[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/3] avcodec/huffyuvdec: avoid undefined behavior with get_vlc2() failure

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 01:36:40AM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 01:05:45AM +0200, Paul B Mahol wrote:
> >  Shouldnt it error out instead?
> 
> yes but that would make it slower. Also i think real files (not fuzzeed files)
> would use vlc tables that have no "holes" that can generate invalid returns
> so the check might on top of being slow also be not that useful.
> But i surely can add a check if thats what people prefer?

no reply so ill apply the original patch, so this is fixed


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Asymptotically faster algorithms should always be preferred if you have
asymptotical amounts of data
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