Increase maximum window size

* Maximum window size in 32-bit mode is 1GB, since allocations for 2GB fail
  on my Mac.
* Maximum window size in 64-bit mode is 2GB, since that is the largest
  power of 2 that works with the overflow prevention.
* Allow `--long=windowLog` to set the window log, along with
  `--zstd=wlog=#`. These options also set the window size during
  decompression, but don't override `--memory=#` if it is set.
* Present a helpful error message when the window size is too large during
  decompression.
* The long range matcher defaults to a hash log 7 less than the window log,
  which keeps it at 20 for window log 27.
* Keep the default long range matcher window size and the default maximum
  window size at 27 for the API and CLI.
* Add tests that use the maximum window size and hash size for compression
  and decompression.
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Nick Terrell
2017-09-26 14:00:01 -07:00
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@@ -105,12 +105,16 @@ the last one takes effect.
* `--ultra`:
unlocks high compression levels 20+ (maximum 22), using a lot more memory.
Note that decompression will also require more memory when using these levels.
* `--long`:
enables long distance matching.
* `--long[=#]`:
enables long distance matching with `#` `windowLog`, if not `#` is not
present it defaults to `27`.
This increases the window size (`windowLog`) and memory usage for both the
compressor and decompressor. This setting is designed to improve the
compression ratio for files with long matches at a large distance
(up to the maximum window size, 128 MiB).
compressor and decompressor.
This setting is designed to improve the compression ratio for files with
long matches at a large distance.
Note: If `windowLog` is set to larger than 27, `--long=windowLog` or
`--memory=windowSize` needs to be passed to the decompressor.
* `-T#`, `--threads=#`:
Compress using `#` threads (default: 1).
If `#` is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
@@ -275,7 +279,11 @@ The list of available _options_:
The higher number of increases the chance to find a match which usually
improves compression ratio.
It also increases memory requirements for the compressor and decompressor.
The minimum _wlog_ is 10 (1 KiB) and the maximum is 27 (128 MiB).
The minimum _wlog_ is 10 (1 KiB) and the maximum is 30 (1 GiB) on 32-bit
platforms and 31 (2 GiB) on 64-bit platforms.
Note: If `windowLog` is set to larger than 27, `--long=windowLog` or
`--memory=windowSize` needs to be passed to the decompressor.
- `hashLog`=_hlog_, `hlog`=_hlog_:
Specify the maximum number of bits for a hash table.