Re: [PATCH v7 0/5] Update LZ4 compressor module

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Thu Feb 09 2017 - 19:15:20 EST


Hello Eric,

On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 09:24:25PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> Also I noticed another bug, this time in LZ4_count():
>
> > #if defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
> > #define LZ4_ARCH64 1
> > #else
> > #define LZ4_ARCH64 0
> > #endif
> ...
> > #ifdef LZ4_ARCH64
> > if ((pIn < (pInLimit-3))
> > && (LZ4_read32(pMatch) == LZ4_read32(pIn))) {
> > pIn += 4; pMatch += 4;
> > }
> > #endif
>
> Because of how LZ4_ARCH64 is defined, it needs to be '#if LZ4_ARCH64'.
>
> But I also think the way upstream LZ4 does 64-bit detection could have just been
> left as-is; it has a function which gets inlined:
>
> static unsigned LZ4_64bits(void) { return sizeof(void*)==8; }
>

Thanks for looking this.

If you have a fix, could you send a patch? I'm happy to test it.