Compress-LZ4
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scalable with multi-cores CPU. It features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in
multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.
The LZ4 compression library provides in-memory compression and decompression functions.
Compression can be done in:
- a single step (described as Simple Functions)
- a single step, reusing a context (described in Advanced Functions)
- unbounded multiple steps (described as Streaming compression)
lz4.h provides block compression functions. It gives full buffer control to user.
Decompressing an lz4-compressed block also requires metadata (such as compressed size).
Each application is free to encode such metadata in whichever way it wants.
An additional format, called LZ4 frame specification (doc/lz4_Frame_format.md),
take care of encoding standard metadata alongside LZ4-compressed blocks.
If your application requires interoperability, it's recommended to use it.
A library is provided to take care of it, see lz4frame.h.
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/*^***************************************************************
* Export parameters
*****************************************************************/
/*
* LZ4_DLL_EXPORT :
* Enable exporting of functions when building a Windows DLL
* LZ4LIB_API :
* Control library symbols visibility.
*/
#if defined(LZ4_DLL_EXPORT) && (LZ4_DLL_EXPORT==1)
# define LZ4LIB_API __declspec(dllexport)
#elif defined(LZ4_DLL_IMPORT) && (LZ4_DLL_IMPORT==1)
# define LZ4LIB_API __declspec(dllimport) /* It isn't required but allows to generate better code, saving a function pointer load from the IAT and an indirect jump.*/
#elif defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 4)
# define LZ4LIB_API __attribute__ ((__visibility__ ("default")))
#else
# define LZ4LIB_API
#endif
/*------ Version ------*/
#define LZ4_VERSION_MAJOR 1 /* for breaking interface changes */
#define LZ4_VERSION_MINOR 7 /* for new (non-breaking) interface capabilities */
#define LZ4_VERSION_RELEASE 6 /* for tweaks, bug-fixes, or development */
#define LZ4_VERSION_NUMBER (LZ4_VERSION_MAJOR *100*100 + LZ4_VERSION_MINOR *100 + LZ4_VERSION_RELEASE)
#define LZ4_LIB_VERSION LZ4_VERSION_MAJOR.LZ4_VERSION_MINOR.LZ4_VERSION_RELEASE
#define LZ4_QUOTE(str) #str
#define LZ4_EXPAND_AND_QUOTE(str) LZ4_QUOTE(str)
#define LZ4_VERSION_STRING LZ4_EXPAND_AND_QUOTE(LZ4_LIB_VERSION)
LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_versionNumber (void); /**< library version number; to be used when checking dll version */
LZ4LIB_API const char* LZ4_versionString (void); /**< library version string; to be used when checking dll version */
/*-************************************
* Tuning parameter
**************************************/
/*!
* LZ4_MEMORY_USAGE :
* Memory usage formula : N->2^N Bytes (examples : 10 -> 1KB; 12 -> 4KB ; 16 -> 64KB; 20 -> 1MB; etc.)
* Increasing memory usage improves compression ratio
* Reduced memory usage can improve speed, due to cache effect
* Default value is 14, for 16KB, which nicely fits into Intel x86 L1 cache
*/
#ifndef LZ4_MEMORY_USAGE
# define LZ4_MEMORY_USAGE 14
#endif
/*-************************************
* Simple Functions
**************************************/
/*! LZ4_compress_default() :
Compresses 'sourceSize' bytes from buffer 'source'
into already allocated 'dest' buffer of size 'maxDestSize'.
Compression is guaranteed to succeed if 'maxDestSize' >= LZ4_compressBound(sourceSize).
It also runs faster, so it's a recommended setting.
If the function cannot compress 'source' into a more limited 'dest' budget,
compression stops *immediately*, and the function result is zero.
As a consequence, 'dest' content is not valid.
This function never writes outside 'dest' buffer, nor read outside 'source' buffer.
sourceSize : Max supported value is LZ4_MAX_INPUT_VALUE
maxDestSize : full or partial size of buffer 'dest' (which must be already allocated)
return : the number of bytes written into buffer 'dest' (necessarily <= maxOutputSize)
or 0 if compression fails */
LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_compress_default(const char* source, char* dest, int sourceSize, int maxDestSize);
/*! LZ4_decompress_safe() :
compressedSize : is the precise full size of the compressed block.
maxDecompressedSize : is the size of destination buffer, which must be already allocated.
return : the number of bytes decompressed into destination buffer (necessarily <= maxDecompressedSize)
If destination buffer is not large enough, decoding will stop and output an error code (<0).
If the source stream is detected malformed, the function will stop decoding and return a negative result.
This function is protected against buffer overflow exploits, including malicious data packets.
It never writes outside output buffer, nor reads outside input buffer.
*/
LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_decompress_safe (const char* source, char* dest, int compressedSize, int maxDecompressedSize);
/*-************************************
* Advanced Functions
**************************************/
#define LZ4_MAX_INPUT_SIZE 0x7E000000 /* 2 113 929 216 bytes */
#define LZ4_COMPRESSBOUND(isize) ((unsigned)(isize) > (unsigned)LZ4_MAX_INPUT_SIZE ? 0 : (isize) + ((isize)/255) + 16)
/*!
LZ4_compressBound() :
Provides the maximum size that LZ4 compression may output in a "worst case" scenario (input data not compressible)
This function is primarily useful for memory allocation purposes (destination buffer size).
Macro LZ4_COMPRESSBOUND() is also provided for compilation-time evaluation (stack memory allocation for example).
Note that LZ4_compress_default() compress faster when dest buffer size is >= LZ4_compressBound(srcSize)
inputSize : max supported value is LZ4_MAX_INPUT_SIZE
return : maximum output size in a "worst case" scenario
or 0, if input size is too large ( > LZ4_MAX_INPUT_SIZE)
*/
LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_compressBound(int inputSize);
/*!
LZ4_compress_fast() :
Same as LZ4_compress_default(), but allows to select an "acceleration" factor.
The larger the acceleration value, the faster the algorithm, but also the lesser the compression.
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