data has been decoded. This is simple when only
|
|
one filter is used, but a bit more complex when multiple
|
|
filters are chained.
|
|
|
|
This file format supports three methods to detect when all of
|
|
the data has been decoded:
|
|
- Uncompressed size
|
|
- End of Input
|
|
- End of Payload Marker
|
|
|
|
In both encoder and decoder, filters are initialized starting
|
|
from the first filter in the chain. For each filter, one of
|
|
these three methods is used.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.1.1. With Uncompressed Size
|
|
|
|
This method is the only method supported by all filters.
|
|
It must be used when uncompressed size is known by the
|
|
filter-specific encoder or decoder. In practice this means
|
|
that Uncompressed Size has been stored to the Block Header.
|
|
|
|
In case of the first filter in the chain, the uncompressed size
|
|
given to the filter-specific encoder or decoder equals the
|
|
Uncompressed Size stored in the Block Header. For the rest of
|
|
the filters in the chain, uncompressed size is the size of the
|
|
output data of the previous filter in the chain.
|
|
|
|
Note that when Use End of Payload Marker bit is set in Block
|
|
Flags, Uncompressed Size is considered to be unknown even if
|
|
it was present in the Block Header. Thus, if End of Payload
|
|
Marker is used, uncompressed size of all of the filters in
|
|
the chain is unknown, and can never be used to detect when
|
|
all of the data has been decoded.
|
|
|
|
Once the correct number of bytes has been written out, the
|
|
filter-specific decoder indicates to its caller that all of
|
|
the data has been decoded. If the filter-specific decoder
|
|
detects End of Input or End of Payload Marker before the
|
|
correct number of bytes is decoded, the decoder must indicate
|
|
an error.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.1.2. With End of Input
|
|
|
|
Most filters will know that all of the data has been decoded
|
|
when the End of Input data has been reached. Once the filter
|
|
knows that it has received the input data in its entirety,
|
|
it finishes its job, and indicates to its caller that all of
|
|
the data has been decoded. The filter-specific decoder must
|
|
indicate an error if it detects End of Payload Marker.
|
|
|
|
Note that this method can work only when the filter is not
|
|
the last filter in the chain, because only another filter
|
|
can indicate the End of Input data. In practice this means,
|
|
that a filter later in the chain must support embedding
|
|
End of Payload Marker.
|
|
|
|
When a filter that cannot embed End of Payload Marker is the
|
|
last filter in the chain, Subblock filter is appended to the
|
|
chain as an implicit filter. In the simplest case, this occurs
|
|
when no filters are specified, and Uncompressed Size is unknown
|
|
or the End of Payload Marker bit is set in Block Flags.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.1.3. With End of Payload Marker
|
|
|
|
End of Payload Marker is a filter-specific bit sequence that
|
|
indicates the end of data. It is supported by only a few
|
|
filters. It is used when uncompressed size is unknown, and
|
|
the filter
|
|
- doesn't support End of Input; or
|
|
- is the last filter in the chain.
|
|
|
|
End of Payload Marker is embedded at the end of the encoded
|
|
data by the filter-specific encoder. When the filter-specific
|
|
decoder detects the embedded End of Payload Marker, the decoder
|
|
knows that all of the data has been decoded. Then it finishes
|
|
its job, and indicates to its caller that all of the data has
|
|
been decoded. If the filter-specific decoder detects End of
|
|
Input before End of Payload Marker, the decoder must indicate
|
|
an error.
|
|
|
|
If the filter supports both End of Input and End of Payload
|
|
Marker, the former is used, unless the filter is the last
|
|
filter in the chain.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.2. Alignment
|
|
|
|
Some filters give better compression ratio or are faster
|
|
when the input or output data is aligned. For optimal results,
|
|
the encoder should try to enforce proper alignment when
|
|
possible. Not enforcing alignment in the encoder is not
|
|
an error. Thus, the decoder must be able to handle files with
|
|
suboptimal alignment.
|
|
|
|
Alignment of uncompressed input data is usually the job of
|
|
the application producing the data. For example, to get the
|
|
best results, an archiver tool should make sure that all
|
|
PowerPC executable files in the archive stream start at
|
|
offsets that are multiples of four bytes.
|
|
|
|
Some filters, for example LZMA, can be configured to take
|
|
advantage of specified alignment of input data. Note that
|
|
taking advantage of aligned input can be benefical also when
|
|
a filter is not the first filter in the chain. For example,
|
|
if you compress PowerPC executables, you may want to use the
|
|
PowerPC filter and chain that with the LZMA filter. Because not
|
|
only the input but also the output alignment of the PowerPC
|
|
filter is four bytes, it is now benefical to set LZMA settings
|
|
so that the LZMA encoder can take advantage of its
|
|
four-byte-aligned input data.
|
|
|
|
The output of the last filter in the chain is stored to the
|
|
Compressed Data field. Aligning Compressed Data appropriately
|
|
can increase
|
|
- speed, if the filtered data is handled multiple bytes at
|
|
a time by the filter-specific encoder and decoder,
|
|
because accessing aligned data in computer memory is
|
|
usually faster; and
|
|
- compression ratio, if the output data is later compressed
|
|
with an external compression tool.
|
|
|
|
Compressed Data in a Stream can be aligned by using the Header
|
|
Padding field in the Block Header.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.3. Filters
|
|
|
|
4.3.1. Copy
|
|
|
|
This is a dummy filter that simply copies all data from input
|
|
to output unmodified.
|
|
|
|
Filter ID: 0x00
|
|
Size of Filter Properties: 0 bytes
|
|
Changes size of data: No
|
|
|
|
Detecting when all of the data has been decoded:
|
|
Uncompressed size: Yes
|
|
End of Payload Marker: No
|
|
End of Input: Yes
|
|
|
|
Preferred alignment:
|
|
Input data: 1 byte
|
|
Output data: 1 byte
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.3.2. Subblock
|
|
|
|
The Subblock filter can be used to
|
|
- embed End of Payload Marker when the otherwise last
|
|
filter in the chain does not support embedding it; and
|
|
- apply additional filters in the middle of a Block.
|
|
|
|
Filter ID: 0x01
|
|
Size of Filter Properties: 0 bytes
|
|
Changes size of data: Yes, unpredictably
|
|
|
|
Detecting when all of the data has been decoded:
|
|
Uncompressed size: Yes
|
|
End of Payload Marker: Yes
|
|
End of Input: Yes
|
|
|
|
Preferred alignment:
|
|
Input data: 1 byte
|
|
Output data: Freely adjustable
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.3.2.1. Format of the Encoded Output
|
|
|
|
The encoded data from the Subblock filter consist of zero or
|
|
more Subblocks:
|
|
|
|
+==========+==========+
|
|
| Subblock | Subblock | ...
|
|
+==========+==========+
|
|
|
|
Each Subblock contains two fields:
|
|
|
|
+----------------+===============+
|
|
| Subblock Flags | Subblock Data |
|
|
+----------------+===============+
|
|
|
|
Subblock Flags is a bitfield:
|
|
|
|
Bits Mask Description
|
|
0-3 0x0F The interpretation of these bits depend on
|
|
the Subblock Type:
|
|
- 0x20 Bits 0-3 for Size
|
|
- 0x30 Bits 0-3 for Repeat Count
|
|
- Other These bits must be zero.
|
|
4-7 0xF0 Subblock Type:
|
|
- 0x00: Padding
|
|
- 0x10: End of Payload Marker
|
|
- 0x20: Data
|
|
- 0x30: Repeating Data
|
|
- 0x40: Set Subfilter
|
|
- 0x50: Unset Subfilter
|
|
If some other value is detected, the decoder
|
|
must indicate an error.
|
|
|
|
The format of the Subblock Data field depends on Subblock Type.
|
|
|
|
Subblocks with the Subblock Type 0x00 (Padding) don't have a
|
|
Subblock Data field. These Subblocks can be useful for fixing
|
|
alignment. There can be at maximum of 31 consecutive Subblocks
|
|
with this Subblock Type; if there are more, the decoder must
|
|
indicate an error.
|
|
|
|
Subblock with the Subblock Type 0x10 (End of Payload Marker)
|
|
doesn't have a Subblock Data field. The decoder must indicate
|
|
an error if this Subblock Type is detected when Subfilter is
|
|
enabled, or when the Subblock filter is not supposed to embed
|
|
the End of Payload Marker.
|
|
|
|
Subblocks with the Subblock Type 0x20 (Data) contain the rest
|
|
of the Size, which is followed by Size + 1 bytes in the Data
|
|
field (that is, Data can never be empty):
|
|
|
|
+------+------+------+======+
|
|
| Bits 4-27 for Size | Data |
|
|
+------+------+------+======+
|
|
|
|
Subblocks with the Subblock Type 0x30 (Repeating Data) contain
|
|
the rest of the Repeat Count, the Size of the Data, and finally
|
|
the actual Data to be repeated:
|
|
|
|
+---------+---------+--------+------+======+
|
|
| Bits 4-27 for Repeat Count | Size | Data |
|
|
+---------+---------+--------+------+======+
|
|
|
|
The size of the Data field is Size + 1. It is repeated Repeat
|
|
Count + 1 times. That is, the minimum size of Data is one byte;
|
|
the maximum size of Data is 256 bytes. The minimum number of
|
|
repeats is one; the maximum number of repeats is 2^28.
|
|
|
|
If Subfilter is not used, the Data field of Subblock Types 0x20
|
|
and 0x30 is the output of the decoded Subblock filter. If
|
|
Subfilter is used, Data is the input of the Subfilter, and the
|
|
decoded output of the Subfilter is the decoded output of the
|
|
Subblock filter.
|
|
|
|
Subblocks with the Subblock Type 0x40 (Set Subfilter) contain
|
|
a Filter Flags field in Subblock Data:
|
|
|
|
+==============+
|
|
| Filter Flags |
|
|
+==============+
|
|
|
|
It is an error to set the Subfilter to Filter ID 0x00 (Copy)
|
|
or 0x01 (Subblock). All the other Filter IDs are allowed.
|
|
The decoder must indicate an error if this Subblock Type is
|
|
detected when a Subfilter is already enabled.
|
|
|
|
Subblocks with the Subblock Type 0x50 (Unset Subfilter) don't
|
|
have a Subblock Data field. There must be at least one Subblock
|
|
with Subblock Type 0x20 or 0x30 between Subblocks with Subblock
|
|
Type 0x40 and 0x50; if there isn't, the decoder must indicate
|
|
an error.
|
|
|
|
Subblock Types 0x40 and 0x50 are always used as a pair: If the
|
|
Subblock filter has been enabled with Subblock Type 0x40, it
|
|
must always be disabled later with Subblock Type 0x50.
|
|
Disabling must be done even if the Subfilter used End of
|
|
Payload Marker; after the Subfilter has detected End of Payload
|
|
Marker, the next Subblock that is not Padding must unset the
|
|
Subfilter.
|
|
|
|
When the Subblock filter is used as an implicit filter to embed
|
|
End of Payload marker, the Subblock Types 0x40 and 0x50 (Set or
|
|
Unset Subfilter) must not be used. The decoder must indicate an
|
|
error if it detects any of these Subblock Types in an implicit
|
|
Subblock filter.
|
|
|
|
The following code illustrates the basic structure of a
|
|
Subblock decoder.
|
|
|
|
uint32_t consecutive_padding = 0;
|
|
bool got_output_with_subfilter = false;
|
|
|
|
while (true) {
|
|
uint32_t size;
|
|
uint32_t repeat;
|
|
uint8_t flags = read_byte();
|
|
|
|
if (flags != 0)
|
|
consecutive_padding = 0;
|
|
|
|
switch (flags >> 4) {
|
|
case 0:
|
|
// Padding
|
|
if (flags & 0x0F)
|
|
return DATA_ERROR;
|
|
if (++consecutive_padding == 32)
|
|
return DATA_ERROR;
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
case 1:
|
|
// End of Payload Marker
|
|
if (flags & 0x0F)
|
|
return DATA_ERROR;
|
|
if (subfilter_enabled || !allow_eopm)
|
|
return DATA_ERROR;
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
case 2:
|
|
// Data
|
|
size = flags & 0x0F;
|
|
for (size_t i = 4; i < 28; i += 8)
|
|
size |= (uint32_t)(read_byte()) << i;
|
|
|
|
// If any output is produced, this will
|
|
// set got_output_with_subfilter to true.
|
|
copy_data(size);
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
case 3:
|
|
// Repeating Data
|
|
repeat = flags & 0x0F;
|
|
for (size_t i = 4; i < 28; i += 8)
|
|
repeat |= (uint32_t)(read_byte()) << i;
|
|
size = read_byte();
|
|
|
|
// If any output is produced, this will
|
|
// set got_output_with_subfilter to true.
|
|
copy_repeating_data(size, repeat);
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
case 4:
|
|
// Set Subfilter
|
|
if (flags & 0x0F)
|
|
return DATA_ERROR;
|
|
if (subfilter_enabled)
|
|
return DATA_ERROR;
|
|
got_output_with_subfilter = false;
|
|
set_subfilter();
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
case 5:
|
|
// Unset Subfilter
|
|
if (flags & 0x0F)
|
|
return DATA_ERROR;
|
|
if (!subfilter_enabled)
|
|
return DATA_ERROR;
|
|
if (!got_output_with_subfilter)
|
|
return DATA_ERROR;
|
|
unset_subfilter();
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
default:
|
|
return DATA_ERROR;
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.3.3. Delta
|
|
|
|
The Delta filter may increase compression ratio when the value
|
|
of the next byte correlates with the value of an earlier byte
|
|
at specified distance.
|
|
|
|
Filter ID: 0x20
|
|
Size of Filter Properties: 1 byte
|
|
Changes size of data: No
|
|
|
|
Detecting when all of the data has been decoded:
|
|
Uncompressed size: Yes
|
|
End of Payload Marker: No
|
|
End of Input: Yes
|
|
|
|
Preferred alignment:
|
|
Input data: 1 byte
|
|
Output data: Same as the original input data
|
|
|
|
The Properties byte indicates the delta distance, which can be
|
|
1-256 bytes backwards from the current byte: 0x00 indicates
|
|
distance of 1 byte and 0xFF distance of 256 bytes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.3.3.1. Format of the Encoded Output
|
|
|
|
The code below illustrates both encoding and decoding with
|
|
the Delta filter.
|
|
|
|
// Distance is in the range [1, 256].
|
|
const unsigned int distance = get_properties_byte() + 1;
|
|
uint8_t pos = 0;
|
|
uint8_t delta[256];
|
|
|
|
memset(delta, 0, sizeof(delta));
|
|
|
|
while (1) {
|
|
const int byte = read_byte();
|
|
if (byte == EOF)
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
uint8_t tmp = delta[(uint8_t)(distance + pos)];
|
|
if (is_encoder) {
|
|
tmp = (uint8_t)(byte) - tmp;
|
|
delta[pos] = (uint8_t)(byte);
|
|
} else {
|
|
tmp = (uint8_t)(byte) + tmp;
|
|
delta[pos] = tmp;
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
write_byte(tmp);
|
|
--pos;
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.3.4. LZMA
|
|
|
|
LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm) is a general-purporse
|
|
compression algorithm with high compression ratio and fast
|
|
decompression. LZMA based on LZ77 and range coding algorithms.
|
|
|
|
Filter ID: 0x40
|
|
Size of Filter Properties: 2 bytes
|
|
Changes size of data: Yes, unpredictably
|
|
|
|
Detecting when all of the data has been decoded:
|
|
Uncompressed size: Yes
|
|
End of Payload Marker: Yes
|
|
End of Input: No
|
|
|
|
Preferred alignment:
|
|
Input data: Adjustable to 1/2/4/8/16 byte(s)
|
|
Output data: 1 byte
|
|
|
|
At the time of writing, there is no other documentation about
|
|
how LZMA works than the source code in LZMA SDK. Once such
|
|
documentation gets written, it will probably be published as
|
|
a separate document, because including the documentation here
|
|
would lengthen this document considerably.
|
|
|
|
The format of the Filter Properties field is as follows:
|
|
|
|
+-----------------+------------------+
|
|
| LZMA Properties | Dictionary Flags |
|
|
+-----------------+------------------+
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.3.4.1. LZMA Properties
|
|
|
|
The LZMA Properties bits contain three properties. An
|
|
abbreviation is given in parentheses, followed by the value
|
|
range of the property. The field consists of
|
|
|
|
1) the number of literal context bits (lc, [0, 8]);
|
|
2) the number of literal position bits (lp, [0, 4]); and
|
|
3) the number of position bits (pb, [0, 4]).
|
|
|
|
They are encoded using the following formula:
|
|
|
|
LZMA Properties = (pb * 5 + lp) * 9 + lc
|
|
|
|
The following C code illustrates a straightforward way to
|
|
decode the properties:
|
|
|
|
uint8_t lc, lp, pb;
|
|
uint8_t prop = get_lzma_properties() & 0xFF;
|
|
if (prop > (4 * 5 + 4) * 9 + 8)
|
|
return LZMA_PROPERTIES_ERROR;
|
|
|
|
pb = prop / (9 * 5);
|
|
prop -= pb * 9 * 5;
|
|
lp = prop / 9;
|
|
lc = prop - lp * 9;
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.3.4.2. Dictionary Flags
|
|
|
|
Currently the lowest six bits of the Dictionary Flags field
|
|
are in use:
|
|
|
|
Bits Mask Description
|
|
0-5 0x3F Dictionary Size
|
|
6-7 0xC0 Reserved for future use; must be zero for now.
|
|
|
|
Dictionary Size is encoded with one-bit mantissa and five-bit
|
|
exponent. To avoid wasting space, one-byte dictionary has its
|
|
own special value.
|
|
|
|
Raw value Mantissa Exponent Dictionary size
|
|
0 1 0 1 byte
|
|
1 2 0 2 bytes
|
|
2 3 0 3 bytes
|
|
3 2 1 4 bytes
|
|
4 3 1 6 bytes
|
|
5 2 2 8 bytes
|
|
6 3 2 12 bytes
|
|
7 2 3 16 bytes
|
|
8 3 3 24 bytes
|
|
9 2 4 32 bytes
|
|
... ... ... ...
|
|
61 2 30 2 GiB
|
|
62 3 30 3 GiB
|
|
63 2 31 4 GiB (*)
|
|
|
|
(*) The real maximum size of the dictionary is one byte
|
|
less than 4 GiB, because the distance of 4 GiB is
|
|
reserved for End of Payload Marker.
|
|
|
|
Instead of having a table in the decoder, the dictionary size
|
|
can be decoded using the following C code:
|
|
|
|
uint64_t dictionary_size;
|
|
const uint8_t bits = get_dictionary_flags() & 0x3F;
|
|
if (bits == 0) {
|
|
dictionary_size = 1;
|
|
} else {
|
|
dictionary_size = 2 | ((bits + 1) & 1);
|
|
dictionary_size = dictionary_size << ((bits - 1) / 2);
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.3.5. Branch/Call/Jump Filters for Executables
|
|
|
|
These filters convert relative branch, call, and jump
|
|
instructions to their absolute counterparts in executable
|
|
files. This conversion increases redundancy and thus
|
|
compression ratio.
|
|
|
|
Size of Filter Properties: 0 or 4 bytes
|
|
Changes size of data: No
|
|
|
|
Detecting when all of the data has been decoded:
|
|
Uncompressed size: Yes
|
|
End of Payload Marker: No
|
|
End of Input: Yes
|
|
|
|
Below is the list of filters in this category. The alignment
|
|
is the same for both input and output data.
|
|
|
|
Filter ID Alignment Description
|
|
0x04 1 byte x86 filter (BCJ)
|
|
0x05 4 bytes PowerPC (big endian) filter
|
|
0x06 16 bytes IA64 filter
|
|
0x07 4 bytes ARM (little endian) filter
|
|
0x08 2 bytes ARM Thumb (little endian) filter
|
|
0x09 4 bytes SPARC filter
|
|
|
|
If the size of Filter Properties is four bytes, the Filter
|
|
Properties field contains the start offset used for address
|
|
conversions. It is stored as an unsigned 32-bit little endian
|
|
integer. If the size of Filter Properties is zero, the start
|
|
offset is zero.
|
|
|
|
Setting the start offset may be useful if an executable has
|
|
multiple sections, and there are many cross-section calls.
|
|
Taking advantage of this feature usually requires usage of
|
|
the Subblock filter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5. Metadata
|
|
|
|
Metadata is stored in Metadata Blocks, which can be in the
|
|
beginning or at the end of a Multi-Block Stream. Because of
|
|
Blocks, it is possible to compress Metadata in the same way
|
|
as the actual data is compressed. This Section describes the
|
|
format of the data stored in Metadata Blocks.
|
|
|
|
+----------------+===============================+
|
|
| Metadata Flags | Size of Header Metadata Block |
|
|
+----------------+===============================+
|
|
|
|
+============+===================+=======+=======+
|
|
---> | Total Size | Uncompressed Size | Index | Extra |
|
|
+============+===================+=======+=======+
|
|
|
|
Stream must be parseable backwards. That is, there must be
|
|
a way to locate the beginning of the Stream by starting from
|
|
the end of the Stream. Thus, the Footer Metadata Block must
|
|
contain the Total Size field or the Index field. If the Stream
|
|
has Header Metadata Block, also the Size of Header Metadata
|
|
Block field must be present in Footer Metadata Block.
|
|
|
|
It must be possible to quickly locate the Blocks in
|
|
non-streamed mode. Thus, the Index field must be present
|
|
at least in one Metadata Block.
|
|
|
|
If the above conditions are not met, the decoder must indicate
|
|
an error.
|
|
|
|
There should be no additional data after the last field. If
|
|
there is, the the decoder should indicate an error.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.1. Metadata Flags
|
|
|
|
This field describes which fields are present in a Metadata
|
|
Block:
|
|
|
|
Bit(s) Mask Desription
|
|
0 0x01 Size of Header Metadata Block is present.
|
|
1 0x02 Total Size is present.
|
|
2 0x04 Uncompressed Size is present.
|
|
3 0x08 Index is present.
|
|
4-6 0x70 Reserve for future use; must be zero for now.
|
|
7 0x80 Extra is present.
|
|
|
|
If any reserved bit is set, the decoder must indicate an error.
|
|
It is possible that there is a new field present which the
|
|
decoder is not aware of, and can thus parse the Metadata
|
|
incorrectly.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.2. Size of Header Metadata Block
|
|
|
|
This field is present only if the appropriate bit is set in
|
|
the Metadata Flags field (see Section 5.1).
|
|
|
|
Size of Header Metadata Block is needed to make it possible to
|
|
parse the Stream backwards. The size is stored using the
|
|
encoding described in Section 1.2. The decoder must verify that
|
|
that the value stored in this field is non-zero. In Footer
|
|
Metadata Block, the decoder must also verify that the stored
|
|
size matches the real size of Header Metadata Block. In the
|
|
Header Meatadata Block, the value of this field is ignored as
|
|
long as it is not zero.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.3. Total Size
|
|
|
|
This field is present only if the appropriate bit is set in the
|
|
Metadata Flags field (see Section 5.1).
|
|
|
|
This field contains the total size of the Data Blocks in the
|
|
Stream. Total Size is stored using the encoding described in
|
|
Section 1.2. If the stored value does not match the real total
|
|
size of the Data Blocks, the decoder must indicate an error.
|
|
The value of this field must be non-zero.
|
|
|
|
Total Size can be used to quickly locate the beginning or end
|
|
of the Stream. This can be useful for example when doing
|
|
random-access reading, and the Index field is not in the
|
|
Metadata Block currently being read.
|
|
|
|
It is useless to have both Total Size and Index in the same
|
|
Metadata Block, because Total Size can be calculated from the
|
|
Index field.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.4. Uncompressed Size
|
|
|
|
This field is present only if the appropriate bit is set in the
|
|
Metadata Flags field (see Section 5.1).
|
|
|
|
This field contains the total uncompressed size of the Data
|
|
Blocks in the Stream. Uncompresssed Size is stored using the
|
|
encoding described in Section 1.2. If the stored value does not
|
|
match the real uncompressed size of the Data Blocks, the
|
|
decoder must indicate an error.
|
|
|
|
It is useless to have both Uncompressed Size and Index in
|
|
the same Metadata Block, because Uncompressed Size can be
|
|
calculated from the Index field.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.5. Index
|
|
|
|
+=======================+=============+====================+
|
|
| Number of Data Blocks | Total Sizes | Uncompressed Sizes |
|
|
+=======================+=============+====================+
|
|
|
|
Index serves several purporses. Using it, one can
|
|
- verify that all Blocks in a Stream have been processed;
|
|
- find out the Uncompressed Size of a Stream; and
|
|
- quickly access the beginning of any Block (random access).
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.5.1. Number of Data Blocks
|
|
|
|
This field contains the number of Data Blocks in the Stream.
|
|
The value is stored using the encoding described in Section
|
|
1.2. If the decoder has decoded all the Data Blocks of the
|
|
Stream, and then notices that the Number of Records doesn't
|
|
match the real number of Data Blocks, the decoder must
|
|
indicate an error. The value of this field must be non-zero.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.5.2. Total Sizes
|
|
|
|
+============+============+
|
|
| Total Size | Total Size | ...
|
|
+============+============+
|
|
|
|
This field lists the Total Sizes of every Data Block in the
|
|
Stream. There are as many Total Size fields as indicated by
|
|
the Number of Data Blocks field.
|
|
|
|
Total Size is the size of Block Header, Compressed Data, and
|
|
Block Footer. It is stored using the encoding described in
|
|
Section 1.2. If the Total Sizes do not match the real sizes
|
|
of respective Blocks, the decoder should indicate an error.
|
|
All the Total Size fields must have a non-zero value.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.5.3. Uncompressed Sizes
|
|
|
|
+===================+===================+
|
|
| Uncompressed Size | Uncompressed Size | ...
|
|
+===================+===================+
|
|
|
|
This field lists the Uncompressed Sizes of every Data Block
|
|
in the Stream. There are as many Uncompressed Size fields as
|
|
indicated by the Number of Records field.
|
|
|
|
Uncompressed Sizes are stored using the encoding described
|
|
in Section 1.2. If the Uncompressed Sizes do not match the
|
|
real sizes of respective Blocks, the decoder shoud indicate
|
|
an error.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.6. Extra
|
|
|
|
This field is present only if the appropriate bit is set in the
|
|
Metadata Flags field (see Section 5.1). Note that the bit does
|
|
not indicate that there is any data in the Extra field; it only
|
|
indicates that Extra may be non-empty.
|
|
|
|
The Extra field contains only information that is not required
|
|
to properly uncompress the Stream or to do random-access
|
|
reading. Supporting the Extra field is optional. In case the
|
|
decoder doesn't support the Extra field, it should silently
|
|
ignore it.
|
|
|
|
Extra consists of zero or more Records:
|
|
|
|
+========+========+
|
|
| Record | Record | ...
|
|
+========+========+
|
|
|
|
Excluding Records with Record ID 0x00, each Record contains
|
|
three fields:
|
|
|
|
+==========+==============+======+
|
|
| Reord ID | Size of Data | Data |
|
|
+==========+==============+======+
|
|
|
|
The Record ID and Size of Data are stored using the encoding
|
|
described in Section 1.2. Data can be binary or UTF-8
|
|
[RFC-3629] strings. Non-UTF-8 strings should be avoided.
|
|
Because the Size of Data is known, there is no need to
|
|
terminate strings with a nul byte, although doing so should
|
|
not be considered an error.
|
|
|
|
The Record IDs are divided in two categories:
|
|
- Safe-to-Copy Records may be preserved as is when the
|
|
Stream is modified in ways that don't change the actual
|
|
uncompressed data. Examples of such operatings include
|
|
recompressing and adding, modifying, or deleting unrelated
|
|
Extra Records.
|
|
- Unsafe-to-Copy Records should be removed (and possibly
|
|
recreated) when any kind of changes are made to the Stream.
|
|
|
|
When the actual uncompressed data is modified, all Records
|
|
should be removed (and possibly recreated), unless the
|
|
application knows that the Data stored to the Record(s) is
|
|
still valid.
|
|
|
|
The following subsections describe the standard Record IDs and
|
|
the format of their Data fields. Safe-to-Copy Records have an
|
|
odd ID, while Unsafe-to-Copy Records have an even ID.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.6.1. 0x00: Dummy/Padding
|
|
|
|
This Record is special, because it doesn't have the Size of
|
|
Data or Data fields.
|
|
|
|
Dummy Records can be used, for example, to fill Metadata Block
|
|
when a few bytes of extra space has been reserved for it. There
|
|
can be any number of Dummy Records.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.6.2. 0x01: OpenPGP Signature
|
|
|
|
OpenPGP signature is computed from uncompressed data. The
|
|
signature can be used to verify that the contents of a Stream
|
|
has been created by a trustworthy source.
|
|
|
|
If the decoder supports decoding concatenated Streams, it
|
|
must indicate an error when verifying OpenPGP signatures if
|
|
there is more than one Stream.
|
|
|
|
OpenPGP format is documented in [RFC-2440].
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.6.3. 0x02: Filter Information
|
|
|
|
The Filter Information Record contains information about the
|
|
filters used in the Stream. This field can be used to quickly
|
|
- display which filters are used in each Block;
|
|
- check if all the required filters are supported by the
|
|
current decoder version; and
|
|
- check how much memory is required to decode each Block.
|
|
|
|
The format of the Filter Information field is as follows:
|
|
|
|
+=================+=================+
|
|
| Block 0 Filters | Block 1 Filters | ...
|
|
+=================+=================+
|
|
|
|
There can be at maximum of as many Block Filters fields as
|
|
there are Data Blocks in the Stream. The format of the Block
|
|
Filters field is as follows:
|
|
|
|
+------------------+======================+============+
|
|
| Block Properties | List of Filter Flags | Subfilters |
|
|
+------------------+======================+============+
|
|
|
|
Block Properties is a bitfield:
|
|
|
|
Bit(s) Mask Description
|
|
0-2 0x07 Number of filters (0-7)
|
|
3 0x08 End of Payload Marker is used.
|
|
4 0x10 The Subfilters field is present.
|
|
5-7 0xE0 Reserved for future use; must be zero for now.
|
|
|
|
The contents of the List of Filter Flags field must match the
|
|
List of Filter Flags field in the respective Block Header.
|
|
|
|
The Subfilters field may be present only if the List of Filter
|
|
Flags contains a Filter Flags field for a Subblock filter. The
|
|
format of the Subfilters field is as follows:
|
|
|
|
+======================+=========================+
|
|
| Number of Subfilters | List of Subfilter Flags |
|
|
+======================+=========================+
|
|
|
|
The value stored in the Number of Subfilters field is stored
|
|
using the encoding described in Section 1.2. The List of
|
|
Subfilter Flags field contains as many Filter Flags fields
|
|
as indicated by the Number of Subfilters field. These Filter
|
|
Flags fields list some or all the Subfilters used via the
|
|
Subblock filter. The order of the listed Subfilters is not
|
|
significant.
|
|
|
|
Decoders supporting this Record should indicate a warning or
|
|
error if this Record contains Filter Flags that are not
|
|
actually used by the respective Blocks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.6.4. 0x03: Comment
|
|
|
|
Free-form comment is stored in UTF-8 [RFC-3629] encoding.
|
|
|
|
The beginning of a new line should be indicated using the
|
|
ASCII Line Feed character (0x0A). When the Line Feed character
|
|
is not the native way to indicate new line in the underlying
|
|
operating system, the encoder and decoder should convert the
|
|
newline characters to and from Line Feeds.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.6.5. 0x04: List of Checks
|
|
|
|
+=======+=======+
|
|
| Check | Check | ...
|
|
+=======+=======+
|
|
|
|
There are as many Check fields as there are Blocks in the
|
|
Stream. The size of Check fields depend on Stream Flags
|
|
(see Section 2.2.2).
|
|
|
|
Decoders supporting this Record should indicate a warning or
|
|
error if the Checks don't match the respective Blocks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.6.6. 0x05: Original Filename
|
|
|
|
Original filename is stored in UTF-8 [RFC-3629] encoding.
|
|
|
|
The filename must not include any path, only the filename
|
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itself. Special care must be taken to prevent directory
|
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traversal vulnerabilities.
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When files are moved between different operating systems, it
|
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is possible that filename valid in the source system is not
|
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valid in the target system. It is implementation defined how
|
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the decoder handles this kind of situations.
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5.6.7. 0x07: Modification Time
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Modification time is stored as POSIX time, as an unsigned
|
|
little endian integer. The number of bits depends on the
|
|
Size of Data field. Note that the usage of unsigned integer
|
|
limits the earliest representable time to 1970-01-01T00:00:00.
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5.6.8. 0x09: High-Resolution Modification Time
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|
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This Record extends the `0x04: Modification time' Record with
|
|
a subsecond time information. There are two supported formats
|
|
of this field, which can be distinguished by looking at the
|
|
Size of Data field.
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|
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Size Data
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3 [0; 9,999,999] times 100 nanoseconds
|
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4 [0; 999,999,999] nanoseconds
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|
|
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The value is stored as an unsigned 24-bit or 32-bit little
|
|
endian integer.
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|
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5.6.9. 0x0B: MIME Type
|
|
|
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MIME type of the uncompressed Stream. This can be used to
|
|
detect the content type. [IANA-MIME]
|
|
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|
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5.6.10. 0x0D: Homepage URL
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|
|
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This field can be used, for example, when distributing software
|
|
packages (sources or binaries). The field would indicate the
|
|
homepage of the program.
|
|
|
|
For details on how to encode URLs, see [RFC-1738].
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|
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|
6. Custom Filter and Extra Record IDs
|
|
|
|
If a developer wants to use custom Filter or Extra Record IDs,
|
|
he has two choices. The first choice is to contact Lasse Collin
|
|
and ask him to allocate a range of IDs for the developer.
|
|
|
|
The second choice is to generate a 40-bit random integer,
|
|
which the developer can use as his personal Developer ID.
|
|
To minimalize the risk of collisions, Developer ID has to be
|
|
a randomly generated integer, not manually selected "hex word".
|
|
The following command, which works on many free operating
|
|
systems, can be used to generate Developer ID:
|
|
|
|
dd if=/dev/urandom bs=5 count=1 | hexdump
|
|
|
|
The developer can then use his Developer ID to create unique
|
|
(well, hopefully unique) Filter and Extra Record IDs.
|
|
|
|
Bits Mask Description
|
|
0-15 0x0000_0000_0000_FFFF Filter or Extra Record ID
|
|
16-55 0x00FF_FFFF_FFFF_0000 Developer ID
|
|
56-62 0x7F00_0000_0000_0000 Static prefix: 0x7F
|
|
|
|
The resulting 63-bit integer will use 9 bytes of space when
|
|
stored using the encoding described in Section 1.2. To get
|
|
a shorter ID, see the beginning of this Section how to
|
|
request a custom ID range.
|
|
|
|
Note that Filter and Metadata Record IDs are in their own
|
|
namespaces. That is, you can use the same ID value as Filter ID
|
|
and Metadata Record ID, and the meanings of the IDs do not need
|
|
to be related to each other.
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.1. Reserved Custom Filter ID Ranges
|
|
|
|
Range Description
|
|
0x0000_0000 - 0x0000_00DF IDs fitting into the Misc field
|
|
0x0002_0000 - 0x0007_FFFF Reserved to ease .7z compatibility
|
|
0x0200_0000 - 0x07FF_FFFF Reserved to ease .7z compatibility
|
|
|
|
|
|
7. Cyclic Redundancy Checks
|
|
|
|
There are several incompatible variations to calculate CRC32
|
|
and CRC64. For simplicity and clarity, complete examples are
|
|
provided to calculate the checks as they are used in this file
|
|
format. Implementations may use different code as long as it
|
|
gives identical results.
|
|
|
|
The program below reads data from standard input, calculates
|
|
the CRC32 and CRC64 values, and prints the calculated values
|
|
as big endian hexadecimal strings to standard output.
|
|
|
|
#include <sys/types.h>
|
|
#include <inttypes.h>
|
|
#include <stdio.h>
|
|
|
|
uint32_t crc32_table[256];
|
|
uint64_t crc64_table[256];
|
|
|
|
void
|
|
init(void)
|
|
{
|
|
static const uint32_t poly32 = UINT32_C(0xEDB88320);
|
|
static const uint64_t poly64
|
|
= UINT64_C(0xC96C5795D7870F42);
|
|
|
|
for (size_t i = 0; i < 256; ++i) {
|
|
uint32_t crc32 = i;
|
|
uint64_t crc64 = i;
|
|
|
|
for (size_t j = 0; j < 8; ++j) {
|
|
if (crc32 & 1)
|
|
crc32 = (crc32 >> 1) ^ poly32;
|
|
else
|
|
crc32 >>= 1;
|
|
|
|
if (crc64 & 1)
|
|
crc64 = (crc64 >> 1) ^ poly64;
|
|
else
|
|
crc64 >>= 1;
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
crc32_table[i] = crc32;
|
|
crc64_table[i] = crc64;
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
uint32_t
|
|
crc32(const uint8_t *buf, size_t size, uint32_t crc)
|
|
{
|
|
crc = ~crc;
|
|
for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
|
|
crc = crc32_table[buf[i] ^ (crc & 0xFF)]
|
|
^ (crc >> 8);
|
|
return ~crc;
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
uint64_t
|
|
crc64(const uint8_t *buf, size_t size, uint64_t crc)
|
|
{
|
|
crc = ~crc;
|
|
for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
|
|
crc = crc64_table[buf[i] ^ (crc & 0xFF)]
|
|
^ (crc >> 8);
|
|
return ~crc;
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
int
|
|
main()
|
|
{
|
|
init();
|
|
|
|
uint32_t value32 = 0;
|
|
uint64_t value64 = 0;
|
|
uint64_t total_size = 0;
|
|
uint8_t buf[8192];
|
|
|
|
while (1) {
|
|
const size_t buf_size = fread(buf, 1, 8192, stdin);
|
|
if (buf_size == 0)
|
|
break;
|
|
|
|
total_size += buf_size;
|
|
value32 = crc32(buf, buf_size, value32);
|
|
value64 = crc64(buf, buf_size, value64);
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
printf("Bytes: %" PRIu64 "\n", total_size);
|
|
printf("CRC-32: 0x%08" PRIX32 "\n", value32);
|
|
printf("CRC-64: 0x%016" PRIX64 "\n", value64);
|
|
|
|
return 0;
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. References
|
|
|
|
8.1. Normative References
|
|
|
|
[RFC-1738]
|
|
Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
|
|
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt
|
|
|
|
[RFC-2119]
|
|
Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
|
|
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt
|
|
|
|
[RFC-2440]
|
|
OpenPGP Message Format
|
|
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2440.txt
|
|
|
|
[RFC-3629]
|
|
UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
|
|
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3629.txt
|
|
|
|
[IANA-MIME]
|
|
MIME Media Types
|
|
http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.2. Informative References
|
|
|
|
LZMA SDK - The original LZMA implementation
|
|
http://7-zip.org/sdk.html
|
|
|
|
LZMA Utils - LZMA adapted to POSIX-like systems
|
|
http://tukaani.org/lzma/
|
|
|
|
[RFC-1952]
|
|
GZIP file format specification version 4.3
|
|
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt
|
|
- Notation of byte boxes in section `2.1. Overall conventions'
|
|
|
|
[GNU-tar]
|
|
GNU tar 1.16.1 manual
|
|
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Blocking-Factor.html
|
|
- Node 9.4.2 `Blocking Factor', paragraph that begins
|
|
`gzip will complain about trailing garbage'
|
|
- Note that this URL points to the latest version of the
|
|
manual, and may some day not contain the note which is in
|
|
1.16.1. For the exact version of the manual, download GNU
|
|
tar 1.16.1: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/tar/tar-1.16.1.tar.gz
|
|
|