lib/zlib_inflate/infutil.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/lib/zlib_inflate/infutil.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
lib/zlib_inflate/infutil.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 1215 bytes
- Lines
- 50
- Domain
- Kernel Services
- Bucket
- lib
- Inferred role
- Kernel Services: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Shared kernel service surface used by multiple subsystems, including helpers, cryptography, virtualization support, and async I/O infrastructure.
- Shared kernel service surface used by multiple subsystems, including helpers, cryptography, virtualization support, and async I/O infrastructure.
- Allocates kernel memory; connect allocation flags and lifetime to context constraints.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/zutil.hlinux/errno.hlinux/slab.hlinux/vmalloc.h
Detected Declarations
function zlib_inflate_blob
Annotated Snippet
#include <linux/zutil.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
/* Utility function: initialize zlib, unpack binary blob, clean up zlib,
* return len or negative error code.
*/
int zlib_inflate_blob(void *gunzip_buf, unsigned int sz,
const void *buf, unsigned int len)
{
const u8 *zbuf = buf;
struct z_stream_s *strm;
int rc;
rc = -ENOMEM;
strm = kmalloc_obj(*strm);
if (strm == NULL)
goto gunzip_nomem1;
strm->workspace = kmalloc(zlib_inflate_workspacesize(), GFP_KERNEL);
if (strm->workspace == NULL)
goto gunzip_nomem2;
/* gzip header (1f,8b,08... 10 bytes total + possible asciz filename)
* expected to be stripped from input
*/
strm->next_in = zbuf;
strm->avail_in = len;
strm->next_out = gunzip_buf;
strm->avail_out = sz;
rc = zlib_inflateInit2(strm, -MAX_WBITS);
if (rc == Z_OK) {
rc = zlib_inflate(strm, Z_FINISH);
/* after Z_FINISH, only Z_STREAM_END is "we unpacked it all" */
if (rc == Z_STREAM_END)
rc = sz - strm->avail_out;
else
rc = -EINVAL;
zlib_inflateEnd(strm);
} else
rc = -EINVAL;
kfree(strm->workspace);
gunzip_nomem2:
kfree(strm);
gunzip_nomem1:
return rc; /* returns Z_OK (0) if successful */
}
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/zutil.h`, `linux/errno.h`, `linux/slab.h`, `linux/vmalloc.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function zlib_inflate_blob`.
- Atlas domain: Kernel Services / lib.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.