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1 /**
2  * \file        lzma/vli.h
3  * \brief       Variable-length integer handling
4  *
5  * In the .xz format, most integers are encoded in a variable-length
6  * representation, which is sometimes called little endian base-128 encoding.
7  * This saves space when smaller values are more likely than bigger values.
8  *
9  * The encoding scheme encodes seven bits to every byte, using minimum
10  * number of bytes required to represent the given value. Encodings that use
11  * non-minimum number of bytes are invalid, thus every integer has exactly
12  * one encoded representation. The maximum number of bits in a VLI is 63,
13  * thus the vli argument must be less than or equal to UINT64_MAX / 2. You
14  * should use LZMA_VLI_MAX for clarity.
15  */
16 
17 /*
18  * Author: Lasse Collin
19  *
20  * This file has been put into the public domain.
21  * You can do whatever you want with this file.
22  *
23  * See ../lzma.h for information about liblzma as a whole.
24  */
25 
26 #ifndef LZMA_H_INTERNAL
27 #	error Never include this file directly. Use <lzma.h> instead.
28 #endif
29 
30 
31 /**
32  * \brief       Maximum supported value of a variable-length integer
33  */
34 #define LZMA_VLI_MAX (UINT64_MAX / 2)
35 
36 /**
37  * \brief       VLI value to denote that the value is unknown
38  */
39 #define LZMA_VLI_UNKNOWN UINT64_MAX
40 
41 /**
42  * \brief       Maximum supported encoded length of variable length integers
43  */
44 #define LZMA_VLI_BYTES_MAX 9
45 
46 /**
47  * \brief       VLI constant suffix
48  */
49 #define LZMA_VLI_C(n) UINT64_C(n)
50 
51 
52 /**
53  * \brief       Variable-length integer type
54  *
55  * Valid VLI values are in the range [0, LZMA_VLI_MAX]. Unknown value is
56  * indicated with LZMA_VLI_UNKNOWN, which is the maximum value of the
57  * underlaying integer type.
58  *
59  * lzma_vli will be uint64_t for the foreseeable future. If a bigger size
60  * is needed in the future, it is guaranteed that 2 * LZMA_VLI_MAX will
61  * not overflow lzma_vli. This simplifies integer overflow detection.
62  */
63 typedef uint64_t lzma_vli;
64 
65 
66 /**
67  * \brief       Validate a variable-length integer
68  *
69  * This is useful to test that application has given acceptable values
70  * for example in the uncompressed_size and compressed_size variables.
71  *
72  * \return      True if the integer is representable as VLI or if it
73  *              indicates unknown value.
74  */
75 #define lzma_vli_is_valid(vli) \
76 	((vli) <= LZMA_VLI_MAX || (vli) == LZMA_VLI_UNKNOWN)
77 
78 
79 /**
80  * \brief       Encode a variable-length integer
81  *
82  * This function has two modes: single-call and multi-call. Single-call mode
83  * encodes the whole integer at once; it is an error if the output buffer is
84  * too small. Multi-call mode saves the position in *vli_pos, and thus it is
85  * possible to continue encoding if the buffer becomes full before the whole
86  * integer has been encoded.
87  *
88  * \param       vli       Integer to be encoded
89  * \param       vli_pos   How many VLI-encoded bytes have already been written
90  *                        out. When starting to encode a new integer in
91  *                        multi-call mode, *vli_pos must be set to zero.
92  *                        To use single-call encoding, set vli_pos to NULL.
93  * \param       out       Beginning of the output buffer
94  * \param       out_pos   The next byte will be written to out[*out_pos].
95  * \param       out_size  Size of the out buffer; the first byte into
96  *                        which no data is written to is out[out_size].
97  *
98  * \return      Slightly different return values are used in multi-call and
99  *              single-call modes.
100  *
101  *              Single-call (vli_pos == NULL):
102  *              - LZMA_OK: Integer successfully encoded.
103  *              - LZMA_PROG_ERROR: Arguments are not sane. This can be due
104  *                to too little output space; single-call mode doesn't use
105  *                LZMA_BUF_ERROR, since the application should have checked
106  *                the encoded size with lzma_vli_size().
107  *
108  *              Multi-call (vli_pos != NULL):
109  *              - LZMA_OK: So far all OK, but the integer is not
110  *                completely written out yet.
111  *              - LZMA_STREAM_END: Integer successfully encoded.
112  *              - LZMA_BUF_ERROR: No output space was provided.
113  *              - LZMA_PROG_ERROR: Arguments are not sane.
114  */
115 extern LZMA_API(lzma_ret) lzma_vli_encode(lzma_vli vli, size_t *vli_pos,
116 		uint8_t *out, size_t *out_pos, size_t out_size) lzma_nothrow;
117 
118 
119 /**
120  * \brief       Decode a variable-length integer
121  *
122  * Like lzma_vli_encode(), this function has single-call and multi-call modes.
123  *
124  * \param       vli       Pointer to decoded integer. The decoder will
125  *                        initialize it to zero when *vli_pos == 0, so
126  *                        application isn't required to initialize *vli.
127  * \param       vli_pos   How many bytes have already been decoded. When
128  *                        starting to decode a new integer in multi-call
129  *                        mode, *vli_pos must be initialized to zero. To
130  *                        use single-call decoding, set vli_pos to NULL.
131  * \param       in        Beginning of the input buffer
132  * \param       in_pos    The next byte will be read from in[*in_pos].
133  * \param       in_size   Size of the input buffer; the first byte that
134  *                        won't be read is in[in_size].
135  *
136  * \return      Slightly different return values are used in multi-call and
137  *              single-call modes.
138  *
139  *              Single-call (vli_pos == NULL):
140  *              - LZMA_OK: Integer successfully decoded.
141  *              - LZMA_DATA_ERROR: Integer is corrupt. This includes hitting
142  *                the end of the input buffer before the whole integer was
143  *                decoded; providing no input at all will use LZMA_DATA_ERROR.
144  *              - LZMA_PROG_ERROR: Arguments are not sane.
145  *
146  *              Multi-call (vli_pos != NULL):
147  *              - LZMA_OK: So far all OK, but the integer is not
148  *                completely decoded yet.
149  *              - LZMA_STREAM_END: Integer successfully decoded.
150  *              - LZMA_DATA_ERROR: Integer is corrupt.
151  *              - LZMA_BUF_ERROR: No input was provided.
152  *              - LZMA_PROG_ERROR: Arguments are not sane.
153  */
154 extern LZMA_API(lzma_ret) lzma_vli_decode(lzma_vli *vli, size_t *vli_pos,
155 		const uint8_t *in, size_t *in_pos, size_t in_size)
156 		lzma_nothrow;
157 
158 
159 /**
160  * \brief       Get the number of bytes required to encode a VLI
161  *
162  * \return      Number of bytes on success (1-9). If vli isn't valid,
163  *              zero is returned.
164  */
165 extern LZMA_API(uint32_t) lzma_vli_size(lzma_vli vli)
166 		lzma_nothrow lzma_attr_pure;
167