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Asynchronous BGZF reading hung forever on a corrupt block; it now throws what the synchronous reader throws.

  • BlockCompressedInputStream.processNextBlock returns unchecked failures on the block, as it already returned IOExceptions. Before, a corrupt block's RuntimeIOException or SAMFormatException ended AsyncBlockCompressedInputStream's read-ahead task before it posted the block, so read() and then close() waited forever.
  • seek() rethrows a failure on the block it lands on. available() passed over a failed block like an empty one, so a seek to a truncated block succeeded and left the stream at end of file (an existing bug, and the first change would have extended it to corrupt blocks).
  • Tests corrupt one block of an in-memory BGZF stream (bad deflate data, negative ISIZE, CRC mismatch) and check that the async stream fails with the sync stream's exception, on a daemon thread so that a regression fails instead of hanging the suite.

Found while reading broadinstitute/picard#2063.

Fixes #1942

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Asynchronous BGZF reads now report decompression errors consistently instead of waiting indefinitely.
    • Seeking to a truncated or corrupt block now reports an error rather than succeeding or leaving the operation waiting.
    • Error reporting for asynchronous reads and seeks is now more consistent with synchronous behavior across several data-corruption cases.

…'t hang

processNextBlock returned IOExceptions on the DecompressedBlock but let
unchecked exceptions escape, and a corrupt block fails with one:
RuntimeIOException for bad deflate data or a negative ISIZE,
SAMFormatException for a bad header, a short inflate or a CRC mismatch.
On AsyncBlockCompressedInputStream's read-ahead thread that ended the
task before it posted a block or released its semaphore, so the reader
waited forever in read() and then in close().

seek() now rethrows a failure on the block it lands on. available()
passed over the failed block as it passes over an empty one, so a seek
to a truncated block succeeded and left the stream at the end of the
file, and with unchecked failures now returned on the block a seek to a
corrupt one would have done the same.
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The changes capture runtime decompression failures for asynchronous BGZF reads and surface them through the reader. Seeking to truncated or corrupt blocks now reports the block error before checking availability.

Changes: BGZF error handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preserve decompression failures in asynchronous reads
src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/BlockCompressedInputStream.java, src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/AsyncBlockCompressedInputStreamTest.java
processNextBlock now captures RuntimeException as well as IOException in a DecompressedBlock. Tests compare synchronous and asynchronous failures for corrupt deflate data, negative uncompressed length, CRC mismatch, and seeking to a corrupt block.
Report errors when seeking to a block
src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/BlockCompressedInputStream.java, src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/BlockCompressedInputStreamTest.java, CHANGELOG.md
seek checks for a decompression exception before calling available(). Tests cover seeking to truncated and corrupt blocks. The changelog records the patch-release fixes.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 251c1

After a failed seek, retrying can silently report end-of-file. Fixing this narrow case is recommended before merging.

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Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 66.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving corrupt BGZF block failures so asynchronous reads do not hang.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #1942 requires asynchronous BGZF reads to propagate corrupt-block failures instead of hanging in read() or close(). BlockCompressedInputStream.processNextBlock now captures IOException and Runti…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The production change, seek check, changelog entry, and tests all address failed BGZF block propagation or its observable behavior. The seek and truncated-block tests cover the related failure-skippin…
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Issue #1942 requires asynchronous BGZF reads to propagate corrupt-block failures instead of hanging in read() or close(). BlockCompressedInputStream.processNextBlock now captures IOException and RuntimeException in DecompressedBlock, so the read-ahead thread can post the failed block. seek() rethrows the failure before available() can skip it. The supplied test summary covers corrupt deflate data, negative ISIZE, CRC mismatch, synchronous/asynchronous exception matching, and bounded completion.

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The production change, seek check, changelog entry, and tests all address failed BGZF block propagation or its observable behavior. The seek and truncated-block tests cover the related failure-skipping bug described in the current PR intent. No unrelated change is shown in the supplied whole-PR summary.

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