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@@ -1,7 +1,63 @@ +v1.9.3 +perf: highly improved speed in kernel space, by @terrelln +perf: faster speed with Visual Studio, thanks to @wolfpld and @remittor +perf: improved dictionary compression speed, by @felixhandte +perf: fixed LZ4_compress_HC_destSize() ratio, detected by @hsiangkao +perf: reduced stack usage in high compression mode, by @Yanpas +api : LZ4_decompress_safe_partial() supports unknown compressed size, requested by @jfkthame +api : improved LZ4F_compressBound() with automatic flushing, by Christopher Harvie +api : can (de)compress to/from NULL without UBs +api : fix alignment test on 32-bit systems (state initialization) +api : fix LZ4_saveDictHC() in corner case scenario, detected by @IgorKorkin +cli : `-l` legacy format is now compatible with `-m` multiple files, by Filipe Calasans +cli : benchmark mode supports dictionary, by @rkoradi +cli : fix --fast with large argument, detected by @picoHz +build: link to user-defined memory functions with LZ4_USER_MEMORY_FUNCTIONS, suggested by Yuriy Levchenko +build: contrib/cmake_unofficial/ moved to build/cmake/ +build: visual/* moved to build/ +build: updated meson script, by @neheb +build: tinycc support, by Anton Kochkov +install: Haiku support, by Jerome Duval +doc : updated LZ4 frame format, clarify EndMark + +v1.9.2 +fix : out-of-bound read in exceptional circumstances when using decompress_partial(), by @terrelln +fix : slim opportunity for out-of-bound write with compress_fast() with a large enough input and when providing an output smaller than recommended (< LZ4_compressBound(inputSize)), by @terrelln +fix : rare data corruption bug with LZ4_compress_destSize(), by @terrelln +fix : data corruption bug when Streaming with an Attached Dict in HC Mode, by @felixhandte +perf: enable LZ4_FAST_DEC_LOOP on aarch64/GCC by default, by @prekageo +perf: improved lz4frame streaming API speed, by @dreambottle +perf: speed up lz4hc on slow patterns when using external dictionary, by @terrelln +api: better in-place decompression and compression support +cli : --list supports multi-frames files, by @gstedman +cli: --version outputs to stdout +cli : add option --best as an alias of -12 , by @Low-power +misc: Integration into oss-fuzz by @cmeister2, expanded list of scenarios by @terrelln + +v1.9.1 +fix : decompression functions were reading a few bytes beyond input size (introduced in v1.9.0, reported by @ppodolsky and @danlark1) +api : fix : lz4frame initializers compatibility with c++, reported by @degski +cli : added command --list, based on a patch by @gabrielstedman +build: improved Windows build, by @JPeterMugaas +build: AIX, by Norman Green + +v1.9.0 +perf: large decompression speed improvement on x86/x64 (up to +20%) by @djwatson +api : changed : _destSize() compression variants are promoted to stable API +api : new : LZ4_initStream(HC), replacing LZ4_resetStream(HC) +api : changed : LZ4_resetStream(HC) as recommended reset function, for better performance on small data +cli : support custom block sizes, by @blezsan +build: source code can be amalgamated, by Bing Xu +build: added meson build, by @lzutao +build: new build macros : LZ4_DISTANCE_MAX, LZ4_FAST_DEC_LOOP +install: MidnightBSD, by @laffer1 +install: msys2 on Windows 10, by @vtorri + v1.8.3 perf: minor decompression speed improvement (~+2%) with gcc fix : corruption in v1.8.2 at level 9 for files > 64KB under rare conditions (#560) cli : new command --fast, by @jennifermliu +cli : fixed elapsed time, and added cpu load indicator (on -vv) (#555) api : LZ4_decompress_safe_partial() now decodes exactly the nb of bytes requested (feature request #566) build : added Haiku target, by @fbrosson, and MidnightBSD, by @laffer1 doc : updated documentation regarding dictionary compression |