gzip: mark reader ended after WriteTo of a single stream by CJstate · Pull Request #1302 · klauspost/compress

CJstate · 2026-11-08T12:02:13Z

(1) d36a215 — gzip.Reader.WriteTo with Multistream(false) did not set z.err when it returned after the single member. A later Read therefore went back to the decompressor, got io.EOF from the finished member, and then read the following bytes as the member trailer: with a multi-member file the second member's header bytes are interpreted as CRC and size, so Read reports ErrChecksum instead of io.EOF.

The Read path already leaves z.err as io.EOF in the same situation (z.err is assigned by the decompressor Read before the multistream check), so this makes the two paths agree. Readers that only use WriteTo then Read, for example through io.Copy followed by more reads, now get io.EOF.

Test: TestWriteToThenReadSingleStream in gzip/gunzip_test.go — writes a two-member file, consumes it with Multistream(false) through WriteTo, then reads and expects io.EOF. It failed with invalid checksum before the change.

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Bug Fixes
- After WriteTo finishes reading a single gzip member with multistream reading disabled, subsequent reads now consistently report end of stream.
- When the destination writer returns an error, subsequent reads and write operations now preserve that error and do not write additional data.

coderabbitai · 2026-11-08T12:02:34Z

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gzip.Reader.WriteTo now stores wrapped destination errors in the reader state while returning the original error. When multistream reading is disabled, it records EOF after completing a member. Tests check subsequent reads and writes.

Changes: gzip WriteTo state handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Record and verify terminal states `gzip/gunzip.go`, `gzip/gunzip_test.go`	`WriteTo` stores gzip-wrapped destination errors and marks single-stream completion as EOF. Tests verify subsequent `Read` and `WriteTo` results, including when the destination returns `io.EOF`.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related PRs

klauspost/compress#1304: Updates flate decompressor WriteTo error-state handling when a destination returns io.EOF or a short write.

Suggested reviewers: klauspost

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to c1626

This change makes gzip.Reader.WriteTo leave the reader in the same end-of-stream state as Read after consuming a single member. It also keeps a destination write failure from being reported as truncated input. I found no remaining merge-blocking risk.

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gzip/gunzip_test.go: 2

803-809: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Check that the second member remains readable.

The test discards the output and byte count, so it could pass if WriteTo consumed both members and left io.EOF. Retain the input reader, reset z on it, and check the second member.

Suggested test change

-	z, err := NewReader(bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes()))
+	input := bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes())
+	z, err := NewReader(input)

 	if _, err := z.Read(p[:]); err != io.EOF {
 		t.Fatalf("got %v, want io.EOF", err)
 	}
+	if err := z.Reset(input); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	z.Multistream(false)
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(z)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if string(data) != "second" {
+		t.Fatalf("got %q, want %q", data, "second")
+	}

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Review comment at @gzip/gunzip_test.go around lines 803 - 809:
Update the test using NewReader and WriteTo to retain the underlying input
reader, then reset the gzip reader with Reset after confirming the first member
is exhausted. Set Multistream(false) again and read the next member, asserting
that its contents are “second” to verify it remains readable.

809-810: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Low value

Check the copied data and byte count.

If WriteTo returns (0, nil) and sets z.err to io.EOF without copying, this test passes. Check both the output and count to detect that regression.

Suggested fix

-	if _, err := z.WriteTo(io.Discard); err != nil {
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	n, err := z.WriteTo(&out)
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	if n != int64(len("first")) || out.String() != "first" {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteTo = %d, %q; want 5, %q", n, out.String(), "first")
+	}

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Review comment at @gzip/gunzip_test.go around lines 809 - 810:
Strengthen the WriteTo test by capturing its output and returned byte count
instead of writing to io.Discard; verify both match the expected copied data,
while preserving the existing error check.

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Review comments at @gzip/gunzip_test.go:
- Around line 803-809: Update the test using NewReader and WriteTo to retain the
underlying input reader, then reset the gzip reader with Reset after confirming
the first member is exhausted. Set Multistream(false) again and read the next
member, asserting that its contents are “second” to verify it remains readable.
- Around line 809-810: Strengthen the WriteTo test by capturing its output and
returned byte count instead of writing to io.Discard; verify both match the
expected copied data, while preserving the existing error check.

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yxshee

Read through this against the Read path and the change does make the two agree. In Read, the decompressor's io.EOF is stored in z.err before the multistream check, so after the single-member return every later Read hits the if z.err != nil guard at the top and returns io.EOF; WriteTo returned from the same point with z.err still nil, so the next Read re-entered the decompressor, got io.EOF for the finished member, and went on to read the next member's header bytes as the trailer, hence ErrChecksum. Setting z.err = io.EOF at the single-stream return is the minimal way to carry that state over, and Reset rebuilds the Reader struct, so continuing to the next member with Reset after WriteTo works the same way it does after Read.

One suggestion for the test: after the io.EOF assertion, a z.Reset(r) followed by reading the second member (and a mirror test that does the same through Read) would pin down that WriteTo leaves the underlying reader positioned at the next header, which is the property callers of Multistream(false) depend on. Not a blocker; the change itself looks right to me.

CJstate · 2026-11-09T09:30:43Z

Rebased and squashed all commits with verified SSH signatures. Added a fixup for the io.EOF short-write handling in gzip.WriteTo discovered during self-review.

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Review comments at @gzip/gunzip.go:
- Around line 344-347: Update the destination write-failure path that assigns
`z.err` so a writer’s `io.EOF` remains identifiable as the destination error on
later `Read` or `WriteTo` calls, while remaining distinct from clean
end-of-stream. Do not convert that failure into `io.ErrUnexpectedEOF`; preserve
the existing return of the write error and use the established mechanism for
distinguishing it from stream completion.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-09T09:35:14Z

+			// z.err doubles as the end-of-stream marker, so keep a
+			// writer's io.EOF distinct from a clean end of the input.
+			z.err = noEOF(err)
+			return total, err


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Go 1.25 io ErrUnexpectedEOF means EOF encountered middle of reading fixed size block data structure source io.go

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Preserve the destination error without reporting truncated input.

If the destination returns io.EOF, a later Read or WriteTo reports io.ErrUnexpectedEOF even when the gzip input is complete. This misidentifies a write failure as truncated input. Keep the failure distinct from clean end-of-stream without replacing it with io.ErrUnexpectedEOF.

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klauspost · 2026-11-11T09:45:43Z

ptal at ai feedback.

Two cases returned success without verifying the gzip trailer: * After WriteTo of a single-stream reader, z.err stayed nil. A later Read interpreted the following member's header bytes as a checksum and reported ErrChecksum instead of io.EOF. Mark the reader as ended to match Read. * A destination returning io.EOF was stored in z.err, which also serves as the end-of-stream marker. A later WriteTo returned (0, nil) and silently skipped the checksum check. Reuse the package's noEOF helper so the write failure stays sticky. Both cases are covered by table-checkable tests that assert byte counts and errors from repeated WriteTo/Read calls.

CJstate · 2026-11-11T12:05:07Z

Hi @klauspost — thanks, I went through the AI feedback and it's a valid point.

The problem was in my WriteTo error path: z.err doubles as the clean end-of-stream marker, so I had used noEOF(err) there. That turns a destination's io.EOF into io.ErrUnexpectedEOF in the stored state, which makes subsequent Read/WriteTo report truncated gzip input even though the input is complete and the writer simply failed.

Fixed in c162686 by wrapping the destination error with fmt.Errorf("gzip: %w", err) instead. The failure stays identifiable via errors.Is, is no longer equal to io.EOF (so it isn't mistaken for a clean end of stream), and later calls keep reporting the write failure rather than io.ErrUnexpectedEOF. The test now asserts exactly that, with a RED/GREEN round-trip against the old behavior.

Verification: go test ./... -count=1 and go vet ./... are green; single SSH-signed commit, no AI attribution. Thanks for the careful read.

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