[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] avformat: always unref the packet after parsing

wm4 nfxjfg at googlemail.com
Sun Nov 1 13:18:49 CET 2015


On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 13:03:50 +0100
Hendrik Leppkes <h.leppkes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 12:57 PM, wm4 <nfxjfg at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun,  1 Nov 2015 11:21:26 +0100
> > Hendrik Leppkes <h.leppkes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> This fixes a memory leak when side-data is present.
> >> ---
> >>  libavformat/utils.c | 9 ++++-----
> >>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
> >> index 7e4f54f..3f82659 100644
> >> --- a/libavformat/utils.c
> >> +++ b/libavformat/utils.c
> >> @@ -1285,12 +1285,11 @@ static int parse_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt, int stream_index)
> >>
> >>          compute_pkt_fields(s, st, st->parser, &out_pkt, next_dts, next_pts);
> >>
> >> -        if ((ret = add_to_pktbuf(&s->internal->parse_queue, &out_pkt,
> >> -                                 &s->internal->parse_queue_end,
> >> -                                 1))) {
> >> -            av_packet_unref(&out_pkt);
> >> +        ret = add_to_pktbuf(&s->internal->parse_queue, &out_pkt,
> >> +                            &s->internal->parse_queue_end, 1);
> >> +        av_packet_unref(&out_pkt);
> >> +        if (ret < 0)
> >>              goto fail;
> >> -        }
> >>      }
> >>
> >>      /* end of the stream => close and free the parser */  
> >
> > I thought he semantics of add_to_pktbuf was to transfer packet
> > ownership if the last parameter is 1?  
> 
> Actually 0 does that, 1 creates a new reference, including copying
> data into a refcounted buffer if needed, which is wanted here since
> the output buffer from the parser is not persistent otherwise.

Both patches LGTM then.


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