CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
 
-project(FastFileTransfer VERSION 2.23.0)
+project(FastFileTransfer VERSION 2.26.0)
 
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ if(NOT ZSTD_LIBRARY)
 	message(FATAL_ERROR "zstd library not found. Ensure it is in your nix-shell!")
 endif()
 
+find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARY z)
+if(NOT ZLIB_LIBRARY)
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "zlib library not found. Ensure zlib1g-dev / nix zlib is available!")
+endif()
+
+find_library(LZ4_LIBRARY lz4)
+if(NOT LZ4_LIBRARY)
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "lz4 library not found. Ensure liblz4-dev / nix lz4 is available!")
+endif()
+
 find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 
 # --- Explicit source lists ---
@@ -136,8 +146,8 @@ set(CLIENT_MAIN_SRCS src/client/client_cli.c)
 # --- Library targets ---
 add_library(fastsync_shared STATIC ${SHARED_SRCS})
 target_include_directories(fastsync_shared PUBLIC src/shared)
-target_link_libraries(fastsync_shared PUBLIC Threads::Threads ${ZSTD_LIBRARY} OpenSSL::SSL
-											OpenSSL::Crypto xxhash)
+target_link_libraries(fastsync_shared PUBLIC Threads::Threads ${ZSTD_LIBRARY} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
+											${LZ4_LIBRARY} OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto xxhash)
 
 add_library(fastsync_client_core STATIC ${CLIENT_CORE_SRCS})
 target_include_directories(fastsync_client_core PUBLIC src/client)
@@ -276,7 +286,7 @@ if(ENABLE_FUZZ)
 		target_include_directories(${FUZZ_NAME} PRIVATE tests src/shared src/server)
 		target_compile_options(${FUZZ_NAME} PRIVATE -fsanitize=fuzzer,address,undefined -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
 		target_link_options(${FUZZ_NAME} PRIVATE -fsanitize=fuzzer,address,undefined)
-		target_link_libraries(${FUZZ_NAME} PRIVATE Threads::Threads ${ZSTD_LIBRARY} OpenSSL::SSL
-												  OpenSSL::Crypto xxhash)
+		target_link_libraries(${FUZZ_NAME} PRIVATE Threads::Threads ${ZSTD_LIBRARY} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
+												  ${LZ4_LIBRARY} OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto xxhash)
 	endforeach()
 endif()

shell.nix

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
 
   buildInputs = with pkgs; [
     zstd
+    zlib
+    lz4
     openssl
   ];
 

src/client/client_cli.c

@@ -150,47 +150,96 @@ static int set_positive_int_option(int* dest, const char* value, const char* opt
 }
 
 /* Set and validate the compression algorithm selected by the client.  rsync
- * 3.4.1 can be built with zstd, none, lz4, zlibx, zlib and auto; FastSync only
- * implements zstd (and no compression).  "auto" is accepted as the default
- * zstd choice; any other rsync choice is rejected by name instead of being
- * silently accepted and ignored. */
+ * 3.4.1 can be built with zstd, none, lz4, zlibx, zlib and auto; all of those
+ * names are accepted and mapped to a real codec here.  "auto" resolves through
+ * FastSync's compiled-in preference order (rsync 3.4.1's list).  An unknown
+ * name is a hard error with rsync's exit code 4, never a silent no-op. */
 static int set_compression_choice(Config* config, const char* value) {
-  /* rsync's "auto" is normalized to the canonical "zstd" at parse time (like
-     --checksum-choice=auto), so the value that crosses the wire is always one
-     the receiver accepts. */
-  const char* canonical = strcmp(value, "auto") == 0 ? "zstd" : value;
-  if (strcmp(canonical, "zstd") != 0 && strcmp(canonical, "none") != 0) {
-    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
-                "--compress-choice '%s' is not implemented; FastSync supports zstd, none or auto "
-                "(rsync's lz4/zlib/zlibx are rejected, never silently ignored)",
-                value);
+  if (!value) {
+    config->cli_exit_code = 4;
     return -1;
   }
+  int algo;
+  if (strcasecmp(value, "auto") == 0)
+    algo = (int)compression_negotiate_default();
+  else
+    algo = compression_algo_from_name(value);
+  if (algo < 0) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
+                "--compress-choice '%s' is not a supported algorithm; FastSync supports zstd, "
+                "lz4, zlib, zlibx, none or auto",
+                value);
+    config->cli_exit_code = 4;
+    return -1;
+  }
+  const char* canonical = compression_algo_name((CompressionAlgo)algo);
   if (set_string_option(&config->compress_choice, canonical, "--compress-choice") != 0)
     return -1;
-  config->use_compression = strcmp(canonical, "none") != 0;
+  config->compression_algo = algo;
+  config->use_compression = (algo != (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE);
   return 0;
 }
 
-/* Validate and store the --checksum-choice/--cc algorithm.  Only the algorithms
- * the engine genuinely supports are accepted (xxh64/xxhash, xxh3, xxh128, md5);
- * rsync's compiled-in choices that FastSync does not implement (md4, sha1,
- * none) and the two-name transfer/pre-transfer syntax are a clear error, never
- * a silent no-op.  "auto" (rsync's default automatic choice) selects FastSync's
- * default algorithm. */
-static int set_checksum_choice(Config* config, const char* value) {
-  if (strcasecmp(value, "auto") == 0)
+/* Store one algorithm name into *out.  Returns 0 for a valid name, 1 for
+ * "auto" (caller resolves it), -1 for an unknown/too-long name. */
+static int resolve_checksum_name(const char* name, size_t len, int* out) {
+  char buf[64];
+  if (len == 0 || len >= sizeof(buf))
+    return -1;
+  memcpy(buf, name, len);
+  buf[len] = '\0';
+  if (strcasecmp(buf, "auto") == 0)
+    return 1;
+  int algo = checksum_algo_from_name(buf);
+  if (algo < 0)
+    return -1;
+  *out = algo;
   return 0;
-  int algo = checksum_algo_from_name(value);
-  if (algo < 0) {
-    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
-                "--checksum-choice '%s' is not implemented; FastSync supports xxh64 (or xxhash), "
-                "xxh3, xxh128, md5 or auto (rsync's md4/sha1/none and the two-name "
-                "transfer,pre-transfer form are rejected, never silently ignored)",
-                value);
+}
+
+/* Validate and store the --checksum-choice/--cc algorithm.  rsync 3.4.1 accepts
+ * a single name (used for both the transfer and pre-transfer checksums) or the
+ * two-name "TRANSFER,PRE-TRANSFER" form (only one comma is significant).  The
+ * pre-transfer half is FastSync's whole-file digest; the transfer half is
+ * validated for parity and, when "none", forces --whole-file like rsync.  An
+ * unknown name (including an empty half or a second comma) is exit 4.  "auto"
+ * resolves to FastSync's negotiated default (xxh128). */
+static int set_checksum_choice(Config* config, const char* value) {
+  if (!value) {
+    config->cli_exit_code = 4;
     return -1;
   }
-  config->checksum_algo = algo;
+  const char* comma = strchr(value, ',');
+  const char* name1 = value;
+  size_t len1 = comma ? (size_t)(comma - value) : strlen(value);
+  const char* name2 = comma ? comma + 1 : NULL;
+  size_t len2 = name2 ? strlen(name2) : 0;
+
+  int transfer = -1;
+  int pre = -1;
+  int rc1 = resolve_checksum_name(name1, len1, &transfer);
+  int rc2 = name2 ? resolve_checksum_name(name2, len2, &pre) : 1;
+  if (rc1 < 0 || rc2 < 0) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
+                "--checksum-choice '%s' is invalid; FastSync supports xxh64 (or xxhash), xxh128, "
+                "xxh3, md5, md4, sha1, none or auto, optionally as 'transfer,pre-transfer'",
+                value);
+    config->cli_exit_code = 4;
+    return -1;
+  }
+  ChecksumAlgo negotiated = checksum_negotiate_default();
+  if (rc1 == 1)
+    transfer = (int)negotiated;
+  if (!name2)
+    pre = transfer;
+  else if (rc2 == 1)
+    pre = (int)negotiated;
+
+  config->checksum_algo = pre;
+  config->checksum_transfer_algo = transfer;
+  /* rsync: "none" for the transfer checksum forces --whole-file. */
+  if (transfer == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE)
+    config->whole_file = true;
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2326,8 +2375,23 @@ static bool cli_handle_outbuf_option(CliParseCtx* ctx) {
  * -1 on error. */
 static int cli_finalize_config(Config* config, bool verbose, bool no_delta, bool no_incremental) {
   set_log_level(config->quiet ? LOG_LEVEL_ERROR : (verbose ? LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG : LOG_LEVEL_WARNING));
-  if (config->compress_choice)
-    config->use_compression = strcmp(config->compress_choice, "none") != 0;
+  if (config->compress_choice) {
+    int algo = compression_algo_from_name(config->compress_choice);
+    if (algo >= 0) {
+      config->compression_algo = algo;
+      config->use_compression = (algo != (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE);
+    }
+  }
+  if (config->use_compression && config->compression_algo == (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE)
+    config->compression_algo = (int)compression_negotiate_default();
+  /* rsync parity: "none" as the pre-transfer checksum cannot be combined with
+   * --checksum (exit 4).  The check runs here because --checksum may appear on
+   * either side of --checksum-choice. */
+  if (config->checksum && config->checksum_algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Invalid checksum-choice for --checksum: none");
+    config->cli_exit_code = 4;
+    return -1;
+  }
 
   /* rsync randomizes the checksum seed for every transfer when the user did not
    * supply one (a seed of 0, including an explicit --checksum-seed=0), using
@@ -2786,7 +2850,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   int parse_ret = parse_args(config, argc, argv, positional_args, &positional_count);
   if (parse_ret != 0) {
     if (parse_ret < 0)
-      exit_code = 1;
+      exit_code = config->cli_exit_code ? config->cli_exit_code : 1;
     goto cleanup;
   }
 
@@ -2876,6 +2940,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     goto cleanup;
   }
 
+  /* Install the negotiated codec for this process before any transfer thread
+   * is spawned; the compressed frames are self-describing, so the receiver's
+   * decompressor does not need this, but the sender compressor does. */
+  compression_set_algo((CompressionAlgo)config->compression_algo);
+
   /* --iconv: install the sender-side local->wire conversion before any path is
      scanned or serialized (the scanner and the chunk/data path read windows are
      all driven from this process, so one global initialization covers every

src/client/usage.c

@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ void print_usage(void) {
   printf("  --link-dest <dir>   Like --copy-dest, but hard-links the unchanged file from DIR\n");
   printf("                    into the destination (repeatable; earlier DIRs win)\n");
   printf("  --checksum-choice, --cc <alg>  Whole-file checksum algorithm for --incremental/\n");
-  printf("                    --checksum compares.  Accepted: xxh64 (aka xxhash), xxh3,\n");
-  printf("                    xxh128, md5, or auto (default xxh64).  rsync choices FastSync\n");
-  printf("                    does not implement (md4, sha1, none) and the two-name\n");
-  printf("                    transfer,pre-transfer form are rejected by name\n");
+  printf("                    --checksum compares.  Accepted: xxh128 (default), xxh3, xxh64\n");
+  printf("                    (aka xxhash), md5, md4, sha1, or none.  A two-name\n");
+  printf("                    'transfer,pre-transfer' form is accepted like rsync; 'none' as\n");
+  printf("                    the pre-transfer algorithm is rejected with --checksum\n");
   printf("  --checksum-seed <num>  Seed for the whole-file xxHash digest (and the delta\n");
   printf("                    block strong hash, low 32 bits); md5 ignores the seed.  A seed\n");
   printf("                    of 0 (the default) is randomized per transfer, exactly like\n");
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ void print_usage(void) {
   printf("                      SSH argv is already built injection-safe)\n");
   printf("  --sendfile          Enable sendfile zero-copy (TCP only; long form only;\n");
   printf("                      -f is bound to --filter, not --sendfile)\n");
-  printf("  --compress-choice <alg>  Compression algorithm (default: zstd)\n");
+  printf("  --compress-choice <alg>  Compression algorithm: zstd (default), lz4, zlib,\n");
+  printf("                    zlibx, none, or auto\n");
   printf("  --zc <alg>          Alias for --compress-choice\n");
   printf("  -v, --verbose       Enable debug logging\n");
   printf("  -q, --quiet         Suppress non-error output\n");

src/server/server.c

@@ -741,6 +741,10 @@ void handler(int file_descriptor) {
    * received config. */
   if (gate_ctx.super_mode_override != -1)
     config->super_mode = (SuperMode)gate_ctx.super_mode_override;
+  /* Install the codec this connection negotiated before the receiver/writer
+   * threads start (the server forks per connection, so the process-global
+   * codec is private to this session). */
+  compression_set_algo((CompressionAlgo)config->compression_algo);
   /* If the client requested ownership but the effective super mode forbids it
    * (operator --no-super, a privileged standalone receiver's secure default, or
    * a daemon module without `client owner = yes`), say so ONCE per connection so

src/shared/checksum.c

@@ -11,6 +11,160 @@
 #define XXH_STATIC_LINKING_ONLY
 #include <xxhash.h>
 
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Self-contained MD4 (RFC 1320).  OpenSSL's MD4 lives in the legacy provider
+ * and is not guaranteed present, so FastSync carries its own implementation to
+ * keep --checksum-choice=md4 working on every build.
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+typedef struct {
+  uint32_t state[4];
+  uint64_t bit_count;
+  uint8_t buffer[64];
+  size_t buffer_len;
+} Md4Ctx;
+
+static uint32_t md4_rotl(uint32_t x, int n) {
+  return (x << n) | (x >> (32 - n));
+}
+
+static void md4_transform(uint32_t state[4], const uint8_t block[64]) {
+  uint32_t x[16];
+  for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
+    x[i] = (uint32_t)block[i * 4] | ((uint32_t)block[i * 4 + 1] << 8) |
+           ((uint32_t)block[i * 4 + 2] << 16) | ((uint32_t)block[i * 4 + 3] << 24);
+
+  uint32_t a = state[0], b = state[1], c = state[2], d = state[3];
+
+#define F(x, y, z) (((x) & (y)) | (~(x) & (z)))
+#define G(x, y, z) (((x) & (y)) | ((x) & (z)) | ((y) & (z)))
+#define H(x, y, z) ((x) ^ (y) ^ (z))
+#define ROUND1(a, b, c, d, k, s) a = md4_rotl(a + F(b, c, d) + x[k], s)
+#define ROUND2(a, b, c, d, k, s) a = md4_rotl(a + G(b, c, d) + x[k] + 0x5a827999u, s)
+#define ROUND3(a, b, c, d, k, s) a = md4_rotl(a + H(b, c, d) + x[k] + 0x6ed9eba1u, s)
+
+  ROUND1(a, b, c, d, 0, 3);
+  ROUND1(d, a, b, c, 1, 7);
+  ROUND1(c, d, a, b, 2, 11);
+  ROUND1(b, c, d, a, 3, 19);
+  ROUND1(a, b, c, d, 4, 3);
+  ROUND1(d, a, b, c, 5, 7);
+  ROUND1(c, d, a, b, 6, 11);
+  ROUND1(b, c, d, a, 7, 19);
+  ROUND1(a, b, c, d, 8, 3);
+  ROUND1(d, a, b, c, 9, 7);
+  ROUND1(c, d, a, b, 10, 11);
+  ROUND1(b, c, d, a, 11, 19);
+  ROUND1(a, b, c, d, 12, 3);
+  ROUND1(d, a, b, c, 13, 7);
+  ROUND1(c, d, a, b, 14, 11);
+  ROUND1(b, c, d, a, 15, 19);
+
+  ROUND2(a, b, c, d, 0, 3);
+  ROUND2(d, a, b, c, 4, 5);
+  ROUND2(c, d, a, b, 8, 9);
+  ROUND2(b, c, d, a, 12, 13);
+  ROUND2(a, b, c, d, 1, 3);
+  ROUND2(d, a, b, c, 5, 5);
+  ROUND2(c, d, a, b, 9, 9);
+  ROUND2(b, c, d, a, 13, 13);
+  ROUND2(a, b, c, d, 2, 3);
+  ROUND2(d, a, b, c, 6, 5);
+  ROUND2(c, d, a, b, 10, 9);
+  ROUND2(b, c, d, a, 14, 13);
+  ROUND2(a, b, c, d, 3, 3);
+  ROUND2(d, a, b, c, 7, 5);
+  ROUND2(c, d, a, b, 11, 9);
+  ROUND2(b, c, d, a, 15, 13);
+
+  ROUND3(a, b, c, d, 0, 3);
+  ROUND3(d, a, b, c, 8, 9);
+  ROUND3(c, d, a, b, 4, 11);
+  ROUND3(b, c, d, a, 12, 15);
+  ROUND3(a, b, c, d, 2, 3);
+  ROUND3(d, a, b, c, 10, 9);
+  ROUND3(c, d, a, b, 6, 11);
+  ROUND3(b, c, d, a, 14, 15);
+  ROUND3(a, b, c, d, 1, 3);
+  ROUND3(d, a, b, c, 9, 9);
+  ROUND3(c, d, a, b, 5, 11);
+  ROUND3(b, c, d, a, 13, 15);
+  ROUND3(a, b, c, d, 3, 3);
+  ROUND3(d, a, b, c, 11, 9);
+  ROUND3(c, d, a, b, 7, 11);
+  ROUND3(b, c, d, a, 15, 15);
+
+#undef F
+#undef G
+#undef H
+#undef ROUND1
+#undef ROUND2
+#undef ROUND3
+
+  state[0] += a;
+  state[1] += b;
+  state[2] += c;
+  state[3] += d;
+}
+
+static void md4_init(Md4Ctx* ctx) {
+  ctx->state[0] = 0x67452301u;
+  ctx->state[1] = 0xefcdab89u;
+  ctx->state[2] = 0x98badcfeu;
+  ctx->state[3] = 0x10325476u;
+  ctx->bit_count = 0;
+  ctx->buffer_len = 0;
+}
+
+static void md4_update(Md4Ctx* ctx, const uint8_t* data, size_t len) {
+  ctx->bit_count += (uint64_t)len * 8;
+  while (len > 0) {
+    size_t space = sizeof(ctx->buffer) - ctx->buffer_len;
+    size_t take = len < space ? len : space;
+    memcpy(ctx->buffer + ctx->buffer_len, data, take);
+    ctx->buffer_len += take;
+    data += take;
+    len -= take;
+    if (ctx->buffer_len == sizeof(ctx->buffer)) {
+      md4_transform(ctx->state, ctx->buffer);
+      ctx->buffer_len = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+static void md4_final(Md4Ctx* ctx, uint8_t out[16]) {
+  uint64_t bit_count = ctx->bit_count;
+  uint8_t pad = 0x80;
+  md4_update(ctx, &pad, 1);
+  uint8_t zero = 0;
+  while (ctx->buffer_len != 56)
+    md4_update(ctx, &zero, 1);
+  uint8_t length_le[8];
+  for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
+    length_le[i] = (uint8_t)((bit_count >> (8 * i)) & 0xff);
+  md4_update(ctx, length_le, sizeof(length_le));
+  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+    out[i * 4] = (uint8_t)(ctx->state[i] & 0xff);
+    out[i * 4 + 1] = (uint8_t)((ctx->state[i] >> 8) & 0xff);
+    out[i * 4 + 2] = (uint8_t)((ctx->state[i] >> 16) & 0xff);
+    out[i * 4 + 3] = (uint8_t)((ctx->state[i] >> 24) & 0xff);
+  }
+}
+
+/* One-shot EVP digest (md5/sha1).  Returns false when OpenSSL refuses. */
+static bool evp_digest(const EVP_MD* md, const void* data, size_t size, uint8_t* out,
+                       size_t out_capacity, size_t* out_len) {
+  static const uint8_t empty = 0;
+  const void* input = data ? data : &empty;
+  unsigned int digest_len = 0;
+  if (EVP_Digest(input, size, out, &digest_len, md, NULL) != 1)
+    return false;
+  if (digest_len > out_capacity)
+    return false;
+  *out_len = digest_len;
+  return true;
+}
+
 bool checksum_digest(ChecksumAlgo algo, uint64_t seed, const void* data, size_t size, uint8_t* out,
                      size_t out_capacity, size_t* out_len) {
   if (!out || !out_len || out_capacity < CHECKSUM_MAX_DIGEST_LEN)
@@ -18,43 +172,45 @@ bool checksum_digest(ChecksumAlgo algo, uint64_t seed, const void* data, size_t
   if (data == NULL && size != 0)
     return false;
 
-  if (algo == CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64) {
+  switch (algo) {
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64: {
     uint64_t digest = XXH64(data, size, seed);
     memcpy(out, &digest, sizeof(digest));
     *out_len = sizeof(digest);
     return true;
   }
-
-  if (algo == CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH3) {
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH3: {
     uint64_t digest = XXH3_64bits_withSeed(data, size, seed);
     memcpy(out, &digest, sizeof(digest));
     *out_len = sizeof(digest);
     return true;
   }
-
-  if (algo == CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128) {
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128: {
     XXH128_hash_t digest = XXH3_128bits_withSeed(data, size, seed);
     memcpy(out, &digest, sizeof(digest));
     *out_len = sizeof(digest);
     return true;
   }
-
-  if (algo == CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5) {
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5:
     /* md5 takes no seed; the caller's seed is deliberately ignored (documented
-     * in RSYNC_COMPAT.md).  OpenSSL's one-shot EVP_Digest needs a non-NULL
-     * buffer even for an empty input, so map a NULL data + size==0 to an empty
-     * buffer. */
-    static const uint8_t empty = 0;
-    const void* input = data ? data : &empty;
-    unsigned int digest_len = 0;
-    if (EVP_Digest(input, size, out, &digest_len, EVP_md5(), NULL) != 1)
-      return false;
-    if (digest_len > out_capacity)
-      return false;
-    *out_len = digest_len;
+     * in RSYNC_COMPAT.md). */
+    return evp_digest(EVP_md5(), data, size, out, out_capacity, out_len);
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4: {
+    Md4Ctx ctx;
+    md4_init(&ctx);
+    md4_update(&ctx, (const uint8_t*)data, size);
+    md4_final(&ctx, out);
+    *out_len = 16;
+    return true;
+  }
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1:
+    /* sha1 takes no seed; the caller's seed is deliberately ignored. */
+    return evp_digest(EVP_sha1(), data, size, out, out_capacity, out_len);
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE:
+    /* No checksum requested: an empty digest is the successful result. */
+    *out_len = 0;
     return true;
   }
-
   return false;
 }
 
@@ -162,6 +318,12 @@ int checksum_algo_from_name(const char* name) {
     return (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128;
   if (strcasecmp(name, "md5") == 0)
     return (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "md4") == 0)
+    return (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "sha1") == 0)
+    return (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "none") == 0)
+    return (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE;
   return -1;
 }
 
@@ -175,13 +337,21 @@ const char* checksum_algo_name(ChecksumAlgo algo) {
     return "xxh128";
   case CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5:
     return "md5";
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4:
+    return "md4";
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1:
+    return "sha1";
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE:
+    return "none";
   }
   return "<unknown>";
 }
 
 bool checksum_algo_valid(int algo) {
   return algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64 || algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5 ||
-         algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH3 || algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128;
+         algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH3 || algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128 ||
+         algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4 || algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1 ||
+         algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE;
 }
 
 uint8_t checksum_digest_len(ChecksumAlgo algo) {
@@ -191,7 +361,26 @@ uint8_t checksum_digest_len(ChecksumAlgo algo) {
     return 8;
   case CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128:
   case CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5:
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4:
     return 16;
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1:
+    return 20;
+  case CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE:
+    return 0;
   }
   return 0;
 }
+
+ChecksumAlgo checksum_negotiate_default(void) {
+  /* rsync 3.4.1 default preference order; every entry is compiled in, so this
+   * resolves to xxh128. */
+  static const ChecksumAlgo preference[] = {
+      CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128, CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH3, CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64, CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5,
+      CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4,    CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1, CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE,
+  };
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(preference) / sizeof(preference[0]); i++) {
+    if (checksum_algo_valid((int)preference[i]))
+      return preference[i];
+  }
+  return CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64;
+}

src/shared/checksum.h

@@ -8,25 +8,35 @@
 /* Whole-file content-digest algorithms selectable with --checksum-choice and
  * seeded with --checksum-seed.  The ids are the values actually placed on the
  * wire (config frame), so they must be kept stable and validated on receive.
- * CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64 == 0 is the default and is byte-for-byte what FastSync
- * computed before these options existed (xxHash64 with seed 0).  The set mirrors
- * the algorithms rsync 3.4.1 can be built with; the ones FastSync does not
- * implement (md4, sha1, none) are rejected by name at parse time. */
+ * CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64 == 0 is the historical FastSync default and its numeric
+ * value is preserved.  The full set mirrors the algorithms rsync 3.4.1 can be
+ * built with; every one of them is implemented here. */
 typedef enum {
   CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64 = 0,
   CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5 = 1,
   CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH3 = 2,
-  CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128 = 3
+  CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128 = 3,
+  CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4 = 4,
+  CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1 = 5,
+  CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE = 6
 } ChecksumAlgo;
 
-/* xxh128 digest is 16 bytes, the longest supported. */
-#define CHECKSUM_MAX_DIGEST_LEN 16
+/* FastSync's negotiated default (rsync 3.4.1 auto-negotiates xxh128 first).
+ * The wire default for Config->checksum_algo is this value. */
+#define CHECKSUM_ALGO_DEFAULT CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128
+
+/* sha1 digest is 20 bytes, the longest supported. */
+#define CHECKSUM_MAX_DIGEST_LEN 20
 
 /* Compute the whole-file digest of the first `size` bytes of `data`.
  *
  *  - CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64: xxHash64(data, size, seed) (full 64-bit seed).
- *  - CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5:   md5(data, size) via OpenSSL EVP.
- *                          md5 has no seed, so `seed` is ignored (documented).
+ *  - CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH3:  XXH3_64bits_withSeed(data, size, seed).
+ *  - CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128: XXH3_128bits_withSeed(data, size, seed).
+ *  - CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5:   md5(data, size) via OpenSSL EVP (seed ignored).
+ *  - CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4:   md4(data, size), self-contained RFC 1320 (seed ignored).
+ *  - CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1:  sha1(data, size) via OpenSSL EVP (seed ignored).
+ *  - CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE:  no digest; *out_len is 0 and nothing is written.
  *  - `size == 0` hashes the empty input (plus its seed), not a NULL input.
  *
  * Writes up to `out_capacity` bytes into `out`, storing the digest length in
@@ -41,10 +51,10 @@ bool checksum_digest(ChecksumAlgo algo, uint64_t seed, const void* data, size_t
 bool checksum_digest_file(ChecksumAlgo algo, uint64_t seed, const char* path, uint8_t* out,
                           size_t out_capacity, size_t* out_len);
 
-/* Resolve a --checksum-choice string (case-insensitive) to an algorithm id. * Accepts
- * "xxh64"/"xxhash", "xxh3", "xxh128" and "md5".  "auto", rsync's default automatic choice, is
- * resolved to the default by the caller (it is not a distinct algorithm here).  Returns -1 for any
- * name FastSync does not implement (md4/sha1/none included). */
+/* Resolve a --checksum-choice string (case-insensitive) to an algorithm id.
+ * Accepts "xxh64"/"xxhash", "xxh3", "xxh128", "md5", "md4", "sha1", "none".
+ * "auto" is not an algorithm here; the caller resolves it to the negotiated
+ * default.  Returns -1 for any unrecognized name. */
 int checksum_algo_from_name(const char* name);
 
 /* Canonical name of an algorithm (used in CLI error messages). */
@@ -53,7 +63,13 @@ const char* checksum_algo_name(ChecksumAlgo algo);
 /* True when `algo` is a supported id (used by config receive validation). */
 bool checksum_algo_valid(int algo);
 
-/* Digest length in bytes for an algorithm (xxh64/xxh3 = 8, md5/xxh128 = 16). */
+/* Digest length in bytes for an algorithm (xxh64/xxh3 = 8,
+ * md5/md4/xxh128 = 16, sha1 = 20, none = 0). */
 uint8_t checksum_digest_len(ChecksumAlgo algo);
 
+/* Pick the first algorithm from FastSync's compiled-in preference list that is
+ * supported on this build (rsync 3.4.1's `--version` order:
+ * xxh128 xxh3 xxh64 md5 md4 sha1 none).  Used to resolve "auto". */
+ChecksumAlgo checksum_negotiate_default(void);
+
 #endif /* CHECKSUM_H */

src/shared/compression.c

@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <lz4.h>
+#include <stdatomic.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <strings.h>
 #include <threads.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <zlib.h>
 #include <zstd.h>
 
 #define INITIAL_DECOMPRESS_BUF_SIZE (1024 * 1024)
@@ -29,6 +32,13 @@
   "z "                                                                                             \
   "zip zst"
 
+/* Self-describing compressed frames: the first byte is the CompressionAlgo id.
+ * zlib/lz4 store the uncompressed size as a little-endian uint32 after the
+ * codec byte so decompression can be exactly pre-sized and bounded. */
+#define LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN 4
+
+static _Atomic int g_compression_algo = COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD;
+
 /* Case-insensitive match of a bare suffix (no leading dot) against a
  * space-separated suffix list. */
 static bool suffix_in_list(const char* name, const char* list) {
@@ -67,6 +77,75 @@ bool compression_should_skip_with_suffixes(const char* path, char* const* suffix
   return false;
 }
 
+CompressionAlgo compression_default_algo(void) {
+  return COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD;
+}
+
+int compression_algo_from_name(const char* name) {
+  if (!name)
+    return -1;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "zstd") == 0)
+    return (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "lz4") == 0)
+    return (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "zlib") == 0)
+    return (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "zlibx") == 0)
+    return (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "none") == 0)
+    return (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE;
+  return -1;
+}
+
+const char* compression_algo_name(CompressionAlgo algo) {
+  switch (algo) {
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE:
+    return "none";
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD:
+    return "zstd";
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4:
+    return "lz4";
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB:
+    return "zlib";
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX:
+    return "zlibx";
+  }
+  return "<unknown>";
+}
+
+bool compression_algo_valid(int algo) {
+  return algo == (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE || algo == (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD ||
+         algo == (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4 || algo == (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB ||
+         algo == (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX;
+}
+
+bool compression_algo_enabled(CompressionAlgo algo) {
+  return algo != COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE;
+}
+
+CompressionAlgo compression_negotiate_default(void) {
+  /* rsync 3.4.1 default preference order; every entry is compiled in, so this
+   * resolves to zstd. */
+  static const CompressionAlgo preference[] = {
+      COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD, COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4,  COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX,
+      COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB, COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE,
+  };
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(preference) / sizeof(preference[0]); i++) {
+    if (compression_algo_valid((int)preference[i]))
+      return preference[i];
+  }
+  return COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD;
+}
+
+void compression_set_algo(CompressionAlgo algo) {
+  if (compression_algo_valid((int)algo))
+    atomic_store(&g_compression_algo, (int)algo);
+}
+
+CompressionAlgo compression_get_algo(void) {
+  return (CompressionAlgo)atomic_load(&g_compression_algo);
+}
+
 /* Per-thread cache of zstd contexts plus the grow-only compression scratch
  * buffer.  zstd contexts are stateful and not safe to share between threads,
  * so each thread keeps its own (see compression_get_thread_ctx).  The cache is
@@ -157,17 +236,25 @@ static void compression_ctx_put(CompressionThreadCtx* ctx) {
     compression_ctx_free(ctx);
 }
 
-Data* data_compress(Data* data_to_compress, int compression_level) {
-  return data_compress_with_threads(data_to_compress, compression_level, 0);
+/* Build a frame consisting of a copy of `src` prefixed by `codec`. */
+static Data* frame_with_codec(const void* src, size_t size, CompressionAlgo codec) {
+  if (size > SIZE_MAX - 1)
+    return NULL;
+  Data* out = data_create_empty(size + 1);
+  if (!out)
+    return NULL;
+  ((uint8_t*)out->data)[0] = (uint8_t)codec;
+  if (size > 0)
+    memcpy((uint8_t*)out->data + 1, src, size);
+  out->size = size + 1;
+  return out;
 }
 
-Data* data_compress_with_threads(Data* data_to_compress, int compression_level,
-                                 int compression_threads) {
-  if (!data_to_compress || (!data_to_compress->data && data_to_compress->size != 0) ||
-      compression_threads < 0 || compression_threads > COMPRESSION_MAX_THREADS)
+static Data* zstd_compress(Data* in, int compression_level, int compression_threads) {
+  size_t dst_size = ZSTD_compressBound(in->size);
+  if (dst_size > SIZE_MAX - 1)
     return NULL;
-  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "Starting to compress data");
-  size_t dst_size = ZSTD_compressBound(data_to_compress->size);
+  dst_size += 1; /* codec prefix */
 
   CompressionThreadCtx* ctx = compression_get_thread_ctx();
   if (ctx == NULL) {
@@ -218,7 +305,7 @@ Data* data_compress_with_threads(Data* data_to_compress, int compression_level,
 
   if (available_threads > 0) {
     /* Streaming compression needs the source size before threaded mode can end a frame. */
-    size_t zret = ZSTD_CCtx_setPledgedSrcSize(ctx->cctx, data_to_compress->size);
+    size_t zret = ZSTD_CCtx_setPledgedSrcSize(ctx->cctx, in->size);
     if (ZSTD_isError(zret)) {
       log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Failed to set compression source size: %s",
                   ZSTD_getErrorName(zret));
@@ -236,8 +323,8 @@ Data* data_compress_with_threads(Data* data_to_compress, int compression_level,
     ctx->out_cap = dst_size;
   }
 
-  ZSTD_inBuffer input = {data_to_compress->data, data_to_compress->size, 0};
-  ZSTD_outBuffer output = {ctx->out_buf, dst_size, 0};
+  ZSTD_inBuffer input = {in->data, in->size, 0};
+  ZSTD_outBuffer output = {(uint8_t*)ctx->out_buf + 1, dst_size - 1, 0};
 
   size_t ret;
   do {
@@ -250,30 +337,192 @@ Data* data_compress_with_threads(Data* data_to_compress, int compression_level,
 
   /* Hand off an exactly-sized copy; the scratch buffer stays cached so the next
    * call does not reallocate a ZSTD_compressBound-sized block. */
-  compressed_data = data_create_empty(output.pos);
+  compressed_data = data_create_empty(output.pos + 1);
   if (compressed_data == NULL) {
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Failed to allocate compressed data");
     goto cleanup;
   }
+  ((uint8_t*)compressed_data->data)[0] = (uint8_t)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD;
   if (output.pos > 0)
-    memcpy(compressed_data->data, ctx->out_buf, output.pos);
-  compressed_data->size = output.pos;
+    memcpy((uint8_t*)compressed_data->data + 1, (uint8_t*)ctx->out_buf + 1, output.pos);
+  compressed_data->size = output.pos + 1;
 
-  log_debug_message(LOG_DEBUG_UTIL, "Data succesfully compressed from %zu to %zu",
-                    data_to_compress->size, compressed_data->size);
+  log_debug_message(LOG_DEBUG_UTIL, "Data succesfully compressed from %zu to %zu", in->size,
+                    compressed_data->size);
 
 cleanup:
   compression_ctx_put(ctx);
   return compressed_data;
 }
 
-Data* data_decompress_limited(Data* compressed_data, size_t maximum_size) {
-  if (!compressed_data || (!compressed_data->data && compressed_data->size != 0) ||
-      maximum_size == 0)
+static Data* lz4_compress(Data* in) {
+  int bound = LZ4_compressBound((int)in->size);
+  if (bound < 0 || in->size > (size_t)INT_MAX)
     return NULL;
+  Data* out = data_create_empty((size_t)bound + 1 + LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN);
+  if (!out)
+    return NULL;
+  uint32_t raw_size = (uint32_t)in->size;
+  uint8_t* p = (uint8_t*)out->data;
+  p[0] = (uint8_t)COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4;
+  for (int i = 0; i < LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN; i++)
+    p[1 + i] = (uint8_t)((raw_size >> (8 * i)) & 0xff);
+  int written = 0;
+  if (in->size > 0) {
+    written = LZ4_compress_default((const char*)in->data, (char*)p + 1 + LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN,
+                                   (int)in->size, bound);
+    if (written <= 0) {
+      data_destroy(out);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+  out->size = (size_t)written + 1 + LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN;
+  return out;
+}
+
+static Data* zlib_compress(Data* in, CompressionAlgo algo, int compression_level) {
+  int level = compression_level;
+  if (level < 1)
+    level = Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION;
+  if (level > 9)
+    level = 9;
+  uLong bound = compressBound((uLong)in->size);
+  if (in->size > (size_t)ULONG_MAX)
+    return NULL;
+  Data* out = data_create_empty((size_t)bound + 1 + LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN);
+  if (!out)
+    return NULL;
+  uint32_t raw_size = (uint32_t)in->size;
+  uint8_t* p = (uint8_t*)out->data;
+  p[0] = (uint8_t)algo;
+  for (int i = 0; i < LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN; i++)
+    p[1 + i] = (uint8_t)((raw_size >> (8 * i)) & 0xff);
+  uLongf dest_len = bound;
+  int rc = compress2(p + 1 + LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN, &dest_len, (const Bytef*)in->data,
+                     (uLong)in->size, level);
+  if (rc != Z_OK) {
+    data_destroy(out);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  out->size = (size_t)dest_len + 1 + LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN;
+  return out;
+}
+
+Data* data_compress_codec(Data* data_to_compress, CompressionAlgo algo, int compression_level,
+                          int compression_threads) {
+  if (!data_to_compress || (!data_to_compress->data && data_to_compress->size != 0) ||
+      compression_threads < 0 || compression_threads > COMPRESSION_MAX_THREADS)
+    return NULL;
+  if (!compression_algo_valid((int)algo))
+    return NULL;
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "Starting to compress data");
+  switch (algo) {
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE:
+    return frame_with_codec(data_to_compress->data, data_to_compress->size, COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE);
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD:
+    return zstd_compress(data_to_compress, compression_level, compression_threads);
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4:
+    return lz4_compress(data_to_compress);
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB:
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX:
+    return zlib_compress(data_to_compress, algo, compression_level);
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+Data* data_compress_with_threads(Data* data_to_compress, int compression_level,
+                                 int compression_threads) {
+  return data_compress_codec(data_to_compress, compression_get_algo(), compression_level,
+                             compression_threads);
+}
+
+Data* data_compress(Data* data_to_compress, int compression_level) {
+  return data_compress_codec(data_to_compress, compression_get_algo(), compression_level, 0);
+}
+
+static Data* decompress_none(const Data* compressed_data, size_t maximum_size) {
+  size_t size = compressed_data->size - 1;
+  if (size > maximum_size)
+    return NULL;
+  Data* out = data_create_empty(size);
+  if (!out)
+    return NULL;
+  if (size > 0)
+    memcpy(out->data, (const uint8_t*)compressed_data->data + 1, size);
+  out->size = size;
+  return out;
+}
+
+/* Read the 4-byte little-endian raw size stored after the codec byte. */
+static bool read_raw_size(const Data* in, uint32_t* raw_size) {
+  if (in->size < 1 + LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN)
+    return false;
+  const uint8_t* p = (const uint8_t*)in->data;
+  uint32_t v = 0;
+  for (int i = 0; i < LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN; i++)
+    v |= (uint32_t)p[1 + i] << (8 * i);
+  *raw_size = v;
+  return true;
+}
+
+static Data* lz4_decompress(Data* compressed_data, size_t maximum_size, size_t hard_limit) {
+  uint32_t raw_size = 0;
+  if (!read_raw_size(compressed_data, &raw_size))
+    return NULL;
+  if (raw_size > hard_limit || raw_size > maximum_size)
+    return NULL;
+  size_t comp_size = compressed_data->size - 1 - LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN;
+  Data* out = data_create_empty(raw_size);
+  if (!out)
+    return NULL;
+  if (raw_size == 0) {
+    out->size = 0;
+    return out;
+  }
+  int rc = LZ4_decompress_safe((const char*)compressed_data->data + 1 + LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN,
+                               (char*)out->data, (int)comp_size, (int)raw_size);
+  if (rc < 0 || (uint32_t)rc != raw_size) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "LZ4 decompression failed");
+    data_destroy(out);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  out->size = raw_size;
+  return out;
+}
+
+static Data* zlib_decompress(Data* compressed_data, size_t maximum_size, size_t hard_limit) {
+  uint32_t raw_size = 0;
+  if (!read_raw_size(compressed_data, &raw_size))
+    return NULL;
+  if (raw_size > hard_limit || raw_size > maximum_size)
+    return NULL;
+  size_t comp_size = compressed_data->size - 1 - LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN;
+  Data* out = data_create_empty(raw_size);
+  if (!out)
+    return NULL;
+  if (raw_size == 0) {
+    out->size = 0;
+    return out;
+  }
+  uLongf dest_len = raw_size;
+  int rc =
+      uncompress((Bytef*)out->data, &dest_len,
+                 (const Bytef*)compressed_data->data + 1 + LZ4_SIZE_PREFIX_LEN, (uLong)comp_size);
+  if (rc != Z_OK || dest_len != raw_size) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "zlib decompression failed");
+    data_destroy(out);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  out->size = raw_size;
+  return out;
+}
+
+static Data* zstd_decompress(Data* compressed_data, size_t maximum_size) {
+  /* The zstd frame starts after the codec byte. */
+  const void* frame = (const uint8_t*)compressed_data->data + 1;
+  size_t frame_size = compressed_data->size - 1;
   log_debug_message(LOG_DEBUG_UTIL, "Start to decompress data");
-  unsigned long long dst_size =
-      ZSTD_getFrameContentSize(compressed_data->data, compressed_data->size);
+  unsigned long long dst_size = ZSTD_getFrameContentSize(frame, frame_size);
   /* ZSTD_isError() is also true for ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_ERROR and
    * ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN (both are encoded near (size_t)-1), so test the
    * sentinels explicitly instead of blanket-rejecting every error-ish value:
@@ -287,9 +536,9 @@ Data* data_decompress_limited(Data* compressed_data, size_t maximum_size) {
   // ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN (~2^64) can cause massive allocation;
   // fall back to a conservative estimate (3x compressed size) when unknown.
   if (dst_size == ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN) {
-    if (compressed_data->size > ULLONG_MAX / 3)
+    if (frame_size > ULLONG_MAX / 3)
       return NULL;
-    dst_size = compressed_data->size * 3;
+    dst_size = frame_size * 3;
     if (dst_size < INITIAL_DECOMPRESS_BUF_SIZE)
       dst_size = INITIAL_DECOMPRESS_BUF_SIZE;
   }
@@ -326,7 +575,7 @@ Data* data_decompress_limited(Data* compressed_data, size_t maximum_size) {
     goto cleanup;
   }
 
-  ZSTD_inBuffer input = {compressed_data->data, compressed_data->size, 0};
+  ZSTD_inBuffer input = {frame, frame_size, 0};
   ZSTD_outBuffer output = {uncompressed_data->data, buf_size, 0};
 
   size_t ret;
@@ -385,6 +634,31 @@ cleanup:
   return uncompressed_data;
 }
 
+Data* data_decompress_limited(Data* compressed_data, size_t maximum_size) {
+  if (!compressed_data || (!compressed_data->data && compressed_data->size != 0) ||
+      maximum_size == 0)
+    return NULL;
+  if (compressed_data->size < 1)
+    return NULL;
+  unsigned long long hard_limit =
+      maximum_size < MAX_DECOMPRESSED_SIZE ? maximum_size : MAX_DECOMPRESSED_SIZE;
+  uint8_t codec = ((const uint8_t*)compressed_data->data)[0];
+  if (!compression_algo_valid(codec))
+    return NULL;
+  switch ((CompressionAlgo)codec) {
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE:
+    return decompress_none(compressed_data, (size_t)hard_limit);
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD:
+    return zstd_decompress(compressed_data, (size_t)hard_limit);
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4:
+    return lz4_decompress(compressed_data, maximum_size, (size_t)hard_limit);
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB:
+  case COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX:
+    return zlib_decompress(compressed_data, maximum_size, (size_t)hard_limit);
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 Data* data_decompress(Data* compressed_data) {
   return data_decompress_limited(compressed_data, MAX_DECOMPRESSED_SIZE);
 }

src/shared/compression.h

@@ -6,11 +6,61 @@
 
 #define COMPRESSION_MAX_THREADS 64
 
+/* Compression algorithms selectable with --compress-choice / -z.  The ids are
+ * the values placed on the wire (Config->compression_algo), so they must be
+ * kept stable.  NONE is "no compression"; ZSTD is the historical FastSync
+ * default and the negotiated "auto" choice.  ZLIBX is rsync's zlib-without-
+ * matched-data variant: FastSync compresses only the delta/token bytes (it does
+ * not put matched file data in the compression stream), so its zlib codec is
+ * already the "x" form and zlib/zlibx share the same implementation, recorded
+ * under distinct ids. */
+typedef enum {
+  COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE = 0,
+  COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD = 1,
+  COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4 = 2,
+  COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB = 3,
+  COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX = 4
+} CompressionAlgo;
+
+CompressionAlgo compression_default_algo(void);
+
+/* Resolve a --compress-choice string (case-insensitive) to an algorithm id.
+ * Accepts "zstd", "lz4", "zlib", "zlibx", "none".  "auto" is not an algorithm
+ * here; the caller resolves it to the negotiated default.  Returns -1 for any
+ * unrecognized name. */
+int compression_algo_from_name(const char* name);
+const char* compression_algo_name(CompressionAlgo algo);
+bool compression_algo_valid(int algo);
+
+/* Pick the first algorithm from FastSync's compiled-in preference list
+ * (rsync 3.4.1's `--version` order: zstd lz4 zlibx zlib none).  Resolves
+ * "auto". */
+CompressionAlgo compression_negotiate_default(void);
+
+/* True when the algorithm actually compresses (i.e. is not NONE). */
+bool compression_algo_enabled(CompressionAlgo algo);
+
+/* Select the process-wide codec used by the legacy wrappers below.  Each
+ * process serves exactly one transfer config (the server forks per connection,
+ * the client configures itself before spawning transfer threads), so a
+ * process-global default is sufficient and constant for the lifetime of a
+ * transfer.  Defaults to ZSTD when never set.  Thread-safe. */
+void compression_set_algo(CompressionAlgo algo);
+CompressionAlgo compression_get_algo(void);
+
+/* Codec-aware primitives.  The compressed buffer is self-describing: its first
+ * byte is the CompressionAlgo id, so decompression never needs the codec passed
+ * separately (this keeps every existing Decompress call site source-compatible).
+ * `data_compress_codec` returns NULL on invalid input or an unsupported codec. */
+Data* data_compress_codec(Data* data_to_compress, CompressionAlgo algo, int compression_level,
+                          int compression_threads);
+Data* data_decompress_limited(Data* compressed_data, size_t maximum_size);
+
+/* Legacy zstd-default wrappers retained for existing callers/tests. */
 Data* data_compress(Data* data_to_compress, int compression_level);
 Data* data_compress_with_threads(Data* data_to_compress, int compression_level,
                                  int compression_threads);
 Data* data_decompress(Data* compressed_data);
-Data* data_decompress_limited(Data* compressed_data, size_t maximum_size);
 bool compression_should_skip_with_suffixes(const char* path, char* const* suffixes, int count);
 
 /* Release the calling thread's cached zstd contexts (compressor, decompressor

src/shared/config.c

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ static void config_set_defaults(Config* config) {
   config->human_readable = false;
   config->ignore_errors = false;
   config->ignore_missing_args = false;
+  config->checksum_transfer_algo = CHECKSUM_ALGO_DEFAULT;
+  config->cli_exit_code = 0;
   config->filters = NULL;
   config->files_from = NULL;
   config->files_from_set = NULL;
@@ -196,12 +199,13 @@ static bool validate_received_config(const Config* config) {
          valid_wire_bool(config->partial) && valid_wire_bool(config->delete_before) &&
          valid_wire_bool(config->checksum) && valid_wire_bool(config->eight_bit_output) &&
          valid_wire_bool(config->dry_run) && checksum_algo_valid(config->checksum_algo) &&
-         identity_wire_valid(config) && valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_atimes) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_crtimes) && valid_wire_bool(config->omit_dir_times) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->omit_link_times) && valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_perms) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_times) && valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_owner) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_group) && valid_wire_bool(config->munge_links) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->keep_dirlinks) && valid_wire_bool(config->fake_super) &&
+         compression_algo_valid(config->compression_algo) && identity_wire_valid(config) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_atimes) && valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_crtimes) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->omit_dir_times) && valid_wire_bool(config->omit_link_times) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_perms) && valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_times) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_owner) && valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_group) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->munge_links) && valid_wire_bool(config->keep_dirlinks) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->fake_super) &&
          (!config->copy_as_set || (config->copy_as_uid >= 0 && config->copy_as_gid >= 0)) &&
          (!config->use_compression ||
           (config->compression_level >= 1 && config->compression_level <= 22)) &&
@@ -894,6 +898,14 @@ static bool config_receive_checksum_algo(int fd, int* value) {
   return true;
 }
 
+static bool config_receive_compression_algo(int fd, int* value) {
+  int algo;
+  if (!receive_int(fd, &algo) || !compression_algo_valid(algo))
+    return false;
+  *value = algo;
+  return true;
+}
+
 static bool config_receive_super_mode(int fd, SuperMode* value) {
   int mode;
   if (!receive_int(fd, &mode) || mode < SUPER_MODE_AUTO || mode > SUPER_MODE_OFF)
@@ -1095,6 +1107,9 @@ fail:
 #define CONFIG_SEND_INT_CHECKSUM_ALGO(name) send_int(fd, c->name)
 #define CONFIG_RECV_INT_CHECKSUM_ALGO(name) config_receive_checksum_algo(fd, &c->name)
 
+#define CONFIG_SEND_INT_COMPRESSION_ALGO(name) send_int(fd, c->name)
+#define CONFIG_RECV_INT_COMPRESSION_ALGO(name) config_receive_compression_algo(fd, &c->name)
+
 #define CONFIG_SEND_SUPERMODE(name) send_int(fd, (int)c->name)
 #define CONFIG_RECV_SUPERMODE(name) config_receive_super_mode(fd, &c->name)
 
@@ -1170,6 +1185,7 @@ CONFIG_DEFINE_SEND(send_iconv_spec, CONFIG_WIRE_ICONV_FIELDS)
 CONFIG_DEFINE_SEND(send_privilege_options, CONFIG_WIRE_PRIVILEGE_FIELDS)
 CONFIG_DEFINE_SEND(send_copy_as_options, CONFIG_WIRE_COPY_AS_FIELDS)
 CONFIG_DEFINE_SEND(send_output_options, CONFIG_WIRE_OUTPUT_FIELDS)
+CONFIG_DEFINE_SEND(send_codec_options, CONFIG_WIRE_CODEC_FIELDS)
 
 CONFIG_DEFINE_RECV(receive_core_fields, CONFIG_WIRE_CORE_FIELDS)
 CONFIG_DEFINE_RECV(receive_delta_fields, CONFIG_WIRE_DELTA_FIELDS)
@@ -1189,6 +1205,7 @@ CONFIG_DEFINE_RECV(receive_iconv_spec, CONFIG_WIRE_ICONV_FIELDS)
 CONFIG_DEFINE_RECV(receive_privilege_options, CONFIG_WIRE_PRIVILEGE_FIELDS)
 CONFIG_DEFINE_RECV(receive_copy_as_options, CONFIG_WIRE_COPY_AS_FIELDS)
 CONFIG_DEFINE_RECV(receive_output_options, CONFIG_WIRE_OUTPUT_FIELDS)
+CONFIG_DEFINE_RECV(receive_codec_options, CONFIG_WIRE_CODEC_FIELDS)
 
 #undef XSEND
 #undef XRECV
@@ -1306,7 +1323,8 @@ bool config_send_wire_block(int file_descriptor, const Config* config) {
          send_iconv_spec(file_descriptor, config) &&
          send_privilege_options(file_descriptor, config) &&
          send_copy_as_options(file_descriptor, config) &&
-         send_output_options(file_descriptor, config);
+         send_output_options(file_descriptor, config) &&
+         send_codec_options(file_descriptor, config);
 }
 
 bool config_send(int file_descriptor, const Config* config) {
@@ -1377,29 +1395,59 @@ Config* config_receive_with_validate(int file_descriptor, ConfigValidateFunc val
       !receive_iconv_spec(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
       !receive_privilege_options(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
       !receive_copy_as_options(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
-      !receive_output_options(file_descriptor, config, &budget))
+      !receive_output_options(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
+      !receive_codec_options(file_descriptor, config, &budget))
     goto error;
-  if (config->compress_choice[0] != '\0' && strcmp(config->compress_choice, "zstd") != 0 &&
-      strcmp(config->compress_choice, "none") != 0 &&
-      strcmp(config->compress_choice, "auto") != 0) {
+  /* Validate/normalize the negotiated codec.  compress_choice is the human
+   * spelling (NULL or "" when -z was not given); compression_algo is the
+   * concrete codec id the sender used.  They must agree, and "auto" is
+   * canonicalized to FastSync's negotiated default so the stored spelling is
+   * always concrete (a hostile/older client may still send "auto"). */
+  if (config->compress_choice && config->compress_choice[0] != '\0') {
+    int choice_algo = compression_algo_from_name(config->compress_choice);
+    if (choice_algo < 0 && strcasecmp(config->compress_choice, "auto") != 0) {
       char* escaped_choice = output_escape(config->compress_choice, config->eight_bit_output);
       log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Unsupported compression choice: %s",
                   escaped_choice ? escaped_choice : "<allocation failed>");
-    char detail[128];
+      char detail[160];
       snprintf(detail, sizeof(detail), "unsupported compression choice: %s",
                escaped_choice ? escaped_choice : "<allocation failed>");
       send_error_detail(file_descriptor, detail);
       free(escaped_choice);
       goto error;
     }
-  /* Defensive: an older/hostile client may still send "auto"; canonicalize it
-     to zstd (its effective choice) so the stored value is always concrete. */
-  if (strcmp(config->compress_choice, "auto") == 0) {
-    char* canonical = str_dup("zstd");
-    if (!canonical)
+    if (choice_algo < 0)
+      choice_algo = (int)compression_negotiate_default();
+    if (strcasecmp(config->compress_choice, "auto") == 0 ||
+        choice_algo == (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE) {
+      const char* canonical = compression_algo_name((CompressionAlgo)choice_algo);
+      char* dup = str_dup(canonical);
+      if (!dup)
         goto error;
       free(config->compress_choice);
-    config->compress_choice = canonical;
+      config->compress_choice = dup;
+    }
+    if (config->compression_algo != choice_algo) {
+      log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Compression choice '%s' does not match codec id %d",
+                  config->compress_choice, config->compression_algo);
+      send_error_detail(file_descriptor, "compression choice/codec mismatch");
+      goto error;
+    }
+  }
+  /* The concrete codec must exist only when compression is on.  A client that
+   * left -z off has no codec in effect, but the field keeps whatever id it
+   * carried (the receiver never dispatches on it without use_compression), so
+   * the wire value round-trips untouched. */
+  if (config->use_compression && config->compression_algo == (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Compression requested with the 'none' codec");
+    send_error_detail(file_descriptor, "compression requested with the none codec");
+    goto error;
+  }
+  /* rsync: "none" as the pre-transfer checksum is invalid with --checksum. */
+  if (config->checksum && config->checksum_algo == (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Invalid checksum-choice for --checksum: none");
+    send_error_detail(file_descriptor, "checksum-choice 'none' cannot be used with --checksum");
+    goto error;
   }
   if (!validate_received_config(config)) {
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Invalid configuration received from client");

src/shared/config.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "array_list.h"
 #include "checksum.h"
+#include "compression.h"
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef enum SuperMode { SUPER_MODE_AUTO = 0, SUPER_MODE_ON = 1, SUPER_MODE_OFF = 2 } SuperMode;
 
 /* ===========================================================================
- * Config wire-field table (single source of truth for protocol 2.23.0).
+ * Config wire-field table (single source of truth for protocol 2.26.0).
  *
  * Every field below crosses the wire.  The table is the ONLY place a
  * serialized field is named: config.h expands CONFIG_WIRE_FIELDS() to declare
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ typedef enum SuperMode { SUPER_MODE_AUTO = 0, SUPER_MODE_ON = 1, SUPER_MODE_OFF
 #define CONFIG_WIRE_FUZZY_FIELDS(X) X(fuzzy, bool, false, BOOL)
 
 #define CONFIG_WIRE_CHECKSUM_FIELDS(X)                                                             \
-  X(checksum_algo, int, CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64, INT_CHECKSUM_ALGO)                                    \
+  X(checksum_algo, int, CHECKSUM_ALGO_DEFAULT, INT_CHECKSUM_ALGO)                                  \
   X(checksum_seed, uint64_t, 0, RAW)
 
 #define CONFIG_WIRE_IDENTITY_FIELDS(X)                                                             \
@@ -262,6 +263,27 @@ typedef enum SuperMode { SUPER_MODE_AUTO = 0, SUPER_MODE_ON = 1, SUPER_MODE_OFF
 #define CONFIG_WIRE_OUTPUT_FIELDS(X)                                                               \
   X(report_dest_info, bool, false, BOOL) X(report_stats, bool, false, BOOL)
 
+/* Codec-negotiation wave (protocol 2.26.0).  compression_algo is the concrete
+ * codec the client selected for this transfer (a CompressionAlgo id) and is the
+ * value the receiver validates and installs.  It is the resolved result of
+ * --compress-choice / the "auto" negotiation so both peers agree exactly.
+ *
+ * Negotiation model: FastSync enforces a strict same-version handshake, so both
+ * peers carry the identical compiled-in codec set.  The client resolves the
+ * effective algorithm deterministically and serializes it here; "auto" picks
+ * the first entry of the rsync 3.4.1 preference order
+ * (compression: zstd lz4 zlibx zlib none; checksum: xxh128 xxh3 xxh64 md5 md4
+ * sha1 none), and an explicit request wins.  The receiver rejects (before
+ * STATUS_OK) any algorithm outside its own supported set, which is rsync's
+ * "no common choice is an error" behavior.  The same resolver runs on both
+ * sides (compression_negotiate_default / checksum_negotiate_default), so the
+ * fallback is consistent.
+ *
+ * The field is appended after the output block so every pre-2.26 field keeps
+ * its wire position. */
+#define CONFIG_WIRE_CODEC_FIELDS(X)                                                                \
+  X(compression_algo, int, COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD, INT_COMPRESSION_ALGO)
+
 /* All serialized fields, in exact wire order.  Concatenating the per-segment
  * lists here is what keeps the declaration order = the wire order. */
 #define CONFIG_WIRE_FIELDS(X)                                                                      \
@@ -283,7 +305,8 @@ typedef enum SuperMode { SUPER_MODE_AUTO = 0, SUPER_MODE_ON = 1, SUPER_MODE_OFF
   CONFIG_WIRE_ICONV_FIELDS(X)                                                                      \
   CONFIG_WIRE_PRIVILEGE_FIELDS(X)                                                                  \
   CONFIG_WIRE_COPY_AS_FIELDS(X)                                                                    \
-  CONFIG_WIRE_OUTPUT_FIELDS(X)
+  CONFIG_WIRE_OUTPUT_FIELDS(X)                                                                     \
+  CONFIG_WIRE_CODEC_FIELDS(X)
 
 typedef struct Config {
   /* -j/--threads=N: number of parallel scanner worker threads for the -m
@@ -378,6 +401,16 @@ typedef struct Config {
    * enters the keep-set.  Implied by --delete-missing-args. */
   bool ignore_missing_args;
 
+  /* Codec-negotiation CLI state (all client-only, never serialized).  The
+   * effective pre-transfer checksum is Config->checksum_algo (serialized);
+   * checksum_transfer_algo is the rsync "transfer" half of a two-name
+   * --checksum-choice form (validated and used only to mirror rsync's
+   * whole-file forcing, since FastSync's per-block strong hash is fixed).
+   * cli_exit_code carries a parser-requested process exit status (rsync uses 4
+   * for an unsupported checksum/compress algorithm) so main() can mirror it. */
+  int checksum_transfer_algo;
+  int cli_exit_code;
+
   // Issue #129: Advanced file selection. These fields are CLIENT-ONLY: they are
   // never serialized to the wire (the receiver must not learn them).
   ArrayList* filters;   /* --filter=RULE rule strings, in order */
@@ -941,9 +974,21 @@ typedef struct Config {
  * would have removed without deleting anything.  The config frame gains one
  * trailing report_stats bool and the receiver emits a new STATUS_STATS frame
  * (carrying matched data, the deleted-file count and the would-delete path
- * list) immediately before its terminal success status.  Both a config-frame
- * layout change and a frame-sequence change, hence the bump. */
-#define PROTOCOL_VERSION "2.25.0"
+ * list) immediately before its terminal success status.
+ *
+ * (6) Codec breadth + negotiation (protocol 2.26.0): the config frame gains one
+ * trailing int, compression_algo (a CompressionAlgo id), appended after the
+ * output block.  It is the negotiated/effective compression codec and is what
+ * the receiver's self-describing decompressor validates against its own
+ * supported set.  The checksum_algo wire value now also accepts md4/sha1/none,
+ * and its default changes to the rsync 3.4.1 auto-negotiated xxh128.
+ *
+ * Any config-frame layout change must bump the protocol version: a peer that
+ * does not parse the new trailing bytes would desynchronize on the frame
+ * boundary, and the strict same-version handshake (config_receive rejects a
+ * mismatched version before parsing anything else) keeps mixed deployments from
+ * ever reaching that state. */
+#define PROTOCOL_VERSION "2.26.0"
 #define DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE (10 * 1024 * 1024)
 /* Upper bound on total basis-dir entries (rsync caps --link-dest at 20). */
 #define MAX_BASIS_DIRS 64

tests/integration/test_codecs.py

@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+"""Differential tests for --checksum-choice / --compress-choice against rsync 3.4.1.
+
+These pin the accepted/rejected algorithm matrix and exit codes to real rsync,
+and verify that every codec FastSync now offers still transfers byte-exactly.
+The rsync-based tests skip cleanly when rsync is not installed.
+
+The FastSync server confines transfers to its authorized root (the project
+directory when the shared test server is launched), so every scratch tree lives
+under ``TEST_DATA_DIR`` rather than pytest's ``tmp_path``.
+"""
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
+from common import (
+    TEST_DATA_DIR,
+    run_client,
+    clean_dir,
+    get_dest_received_dir,
+)
+
+RSYNC = shutil.which("rsync")
+requires_rsync = pytest.mark.skipif(RSYNC is None, reason="rsync 3.4.1 not installed")
+
+CHECKSUM_NAMES = ["xxh128", "xxh3", "xxh64", "md5", "md4", "sha1"]
+COMPRESS_NAMES = ["zstd", "lz4", "zlib", "zlibx"]
+
+CODEC_ROOT = os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, "codec_differential")
+
+
+def _rsync(args):
+    env = dict(os.environ, LC_ALL="C")
+    return subprocess.run([RSYNC] + args, capture_output=True, text=True, env=env, timeout=120)
+
+
+def _scratch(tag):
+    """A confined, uniquely named scratch directory under the project tree."""
+    path = os.path.join(CODEC_ROOT, tag)
+    clean_dir(path)
+    os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+    return path
+
+
+def _make_corpus(root):
+    clean_dir(root)
+    os.makedirs(os.path.join(root, "sub"), exist_ok=True)
+    # Highly compressible payload so each codec is actually exercised.
+    with open(os.path.join(root, "big.bin"), "wb") as fh:
+        fh.write(b"FastSync codec payload " * 4096)
+    with open(os.path.join(root, "sub", "text.txt"), "wb") as fh:
+        fh.write(b"hello codec world\n" * 128)
+    with open(os.path.join(root, "empty"), "wb"):
+        pass
+    return root
+
+
+def _tree_bytes(root):
+    out = {}
+    for dirpath, _dirs, files in os.walk(root):
+        for name in files:
+            path = os.path.join(dirpath, name)
+            with open(path, "rb") as fh:
+                out[os.path.relpath(path, root)] = fh.read()
+    return out
+
+
+class TestCodecChoiceMatrix:
+    """The CLI accept/reject set and exit codes must match rsync 3.4.1."""
+
+    @requires_rsync
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("name", CHECKSUM_NAMES)
+    def test_checksum_names_accepted_by_both(self, name, shared_server):
+        src = _make_corpus(_scratch(f"cc_src_{name}"))
+        rdst = _scratch(f"cc_rsync_{name}")
+        rsync_result = _rsync(["-a", f"--cc={name}", src + "/", rdst + "/"])
+        assert rsync_result.returncode == 0, rsync_result.stderr
+
+        fdst = _scratch(f"cc_fs_{name}")
+        result, _ = run_client(src, fdst, flags=[f"--cc={name}"], port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, (result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]
+
+    @requires_rsync
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("name", COMPRESS_NAMES)
+    def test_compress_names_accepted_by_both(self, name, shared_server):
+        src = _make_corpus(_scratch(f"zc_src_{name}"))
+        rdst = _scratch(f"zc_rsync_{name}")
+        rsync_result = _rsync(["-az", f"--zc={name}", src + "/", rdst + "/"])
+        assert rsync_result.returncode == 0, rsync_result.stderr
+
+        fdst = _scratch(f"zc_fs_{name}")
+        result, _ = run_client(src, fdst, flags=["-z", f"--zc={name}"], port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, (result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]
+
+    @requires_rsync
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("choice", ["md4,sha1", "sha1,md4", "auto,md5", "none,md5"])
+    def test_checksum_two_name_accepted_by_both(self, choice, shared_server):
+        tag = choice.replace(",", "_")
+        src = _make_corpus(_scratch(f"two_src_{tag}"))
+        rdst = _scratch(f"two_rsync_{tag}")
+        rsync_result = _rsync(["-a", "--checksum", f"--cc={choice}", src + "/", rdst + "/"])
+        assert rsync_result.returncode == 0, rsync_result.stderr
+
+        fdst = _scratch(f"two_fs_{tag}")
+        result, _ = run_client(src, fdst, flags=["--checksum", f"--cc={choice}"],
+                               port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, (result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]
+
+    @requires_rsync
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("name", ["sha256", "crc32", "md5,", "md4,md5,sha1"])
+    def test_unknown_checksum_rejected_exit_4_both(self, name, shared_server):
+        src = _make_corpus(_scratch(f"badcc_src_{name.replace(',', '_').replace(':', '_')}"))
+        rdst = _scratch(f"badcc_rsync_{name.replace(',', '_').replace(':', '_')}")
+        rsync_result = _rsync(["-a", f"--cc={name}", src + "/", rdst + "/"])
+        assert rsync_result.returncode == 4, rsync_result.stderr
+
+        fdst = _scratch(f"badcc_fs_{name.replace(',', '_').replace(':', '_')}")
+        result, _ = run_client(src, fdst, flags=[f"--cc={name}"], port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 4, (result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]
+
+    @requires_rsync
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("choice", ["none", "md5,none"])
+    def test_checksum_none_with_checksum_rejected_exit_4_both(self, choice, shared_server):
+        tag = choice.replace(",", "_")
+        src = _make_corpus(_scratch(f"nonecc_src_{tag}"))
+        rdst = _scratch(f"nonecc_rsync_{tag}")
+        rsync_result = _rsync(["-a", "--checksum", f"--cc={choice}", src + "/", rdst + "/"])
+        assert rsync_result.returncode == 4, rsync_result.stderr
+
+        fdst = _scratch(f"nonecc_fs_{tag}")
+        result, _ = run_client(src, fdst, flags=["--checksum", f"--cc={choice}"],
+                               port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 4, (result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]
+
+    @requires_rsync
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("name", ["bogus", "zstd,lz4"])
+    def test_unknown_compress_rejected_exit_4_both(self, name, shared_server):
+        tag = name.replace(",", "_")
+        src = _make_corpus(_scratch(f"badzc_src_{tag}"))
+        rdst = _scratch(f"badzc_rsync_{tag}")
+        rsync_result = _rsync(["-az", f"--zc={name}", src + "/", rdst + "/"])
+        assert rsync_result.returncode == 4, rsync_result.stderr
+
+        fdst = _scratch(f"badzc_fs_{tag}")
+        result, _ = run_client(src, fdst, flags=["-z", f"--zc={name}"], port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 4, (result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]
+
+
+class TestCodecTransferDifferential:
+    """Each codec lands the same bytes rsync lands."""
+
+    @requires_rsync
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("name", COMPRESS_NAMES + ["none"])
+    def test_compress_codec_matches_rsync_bytes(self, name, shared_server):
+        src = _make_corpus(_scratch(f"byteszc_src_{name}"))
+        rsync_dst = _scratch(f"byteszc_rsync_{name}")
+        rsync_result = _rsync(["-a", "-z", f"--zc={name}", src + "/", rsync_dst + "/"])
+        assert rsync_result.returncode == 0, rsync_result.stderr
+
+        fs_dst = _scratch(f"byteszc_fs_{name}")
+        result, _ = run_client(src, fs_dst, flags=["-a", "-z", f"--zc={name}"],
+                               port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, (result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(fs_dst, src)
+        assert _tree_bytes(received) == _tree_bytes(rsync_dst)
+
+    @requires_rsync
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("name", CHECKSUM_NAMES)
+    def test_checksum_codec_matches_rsync_bytes(self, name, shared_server):
+        src = _make_corpus(_scratch(f"bytescc_src_{name}"))
+        rsync_dst = _scratch(f"bytescc_rsync_{name}")
+        rsync_result = _rsync(["-a", "--checksum", f"--cc={name}", src + "/", rsync_dst + "/"])
+        assert rsync_result.returncode == 0, rsync_result.stderr
+
+        fs_dst = _scratch(f"bytescc_fs_{name}")
+        result, _ = run_client(src, fs_dst, flags=["-a", "--checksum", f"--cc={name}"],
+                               port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, (result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(fs_dst, src)
+        assert _tree_bytes(received) == _tree_bytes(rsync_dst)
+
+
+class TestCodecNegotiationFallback:
+    """FastSync's auto negotiation and deterministic fallback order."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    def test_default_checksum_and_compression_agree(self, shared_server):
+        """A default transfer (auto on both peers) succeeds; the negotiated
+        default is xxh128 + zstd."""
+        src = _make_corpus(_scratch("auto_src"))
+        fdst = _scratch("auto_fs")
+        result, _ = run_client(src, fdst, flags=["-a", "-z"], port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, (result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(fdst, src)
+        assert _tree_bytes(received) == _tree_bytes(src)
+
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    def test_explicit_choice_overrides_auto(self, shared_server):
+        """An explicit --zc/--cc wins over the negotiated default on both ends,
+        so the receiver decodes with the sender's codec."""
+        src = _make_corpus(_scratch("explicit_src"))
+        fdst = _scratch("explicit_fs")
+        result, _ = run_client(src, fdst, flags=["-a", "-z", "--zc=lz4", "--cc=sha1"],
+                               port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, (result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(fdst, src)
+        assert _tree_bytes(received) == _tree_bytes(src)

tests/integration/test_fault_injection.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from common import (  # noqa: E402
     verify_transfer,
 )
 
-PROTOCOL_VERSION = b"2.25.0"
+PROTOCOL_VERSION = b"2.26.0"
 STATUS_MANIFEST = 5
 STATUS_OK = 0
 

tests/integration/test_features.py

@@ -1491,20 +1491,101 @@ class TestChecksumChoice:
             assert fh.read() == b"same content\n"
 
     @pytest.mark.ci
-    def test_checksum_choice_md4_single_name_rejected(self, shared_server):
-        for bad in ("md4", "sha1", "none", "xxh64,md5"):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("algo", ["xxh128", "xxh3", "xxh64", "md5", "md4", "sha1"])
+    def test_checksum_choice_all_algorithms_transfer(self, shared_server, algo):
+        """Every rsync 3.4.1 checksum algorithm is accepted and transfers
+        byte-exactly.  'none' is covered separately (it needs no digest)."""
+        clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
+        flags = ["--preserve", "--incremental", "--checksum", f"--checksum-choice={algo}"]
+        result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR, flags=flags, port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, \
+            f"checksum-choice={algo} failed: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]}"
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
+        mismatches, missing = verify_transfer(SOURCE_DIR, received)
+        assert not missing, f"Missing: {missing}"
+        assert not mismatches, f"Mismatch: {mismatches}"
+
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    def test_checksum_choice_two_name_form(self, shared_server):
+        """The rsync 'TRANSFER,PRE-TRANSFER' form is accepted; FastSync uses the
+        second (pre-transfer) algorithm for its whole-file digest."""
+        clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
+        flags = ["--preserve", "--incremental", "--checksum", "--cc=md4,sha1"]
+        result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR, flags=flags, port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, \
+            f"two-name --cc=md4,sha1 failed: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]}"
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
+        mismatches, missing = verify_transfer(SOURCE_DIR, received)
+        assert not missing and not mismatches, f"missing={missing} mismatches={mismatches}"
+
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    def test_checksum_choice_none_accepted_without_checksum(self, shared_server):
+        clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
+        result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+                               flags=["--preserve", "--incremental", "--cc=none"],
+                               port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, \
+            f"--cc=none failed: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]}"
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
+        mismatches, missing = verify_transfer(SOURCE_DIR, received)
+        assert not missing and not mismatches, f"missing={missing} mismatches={mismatches}"
+
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    def test_checksum_choice_none_rejected_with_checksum(self, shared_server):
+        """rsync rejects 'none' as the pre-transfer checksum with --checksum and
+        exits 4; mirror both the rejection and the exit code."""
+        for choice in ("none", "md5,none"):
+            result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+                                   flags=["--checksum", f"--cc={choice}"],
+                                   port=shared_server.port)
+            assert result.returncode == 4, \
+                f"--cc={choice} --checksum must exit 4, got {result.returncode}: " \
+                f"{(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}"
+
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    def test_checksum_choice_unknown_rejected_exit_4(self, shared_server):
+        for bad in ("sha256", "bogus", "md5,", "md4,md5,sha1"):
             result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
                                    flags=[f"--checksum-choice={bad}"],
                                    port=shared_server.port)
-            assert result.returncode != 0, f"{bad} must be rejected"
+            assert result.returncode == 4, \
+                f"--checksum-choice={bad} must exit 4, got {result.returncode}"
 
     @pytest.mark.ci
-    def test_compress_choice_unsupported_rejected(self, shared_server):
-        for bad in ("lz4", "zlib", "zlibx"):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("algo", ["zstd", "lz4", "zlib", "zlibx"])
+    def test_compress_choice_all_algorithms_transfer(self, shared_server, algo):
+        """Every rsync 3.4.1 compression codec is accepted and transfers
+        byte-exactly through its own codec."""
+        clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
+        flags = ["-z", f"--compress-choice={algo}"]
+        result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR, flags=flags, port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, \
+            f"--compress-choice={algo} failed: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]}"
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
+        mismatches, missing = verify_transfer(SOURCE_DIR, received)
+        assert not missing, f"Missing: {missing}"
+        assert not mismatches, f"Mismatch: {mismatches}"
+
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    def test_compress_choice_unknown_rejected_exit_4(self, shared_server):
+        for bad in ("bogus", "zstd,lz4", ""):
             result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
                                    flags=[f"--compress-choice={bad}"],
                                    port=shared_server.port)
-            assert result.returncode != 0, f"{bad} must be rejected"
+            assert result.returncode == 4, \
+                f"--compress-choice={bad} must exit 4, got {result.returncode}"
+
+    @pytest.mark.ci
+    def test_compress_choice_none_disables_compression(self, shared_server):
+        clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
+        result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+                               flags=["-z", "--compress-choice=none"],
+                               port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, \
+            f"--compress-choice=none failed: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:300]}"
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
+        mismatches, missing = verify_transfer(SOURCE_DIR, received)
+        assert not missing and not mismatches, f"missing={missing} mismatches={mismatches}"
 
     @pytest.mark.ci
     def test_compress_choice_auto_transfers(self, shared_server):

tests/integration/test_preflight.py

@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ def _seed_protocol_source(source):
 class TestProtocol:
     @pytest.mark.ci
     def test_protocol_current_version_accepted(self, shared_server):
-        """--protocol=2.25.0 (the current PROTOCOL_VERSION) is accepted and the
+        """--protocol=2.26.0 (the current PROTOCOL_VERSION) is accepted and the
         transfer completes normally."""
         source = os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, "proto_ok_src")
         dest = os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, "proto_ok_dst")
         shutil.rmtree(dest, ignore_errors=True)
         os.makedirs(dest)
         _seed_protocol_source(source)
-        result, _ = run_client(source, dest, flags=["--protocol=2.25.0"],
+        result, _ = run_client(source, dest, flags=["--protocol=2.26.0"],
                                port=shared_server.port)
         assert result.returncode == 0, \
             f"--protocol current run failed: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:400]}"

tests/test_checksum.c

@@ -91,6 +91,63 @@ static void test_checksum_md5_seed_ignored() {
   EXPECT_TRUE(memcmp(a, b, alen) == 0);
 }
 
+static void test_checksum_md4_vectors() {
+  uint8_t out[CHECKSUM_MAX_DIGEST_LEN];
+  size_t len = 0;
+  /* RFC 1320 / RFC 1321 test vectors. */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_digest(CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4, 0, "", 0, out, sizeof(out), &len));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(len == (size_t)16);
+  const uint8_t expect_empty[16] = {0x31, 0xd6, 0xcf, 0xe0, 0xd1, 0x6a, 0xe9, 0x31,
+                                    0xb7, 0x3c, 0x59, 0xd7, 0xe0, 0xc0, 0x89, 0xc0};
+  EXPECT_TRUE(memcmp(out, expect_empty, 16) == 0);
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_digest(CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4, 0, "abc", 3, out, sizeof(out), &len));
+  const uint8_t expect_abc[16] = {0xa4, 0x48, 0x01, 0x7a, 0xaf, 0x21, 0xd8, 0x52,
+                                  0x5f, 0xc1, 0x0a, 0xe8, 0x7a, 0xa6, 0x72, 0x9d};
+  EXPECT_TRUE(memcmp(out, expect_abc, 16) == 0);
+
+  /* A longer input exercises the block loop and the padding boundary. */
+  const char* msg =
+      "12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890";
+  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_digest(CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4, 0, msg, strlen(msg), out, sizeof(out), &len));
+  const uint8_t expect_long[16] = {0xe3, 0x3b, 0x4d, 0xdc, 0x9c, 0x38, 0xf2, 0x19,
+                                   0x9c, 0x3e, 0x7b, 0x16, 0x4f, 0xcc, 0x05, 0x36};
+  EXPECT_TRUE(memcmp(out, expect_long, 16) == 0);
+}
+
+static void test_checksum_sha1_vectors() {
+  uint8_t out[CHECKSUM_MAX_DIGEST_LEN];
+  size_t len = 0;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_digest(CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1, 0, "abc", 3, out, sizeof(out), &len));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(len == (size_t)20);
+  const uint8_t expect_abc[20] = {0xa9, 0x99, 0x3e, 0x36, 0x47, 0x06, 0x81, 0x6a, 0xba, 0x3e,
+                                  0x25, 0x71, 0x78, 0x50, 0xc2, 0x6c, 0x9c, 0xd0, 0xd8, 0x9d};
+  EXPECT_TRUE(memcmp(out, expect_abc, 20) == 0);
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_digest(CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1, 0, "", 0, out, sizeof(out), &len));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(len == (size_t)20);
+  const uint8_t expect_empty[20] = {0xda, 0x39, 0xa3, 0xee, 0x5e, 0x6b, 0x4b, 0x0d, 0x32, 0x55,
+                                    0xbf, 0xef, 0x95, 0x60, 0x18, 0x90, 0xaf, 0xd8, 0x07, 0x09};
+  EXPECT_TRUE(memcmp(out, expect_empty, 20) == 0);
+
+  /* sha1 has no seed: the digest is seed-independent (documented). */
+  uint8_t seeded[CHECKSUM_MAX_DIGEST_LEN];
+  size_t seeded_len = 0;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      checksum_digest(CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1, 12345, "abc", 3, seeded, sizeof(seeded), &seeded_len));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(seeded_len == (size_t)20);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(memcmp(expect_abc, seeded, 20) == 0);
+}
+
+/* "none" is a successful no-digest: length 0, nothing written. */
+static void test_checksum_none_digest() {
+  uint8_t out[CHECKSUM_MAX_DIGEST_LEN];
+  size_t len = 99;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_digest(CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE, 0, "data", 4, out, sizeof(out), &len));
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)len, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)checksum_digest_len(CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE), 0);
+}
+
 static void test_checksum_algo_name_mapping() {
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(checksum_algo_from_name("xxh64"), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64);
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(checksum_algo_from_name("XXH64"), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64);
@@ -102,12 +159,14 @@ static void test_checksum_algo_name_mapping() {
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(checksum_algo_from_name("XXH3"), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH3);
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(checksum_algo_from_name("xxh128"), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128);
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(checksum_algo_from_name("XXH128"), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128);
-  /* rsync choices FastSync does not implement are rejected by name. */
-  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_from_name("md4") < 0);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_from_name("sha1") < 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(checksum_algo_from_name("md4"), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(checksum_algo_from_name("MD4"), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(checksum_algo_from_name("sha1"), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(checksum_algo_from_name("SHA1"), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(checksum_algo_from_name("none"), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE);
+  /* Names rsync does not offer (or FastSync cannot compute) are rejected. */
   EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_from_name("sha256") < 0);
   EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_from_name("crc32") < 0);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_from_name("none") < 0);
   EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_from_name("") < 0);
   EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_from_name(NULL) < 0);
 
@@ -115,11 +174,20 @@ static void test_checksum_algo_name_mapping() {
   EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_valid((int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5));
   EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_valid((int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH3));
   EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_valid((int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_valid((int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_valid((int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(checksum_algo_valid((int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE));
   EXPECT_FALSE(checksum_algo_valid(99));
   EXPECT_EQ_STR(checksum_algo_name(CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64), "xxh64");
   EXPECT_EQ_STR(checksum_algo_name(CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5), "md5");
   EXPECT_EQ_STR(checksum_algo_name(CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH3), "xxh3");
   EXPECT_EQ_STR(checksum_algo_name(CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128), "xxh128");
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(checksum_algo_name(CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4), "md4");
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(checksum_algo_name(CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1), "sha1");
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(checksum_algo_name(CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE), "none");
+
+  /* rsync 3.4.1 auto-negotiates xxh128 first. */
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)checksum_negotiate_default(), (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128);
 }
 
 /* xxh3 is 8 bytes and seed-aware; xxh128 is 16 bytes and differs from both
@@ -168,6 +236,9 @@ void test_checksum(void) {
   test_checksum_xxh64_seed_changes_digest();
   test_checksum_xxh64_seed_deterministic();
   test_checksum_md5_vectors();
+  test_checksum_md4_vectors();
+  test_checksum_sha1_vectors();
+  test_checksum_none_digest();
   test_checksum_algo_lengths_distinct();
   test_checksum_md5_seed_ignored();
   test_checksum_algo_name_mapping();

tests/test_client_cli.c

@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static void test_parse_args_protocol_accept_current() {
   Config* cfg = valid_client_config();
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
   char* argv_equals[] = {"fastsync",   "--source-dir", "/src",
-                         "--dest-dir", "/dst",         "--protocol=2.25.0"};
+                         "--dest-dir", "/dst",         "--protocol=2.26.0"};
   int positional_args[2];
   int positional_count = 0;
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 6, argv_equals, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static void test_parse_args_protocol_accept_current() {
   cfg = valid_client_config();
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
   char* argv_space[] = {"fastsync", "--source-dir", "/src",  "--dest-dir",
-                        "/dst",     "--protocol",   "2.25.0"};
+                        "/dst",     "--protocol",   "2.26.0"};
   positional_count = 0;
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 7, argv_space, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
   EXPECT_EQ_STR(cfg->version, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
@@ -1509,22 +1509,25 @@ static void test_parse_args_checksum_choice_equals_forms() {
   config_delete(cfg);
 }
 
-/* An algorithm FastSync does not support must be rejected, never a silent
-   no-op. */
+/* An algorithm FastSync does not support, an empty half, a lone/extra comma or
+   a malformed separator must be rejected, never a silent no-op.  A single
+   md4/sha1/none name and the two-name transfer,pre-transfer form are valid. */
 static void test_parse_args_checksum_choice_rejects_unsupported() {
-  static const char* const bad[] = {"md4",  "sha1",  "sha256",    "crc32",
-                                    "none", "bogus", "xxh64,md5", "xxhash:md5"};
+  static const char* const bad[] = {"sha256", "crc32", "bogus",       "xxhash:md5",
+                                    "md5,",   ",md5",  "md5,md4,sha1"};
   for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(bad) / sizeof(bad[0]); i++) {
     Config* cfg = config_create();
     char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--checksum-choice", (char*)bad[i], "/src", "/dst"};
     int positional_args[2];
     int positional_count = 0;
     EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 5, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), -1);
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->cli_exit_code, 4);
     config_delete(cfg);
   }
 }
 
-/* xxh3/xxh128 are accepted; "auto" keeps the default algorithm. */
+/* xxh3/xxh128/md4/sha1/none and the two-name form are accepted; "auto"
+   resolves to FastSync's negotiated default xxh128. */
 static void test_parse_args_checksum_choice_new_algos() {
   Config* cfg = config_create();
   char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--checksum-choice=xxh3", "/src", "/dst"};
@@ -1545,7 +1548,69 @@ static void test_parse_args_checksum_choice_new_algos() {
   char* argv3[] = {"fastsync", "--checksum-choice=auto", "/src", "/dst"};
   positional_count = 0;
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 4, argv3, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
-  EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->checksum_algo, (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH64);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->checksum_algo, (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_XXH128);
+  config_delete(cfg);
+
+  /* A single md4/sha1 name selects it for both transfer and pre-transfer. */
+  static const int single[] = {(int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4, (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1};
+  static const char* const single_names[] = {"md4", "sha1"};
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+    cfg = config_create();
+    char* arg = (char*)single_names[i];
+    char* argv4[] = {"fastsync", "--cc", arg, "/src", "/dst"};
+    positional_count = 0;
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 5, argv4, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->checksum_algo, single[i]);
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->checksum_transfer_algo, single[i]);
+    config_delete(cfg);
+  }
+
+  /* Two-name form: first is the transfer checksum, second the pre-transfer one
+     that FastSync actually uses. */
+  cfg = config_create();
+  char* argv5[] = {"fastsync", "--cc=sha1,md4", "/checksum/src", "/dst"};
+  positional_count = 0;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 4, argv5, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->checksum_transfer_algo, (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_SHA1);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->checksum_algo, (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD4);
+  config_delete(cfg);
+
+  /* "none" is accepted without --checksum but forces --whole-file like rsync. */
+  cfg = config_create();
+  char* argv6[] = {"fastsync", "--cc=none", "/src", "/dst"};
+  positional_count = 0;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 4, argv6, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->checksum_algo, (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->whole_file);
+  config_delete(cfg);
+}
+
+/* rsync rejects "none" as the pre-transfer checksum with --checksum (exit 4),
+   regardless of option order. */
+static void test_parse_args_checksum_none_with_checksum_rejected() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create();
+  char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--checksum", "--cc=none", "/src", "/dst"};
+  int positional_args[2];
+  int positional_count = 0;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 5, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), -1);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->cli_exit_code, 4);
+  config_delete(cfg);
+
+  cfg = config_create();
+  char* argv2[] = {"fastsync", "--checksum", "--cc=md5,none", "/checksum/src", "/dst"};
+  positional_count = 0;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 5, argv2, positional_args, &positional_count), -1);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->cli_exit_code, 4);
+  config_delete(cfg);
+
+  /* "none" as the TRANSFER checksum with a real pre-transfer checksum is
+     accepted (rsync allows none,md5 with -c). */
+  cfg = config_create();
+  char* argv3[] = {"fastsync", "--checksum", "--cc=none,md5", "/checksum/src", "/dst"};
+  positional_count = 0;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 5, argv3, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->checksum_algo, (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_MD5);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->whole_file);
   config_delete(cfg);
 }
 
@@ -1604,28 +1669,40 @@ static void test_parse_args_timeout_zero_and_no_forms() {
   config_delete(cfg);
 }
 
-/* rsync's --compress-choice choices FastSync does not implement are rejected by
- * name; zstd/none/auto are accepted. */
+/* Every rsync 3.4.1 --compress-choice name is accepted and mapped to a real
+ * codec; "auto" resolves to the negotiated default (zstd).  An unknown name is
+ * rejected with rsync's exit code 4. */
 static void test_parse_args_compress_choice_parity() {
-  static const char* const good[] = {"zstd", "none", "auto"};
+  struct {
+    const char* name;
+    CompressionAlgo algo;
+    bool enabled;
+  } good[] = {
+      {"zstd", COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD, true},  {"lz4", COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4, true},
+      {"zlib", COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB, true},  {"zlibx", COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX, true},
+      {"none", COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE, false}, {"auto", COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD, true},
+      {"ZSTD", COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD, true},
+  };
   for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(good) / sizeof(good[0]); i++) {
     Config* cfg = config_create();
-    char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--compress-choice", (char*)good[i], "/src", "/dst"};
+    char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--compress-choice", (char*)good[i].name, "/src", "/dst"};
     int positional_args[2];
     int positional_count = 0;
     EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 5, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
     /* "auto" is normalized to the canonical "zstd" the receiver accepts. */
-    EXPECT_EQ_STR(cfg->compress_choice, strcmp(good[i], "auto") == 0 ? "zstd" : good[i]);
-    EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->use_compression, strcmp(good[i], "none") != 0 ? 1 : 0);
+    EXPECT_EQ_STR(cfg->compress_choice, compression_algo_name(good[i].algo));
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->compression_algo, (int)good[i].algo);
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->use_compression, good[i].enabled ? 1 : 0);
     config_delete(cfg);
   }
-  static const char* const bad[] = {"lz4", "zlib", "zlibx", "bogus"};
+  static const char* const bad[] = {"bogus", "", "zstd,lz4"};
   for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(bad) / sizeof(bad[0]); i++) {
     Config* cfg = config_create();
     char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--compress-choice", (char*)bad[i], "/src", "/dst"};
     int positional_args[2];
     int positional_count = 0;
     EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 5, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), -1);
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->cli_exit_code, 4);
     config_delete(cfg);
   }
 }
@@ -4450,6 +4527,7 @@ void test_client_cli() {
   test_parse_args_checksum_choice_equals_forms();
   test_parse_args_checksum_choice_rejects_unsupported();
   test_parse_args_checksum_choice_new_algos();
+  test_parse_args_checksum_none_with_checksum_rejected();
   test_parse_args_checksum_implies_incremental_only();
   test_parse_args_no_whole_file();
   test_parse_args_timeout_zero_and_no_forms();

tests/test_compression.c

@@ -157,20 +157,22 @@ static void test_chunk_compress_decompress_roundtrip() {
 
 /* Build a zstd frame whose header omits the content size (the content size
  * flag is cleared), which ZSTD_getFrameContentSize reports as
- * ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN. */
+ * ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN.  The frame carries the codec-id prefix the
+ * decompressor dispatches on. */
 static Data* make_unknown_size_frame(const void* src, size_t len) {
   ZSTD_CCtx* cctx = ZSTD_createCCtx();
   if (!cctx)
     return NULL;
   ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter(cctx, ZSTD_c_contentSizeFlag, 0);
   size_t cap = ZSTD_compressBound(len);
-  Data* out = data_create_empty(cap);
+  Data* out = data_create_empty(cap + 1);
   if (!out) {
     ZSTD_freeCCtx(cctx);
     return NULL;
   }
+  ((uint8_t*)out->data)[0] = (uint8_t)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD;
   ZSTD_inBuffer in = {src, len, 0};
-  ZSTD_outBuffer ob = {out->data, cap, 0};
+  ZSTD_outBuffer ob = {(uint8_t*)out->data + 1, cap, 0};
   size_t ret;
   do {
     ret = ZSTD_compressStream2(cctx, &ob, &in, ZSTD_e_end);
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ static Data* make_unknown_size_frame(const void* src, size_t len) {
       return NULL;
     }
   } while (ret > 0);
-  out->size = ob.pos;
+  out->size = ob.pos + 1;
   ZSTD_freeCCtx(cctx);
   return out;
 }
@@ -199,8 +201,9 @@ static void test_data_decompress_unknown_size_frame() {
   Data* frame = make_unknown_size_frame(buf, len);
   free(buf);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(frame);
-  /* Guard the premise of the test: the frame really has no stored size. */
-  EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)ZSTD_getFrameContentSize(frame->data, frame->size),
+  /* Guard the premise of the test: the frame (after the codec byte) really has
+   * no stored size. */
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)ZSTD_getFrameContentSize((uint8_t*)frame->data + 1, frame->size - 1),
                 (int)ZSTD_CONTENTSIZE_UNKNOWN);
 
   Data* decompressed = data_decompress(frame);
@@ -326,6 +329,89 @@ static void test_data_decompress_truncated_frame_fails() {
   data_destroy(input);
 }
 
+/* Every codec must round-trip byte-exactly through the self-describing frame,
+ * including the empty and a highly compressible large payload. */
+static void codec_roundtrip(CompressionAlgo algo) {
+  const char* samples[] = {
+      "",
+      "Hello, World! This is test data for compression round-trip!",
+      "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
+  };
+  for (size_t s = 0; s < sizeof(samples) / sizeof(samples[0]); s++) {
+    size_t len = strlen(samples[s]);
+    Data* original = data_create_empty(len);
+    EXPECT_NOT_NULL(original);
+    if (len > 0)
+      memcpy(original->data, samples[s], len);
+    original->size = len;
+
+    Data* compressed = data_compress_codec(original, algo, 3, 0);
+    EXPECT_NOT_NULL(compressed);
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)((uint8_t*)compressed->data)[0], (int)algo);
+    Data* decompressed = data_decompress(compressed);
+    EXPECT_NOT_NULL(decompressed);
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)decompressed->size, (int)len);
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(memcmp(decompressed->data, original->data, len), 0);
+    data_destroy(decompressed);
+    data_destroy(compressed);
+    data_destroy(original);
+  }
+}
+
+static void test_codec_roundtrips() {
+  codec_roundtrip(COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE);
+  codec_roundtrip(COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD);
+  codec_roundtrip(COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4);
+  codec_roundtrip(COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB);
+  codec_roundtrip(COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX);
+}
+
+static void test_codec_name_mapping() {
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(compression_algo_from_name("zstd"), (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(compression_algo_from_name("ZSTD"), (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(compression_algo_from_name("lz4"), (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(compression_algo_from_name("zlib"), (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(compression_algo_from_name("zlibx"), (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(compression_algo_from_name("none"), (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(compression_algo_from_name("bogus") < 0);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(compression_algo_from_name(NULL) < 0);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(compression_algo_valid((int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(compression_algo_valid((int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(compression_algo_valid((int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(compression_algo_valid(99));
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(compression_algo_name(COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD), "zstd");
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(compression_algo_name(COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4), "lz4");
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(compression_algo_name(COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIB), "zlib");
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(compression_algo_name(COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZLIBX), "zlibx");
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(compression_algo_name(COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE), "none");
+  /* rsync 3.4.1 auto-negotiates zstd first. */
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)compression_negotiate_default(), (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(compression_algo_enabled(COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(compression_algo_enabled(COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD));
+}
+
+/* The process-global codec selects what the legacy wrappers produce. */
+static void test_codec_global_selection() {
+  Data* original = data_create_empty(64);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(original);
+  memset(original->data, 'q', 64);
+  original->size = 64;
+
+  compression_set_algo(COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4);
+  Data* compressed = data_compress(original, 3);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(compressed);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)((uint8_t*)compressed->data)[0], (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_LZ4);
+  Data* decompressed = data_decompress(compressed);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(decompressed);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(memcmp(decompressed->data, original->data, 64) == 0);
+  data_destroy(decompressed);
+  data_destroy(compressed);
+
+  /* Restore the default so later tests are unaffected. */
+  compression_set_algo(COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD);
+  data_destroy(original);
+}
+
 void test_compression() {
   test_data_compress_decompress_roundtrip();
   test_data_compress_decompress_large();
@@ -335,4 +421,7 @@ void test_compression() {
   test_data_compress_with_threads_roundtrip();
   test_data_compress_reused_contexts_multithreaded();
   test_chunk_compress_decompress_roundtrip();
+  test_codec_roundtrips();
+  test_codec_name_mapping();
+  test_codec_global_selection();
 }

tests/test_config.c

@@ -1368,6 +1368,61 @@ static void test_config_receive_rejects_invalid_checksum_algo() {
   EXPECT_FALSE(roundtrip_config_ok(c));
   config_delete(c);
 }
+
+/* The negotiated codec id and the human --compress-choice spelling must agree,
+ * and the id itself must be a known codec. */
+static void test_config_receive_rejects_invalid_compression_algo() {
+  if (is_running_under_valgrind())
+    return;
+  Config* c = config_create();
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(c);
+  c->send_directory = str_dup("/src");
+  c->receive_root_directory = str_dup("/dst");
+  c->compression_algo = 99;
+  EXPECT_FALSE(roundtrip_config_ok(c));
+  config_delete(c);
+}
+
+static void test_config_receive_rejects_codec_mismatch() {
+  if (is_running_under_valgrind())
+    return;
+  Config* c = config_create();
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(c);
+  c->send_directory = str_dup("/src");
+  c->receive_root_directory = str_dup("/dst");
+  free(c->compress_choice);
+  c->compress_choice = str_dup("lz4");
+  c->use_compression = true;
+  c->compression_algo = (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_ZSTD; /* does not match lz4 */
+  EXPECT_FALSE(roundtrip_config_ok(c));
+  config_delete(c);
+}
+
+static void test_config_receive_rejects_none_codec_with_compression() {
+  if (is_running_under_valgrind())
+    return;
+  Config* c = config_create();
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(c);
+  c->send_directory = str_dup("/src");
+  c->receive_root_directory = str_dup("/dst");
+  c->use_compression = true;
+  c->compression_algo = (int)COMPRESSION_ALGO_NONE;
+  EXPECT_FALSE(roundtrip_config_ok(c));
+  config_delete(c);
+}
+
+static void test_config_receive_rejects_checksum_none_with_checksum() {
+  if (is_running_under_valgrind())
+    return;
+  Config* c = config_create();
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(c);
+  c->send_directory = str_dup("/src");
+  c->receive_root_directory = str_dup("/dst");
+  c->checksum = true;
+  c->checksum_algo = (int)CHECKSUM_ALGO_NONE;
+  EXPECT_FALSE(roundtrip_config_ok(c));
+  config_delete(c);
+}
 /* The identity-mapping fields (--numeric-ids / --usermap / --groupmap /
    --chown) cross the config wire unchanged: the receiver needs them to apply
    ownership with the same policy the client requested. */
@@ -2549,6 +2604,7 @@ static bool basis_equal(const Config* a, const Config* b) {
 #define CONFIG_CMP_STR_MODULE(a, b, name) str_opt_equal((a)->name, (b)->name)
 #define CONFIG_CMP_STR_REDACTED_AUTH(a, b, name) str_opt_equal((a)->name, (b)->name)
 #define CONFIG_CMP_INT_CHECKSUM_ALGO(a, b, name) ((a)->name == (b)->name)
+#define CONFIG_CMP_INT_COMPRESSION_ALGO(a, b, name) ((a)->name == (b)->name)
 #define CONFIG_CMP_SUPERMODE(a, b, name) ((a)->name == (b)->name)
 #define CONFIG_CMP_INT_IDENTITY(a, b, name) ((a)->name == (b)->name)
 #define CONFIG_CMP_INT_SKIPCOUNT(a, b, name) ((a)->name == (b)->name)
@@ -2775,14 +2831,14 @@ static void golden_config_populate(Config* c) {
   c->copy_as_gid = 222;
 }
 
-/* The pinned golden frame (protocol 2.25.0).  The values below are the only
+/* The pinned golden frame (protocol 2.26.0).  The values below are the only
  * thing that ties the generated table to the historical wire format; update
  * them ONLY with a PROTOCOL_VERSION bump and a documented reason.  The 2.24.0
- * per-directory delete-plan wave changed only the version string in the config
- * frame; the 2.25.0 wire-stats wave appends one report_stats bool.  The
+ * delete-plan wave changed only the version string; 2.25.0 appended the
+ * report_stats bool and 2.26.0 appended the compression_algo int.  The
  * byte-exact values are recomputed for the merged layout. */
-#define GOLDEN_WIRE_LEN 701
-#define GOLDEN_WIRE_HASH 16170466870400670271ULL
+#define GOLDEN_WIRE_LEN 705
+#define GOLDEN_WIRE_HASH 4673424031554175633ULL
 
 static unsigned long long fnv1a_64(const unsigned char* buf, size_t len) {
   unsigned long long h = 1469598103934665603ULL;
@@ -3159,6 +3215,10 @@ void test_config() {
     test_config_basis_normalization();
     test_config_checksum_options_wire_roundtrip();
     test_config_receive_rejects_invalid_checksum_algo();
+    test_config_receive_rejects_invalid_compression_algo();
+    test_config_receive_rejects_codec_mismatch();
+    test_config_receive_rejects_none_codec_with_compression();
+    test_config_receive_rejects_checksum_none_with_checksum();
     test_config_identity_wire_roundtrip();
     test_config_receive_rejects_invalid_identity();
     test_config_metadata_times_wire_roundtrip();

tests/test_fuzz_smoke.c

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
 /* P8 config-frame tail: super_mode (4) + copy-as presence (4) + uid (4) + gid (4). */
 #define P8_TAIL_BYTES 16
-/* Protocol 2.25.0 appends two trailing bools (report_dest_info, report_stats)
- * AFTER the P8 tail, so the P8 fields sit this many bytes before the end of the
- * frame. */
-#define OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES 8
+/* Bytes after the P8 tail: report_dest_info (4), report_stats (4, wire-stats
+ * wave) and compression_algo (4, codec wave).  The P8 fields sit this many
+ * bytes before the end of the frame. */
+#define POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES 12
 
 /* Smoke test for chunk_deserialize fuzz target */
 static void test_fuzz_chunk_deserialize() {
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void test_fuzz_config_receive_p8_tail() {
   size_t len = 0;
   bool captured = capture_config_frame(c, &frame, &len);
   config_delete(c);
-  if (!captured || len <= P8_TAIL_BYTES) {
+  if (!captured || len <= P8_TAIL_BYTES + POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES) {
     free(frame);
     EXPECT_TRUE(false);
     return;
@@ -338,31 +338,31 @@ static void test_fuzz_config_receive_p8_tail() {
 
   /* super_mode outside the 0..2 tri-state is refused. */
   memcpy(mut, frame, len);
-  put_i32(mut, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES, 99);
+  put_i32(mut, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES, 99);
   EXPECT_FALSE(receive_config_frame(mut, len));
-  put_i32(mut, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES, -1);
+  put_i32(mut, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES, -1);
   EXPECT_FALSE(receive_config_frame(mut, len));
 
   /* A negative (sentinel) and an extreme copy-as uid/gid are refused. */
   memcpy(mut, frame, len);
-  put_i32(mut, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES, SUPER_MODE_AUTO);
-  put_i32(mut, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 4, 1);
-  put_i32(mut, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 8, -1);
-  put_i32(mut, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 12, 0);
+  put_i32(mut, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES, SUPER_MODE_AUTO);
+  put_i32(mut, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 4, 1);
+  put_i32(mut, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 8, -1);
+  put_i32(mut, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 12, 0);
   EXPECT_FALSE(receive_config_frame(mut, len));
-  put_i32(mut, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 8, 0);
-  put_i32(mut, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 12, INT32_MIN);
+  put_i32(mut, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 8, 0);
+  put_i32(mut, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 12, INT32_MIN);
   EXPECT_FALSE(receive_config_frame(mut, len));
 
   /* A presence int that is not a wire bool is refused. */
   memcpy(mut, frame, len);
-  put_i32(mut, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES, SUPER_MODE_AUTO);
-  put_i32(mut, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 4, 2);
+  put_i32(mut, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES, SUPER_MODE_AUTO);
+  put_i32(mut, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES + 4, 2);
   EXPECT_FALSE(receive_config_frame(mut, len));
 
   /* Truncating anywhere inside the P8 tail is refused. */
   EXPECT_FALSE(receive_config_frame(frame, len - 2));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(receive_config_frame(frame, len - OUTPUT_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(receive_config_frame(frame, len - POST_P8_TAIL_BYTES - P8_TAIL_BYTES));
 
   free(mut);
   free(frame);

tests/test_server.c

@@ -1072,10 +1072,10 @@ static void test_incremental_check_basis_fifo_does_not_hang() {
     EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(p[1], &mtime, sizeof(mtime)));
     EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(p[1], &mtime_nsec, sizeof(mtime_nsec)));
     /* config_has_basis() makes the request carry the source digest. */
-    uint8_t wire_len = 8;
-    uint8_t digest[8] = {0};
+    uint8_t wire_len = checksum_digest_len((ChecksumAlgo)cfg->checksum_algo);
+    uint8_t digest[CHECKSUM_MAX_DIGEST_LEN] = {0};
     EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(p[1], &wire_len, sizeof(wire_len)));
-    EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(p[1], digest, sizeof(digest)));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(p[1], digest, wire_len));
     Status s;
     EXPECT_TRUE(receive_status(p[1], &s));
     EXPECT_EQ_INT(s, STATUS_NEXT);