Re: [PATCH] XZ decompressor: Fix decoding of empty LZMA2 streams

Lasse Collin
2011-05-03T22:22:29Z

On 2011-05-04 Andrew Morton wrote:
> Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> wrote:
> > From: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>
> >
> > The old code considered valid empty LZMA2 streams to be corrupt.
> > Note that a typical empty .xz file has no LZMA2 data at all,
> > and thus most .xz files having no uncompressed data are handled
> > correctly even without this fix.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>
>
> The patch didn't have the cc:stable tag, but appears to be needed in
> 2.6.38.x and perhaps earlier, yes?
>
> It's commit 646032e3b05b32d3f20cb108a030593d9d792eb5 in mainline.

Thanks. It's good for 2.6.38.x. Older ones don't have XZ support.

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