[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 10/11] avformat/fifo: Add AVFMT_FLAG_NONBLOCK support

Nicolas George george at nsup.org
Wed Aug 3 16:41:14 EEST 2016


Le sextidi 16 thermidor, an CCXXIV, sebechlebskyjan at gmail.com a écrit :
> From: Jan Sebechlebsky <sebechlebskyjan at gmail.com>
> 
> Add support for nonblocking calls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Sebechlebsky <sebechlebskyjan at gmail.com>
> ---
>  libavformat/fifo.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/libavformat/fifo.c b/libavformat/fifo.c
> index bc8c973..efd91e3 100644
> --- a/libavformat/fifo.c
> +++ b/libavformat/fifo.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>  #include "avformat.h"
>  #include "internal.h"
>  #include "pthread.h"
> +#include "url.h"
>  
>  #define FIFO_DEFAULT_QUEUE_SIZE              60
>  #define FIFO_DEFAULT_MAX_RECOVERY_ATTEMPTS   16
> @@ -77,6 +78,13 @@ typedef struct FifoContext {
>       * from failure or queue overflow */
>      uint8_t restart_with_keyframe;
>  
> +    /* Whether termination was requested by invoking deinit
> +     * before the thread was finished. Used only in non-blocking
> +     * mode - when AVFMT_FLAG_NONBLOCK is set. */
> +    volatile uint8_t termination_requested;
> +
> +    /* Original interrupt callback of the underlying muxer. */
> +    AVIOInterruptCB orig_interrupt_callback;
>  } FifoContext;
>  
>  typedef struct FifoThreadContext {
> @@ -110,6 +118,16 @@ typedef struct FifoMessage {
>      AVPacket pkt;
>  } FifoMessage;
>  
> +static int fifo_interrupt_callback_wrapper(void *arg)
> +{
> +    FifoContext *ctx = arg;
> +

> +    if (ctx->termination_requested)
> +        return 1;

This is a common misconception: volatile is not enough for thread
communication. IIUC, volatile forces the compiler to issue actual store and
fetch operations to memory, but not a memory barrier. That means it can be
used for communication with a signal handler (provided the object is small
enough so that operations are atomic, cf. sig_atomic_t) or a hardware
device. But for inter-thread communication on SMP systems, the lack of
memory barrier means that the change may be limited to the processor's cache
and only reach the central shared memory and the other core's cache at some
indeterminate point later.

For inter-thread communication, you either need a mutex or a special atomic
and synchronized operation. The second solution is more efficient, but
currently less portable. You can have a look at libavutil/atomic.h, and also
at Anton's efforts to replace it with a more standard and modern API, it
happened just last week on the fork's mailing-list.

> +
> +    return ff_check_interrupt(&ctx->orig_interrupt_callback);

I am not sure if this part is worth your efforts: if the application wants
to cancel a write, it uses the FIFO muxer APIs, it does not need to set up
an interrupt callback. Do you see a case where it would be useful?

> +}
> +
>  static int fifo_thread_write_header(FifoThreadContext *ctx)
>  {
>      AVFormatContext *avf = ctx->avf;
> @@ -448,6 +466,8 @@ static void *fifo_consumer_thread(void *data)
>  static int fifo_mux_init(AVFormatContext *avf)
>  {
>      FifoContext *fifo = avf->priv_data;
> +    AVIOInterruptCB interrupt_cb = {.callback = fifo_interrupt_callback_wrapper,
> +                                    .opaque = fifo};
>      AVFormatContext *avf2;
>      int ret = 0, i;
>  
> @@ -458,7 +478,8 @@ static int fifo_mux_init(AVFormatContext *avf)
>  
>      fifo->avf = avf2;
>  
> -    avf2->interrupt_callback = avf->interrupt_callback;
> +    fifo->orig_interrupt_callback = avf->interrupt_callback;
> +    avf2->interrupt_callback = interrupt_cb;
>      avf2->max_delay = avf->max_delay;
>      ret = av_dict_copy(&avf2->metadata, avf->metadata, 0);
>      if (ret < 0)
> @@ -543,7 +564,7 @@ static int fifo_write_packet(AVFormatContext *avf, AVPacket *pkt)
>  {
>      FifoContext *fifo = avf->priv_data;
>      FifoMessage msg = {.type = pkt ? FIFO_WRITE_PACKET : FIFO_FLUSH_OUTPUT};
> -    int ret;
> +    int ret, queue_flags = 0;
>  
>      if (pkt) {
>          av_init_packet(&msg.pkt);
> @@ -552,15 +573,21 @@ static int fifo_write_packet(AVFormatContext *avf, AVPacket *pkt)
>              return ret;
>      }
>  
> -    ret = av_thread_message_queue_send(fifo->queue, &msg,
> -                                       fifo->drop_pkts_on_overflow ?
> -                                       AV_THREAD_MESSAGE_NONBLOCK : 0);
> +    if (fifo->drop_pkts_on_overflow || (avf->flags & AVFMT_FLAG_NONBLOCK))
> +        queue_flags |= AVFMT_FLAG_NONBLOCK;
> +
> +    ret = av_thread_message_queue_send(fifo->queue, &msg, queue_flags);
> +
>      if (ret == AVERROR(EAGAIN)) {
> -        uint8_t overflow_set = 0;
> +        uint8_t overflow_set;
> +
> +        if (avf->flags & AVFMT_FLAG_NONBLOCK)
> +            return ret;
>  
>          /* Queue is full, set fifo->overflow_flag to 1
>           * to let consumer thread know the queue should
>           * be flushed. */
> +        overflow_set = 0;
>          pthread_mutex_lock(&fifo->overflow_flag_lock);
>          if (!fifo->overflow_flag)
>              fifo->overflow_flag = overflow_set = 1;
> @@ -588,11 +615,22 @@ static int fifo_write_trailer(AVFormatContext *avf)
>  
>      av_thread_message_queue_set_err_recv(fifo->queue, AVERROR_EOF);
>  
> -    ret = pthread_join( fifo->writer_thread, NULL);
> -    if (ret < 0) {
> -        av_log(avf, AV_LOG_ERROR, "pthread join error: %s\n",
> -               av_err2str(AVERROR(ret)));
> -        return AVERROR(ret);
> +    if (!(avf->flags & AVFMT_FLAG_NONBLOCK)) {
> +        ret = pthread_join( fifo->writer_thread, NULL);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            av_log(avf, AV_LOG_ERROR, "pthread join error: %s\n",
> +                av_err2str(AVERROR(ret)));
> +            return AVERROR(ret);
> +        }
> +    } else {

> +        ret = pthread_tryjoin_np( fifo->writer_thread, NULL);

This function is a GNU extension (np means nonportable), this is the reason
for the build failure reported by Michael; I am rather surprised you did not
get it too since the build options should hide nonportable functions.

Anyway, this functions is rather unnecessary, you can just set a flag just
before the thread terminates and check the flag before pthread_join().

> +        if (ret == EBUSY)
> +            return AVERROR(EAGAIN);
> +        if (ret) {
> +            av_log(avf, AV_LOG_ERROR, "pthread_tryjoin_np error: %s\n",
> +                   av_err2str(AVERROR(ret)));
> +            return AVERROR(ret);
> +        }
>      }
>  
>      ret = fifo->write_trailer_ret;
> @@ -603,6 +641,16 @@ static void fifo_deinit(AVFormatContext *avf)
>  {
>      FifoContext *fifo = avf->priv_data;
>  
> +    if (avf->flags & AVFMT_FLAG_NONBLOCK) {
> +        int ret;
> +        fifo->termination_requested = 1;
> +        ret = pthread_join( fifo->writer_thread, NULL);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            av_log(avf, AV_LOG_ERROR, "pthread join error: %s\n",
> +                   av_err2str(AVERROR(ret)));
> +        }
> +    }
> +
>      if (fifo->format_options)
>          av_dict_free(&fifo->format_options);
>  

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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