Use the interleaved method of Kadatch and Jenkins in order to make
use of pipelined instructions through multiple ALUs in a single
core. This also speeds up and simplifies the combination of CRCs,
and updates the functions to pre-calculate and use an operator for
CRC combination.
When the same len2 is used repeatedly, it is faster to use
crc32_combine_gen() to generate an operator, that is then used to
combine CRCs with crc32_combine_op().
This commit allows a parameter change even if the input data has
not all been compressed and copied to the application output
buffer, so long as all of the input data has been compressed to
the internal pending output buffer. This also allows an immediate
deflateParams change so long as there have been no deflate calls
since initialization or reset.
This permits deflateParams to change the strategy and level right
after deflateInit, without having to wait until a header has been
written. The parameters can be changed immediately up until the
first deflate call that consumes any input data.
In some cases the return values did not match the documentation,
or the documentation did not document all of the return values.
gzprintf() now consistently returns negative values on error,
which matches the behavior of the stdio fprintf() function.
This alters the specification in zlib.h, so that deflateParams()
will not change any parameters if there is not enough output space
in the event that a block is emitted in order to allow switching
the compression function.
While woolly mammoths still roamed the Earth and before Atlantis
sunk into the ocean, there were C compilers that could not handle
forward structure references, e.g. "struct name;". zlib dutifully
provided a work-around for such compilers. That work-around is no
longer needed, and, per the recommendation of a security audit of
the zlib code by Trail of Bits and TrustInSoft, in support of the
Mozilla Foundation, should be removed since what a compiler will
do with this is technically undefined. From the report: "there is
no telling what interactions the bug could have in the future with
link-time optimizations and type-based alias analyses, both
features that are present (but not default) in clang."
The undocumented (except in these commit comments) function
inflateValidate(strm, check) can be called after an inflateInit(),
inflateInit2(), or inflateReset2() with check equal to zero to
turn off the check value (CRC-32 or Adler-32) computation and
comparison. Calling with check not equal to zero turns checking
back on. This should only be called immediately after the init or
reset function. inflateReset() does not change the state, so a
previous inflateValidate() setting will remain in effect.
This also turns off validation of the gzip header CRC when
present.
This should only be used when a zlib or gzip stream has already
been checked, and repeated decompressions of the same stream no
longer need to be validated.
This updates the documentation to reflect the behavior of
deflateParams() when it is not able to compress all of the input
data provided so far due to insufficient output space. It also
assures that data provided is compressed before the parameter
changes, even if at the beginning of the stream.
Mark Adler