How can I set a maximum limit for gzip module?

[t.nishiyori]

Hi, 

> When all buffers are filled, gzip filter just outputs another chunk of
compressed data.
Thanks for explanation about gzip-module.
When all buffers are filled, how will the next data be handled?
I think that either "wait for the buffer to be released and compressed by
gzip filter" or "output as un-compressed data".

Thank you.

ru at nginx.com Wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 01:27:28AM -0400, t.nishiyori wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm using nginx-1.11.2 for proxy server with gzip-module.
> > 
> > I hope to use such like a "gzip_max_length" directive in
> > ngx_http_gzip_module.
> > Because some upstream response's sizes exceeded the settings of
> > gzip_buffers.
> > (But there were no error... These are strange things for me...)
> > 
> > I can change the gzip_buffers to enough size for upstream, but there
> is no
> > limit.
> > 
> > Can I set a limit of maximum content-size for gzip module?
> > 
> > Thank you.
> 
> gzip_buffers doesn't limit the maximum size of the response
> that can be compressed.  When all buffers are filled, gzip
> filter just outputs another chunk of compressed data.
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