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-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/text.texi11
-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS6
-rw-r--r--lisp/url/url-http.el5
-rw-r--r--src/decompress.c22
4 files changed, 33 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/text.texi b/doc/lispref/text.texi
index b430adf5976..86f9fa0e5f5 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/text.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/text.texi
@@ -4513,14 +4513,17 @@ This function returns non-@code{nil} if built-in zlib decompression is
available.
@end defun
-@defun zlib-decompress-region start end
+@defun zlib-decompress-region start end &optional allow-partial
This function decompresses the region between @var{start} and
@var{end}, using built-in zlib decompression. The region should
contain data that were compressed with gzip or zlib. On success, the
function replaces the contents of the region with the decompressed
-data. On failure, the function leaves the region unchanged and
-returns @code{nil}. This function can be called only in unibyte
-buffers.
+data. If @var{allow-partial} is @code{nil} or omitted, then on
+failure, the function leaves the region unchanged and returns
+@code{nil}. Otherwise, it returns the number of bytes that were not
+decompressed and replaces the region text by whatever data was
+successfully decompressed. This function can be called only in
+unibyte buffers.
@end defun
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 7f6aeab73f0..2bf2b4972a5 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1672,6 +1672,12 @@ are implemented in C using the Jansson library.
and 'flatten' it such that the result is a list of all the terminal
nodes.
++++
+** 'zlib-decompress-region' can partially decompress corrupted data.
+If the new optional ALLOW-PARTIAL argument is passed, then the data
+that was decompressed successfully before failing will be inserted
+into the buffer.
+
** Mailcap
---
diff --git a/lisp/url/url-http.el b/lisp/url/url-http.el
index 1fbc0870737..cf1952066a5 100644
--- a/lisp/url/url-http.el
+++ b/lisp/url/url-http.el
@@ -939,7 +939,8 @@ should be shown to the user."
(goto-char (point-min))
success))
-(declare-function zlib-decompress-region "decompress.c" (start end))
+(declare-function zlib-decompress-region "decompress.c"
+ (start end &optional allow-partial))
(defun url-handle-content-transfer-encoding ()
(let ((encoding (mail-fetch-field "content-encoding")))
@@ -951,7 +952,7 @@ should be shown to the user."
(widen)
(goto-char (point-min))
(when (search-forward "\n\n")
- (zlib-decompress-region (point) (point-max)))))))
+ (zlib-decompress-region (point) (point-max) t))))))
;; Miscellaneous
(defun url-http-activate-callback ()
diff --git a/src/decompress.c b/src/decompress.c
index e66e4798b18..4ca6a50b2a2 100644
--- a/src/decompress.c
+++ b/src/decompress.c
@@ -120,12 +120,18 @@ DEFUN ("zlib-available-p", Fzlib_available_p, Szlib_available_p, 0, 0, 0,
DEFUN ("zlib-decompress-region", Fzlib_decompress_region,
Szlib_decompress_region,
- 2, 2, 0,
+ 2, 3, 0,
doc: /* Decompress a gzip- or zlib-compressed region.
Replace the text in the region by the decompressed data.
-On failure, return nil and leave the data in place.
+
+If optional parameter ALLOW-PARTIAL is nil or omitted, then on
+failure, return nil and leave the data in place. Otherwise, return
+the number of bytes that were not decompressed and replace the region
+text by whatever data was successfully decompressed (similar to gzip).
+If decompression is completely successful return t.
+
This function can be called only in unibyte buffers. */)
- (Lisp_Object start, Lisp_Object end)
+ (Lisp_Object start, Lisp_Object end, Lisp_Object allow_partial)
{
ptrdiff_t istart, iend, pos_byte;
z_stream stream;
@@ -206,8 +212,14 @@ This function can be called only in unibyte buffers. */)
}
while (inflate_status == Z_OK);
+ Lisp_Object ret = Qt;
if (inflate_status != Z_STREAM_END)
- return unbind_to (count, Qnil);
+ {
+ if (!NILP (allow_partial))
+ ret = make_int (iend - pos_byte);
+ else
+ return unbind_to (count, Qnil);
+ }
unwind_data.start = 0;
@@ -218,7 +230,7 @@ This function can be called only in unibyte buffers. */)
signal_after_change (istart, iend - istart, unwind_data.nbytes);
update_compositions (istart, istart, CHECK_HEAD);
- return unbind_to (count, Qt);
+ return unbind_to (count, ret);
}