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mod.rs

1//! RFC 8878 Zstandard decoder.
2//!
3//! The entry points:
4//!
5//! * [`StreamingDecoder`] — implements [`crate::io::Read`] over a compressed
6//!   byte stream, transparently parsing the frame header and concatenated
7//!   frames. The typical choice for application code.
8//! * [`FrameDecoder`] — single-frame interface; use when the caller manages
9//!   the input buffer manually (zero-copy slices, network framing, etc).
10//! * `workspace::WorkspaceDecoder` (feature `caller-workspace`): streaming
11//!   decoder over a byte slice the caller sizes and owns, with no allocation
12//!   and limits on window, output and work. For consumers that account their
13//!   memory themselves, such as browser bundles verifying a download.
14//! * [`DictionaryHandle`] — pre-parsed dictionary handle. Parse the
15//!   dictionary bytes once with [`DictionaryHandle::decode_dict`] and reuse
16//!   the handle across every subsequent decode; saves the per-frame
17//!   dictionary parse cost when the same dictionary is used many times in a
18//!   row.
19//!
20//! Both decoders expose dictionary-aware constructors / methods,
21//! though the exact naming differs:
22//!
23//! * [`StreamingDecoder::new_with_dictionary_handle`] /
24//!   [`StreamingDecoder::new_with_dictionary_bytes`]
25//! * [`FrameDecoder::decode_all_with_dict_handle`] /
26//!   [`FrameDecoder::decode_all_with_dict_bytes`]
27//!
28//! The `_handle` variants reuse a previously parsed
29//! [`DictionaryHandle`]; the `_bytes` variants parse the dictionary
30//! per call (suitable for one-off decodes).
31//!
32//! Errors surface through [`errors::FrameDecoderError`] and the per-decoder
33//! error types in the [`errors`] submodule.
34
35pub mod errors;
36mod frame_decoder;
37mod streaming_decoder;
38#[cfg(feature = "caller-workspace")]
39#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "caller-workspace")))]
40pub mod workspace;
41
42pub use dictionary::{Dictionary, DictionaryHandle, MAGIC_NUM as DICTIONARY_MAGIC};
43pub use frame_decoder::{BlockDecodingStrategy, ContentChecksum, FrameDecoder};
44
45/// Largest window a frame may declare before a decoder that holds the window
46/// itself refuses it, unless [`FrameDecoder::set_max_window_size`] raised the
47/// ceiling.
48///
49/// The bound is what makes decoding untrusted input safe: a frame header can
50/// ask for a window far larger than the data behind it, and honouring that
51/// would let a few bytes of input demand gigabytes of memory.
52pub use crate::common::MAXIMUM_ALLOWED_WINDOW_SIZE;
53
54/// Largest window any decode accepts, the ceiling
55/// [`FrameDecoder::set_max_window_size`] can be raised to.
56pub use crate::common::MAX_DECODER_WINDOW_SIZE;
57#[cfg(feature = "lsm")]
58pub use frame_decoder::{PartialDecode, ResumeInput, ResumeState};
59pub use streaming_decoder::{DictionaryRefused, FinishedFrame, StreamingDecoder};
60
61/// Decompressed size a frame declares in its header, as read by
62/// [`read_frame_content_size`] without decoding the frame body.
63#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
64pub enum FrameContentSize {
65    /// The header carried an explicit `Frame_Content_Size` field (in bytes).
66    Known(u64),
67    /// The header did not declare a content size; the true size is only
68    /// known after decoding (or from out-of-band knowledge).
69    Unknown,
70}
71
72/// Read the decompressed size a frame declares in its header, without
73/// decoding the frame body.
74///
75/// Parses only the leading frame header of `src`. Returns
76/// [`FrameContentSize::Known`] when the header carries an explicit
77/// `Frame_Content_Size`, or [`FrameContentSize::Unknown`] when it does not.
78/// This backs the C `ZSTD_getFrameContentSize` entry point, where the two
79/// variants map to a concrete size and `ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN`.
80///
81/// # Errors
82/// Returns [`ReadFrameHeaderError`](errors::ReadFrameHeaderError) when `src`
83/// is too short to hold a header, carries a bad magic number, or begins with
84/// a skippable frame.
85///
86/// ```rust
87/// use structured_zstd::encoding::{compress_slice_to_vec, CompressionLevel};
88/// use structured_zstd::decoding::{read_frame_content_size, FrameContentSize};
89/// let frame = compress_slice_to_vec(&[42u8; 100], CompressionLevel::Default);
90/// assert_eq!(read_frame_content_size(&frame).unwrap(), FrameContentSize::Known(100));
91/// ```
92pub fn read_frame_content_size(
93    src: &[u8],
94) -> Result<FrameContentSize, errors::ReadFrameHeaderError> {
95    let (header, _consumed) = frame::read_frame_header_with_format(src, false)?;
96    Ok(if header.fcs_declared() {
97        FrameContentSize::Known(header.frame_content_size())
98    } else {
99        FrameContentSize::Unknown
100    })
101}
102
103/// Error from [`find_frame_compressed_size`].
104#[derive(Debug)]
105pub enum FrameSizeError {
106    /// The frame header could not be parsed.
107    Header(errors::ReadFrameHeaderError),
108    /// The buffer ends before the frame's blocks (or trailing checksum) are
109    /// complete.
110    Truncated,
111    /// A block declared the reserved block type, which is invalid per RFC 8878.
112    ReservedBlock,
113    /// A block declared a `Block_Size` larger than the frame's
114    /// `Block_Maximum_Size` (`min(Window_Size, 128 KiB)`), which is invalid per
115    /// RFC 8878 §3.1.1.2. Accepting it would let a corrupt frame pass a size
116    /// query and make the no-`Frame_Content_Size` decompressed-bound
117    /// under-count (each block can regenerate at most `Block_Maximum_Size`).
118    OversizedBlock,
119}
120
121/// On-disk byte length of the FIRST frame in `src` — magic number, frame
122/// header, every block, and the trailing content checksum when present —
123/// computed by walking the block headers without decoding any block body.
124///
125/// For a skippable frame, returns its full `8 + Frame_Size` length. This backs
126/// the C `ZSTD_findFrameCompressedSize` entry point; the returned value is the
127/// offset at which a following concatenated frame would begin.
128///
129/// # Errors
130/// [`FrameSizeError`] when the header is unreadable, the buffer is truncated
131/// mid-frame, or a block uses the reserved type.
132///
133/// ```rust
134/// use structured_zstd::encoding::{compress_slice_to_vec, CompressionLevel};
135/// use structured_zstd::decoding::find_frame_compressed_size;
136/// let frame = compress_slice_to_vec(&[5u8; 256], CompressionLevel::Default);
137/// assert_eq!(find_frame_compressed_size(&frame).unwrap(), frame.len());
138/// ```
139pub fn find_frame_compressed_size(src: &[u8]) -> Result<usize, FrameSizeError> {
140    let (header, header_len) = match frame::read_frame_header_with_format(src, false) {
141        Ok(parsed) => parsed,
142        // Skippable frame: magic (4) + Frame_Size field (4) + payload.
143        Err(errors::ReadFrameHeaderError::SkipFrame { length, .. }) => {
144            return 8usize
145                .checked_add(length as usize)
146                .filter(|end| *end <= src.len())
147                .ok_or(FrameSizeError::Truncated);
148        }
149        Err(e) => return Err(FrameSizeError::Header(e)),
150    };
151
152    let walk = walk_blocks(src, header_len as usize, frame_block_size_max(&header))?;
153    if header.descriptor.content_checksum_flag() {
154        walk.end
155            .checked_add(4)
156            .filter(|end| *end <= src.len())
157            .ok_or(FrameSizeError::Truncated)
158    } else {
159        Ok(walk.end)
160    }
161}
162
163/// Result of walking the block sequence of one frame (between the header and
164/// the optional trailing checksum).
165struct BlockWalk {
166    /// Offset just past the last block (before any content checksum).
167    end: usize,
168    /// Number of blocks in the frame.
169    count: u64,
170}
171
172/// `Block_Maximum_Size` for the frame: `min(Window_Size, 128 KiB)`. Per RFC
173/// 8878 §3.1.1.2 every block's `Block_Size` is bounded by this, and each block
174/// regenerates at most this many bytes. Single-segment frames omit the
175/// `Window_Descriptor`; their window equals the declared content size.
176fn frame_block_size_max(header: &frame::FrameHeader) -> usize {
177    let window_size = match header.window_descriptor() {
178        Some(desc) => {
179            let exponent = u64::from(desc >> 3);
180            let mantissa = u64::from(desc & 0x7);
181            let window_base = 1u64 << (10 + exponent);
182            window_base + (window_base / 8) * mantissa
183        }
184        None => header.frame_content_size(),
185    };
186    // The 128 KiB cap keeps the result within usize on every target.
187    window_size.min(128 * 1024) as usize
188}
189
190/// Walk the block headers of a single frame starting at `start` (the offset of
191/// the first block header), validating each fits in `src` and declares a
192/// `Block_Size` no larger than `max_block_size` (the frame's
193/// `Block_Maximum_Size`). Does not consume the trailing content checksum.
194/// Shared by [`find_frame_compressed_size`] and [`frame_decompressed_bound`] so
195/// the on-disk-size and block-count views never diverge.
196fn walk_blocks(
197    src: &[u8],
198    start: usize,
199    max_block_size: usize,
200) -> Result<BlockWalk, FrameSizeError> {
201    let mut offset = start;
202    let mut count = 0u64;
203    loop {
204        // 3-byte block header (RFC 8878 §3.1.1.2): bit0 last-block flag,
205        // bits1-2 block type, bits3-23 Block_Size.
206        let hdr = src
207            .get(offset..offset + 3)
208            .ok_or(FrameSizeError::Truncated)?;
209        let raw = u32::from(hdr[0]) | (u32::from(hdr[1]) << 8) | (u32::from(hdr[2]) << 16);
210        let last_block = (raw & 1) != 0;
211        let block_type = (raw >> 1) & 0b11;
212        let block_size = (raw >> 3) as usize;
213        // On-disk bytes following the header: RLE stores a single byte
214        // regardless of the run length; Raw/Compressed store Block_Size bytes;
215        // the reserved type is invalid.
216        let on_disk = match block_type {
217            1 => 1,              // RLE
218            0 | 2 => block_size, // Raw / Compressed
219            _ => return Err(FrameSizeError::ReservedBlock),
220        };
221        // RFC 8878 §3.1.1.2: Block_Size MUST NOT exceed Block_Maximum_Size for
222        // any block type (it bounds both the on-disk Raw/Compressed payload and
223        // the RLE/Raw regenerated size). Reject rather than accept a corrupt
224        // declaration that would otherwise pass the size query and let the
225        // no-FCS bound under-count.
226        if block_size > max_block_size {
227            return Err(FrameSizeError::OversizedBlock);
228        }
229        offset = offset
230            .checked_add(3 + on_disk)
231            .filter(|end| *end <= src.len())
232            .ok_or(FrameSizeError::Truncated)?;
233        count += 1;
234        if last_block {
235            break;
236        }
237    }
238    Ok(BlockWalk { end: offset, count })
239}
240
241/// Upper bound on the decompressed size of the FIRST frame in `src`, without
242/// decoding the body. Backs the C `ZSTD_decompressBound` (per-frame term).
243///
244/// Returns the exact size when the header declares `Frame_Content_Size`;
245/// otherwise a valid (loose) bound of `block_count * block_size_max`, where
246/// `block_size_max = min(window_size, 128 KiB)` — every block decompresses to
247/// at most that many bytes. Skippable frames contribute `0`.
248///
249/// # Errors
250/// [`FrameSizeError`] on an unreadable header, truncation, or a reserved block.
251pub fn frame_decompressed_bound(src: &[u8]) -> Result<u64, FrameSizeError> {
252    let (header, header_len) = match frame::read_frame_header_with_format(src, false) {
253        Ok(parsed) => parsed,
254        // Skippable frame contributes 0, but its full payload must be present:
255        // truncation is an error per this function's contract.
256        Err(errors::ReadFrameHeaderError::SkipFrame { length, .. }) => {
257            return 8usize
258                .checked_add(length as usize)
259                .filter(|end| *end <= src.len())
260                .map(|_| 0)
261                .ok_or(FrameSizeError::Truncated);
262        }
263        Err(e) => return Err(FrameSizeError::Header(e)),
264    };
265
266    // Walk the blocks (and the optional checksum trailer) so a truncated frame
267    // is rejected even when Frame_Content_Size is declared — without this the
268    // declared-FCS path would return a bound for an incomplete buffer. The
269    // per-frame block maximum both bounds the walk and scales the no-FCS bound.
270    let block_size_max = frame_block_size_max(&header);
271    let walk = walk_blocks(src, header_len as usize, block_size_max)?;
272    if header.descriptor.content_checksum_flag() {
273        walk.end
274            .checked_add(4)
275            .filter(|end| *end <= src.len())
276            .ok_or(FrameSizeError::Truncated)?;
277    }
278
279    if header.fcs_declared() {
280        return Ok(header.frame_content_size());
281    }
282    // Saturating is intentional here: this is an UPPER bound, so capping at the
283    // maximum representable value is the correct ceiling for a pathologically
284    // large frame, not a masked arithmetic bug. Each of `walk.count` blocks
285    // regenerates at most `block_size_max` bytes (now enforced by `walk_blocks`,
286    // so the bound can no longer be undercut by an oversized block header).
287    Ok(walk.count.saturating_mul(block_size_max as u64))
288}
289
290/// Frame header fields decoded by [`read_frame_header_info`], mirroring the
291/// values the C `ZSTD_getFrameHeader` fills into a `ZSTD_FrameHeader`.
292#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
293pub struct FrameHeaderInfo {
294    /// Declared decompressed size, or [`FrameContentSize::Unknown`] when the
295    /// header omits the `Frame_Content_Size` field.
296    pub content_size: FrameContentSize,
297    /// Decoder window size in bytes (the minimum buffer needed to decode the
298    /// frame). For single-segment frames this equals the content size.
299    pub window_size: u64,
300    /// Dictionary id required to decode the frame, if the header carries one.
301    pub dictionary_id: Option<u32>,
302    /// Whether a 32-bit content checksum trails the frame.
303    pub content_checksum: bool,
304    /// Header length in bytes, measured in the parsed input format: it includes
305    /// the 4-byte magic number in the default format, but excludes it when
306    /// parsed as magicless (`read_frame_header_info(.., true)`), since those 4
307    /// bytes are not present on the wire in that mode.
308    pub header_size: usize,
309}
310
311/// Length in bytes of the frame header at the start of `src`, including the
312/// 4-byte magic number (the offset at which the first block begins). Backs the
313/// C `ZSTD_frameHeaderSize`.
314///
315/// Only the magic number and the descriptor byte are needed: the length
316/// follows from the descriptor alone, so a caller holding just that five-byte
317/// prefix learns how much of the header is still to read. Upstream's
318/// `ZSTD_frameHeaderSize` measures it the same way
319/// (`zstd_decompress.c:416-429`), without looking at the descriptor's other
320/// bits, so a header this library refuses to decode is still measured.
321///
322/// # Errors
323/// [`ReadFrameHeaderError`](errors::ReadFrameHeaderError) when `src` is shorter
324/// than five bytes, has a bad magic number, or is a skippable frame.
325///
326/// ```rust
327/// use structured_zstd::decoding::frame_header_size;
328/// // Magic number and a descriptor announcing a window byte only.
329/// assert_eq!(frame_header_size(&[0x28, 0xB5, 0x2F, 0xFD, 0x00]).unwrap(), 6);
330/// ```
331pub fn frame_header_size(src: &[u8]) -> Result<usize, errors::ReadFrameHeaderError> {
332    frame::measure_header_from_slice(src)
333}
334
335/// Decode the leading frame header fields of `src` without decoding the body.
336///
337/// Backs the C `ZSTD_getFrameHeader`. When `magicless` is `true` the 4-byte
338/// magic prefix is assumed absent (the `ZSTD_f_zstd1_magicless` format); the
339/// caller must know out-of-band that the stream is magicless. The reported
340/// [`FrameHeaderInfo::window_size`] is the raw value derived from the header
341/// (no maximum-window policy applied here; that bound is enforced at decode
342/// time), so callers see the frame's own declared window even when it exceeds
343/// a decoder limit.
344///
345/// # Errors
346/// As [`read_frame_content_size`].
347///
348/// ```rust
349/// use structured_zstd::encoding::{compress_slice_to_vec, CompressionLevel};
350/// use structured_zstd::decoding::{read_frame_header_info, FrameContentSize};
351/// let frame = compress_slice_to_vec(&[7u8; 512], CompressionLevel::Default);
352/// let info = read_frame_header_info(&frame, false).unwrap();
353/// assert_eq!(info.content_size, FrameContentSize::Known(512));
354/// assert!(info.window_size >= 512);
355/// ```
356pub fn read_frame_header_info(
357    src: &[u8],
358    magicless: bool,
359) -> Result<FrameHeaderInfo, errors::ReadFrameHeaderError> {
360    let (header, consumed) = frame::read_frame_header_with_format(src, magicless)?;
361    let content_size = if header.fcs_declared() {
362        FrameContentSize::Known(header.frame_content_size())
363    } else {
364        FrameContentSize::Unknown
365    };
366    // Compute the window size without the decode-time maximum-window check
367    // (RFC 8878 §3.1.1.1.2). `window_descriptor()` returns `None` for a
368    // single-segment frame, where the window equals the content size.
369    let window_size = match header.window_descriptor() {
370        Some(desc) => {
371            let exponent = u64::from(desc >> 3);
372            let mantissa = u64::from(desc & 0x7);
373            let window_base = 1u64 << (10 + exponent);
374            window_base + (window_base / 8) * mantissa
375        }
376        None => header.frame_content_size(),
377    };
378    Ok(FrameHeaderInfo {
379        content_size,
380        window_size,
381        dictionary_id: header.dictionary_id(),
382        content_checksum: header.descriptor.content_checksum_flag(),
383        header_size: consumed as usize,
384    })
385}
386
387pub(crate) mod block_decoder;
388pub(crate) mod buffer_backend;
389pub(crate) mod decode_buffer;
390pub(crate) mod dictionary;
391pub(crate) mod exec_sequence_inline;
392// FlatBuf is the compile-time-monomorphised "frame fits in window"
393// backend selected via `DecodeBuffer<FlatBuf>`. `FrameDecoder`'s
394// `DecoderScratchKind` picks it when the frame header has
395// `Single_Segment_flag` set; the ring backend remains the default
396// for multi-segment frames. See backlog item #132 for the wiring
397// rationale.
398pub(crate) mod flat_buf;
399pub(crate) mod frame;
400pub(crate) mod literals_section_decoder;
401pub(crate) mod prefetch;
402mod ringbuffer;
403#[allow(dead_code)]
404pub(crate) mod scratch;
405// Per-kernel monolithic sequence-section decoder entry points. Each
406// kernel has its own self-contained function with the full pipeline
407// (outer init, both arms, decode_one, execute_one) inlined inside one
408// `#[target_feature]`-scoped body. The dispatcher in
409// `sequence_section_decoder::decode_and_execute_sequences` selects the
410// kernel ONCE per call via cached `detect_cpu_kernel`. aarch64 Neon
411// and Sve still go through the K-generic
412// `decode_and_execute_sequences_impl` shared body until their own
413// monoliths land.
414//
415// The shared helpers (`decode_and_execute_sequences_impl`,
416// `run_pipelined_sequence_loop`, `decode_one_sequence_inline`, the
417// `execute_one_sequence_pipelined*` wrappers) live on aarch64
418// (Neon/Sve dispatch arms in `decode_and_execute_sequences`) and in
419// tests, but are orphan on x86_64 production builds where the
420// per-kernel monoliths bypass them entirely. Each carries
421// `#[allow(dead_code)]` so the `-D warnings` clippy gate stays green
422// on x86_64 without losing the cross-arch reuse. The vestigial
423// `_bmi2`/`_avx2`/`_vbmi2` variants are pre-R12 macro-dispatch
424// helpers with no remaining callers; they should be cleaned up in
425// a follow-up PR once the per-kernel monolithic shape is fully
426// settled.
427#[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", feature = "kernel-avx2"))]
428pub(crate) mod seq_decoder_avx2;
429#[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", feature = "kernel-bmi2"))]
430pub(crate) mod seq_decoder_bmi2;
431pub(crate) mod seq_decoder_scalar;
432#[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", feature = "kernel-vbmi2"))]
433pub(crate) mod seq_decoder_vbmi2;
434pub(crate) mod sequence_execution;
435pub(crate) mod sequence_section_decoder;
436pub(crate) mod simd_copy;
437/// Diagnostic-only re-export of the copy-shape histogram counters. Public
438/// only when the `copy-shape-stats` feature is on (off in shipping builds).
439#[cfg(feature = "copy-shape-stats")]
440pub use simd_copy::shape_stats;
441// `UserSliceBackend` is the compile-time-monomorphised backend that
442// writes directly into the caller's `&mut [u8]` output slice, used
443// by the `FrameDecoder::decode_all` direct-decode path. It
444// eliminates the `FlatBuf` drain copy + anonymous-page-fault cost
445// on large literal sections. Wiring happens via
446// `DecodeBuffer<UserSliceBackend<'a>>`; the lifetime binds the
447// backend to the caller's slice for the call duration.
448pub(crate) mod user_slice_buf;
449
450#[cfg(feature = "bench-internals")]
451pub(crate) use self::simd_copy::copy_bytes_overshooting_for_bench;
452
453#[cfg(test)]
454mod frame_inspection_tests;