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    [PATCH] Revert unnecessary zlib_inflate/inftrees.c fix · 6e5ca4f1
    Linus Torvalds authored
    It turns out that empty distance code tables are not an error, and that
    a compressed block with only literals can validly have an empty table
    and should not be flagged as a data error.
    
    Some old versions of gzip had problems with this case, but it does not
    affect the zlib code in the kernel.
    
    Analysis and explanations thanks to Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
    
    Cc: Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
    Cc: Tavis Ormandy <taviso@gentoo.org>
    Cc: Tim Yamin <plasmaroo@gentoo.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarChris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
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