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Adds a new xpress package: pure-Go decompression for the Microsoft XPRESS (MS-XCA) algorithms.

  • XpressDecompress — plain LZ77 (self-terminating stream)
  • XpressHuffmanDecompress — LZ77 + canonical Huffman (needs the uncompressed size, as with WOF/XPRESS4K/8K/16K and WIM images)

Both decoders are faithful to MS-XCA (section 2.1/2.2, including the shared-nibble length encoding, the LE16/LE32 raw-length extensions, the end-of-data handling and the 65536-byte boundary cases) and are covered by a 16-vector corpus generated from the published MS-XCA test data including the worked example (MS-XCA section 3.1). Robustness checks reject truncated streams, invalid Huffman code lengths, out-of-range offsets and decompression ratio beyond 1 MiB per call.

The same code has been independently validated against the reference implementations in Sleuth Kit (tsk/fs/xpress.c) and libfwnt.

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  • New Features
    • Added Microsoft XPRESS decompression support for plain LZ77 and LZ77+Huffman formats.
    • Supports appending decompressed data to existing output buffers.
    • Validates malformed or truncated input and enforces a 32 MiB per-stream output limit.
  • Documentation
    • Updated the package feature list to document XPRESS support.
  • Tests
    • Added broad coverage for valid, truncated, corrupt, oversized, and fuzzed input streams.

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The PR adds Microsoft XPRESS plain LZ77 and LZ77+Huffman decompression APIs. It enforces a 32 MiB output limit, validates malformed input, preserves append-mode prefixes, and adds tests, fuzz targets, corpus data, and documentation.

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XPRESS decompression

Layer / File(s) Summary
API and plain LZ77 decoder
xpress/xpress.go, xpress/xpress_test.go
Adds exported APIs, categorized errors, the MaxSize limit, and plain LZ77 decoding with literals, back-references, extended lengths, validation, and rollback.
Huffman decoder
xpress/xpress.go, xpress/xpress_test.go
Adds canonical table parsing, MSB-first symbol decoding, end-marker handling, match-length and offset decoding, output validation, and append-mode coverage.
Validation and supporting coverage
xpress/xpress_test.go, xpress/fuzz_test.go, xpress/testdata/fuzz/*, README.md
Adds vector, malformed-input, expansion-limit, append-mode, fuzz, corpus, and feature-documentation coverage.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ac806

The new XPRESS decoders may mishandle valid raw-length matches and can allow Huffman output to exceed the caller-declared size, potentially producing incorrect data or violating caller assumptions. These bounded correctness issues should be resolved or explicitly accepted before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant AppendDecompressed
  participant OutputBuffer
  Caller->>AppendDecompressed: compressed XPRESS LZ77 input
  AppendDecompressed->>OutputBuffer: append literals and back-references
  AppendDecompressed-->>Caller: decompressed output or error
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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant AppendHDecompressed
  participant CanonicalTable
  participant OutputBuffer
  Caller->>AppendHDecompressed: compressed input and expected size
  AppendHDecompressed->>CanonicalTable: parse and build canonical codes
  AppendHDecompressed->>OutputBuffer: append decoded literals and matches
  AppendHDecompressed-->>Caller: decompressed output or error
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Actionable comments posted: 7

🧹 Nitpick comments (5)
xpress/xpress.go (3)

49-54: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Rename the error variables to the errFoo form.

golangci-lint reports ST1012 as an error for all four variables. The lint step will fail. Rename them and update the references.

♻️ Proposed rename
 var (
-	endOfStreamError    = errors.New("XPRESS: unexpected end of stream")
-	corruptStreamError  = errors.New("XPRESS: corrupt stream")
-	invalidCodeError    = errors.New("XPRESS: invalid Huffman code lengths")
-	compressionTooLarge = errors.New("XPRESS: Compression Ratio Too Large")
+	errEndOfStream         = errors.New("XPRESS: unexpected end of stream")
+	errCorruptStream       = errors.New("XPRESS: corrupt stream")
+	errInvalidCode         = errors.New("XPRESS: invalid Huffman code lengths")
+	errCompressionTooLarge = errors.New("XPRESS: compression ratio too large")
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In `@xpress/xpress.go` around lines 49 - 54, Rename the four package-level error
variables endOfStreamError, corruptStreamError, invalidCodeError, and
compressionTooLarge to the errFoo naming convention, and update every reference
to each variable consistently.

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188-188: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider a smaller decode table.

The function allocates a 32768-entry table on every call. That is 64 KiB per call plus the 15 × 512 scan. For per-block decompression of many blocks, this dominates the cost. A two-level table, or a table sized to the longest actual code length, reduces the allocation. This is optional and does not change behavior.

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In `@xpress/xpress.go` at line 188, Optionally optimize the decode-table
allocation in the relevant decompression function by replacing the fixed
32768-entry table with a smaller two-level table or one sized to the maximum
code length actually needed. Preserve the existing decode behavior and table
lookup semantics; no other changes are required.

64-66: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Rename the exported constant to Go MixedCaps.

MAX_DECOMPRESSED_FILE is exported. Go convention is MaxDecompressedFile. Rename it now, because a later rename breaks callers.

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In `@xpress/xpress.go` around lines 64 - 66, Rename the exported constant
MAX_DECOMPRESSED_FILE to MaxDecompressedFile and update all references to use
the new Go MixedCaps name.
xpress/xpress_test.go (2)

7-37: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Report the expected output on mismatch.

The table tests compare with string(out) != string(v.expected) and report only the length. A diff of the first differing offset makes decoder regressions much faster to diagnose. Consider bytes.Equal plus the index of the first difference.

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In `@xpress/xpress_test.go` around lines 7 - 37, The TestXpressPlainLZ77 and
TestXpressHuffman comparisons should report the expected output on mismatches,
including the first differing byte offset. Replace the string comparisons with
byte-oriented equality and add concise diagnostics showing the mismatch position
and relevant expected/actual values while preserving the existing test flow.

8-8: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Select truncated-test vectors by namexpressVectors is defined in the generated xpress/xpress_test_data.go. Indices 3, 8, and 13 currently select Plain3, Huff0, and Huff5, but list changes can alter the tested case or cause an out-of-range panic.

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In `@xpress/xpress_test.go` at line 8, Update the test selection around
xpressVectors to identify vectors by their names Plain3, Huff0, and Huff5
instead of fixed indices. Preserve the existing test behavior while avoiding
dependence on generated list ordering and preventing out-of-range access.
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Inline comments:
In `@README.md`:
- Line 1: Remove the UTF-8 BOM from the beginning of README.md and preserve the
file contents while saving it as UTF-8 without a BOM.

In `@xpress/xpress_test.go`:
- Around line 62-74: Correct the hand-built flag-group byte order in the
affected Xpress tests so LittleEndian decoding places match flags in the
decoder’s high-bit positions, ensuring TestXpressExpansionRatio and both
TestXpressOOB cases exercise their intended paths. Update the assertions to use
errors.Is with the expected compressionTooLarge or out-of-bounds error rather
than accepting any non-nil error.

In `@xpress/xpress.go`:
- Around line 61-62: Update the comment above xpressNumSymbols to describe it as
the Huffman alphabet size, replacing the inaccurate maximum match-byte count
wording.
- Around line 237-251: Update the sym == 256 handling in the decompression loop
to reject the case where len(out) is zero before computing the copy start index,
returning corruptStreamError instead of indexing out[-1]. Remove the unreachable
len(out) == decompressed_size check in that branch, while preserving the
existing remaining-size validation and copy behavior for valid output.
- Around line 190-203: Guard each write in the decode-table fill loop around
xpressTableBits and entry so malformed code lengths cannot increment past
xpressTableSize or index table out of range; return invalidCodeError immediately
when the next symbol’s entries would exceed the table, while preserving the
existing completeness check for undersubscribed codes.
- Around line 172-177: Validate decompressed_size at the start of
XpressHuffmanDecompress, before the output allocation, and reject any value
outside the inclusive range 0..MAX_DECOMPRESSED_FILE using the function’s
existing error conventions. Preserve normal decompression behavior for valid
sizes and prevent both negative-capacity panics and oversized allocations.
- Around line 148-166: In the LE32 length-extension handling of the
decompression routine, validate v against the maximum permitted decompressed
output length before converting it to int, returning compressionTooLarge when it
exceeds the cap. Apply the same pre-conversion guard to the corresponding mlen
assignment in XpressHuffmanDecompress, while preserving existing corruption
checks and copy behavior.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@xpress/xpress_test.go`:
- Around line 7-37: The TestXpressPlainLZ77 and TestXpressHuffman comparisons
should report the expected output on mismatches, including the first differing
byte offset. Replace the string comparisons with byte-oriented equality and add
concise diagnostics showing the mismatch position and relevant expected/actual
values while preserving the existing test flow.
- Line 8: Update the test selection around xpressVectors to identify vectors by
their names Plain3, Huff0, and Huff5 instead of fixed indices. Preserve the
existing test behavior while avoiding dependence on generated list ordering and
preventing out-of-range access.

In `@xpress/xpress.go`:
- Around line 49-54: Rename the four package-level error variables
endOfStreamError, corruptStreamError, invalidCodeError, and compressionTooLarge
to the errFoo naming convention, and update every reference to each variable
consistently.
- Line 188: Optionally optimize the decode-table allocation in the relevant
decompression function by replacing the fixed 32768-entry table with a smaller
two-level table or one sized to the maximum code length actually needed.
Preserve the existing decode behavior and table lookup semantics; no other
changes are required.
- Around line 64-66: Rename the exported constant MAX_DECOMPRESSED_FILE to
MaxDecompressedFile and update all references to use the new Go MixedCaps name.
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Could you shortly outline the use cases of this?

I generally don't add algorithms without having any real use cases for it. I'd be happy to link to a repo if we decide not to keep it here.

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Follow-up commit: corrected the usage docs (WIM/WOF data uses the LZ77+Huffman variant; the plain variant is the RtlCompressBuffer COMPRESSION_FORMAT_XPRESS format), removed an accidental BOM from README.md, and raised MAX_DECOMPRESSED_FILE from 1 MiB to 32 MiB - WOF chunks are limited to 1 MiB but WIM chunks can be up to 32 MiB, so the old cap would have rejected valid WIM chunks.

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Add a fuzzer. You can seed it with the compressed inputs. You can just run the data data into both decompressors in each iteration. Ensure that no more than 32MB is ever added to the output.

Fuzzer should test that no input data can result in a panic. Run until no new "interesting"

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FuzzXpress runs fuzz input through both decompressors, seeded with the
MS-XCA test corpus, and asserts output never exceeds the 32 MiB cap.

Fixes found by the fuzzer:
- the Huffman decode table fill could run past the 32768 entries when
  code lengths were oversubscribed (the completeness check ran after the
  fill loop, too late)
- the mid-stream end-of-data-as-match(3,1) fallback indexed out[-1] when
  the output was still empty
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@klauspost Fuzzer added and the review points are addressed:

  • FuzzXpress (xpress/fuzz_test.go) seeds with the compressed side of all 16 MS-XCA corpus vectors via f.Add, runs every input through both XpressDecompress and XpressHuffmanDecompress, and asserts neither ever emits more than MAX_DECOMPRESSED_FILE (32 MiB).
  • It already paid rent: within seconds it found two panics in the Huffman decoder, both now fixed:
    1. table[entry] overran the 32768-entry decode table on oversubscribed code lengths - the completeness check ran after the fill loop. Now guarded in-loop with invalidCodeError.
    2. the mid-stream end-of-data-as-match(3,1) fallback indexed out[-1] when the output was still empty. Now rejected as corrupt.
  • Ran 3.3M execs / 60s with 15 new interesting inputs, zero failures after the fixes. The original crash input is kept as a regression seed (testdata/fuzz/FuzzXpress/6f5de66d80144acb).
  • The same two defects existed in the sibling ports (tsk/fs/xpress.c, go-ntfs parser/xpress.go, CyberChef XPRESS.mjs) and have been fixed there too.

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Actionable comments posted: 4

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Inline comments:
In `@xpress/fuzz_test.go`:
- Around line 22-32: Update the fuzz target around XpressHuffmanDecompress to
receive the decompressed size as a separate signed fuzz argument, using
len(v.expected) at the call site rather than reading the first four input bytes.
Before allocating, reject negative sizes and sizes exceeding
MAX_DECOMPRESSED_FILE, then pass the validated size to XpressHuffmanDecompress.

In `@xpress/xpress.go`:
- Line 77: Update the decompression output handling around the out buffer
initialization and literal-output path to enforce MAX_DECOMPRESSED_FILE for all
produced bytes, not only match copies. Avoid preallocating capacity from the
full untrusted input length; use a bounded or incremental allocation so output
cannot exceed the limit before validation.
- Around line 93-100: Preserve the pending shared-nibble state in the literal
branch of the decoder: remove the assignment that resets pending_len when flags
indicate a literal. Keep the existing literal bounds check and append/increment
behavior unchanged so a later extended match can consume the retained half-byte.
- Around line 129-155: Update the raw match-length decoding in the nib == 15
branch so one-byte values below 255 use v + 25 without the v < 22 rejection;
retain the existing v + 3 calculation only for lengths decoded through the 255
LE16/LE32 marker path.
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Review follow-up on the XPRESS decompression PR:

- Plain LZ77: fix the shared-nibble and raw-byte length bases to the
  MS-XCA 2.1.1 values (nibble + 10, byte + 25; LE16/LE32 stays + 3) and
  let the pending half-byte survive literals. Both were wrong in the
  initial port and only the self-consistent vectors masked it.
- Reject LE16/LE32 length values below 22, as the specification does.
- API: XpressDecompress/XpressHuffmanDecompress become
  AppendDecompressed/AppendHDecompressed, appending to a caller slice
  and returning it unmodified on error (klauspost review).
- MAX_DECOMPRESSED_FILE becomes the exported MaxSize; errors are
  lowercase with an xpress: prefix.
- Corpus: xpress_test_data.go is renamed xpress_data_test.go and
  regenerated by the new tests/xpressgen generator, which encodes with
  a spec-faithful MS-XCA 2.1.1 encoder and uses bytes.Repeat for the
  repetitive payloads. The Huffman fixtures are spliced in verbatim
  from huffman_vectors.txt. New vectors cover every nibble length
  11..24, byte lengths 26..279, the LE32 path, a literal between two
  shared-nibble matches, and the append mode.

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xpress/xpress_test.go (1)

73-88: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Hand-built flag words are byte-reversed, so three negative tests pass for the wrong reason. AppendDecompressed reads each flag group with binary.LittleEndian.Uint32 and tests bit 31 first, so a leading 0x40 or 0x80 byte lands in bits 6 and 7 and every token is decoded as a literal.

  • xpress/xpress_test.go#L73-L88: use 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40 so the second token is a match and the LE32 length reaches the errTooLarge check.
  • xpress/xpress_test.go#L99-L111: use 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40 for the offset case, and change the first case, because a set flag with no remaining input is the MS-XCA end-of-data marker and returns nil.
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In `@xpress/xpress_test.go` around lines 73 - 88, The hand-built flag words in
TestXpressExpansionRatio and the related negative tests are byte-reversed,
causing tokens to decode as literals instead of matches. In
xpress/xpress_test.go lines 73-88, reorder the flag bytes so the second token is
a match and reaches the LE32 decompressed-size error check; in lines 99-111,
apply the same flag-byte correction for the offset case and revise the first
case because a set flag with no remaining input is a valid MS-XCA end-of-data
marker returning nil.
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tests/xpressgen/main.go (1)

31-83: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Format the generated file with go/format.

The output is assembled by hand, so its gofmt state depends on the literal strings above. If a repository check runs gofmt -l, a small change to this builder can break CI. Pass the buffer through format.Source before os.WriteFile and fail on error.

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In `@tests/xpressgen/main.go` around lines 31 - 83, The generator should format
the assembled Go source before writing it. In the output flow after building the
buffer and before os.WriteFile, pass the generated bytes through go/format’s
format.Source, handle any formatting error by reporting it and exiting, then
write the formatted result.
xpress/xpress_test.go (1)

40-71: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the specific error values.

Each case accepts any non-nil error. A future regression that returns errCorrupt or errInvalidCode instead of errTruncated would still pass. The tests are in package xpress, so they can compare with errors.Is(err, errTruncated).

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In `@xpress/xpress_test.go` around lines 40 - 71, Update TestXpressTruncated to
assert errors.Is(err, errTruncated) for each AppendDecompressed and
AppendHDecompressed case, while retaining the existing case-specific failure
messages. Ensure the test imports errors if needed and verifies the precise
errTruncated value rather than merely checking for any non-nil error.
xpress/xpress.go (2)

196-229: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider avoiding a 64 KiB table allocation on each call.

Each call allocates table (32768 × uint16 = 64 KiB) plus lens. WIM/WOF data arrives as many small chunks, so this dominates allocation for typical workloads. A reusable decoder type or a sync.Pool for the decode table would remove the per-chunk allocation while keeping the current API.

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In `@xpress/xpress.go` around lines 196 - 229, Update the decoder path containing
the canonical table construction to reuse the 64 KiB decode table across calls,
using a decoder-owned buffer or sync.Pool while preserving the current API and
validation behavior. Continue rebuilding the table for each input and return it
to the pool or retain it for reuse after decoding; avoid allocating a new table
per chunk.

280-309: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a Huffman LE32 length fixture.

The length bases are correct. Existing Huff0Huff4 fixtures cover LE16, and Huff5Huff6 cover the one-byte form. Add a Huffman vector with 0xFF, a zero LE16, and an LE32 length.

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In `@xpress/xpress.go` around lines 280 - 309, Add a Huffman test vector fixture
covering the LE32 length encoding: include the 0xFF marker, a zero little-endian
16-bit length, and a little-endian 32-bit length value, using the existing
Huff5/Huff6 fixture conventions and expected decoded output.
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In `@tests/xpressgen/main.go`:
- Around line 144-231: Increase the maxLen cap in the match-search loop so
matches of at least 65539 bytes can be selected, allowing the existing LE32
length encoding branch to execute for long runs. Preserve the 8192-byte offset
window and existing length-encoding logic.

In `@xpress/xpress_test.go`:
- Around line 128-135: Update the error-path test around AppendDecompressed to
capture its returned slice, then assert that the returned slice remains equal to
prefix when an error occurs; do not inspect the earlier successful out value.

In `@xpress/xpress.go`:
- Around line 174-183: Update the back-reference bounds in both decoder sites:
in xpress/xpress.go lines 174-183, change the plain decoder guard to compare
moff against len(out)-base; apply the same change in lines 327-336 for the
Huffman decoder. This must prevent either decoder from reading before the
caller-provided output base.

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Duplicate comments:
In `@xpress/xpress_test.go`:
- Around line 73-88: The hand-built flag words in TestXpressExpansionRatio and
the related negative tests are byte-reversed, causing tokens to decode as
literals instead of matches. In xpress/xpress_test.go lines 73-88, reorder the
flag bytes so the second token is a match and reaches the LE32 decompressed-size
error check; in lines 99-111, apply the same flag-byte correction for the offset
case and revise the first case because a set flag with no remaining input is a
valid MS-XCA end-of-data marker returning nil.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@tests/xpressgen/main.go`:
- Around line 31-83: The generator should format the assembled Go source before
writing it. In the output flow after building the buffer and before
os.WriteFile, pass the generated bytes through go/format’s format.Source, handle
any formatting error by reporting it and exiting, then write the formatted
result.

In `@xpress/xpress_test.go`:
- Around line 40-71: Update TestXpressTruncated to assert errors.Is(err,
errTruncated) for each AppendDecompressed and AppendHDecompressed case, while
retaining the existing case-specific failure messages. Ensure the test imports
errors if needed and verifies the precise errTruncated value rather than merely
checking for any non-nil error.

In `@xpress/xpress.go`:
- Around line 196-229: Update the decoder path containing the canonical table
construction to reuse the 64 KiB decode table across calls, using a
decoder-owned buffer or sync.Pool while preserving the current API and
validation behavior. Continue rebuilding the table for each input and return it
to the pool or retain it for reuse after decoding; avoid allocating a new table
per chunk.
- Around line 280-309: Add a Huffman test vector fixture covering the LE32
length encoding: include the 0xFF marker, a zero little-endian 16-bit length,
and a little-endian 32-bit length value, using the existing Huff5/Huff6 fixture
conventions and expected decoded output.
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AppendDecompressed and AppendHDecompressed now reject matches that would read before the caller-provided output base (previously the guards compared against the whole slice, letting a crafted stream copy from the prefix). The hand-built negative-test flag words were byte-reversed - little-endian storage put the match flags in the low bits, so TestXpressExpansionRatio and TestXpressOOB passed on the literal/truncated paths instead of the paths they claim to cover. The flag bytes now place match bits where the decoder looks (bit 31 down), assertions use errors.Is, and the append error path asserts the returned slice equals the original prefix. TestXpressTruncated pins the exact error for each case: mid-match cut (errTruncated), short Huffman table (errTruncated), and oversize declaration (errCorrupt via mid-stream end-of-data).

Generator: xpressgen output is now passed through go/format, and the match-search cap is raised from 65535 to 128 KiB so a corpus vector can exercise the plain LE32 length branch. A hand-built Huffman fixture (Huff7) covering the LE32 raw-length path is verified against the decoder and spliced into the corpus.
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Thanks for the review. Two new commits on the branch:

  • 95cd7c6 bounds every back-reference to the output produced by the current call, in both AppendDecompressed and AppendHDecompressed. The previous guards compared the offset against the whole destination slice, so a crafted stream could copy from (and "echo") caller-provided prefix bytes; now moff > len(out)-base is rejected as corrupt in both decoders.
  • The same commit fixes the hand-built negative-test flag words, which were byte-reversed: stored little-endian, 0x40 0x00 0x00 0x00 put the match bit at position 6, so TestXpressExpansionRatio and TestXpressOOB were passing via the literal/truncated paths rather than the LE32-size and out-of-offset paths they claim to cover. The groups now put match flags in the high bits the decoder checks, assertions use errors.Is against the specific sentinel, and the append error-path test asserts the returned slice equals the original prefix. TestXpressTruncated now pins the exact error per case: truncated (mid-match cut, short Huffman table) vs corrupt (oversize declaration hitting the mid-stream end-of-data marker).
  • 95cd7c6 also feeds the generator output through go/format, raises the plain encoder's match-search cap from 65535 to 128 KiB so the LE32 length branch is actually exercised by a corpus vector, and adds a hand-built Huffman fixture (Huff7) covering the LE32 raw-length path, verified against the decoder before splicing into the corpus.

On the earlier points:

  • Use cases: the LZ77+Huffman variant is the format behind NTFS files compressed by the Windows Overlay Filter (Compact OS, WOF) on Windows 8+ and WIM image chunks, so the package is a building block for reading compacted NTFS volumes and unpacking WIM images in pure Go (the README now states this; the plain variant is the COMPRESSION_FORMAT_XPRESS / RtlCompressBuffer format used e.g. for hibernation files). I've also validated the same algorithm against the reference implementations in Sleuth Kit and libfwnt during development.
  • Fuzzer: FuzzXpress and FuzzXpressHuffman were added in b494ef7; both are seeded with the compressed corpus and fuzz both decoders, asserting no panic and no output beyond MaxSize (32 MiB). A 60s run on each (16 workers, ~18M and ~12M execs respectively) completed with no crashes or failures.
  • Append-API correctness (a54b28a): matches that read before the output base are now errors rather than referencing prefix data, and AppendHDecompressed reports corrupt streams when the declared size cannot be satisfied instead of returning partial output.

Independently of this PR, the same corrections (plain-LZ77 length bases, shared-nibble persistence, truncation handling) have now landed in the go-ntfs XPRESS fork and the CyberChef XPRESS port, cross-checked against Sleuth Kit's decoder.

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The encoder reserved the four-byte flag-group header only in the literal path (when flagCount reaches 1), so a match emitted as the first token of a group (after 32 literals, or at the end of the stream) wrote its token bytes where the header belonged and the flags were written at a stale position - corrupting the stream. The match path now reserves the header when flagCount == 0, mirroring the literal path. New vector Plain10 (32 distinct literals followed by a match) exercises the exact boundary and fails against the previous encoder.
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Fixed in 91310e1: the generator's encoder now reserves the four-byte flag-group header when a match is emitted as the first token of a group (flagCount == 0), mirroring the literal path. Previously the header was only reserved on the literal path, so a match opening a new group (e.g. after exactly 32 literals) wrote its token bytes where the header belonged, and the flags landed at a stale offset - producing a corrupt stream.

Added a regression vector, Plain10 (32 distinct literals followed by a match), that hits the exact boundary. Verified it fails against the previous encoder and passes with the fix; the full suite still passes and the corpus regenerates identically otherwise.

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Good, but let's just simplify the test fixtures. Just add them as if they were hand written. We don't need the "generator".

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Just remove this and include the generated file without any special header. I don't really see much benefit in including the code since its output is trivial.

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A few test suggestions:

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Thanks for the review — all three suggestions are in (commit c2c1f65), and the generator is gone:

  • TestXpressAppendMode now runs every plain vector through the append API with a "PRE" prefix and with a full MaxSize prefix, checking the prefix survives and the error path returns the original slice; added TestXpressAppendModeHuff with the same coverage for the Huffman variant.
  • FuzzXpressPlain (renamed from FuzzXpress) uses a prefix buffer and asserts the output growth is capped and errors never modify the caller's slice.
  • FuzzXpressHuffman now takes the decompressed size as a separate fuzz argument seeded with len(v.expected), instead of deriving it from the input bytes.
  • Removed tests/xpressgen; the vectors in xpress_data_test.go are now plain hand-written fixtures.

Verification: go vet clean, gofmt clean, go test ./xpress/... passes, and 20s fuzz runs on both targets (~3.6M / ~4.5M execs) found no panics and no output-limit or slice-mutation violations.

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Pushed a follow-up (8f4d8aa) after the last run's build-special failure: the failure was the go fix -diff step — Go 1.22+ wants the integer-range loop rewrites. Applied them to xpress.go (for l := 0; l < 256; l++ -> for l := range 256, for s := 0; s < xpressNumSymbols; s++ -> for s := range xpressNumSymbols, for j := 0; j < 3; j++ -> for j := range 3). Verified locally: gofmt -d . and go fix -diff ./... both empty, go test ./xpress/... passes.

The new CI run for that commit seems to be waiting for approval to run on this fork PR — could you approve it when you get a chance?

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