Add streaming decompression for ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN case

docs/compression/zstd.rst

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Zstd
     .. autoattribute:: codec_id
     .. automethod:: encode
     .. automethod:: decode
+        .. note::
+            If the compressed data does not contain the decompressed size, streaming
+            decompression will be used.
     .. automethod:: get_config
     .. automethod:: from_config
 

docs/release.rst

@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ Maintenance
 
 Improvements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Add streaming decompression for ZSTD (:issue:`699`)
+  By :user:`Mark Kittisopikul <mkitti>`.
 * Raise a custom `UnknownCodecError` when trying to retrieve an unavailable codec.
   By :user:`Cas Wognum <cwognum>`.
 

numcodecs/tests/test_pyzstd.py

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Check Zstd against pyzstd package
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+import pyzstd
+
+from numcodecs.zstd import Zstd
+
+test_data = [
+    b"Hello World!",
+    np.arange(113).tobytes(),
+    np.arange(10, 15).tobytes(),
+    np.random.randint(3, 50, size=(53,), dtype=np.uint16).tobytes(),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("input", test_data)
+def test_pyzstd_simple(input):
+    z = Zstd()
+    assert z.decode(pyzstd.compress(input)) == input
+    assert pyzstd.decompress(z.encode(input)) == input
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("input", test_data)
+def test_pyzstd_simple_multiple_frames_decode(input):
+    z = Zstd()
+    assert z.decode(pyzstd.compress(input) * 2) == input * 2
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("input", test_data)
+def test_pyzstd_simple_multiple_frames_encode(input):
+    z = Zstd()
+    assert pyzstd.decompress(z.encode(input) * 2) == input * 2
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("input", test_data)
+def test_pyzstd_streaming(input):
+    pyzstd_c = pyzstd.ZstdCompressor()
+    pyzstd_d = pyzstd.ZstdDecompressor()
+    pyzstd_e = pyzstd.EndlessZstdDecompressor()
+    z = Zstd()
+
+    d_bytes = input
+    pyzstd_c.compress(d_bytes)
+    c_bytes = pyzstd_c.flush()
+    assert z.decode(c_bytes) == d_bytes
+    assert pyzstd_d.decompress(z.encode(d_bytes)) == d_bytes
+
+    # Test multiple streaming frames
+    assert z.decode(c_bytes * 2) == pyzstd_e.decompress(c_bytes * 2)
+    assert z.decode(c_bytes * 3) == pyzstd_e.decompress(c_bytes * 3)
+    assert z.decode(c_bytes * 4) == pyzstd_e.decompress(c_bytes * 4)
+    assert z.decode(c_bytes * 5) == pyzstd_e.decompress(c_bytes * 5)
+    assert z.decode(c_bytes * 7) == pyzstd_e.decompress(c_bytes * 7)
+    assert z.decode(c_bytes * 11) == pyzstd_e.decompress(c_bytes * 11)
+    assert z.decode(c_bytes * 13) == pyzstd_e.decompress(c_bytes * 13)
+    assert z.decode(c_bytes * 99) == pyzstd_e.decompress(c_bytes * 99)

numcodecs/tests/test_zstd.py

@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 import itertools
+import subprocess
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
-try:
-    from numcodecs.zstd import Zstd
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-    pytest.skip("numcodecs.zstd not available", allow_module_level=True)
-
-
 from numcodecs.tests.common import (
     check_backwards_compatibility,
     check_config,
@@ -17,6 +12,7 @@
     check_err_encode_object_buffer,
     check_repr,
 )
+from numcodecs.zstd import Zstd
 
 codecs = [
     Zstd(),
@@ -90,3 +86,73 @@ def test_native_functions():
     assert Zstd.default_level() == 3
     assert Zstd.min_level() == -131072
     assert Zstd.max_level() == 22
+
+
+def test_streaming_decompression():
+    # Test input frames with unknown frame content size
+    codec = Zstd()
+
+    # If the zstd command line interface is available, check the bytes
+    cli = zstd_cli_available()
+    if cli:
+        view_zstd_streaming_bytes()
+
+    # Encode bytes directly that were the result of streaming compression
+    bytes_val = b'(\xb5/\xfd\x00Xa\x00\x00Hello World!'
+    dec = codec.decode(bytes_val)
+    dec_expected = b'Hello World!'
+    assert dec == dec_expected
+    if cli:
+        assert bytes_val == generate_zstd_streaming_bytes(dec_expected)
+        assert dec_expected == generate_zstd_streaming_bytes(bytes_val, decompress=True)
+
+    # Two consecutive frames given as input
+    bytes2 = bytes(bytearray(bytes_val * 2))
+    dec2 = codec.decode(bytes2)
+    dec2_expected = b'Hello World!Hello World!'
+    assert dec2 == dec2_expected
+    if cli:
+        assert dec2_expected == generate_zstd_streaming_bytes(bytes2, decompress=True)
+
+    # Single long frame that decompresses to a large output
+    bytes3 = b'(\xb5/\xfd\x00X$\x02\x00\xa4\x03ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\x01\x00:\xfc\xdfs\x05\x05L\x00\x00\x08s\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08k\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08c\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08[\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08S\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08K\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08C\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08u\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08m\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08e\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08]\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08U\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02L\x00\x00\x08M\x01\x00\xfc\xff9\x10\x02M\x00\x00\x08E\x01\x00\xfc\x7f\x1d\x08\x01'
+    dec3 = codec.decode(bytes3)
+    dec3_expected = b'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' * 1024 * 32
+    assert dec3 == dec3_expected
+    if cli:
+        assert bytes3 == generate_zstd_streaming_bytes(dec3_expected)
+        assert dec3_expected == generate_zstd_streaming_bytes(bytes3, decompress=True)
+
+    # Garbage input results in an error
+    bytes4 = bytes(bytearray([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]))
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match='Zstd decompression error: invalid input data'):
+        codec.decode(bytes4)
+
+
+def generate_zstd_streaming_bytes(input: bytes, *, decompress: bool = False) -> bytes:
+    """
+    Use the zstd command line interface to compress or decompress bytes in streaming mode.
+    """
+    if decompress:
+        args = ["-d"]
+    else:
+        args = []
+
+    p = subprocess.run(["zstd", "--no-check", *args], input=input, capture_output=True)
+    return p.stdout
+
+
+def view_zstd_streaming_bytes():
+    bytes_val = generate_zstd_streaming_bytes(b"Hello world!")
+    print(f"    bytes_val = {bytes_val}")
+
+    bytes3 = generate_zstd_streaming_bytes(
+        b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" * 1024 * 32
+    )
+    print(f"    bytes3 = {bytes3}")
+
+
+def zstd_cli_available() -> bool:
+    return not subprocess.run(
+        ["zstd", "-V"], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+    ).returncode

numcodecs/zstd.pyx

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from .compat_ext cimport PyBytes_RESIZE, ensure_continguous_memoryview
 from .compat import ensure_contiguous_ndarray
 from .abc import Codec
 
+from libc.stdlib cimport malloc, realloc, free
 
 cdef extern from "zstd.h":
 
@@ -21,6 +22,23 @@ cdef extern from "zstd.h":
     struct ZSTD_CCtx_s:
         pass
     ctypedef ZSTD_CCtx_s ZSTD_CCtx
+
+    struct ZSTD_DStream_s:
+        pass
+    ctypedef ZSTD_DStream_s ZSTD_DStream
+
+    struct ZSTD_inBuffer_s:
+        const void* src
+        size_t size
+        size_t pos
+    ctypedef ZSTD_inBuffer_s ZSTD_inBuffer
+
+    struct ZSTD_outBuffer_s:
+        void* dst
+        size_t size
+        size_t pos
+    ctypedef ZSTD_outBuffer_s ZSTD_outBuffer
+
     cdef enum ZSTD_cParameter:
         ZSTD_c_compressionLevel=100
         ZSTD_c_checksumFlag=201
@@ -36,12 +54,20 @@ cdef extern from "zstd.h":
                           size_t dstCapacity,
                           const void* src,
                           size_t srcSize) nogil
-
     size_t ZSTD_decompress(void* dst,
                            size_t dstCapacity,
                            const void* src,
                            size_t compressedSize) nogil
 
+    size_t ZSTD_decompressStream(ZSTD_DStream* zds,
+                                 ZSTD_outBuffer* output,
+                                 ZSTD_inBuffer* input) nogil
+
+    size_t ZSTD_DStreamOutSize() nogil
+    ZSTD_DStream* ZSTD_createDStream() nogil
+    size_t ZSTD_freeDStream(ZSTD_DStream* zds) nogil
+    size_t ZSTD_initDStream(ZSTD_DStream* zds) nogil
+
     cdef long ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN
     cdef long ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_ERROR
     unsigned long long ZSTD_getFrameContentSize(const void* src,
@@ -55,7 +81,7 @@ cdef extern from "zstd.h":
 
     unsigned ZSTD_isError(size_t code) nogil
 
-    const char* ZSTD_getErrorName(size_t code)
+    const char* ZSTD_getErrorName(size_t code) nogil
 
 
 VERSION_NUMBER = ZSTD_versionNumber()
@@ -157,7 +183,10 @@ def decompress(source, dest=None):
     source : bytes-like
         Compressed data. Can be any object supporting the buffer protocol.
     dest : array-like, optional
-        Object to decompress into.
+        Object to decompress into. If the content size is unknown, the
+        length of dest must match the decompressed size. If the content size
+        is unknown and dest is not provided, streaming decompression will be
+        used.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -174,6 +203,7 @@ def decompress(source, dest=None):
         char* dest_ptr
         size_t source_size, dest_size, decompressed_size
         size_t nbytes, cbytes, blocksize
+        size_t dest_nbytes
 
     # obtain source memoryview
     source_mv = ensure_continguous_memoryview(source)
@@ -187,9 +217,12 @@ def decompress(source, dest=None):
 
         # determine uncompressed size
         dest_size = ZSTD_getFrameContentSize(source_ptr, source_size)
-        if dest_size == 0 or dest_size == ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN or dest_size == ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_ERROR:
+        if dest_size == 0 or dest_size == ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_ERROR:
             raise RuntimeError('Zstd decompression error: invalid input data')
 
+        if dest_size == ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN and dest is None:
+            return stream_decompress(source_pb)
+
         # setup destination buffer
         if dest is None:
             # allocate memory
@@ -203,6 +236,9 @@ def decompress(source, dest=None):
         dest_ptr = <char*>dest_pb.buf
         dest_nbytes = dest_pb.len
 
+        if dest_size == ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN:
+            dest_size = dest_nbytes
+
         # validate output buffer
         if dest_nbytes < dest_size:
             raise ValueError('destination buffer too small; expected at least %s, '
@@ -225,6 +261,97 @@ def decompress(source, dest=None):
 
     return dest
 
+cdef stream_decompress(const Py_buffer* source_pb):
+    """Decompress data of unknown size
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        source : Py_buffer
+            Compressed data buffer
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        dest : bytes
+            Object containing decompressed data.
+    """
+
+    cdef:
+        const char *source_ptr
+        void *dest_ptr
+        void *new_dst
+        size_t source_size, dest_size, decompressed_size
+        size_t DEST_GROWTH_SIZE, status
+        ZSTD_inBuffer input
+        ZSTD_outBuffer output
+        ZSTD_DStream *zds
+
+    # Recommended size for output buffer, guaranteed to flush at least
+    # one completely block in all circumstances
+    DEST_GROWTH_SIZE = ZSTD_DStreamOutSize();
+
+    source_ptr = <const char*>source_pb.buf
+    source_size = source_pb.len
+
+    # unknown content size, guess it is twice the size as the source
+    dest_size = source_size * 2
+
+    if dest_size < DEST_GROWTH_SIZE:
+        # minimum dest_size is DEST_GROWTH_SIZE
+        dest_size = DEST_GROWTH_SIZE
+
+    dest_ptr = <char *>malloc(dest_size)
+    zds = ZSTD_createDStream()
+
+    try:
+
+        with nogil:
+
+            status = ZSTD_initDStream(zds)
+            if ZSTD_isError(status):
+                error = ZSTD_getErrorName(status)
+                ZSTD_freeDStream(zds);
+                raise RuntimeError('Zstd stream decompression error on ZSTD_initDStream: %s' % error)
+
+            input = ZSTD_inBuffer(source_ptr, source_size, 0)
+            output = ZSTD_outBuffer(dest_ptr, dest_size, 0)
+
+            # Initialize to 1 to force a loop iteration
+            status = 1
+            while(status > 0 or input.pos < input.size):
+                # Possible returned values of ZSTD_decompressStream:
+                # 0: frame is completely decoded and fully flushed
+                # error (<0)
+                # >0: suggested next input size
+                status = ZSTD_decompressStream(zds, &output, &input)
+
+                if ZSTD_isError(status):
+                    error = ZSTD_getErrorName(status)
+                    raise RuntimeError('Zstd stream decompression error on ZSTD_decompressStream: %s' % error)
+
+                # There is more to decompress, grow the buffer
+                if status > 0 and output.pos == output.size:
+                    new_size = output.size + DEST_GROWTH_SIZE
+
+                    if new_size < output.size or new_size < DEST_GROWTH_SIZE:
+                        raise RuntimeError('Zstd stream decompression error: output buffer overflow')
+
+                    new_dst = realloc(output.dst, new_size)
+
+                    if new_dst == NULL:
+                        # output.dst freed in finally block
+                        raise RuntimeError('Zstd stream decompression error on realloc: could not expand output buffer')
+
+                    output.dst = new_dst
+                    output.size = new_size
+
+        # Copy the output to a bytes object
+        dest = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(<char *>output.dst, output.pos)
+
+    finally:
+        ZSTD_freeDStream(zds)
+        free(output.dst)
+
+    return dest
 
 class Zstd(Codec):
     """Codec providing compression using Zstandard.

pyproject.toml

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ test = [
     "coverage",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
+    "pyzstd"
 ]
 test_extras = [
     "importlib_metadata",