1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
3 * decompress_common.c - Code shared by the XPRESS and LZX decompressors
5 * Copyright (C) 2015 Eric Biggers
8 #include "decompress_common.h"
11 * make_huffman_decode_table() -
13 * Build a decoding table for a canonical prefix code, or "Huffman code".
15 * This is an internal function, not part of the library API!
17 * This takes as input the length of the codeword for each symbol in the
18 * alphabet and produces as output a table that can be used for fast
19 * decoding of prefix-encoded symbols using read_huffsym().
21 * Strictly speaking, a canonical prefix code might not be a Huffman
22 * code. But this algorithm will work either way; and in fact, since
23 * Huffman codes are defined in terms of symbol frequencies, there is no
24 * way for the decompressor to know whether the code is a true Huffman
25 * code or not until all symbols have been decoded.
27 * Because the prefix code is assumed to be "canonical", it can be
28 * reconstructed directly from the codeword lengths. A prefix code is
29 * canonical if and only if a longer codeword never lexicographically
30 * precedes a shorter codeword, and the lexicographic ordering of
31 * codewords of the same length is the same as the lexicographic ordering
32 * of the corresponding symbols. Consequently, we can sort the symbols
33 * primarily by codeword length and secondarily by symbol value, then
34 * reconstruct the prefix code by generating codewords lexicographically
37 * This function does not, however, generate the prefix code explicitly.
38 * Instead, it directly builds a table for decoding symbols using the
39 * code. The basic idea is this: given the next 'max_codeword_len' bits
40 * in the input, we can look up the decoded symbol by indexing a table
41 * containing 2**max_codeword_len entries. A codeword with length
42 * 'max_codeword_len' will have exactly one entry in this table, whereas
43 * a codeword shorter than 'max_codeword_len' will have multiple entries
44 * in this table. Precisely, a codeword of length n will be represented
45 * by 2**(max_codeword_len - n) entries in this table. The 0-based index
46 * of each such entry will contain the corresponding codeword as a prefix
47 * when zero-padded on the left to 'max_codeword_len' binary digits.
49 * That's the basic idea, but we implement two optimizations regarding
50 * the format of the decode table itself:
52 * - For many compression formats, the maximum codeword length is too
53 * long for it to be efficient to build the full decoding table
54 * whenever a new prefix code is used. Instead, we can build the table
55 * using only 2**table_bits entries, where 'table_bits' is some number
56 * less than or equal to 'max_codeword_len'. Then, only codewords of
57 * length 'table_bits' and shorter can be directly looked up. For
58 * longer codewords, the direct lookup instead produces the root of a
59 * binary tree. Using this tree, the decoder can do traditional
60 * bit-by-bit decoding of the remainder of the codeword. Child nodes
61 * are allocated in extra entries at the end of the table; leaf nodes
62 * contain symbols. Note that the long-codeword case is, in general,
63 * not performance critical, since in Huffman codes the most frequently
64 * used symbols are assigned the shortest codeword lengths.
66 * - When we decode a symbol using a direct lookup of the table, we still
67 * need to know its length so that the bitstream can be advanced by the
68 * appropriate number of bits. The simple solution is to simply retain
69 * the 'lens' array and use the decoded symbol as an index into it.
70 * However, this requires two separate array accesses in the fast path.
71 * The optimization is to store the length directly in the decode
72 * table. We use the bottom 11 bits for the symbol and the top 5 bits
73 * for the length. In addition, to combine this optimization with the
74 * previous one, we introduce a special case where the top 2 bits of
75 * the length are both set if the entry is actually the root of a
79 * The array in which to create the decoding table. This must have
80 * a length of at least ((2**table_bits) + 2 * num_syms) entries.
83 * The number of symbols in the alphabet; also, the length of the
84 * 'lens' array. Must be less than or equal to 2048.
87 * The order of the decode table size, as explained above. Must be
88 * less than or equal to 13.
91 * An array of length @num_syms, indexable by symbol, that gives the
92 * length of the codeword, in bits, for that symbol. The length can
93 * be 0, which means that the symbol does not have a codeword
97 * The longest codeword length allowed in the compression format.
98 * All entries in 'lens' must be less than or equal to this value.
99 * This must be less than or equal to 23.
102 * A temporary array of length '2 * (max_codeword_len + 1) +
105 * Returns 0 on success, or -1 if the lengths do not form a valid prefix
108 int make_huffman_decode_table(u16 decode_table[], const u32 num_syms,
109 const u32 table_bits, const u8 lens[],
110 const u32 max_codeword_len,
113 const u32 table_num_entries = 1 << table_bits;
114 u16 * const len_counts = &working_space[0];
115 u16 * const offsets = &working_space[1 * (max_codeword_len + 1)];
116 u16 * const sorted_syms = &working_space[2 * (max_codeword_len + 1)];
118 void *decode_table_ptr;
122 u32 decode_table_pos;
126 /* Count how many symbols have each possible codeword length.
127 * Note that a length of 0 indicates the corresponding symbol is not
128 * used in the code and therefore does not have a codeword.
130 for (len = 0; len <= max_codeword_len; len++)
132 for (sym = 0; sym < num_syms; sym++)
133 len_counts[lens[sym]]++;
135 /* We can assume all lengths are <= max_codeword_len, but we
136 * cannot assume they form a valid prefix code. A codeword of
137 * length n should require a proportion of the codespace equaling
138 * (1/2)^n. The code is valid if and only if the codespace is
139 * exactly filled by the lengths, by this measure.
142 for (len = 1; len <= max_codeword_len; len++) {
144 left -= len_counts[len];
146 /* The lengths overflow the codespace; that is, the code
147 * is over-subscribed.
154 /* The lengths do not fill the codespace; that is, they form an
157 if (left == (1 << max_codeword_len)) {
158 /* The code is completely empty. This is arguably
159 * invalid, but in fact it is valid in LZX and XPRESS,
160 * so we must allow it. By definition, no symbols can
161 * be decoded with an empty code. Consequently, we
162 * technically don't even need to fill in the decode
163 * table. However, to avoid accessing uninitialized
164 * memory if the algorithm nevertheless attempts to
165 * decode symbols using such a code, we zero out the
168 memset(decode_table, 0,
169 table_num_entries * sizeof(decode_table[0]));
175 /* Sort the symbols primarily by length and secondarily by symbol order.
178 /* Initialize 'offsets' so that offsets[len] for 1 <= len <=
179 * max_codeword_len is the number of codewords shorter than 'len' bits.
182 for (len = 1; len < max_codeword_len; len++)
183 offsets[len + 1] = offsets[len] + len_counts[len];
185 /* Use the 'offsets' array to sort the symbols. Note that we do not
186 * include symbols that are not used in the code. Consequently, fewer
187 * than 'num_syms' entries in 'sorted_syms' may be filled.
189 for (sym = 0; sym < num_syms; sym++)
191 sorted_syms[offsets[lens[sym]]++] = sym;
193 /* Fill entries for codewords with length <= table_bits
194 * --- that is, those short enough for a direct mapping.
196 * The table will start with entries for the shortest codeword(s), which
197 * have the most entries. From there, the number of entries per
198 * codeword will decrease.
200 decode_table_ptr = decode_table;
203 stores_per_loop = (1 << (table_bits - codeword_len));
204 for (; stores_per_loop != 0; codeword_len++, stores_per_loop >>= 1) {
205 u32 end_sym_idx = sym_idx + len_counts[codeword_len];
207 for (; sym_idx < end_sym_idx; sym_idx++) {
212 entry = ((u32)codeword_len << 11) | sorted_syms[sym_idx];
213 p = (u16 *)decode_table_ptr;
220 decode_table_ptr = p;
224 /* If we've filled in the entire table, we are done. Otherwise,
225 * there are codewords longer than table_bits for which we must
226 * generate binary trees.
228 decode_table_pos = (u16 *)decode_table_ptr - decode_table;
229 if (decode_table_pos != table_num_entries) {
231 u32 next_free_tree_slot;
234 /* First, zero out the remaining entries. This is
235 * necessary so that these entries appear as
236 * "unallocated" in the next part. Each of these entries
237 * will eventually be filled with the representation of
238 * the root node of a binary tree.
240 j = decode_table_pos;
243 } while (++j != table_num_entries);
245 /* We allocate child nodes starting at the end of the
246 * direct lookup table. Note that there should be
247 * 2*num_syms extra entries for this purpose, although
248 * fewer than this may actually be needed.
250 next_free_tree_slot = table_num_entries;
252 /* Iterate through each codeword with length greater than
253 * 'table_bits', primarily in order of codeword length
254 * and secondarily in order of symbol.
256 for (cur_codeword = decode_table_pos << 1;
257 codeword_len <= max_codeword_len;
258 codeword_len++, cur_codeword <<= 1) {
259 u32 end_sym_idx = sym_idx + len_counts[codeword_len];
261 for (; sym_idx < end_sym_idx; sym_idx++, cur_codeword++) {
262 /* 'sorted_sym' is the symbol represented by the
265 u32 sorted_sym = sorted_syms[sym_idx];
266 u32 extra_bits = codeword_len - table_bits;
267 u32 node_idx = cur_codeword >> extra_bits;
269 /* Go through each bit of the current codeword
270 * beyond the prefix of length @table_bits and
271 * walk the appropriate binary tree, allocating
272 * any slots that have not yet been allocated.
274 * Note that the 'pointer' entry to the binary
275 * tree, which is stored in the direct lookup
276 * portion of the table, is represented
277 * identically to other internal (non-leaf)
278 * nodes of the binary tree; it can be thought
279 * of as simply the root of the tree. The
280 * representation of these internal nodes is
281 * simply the index of the left child combined
282 * with the special bits 0xC000 to distinguish
283 * the entry from direct mapping and leaf node
287 /* At least one bit remains in the
288 * codeword, but the current node is an
289 * unallocated leaf. Change it to an
292 if (decode_table[node_idx] == 0) {
293 decode_table[node_idx] =
294 next_free_tree_slot | 0xC000;
295 decode_table[next_free_tree_slot++] = 0;
296 decode_table[next_free_tree_slot++] = 0;
299 /* Go to the left child if the next bit
300 * in the codeword is 0; otherwise go to
303 node_idx = decode_table[node_idx] & 0x3FFF;
305 node_idx += (cur_codeword >> extra_bits) & 1;
306 } while (extra_bits != 0);
308 /* We've traversed the tree using the entire
309 * codeword, and we're now at the entry where
310 * the actual symbol will be stored. This is
311 * distinguished from internal nodes by not
312 * having its high two bits set.
314 decode_table[node_idx] = sorted_sym;