Re: [RFC] LZO1X de/compression support

[Krzysztof Halasa]

"Nitin Gupta" <nitingupta910@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Facts for LZO (at least for original code. Should hold true for this
> port also - hence the RFC!):
> - The compressor can never overrun buffer.
> - The "non-safe" version of decompressor can never overrun buffer if
> compressed data is unmodified. I am not sure about this if compressed
> data is malicious (to be confirmed from the author).
> - The "safe" version can never crash (buffer overrun etc.) - confirmed
> from the author.

I'm certainly missing something but what are the advantages of this
code (over current gzip etc.), and what will be using it?
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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