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/*
* This file is part of FFmpeg.
*
* FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
#ifndef AVCODEC_REFSTRUCT_H
#define AVCODEC_REFSTRUCT_H
#include <stddef.h>
/**
* RefStruct is an API for creating reference-counted objects
* with minimal overhead. The API is designed for objects,
* not buffers like the AVBuffer API. The main differences
* to the AVBuffer API are as follows:
*
* - It uses void* instead of uint8_t* as its base type due to
* its focus on objects.
* - There are no equivalents of AVBuffer and AVBufferRef.
* E.g. there is no way to get the usable size of the object:
* The user is supposed to know what is at the other end of
* the pointer. It also avoids one level of indirection.
* - Custom allocators are not supported. This allows to simplify
* the implementation and reduce the amount of allocations.
* - It also has the advantage that the user's free callback need
* only free the resources owned by the object, but not the
* object itself.
* - Because referencing (and replacing) an object managed by the
* RefStruct API does not involve allocations, they can not fail
* and therefore need not be checked.
*
* @note Referencing and unreferencing the buffers is thread-safe and thus
* may be done from multiple threads simultaneously without any need for
* additional locking.
*/
/**
* This union is used for all opaque parameters in this API to spare the user
* to cast const away in case the opaque to use is const-qualified.
*
* The functions provided by this API with an FFRefStructOpaque come in pairs
* named foo_c and foo. The foo function accepts void* as opaque and is just
* a wrapper around the foo_c function; "_c" means "(potentially) const".
*/
typedef union {
void *nc;
const void *c;
} FFRefStructOpaque;
/**
* If this flag is set in ff_refstruct_alloc_ext_c(), the object will not
* be initially zeroed.
*/
#define FF_REFSTRUCT_FLAG_NO_ZEROING (1 << 0)
/**
* Allocate a refcounted object of usable size `size` managed via
* the RefStruct API.
*
* By default (in the absence of flags to the contrary),
* the returned object is initially zeroed.
*
* @param size Desired usable size of the returned object.
* @param flags A bitwise combination of FF_REFSTRUCT_FLAG_* flags.
* @param opaque A pointer that will be passed to the free_cb callback.
* @param free_cb A callback for freeing this object's content
* when its reference count reaches zero;
* it must not free the object itself.
* @return A pointer to an object of the desired size or NULL on failure.
*/
void *ff_refstruct_alloc_ext_c(size_t size, unsigned flags, FFRefStructOpaque opaque,
void (*free_cb)(FFRefStructOpaque opaque, void *obj));
/**
* A wrapper around ff_refstruct_alloc_ext_c() for the common case
* of a non-const qualified opaque.
*
* @see ff_refstruct_alloc_ext_c()
*/
static inline
void *ff_refstruct_alloc_ext(size_t size, unsigned flags, void *opaque,
void (*free_cb)(FFRefStructOpaque opaque, void *obj))
{
return ff_refstruct_alloc_ext_c(size, flags, (FFRefStructOpaque){.nc = opaque},
free_cb);
}
/**
* Equivalent to ff_refstruct_alloc_ext(size, 0, NULL, NULL)
*/
static inline
void *ff_refstruct_allocz(size_t size)
{
return ff_refstruct_alloc_ext(size, 0, NULL, NULL);
}
/**
* Decrement the reference count of the underlying object and automatically
* free the object if there are no more references to it.
*
* `*objp == NULL` is legal and a no-op.
*
* @param objp Pointer to a pointer that is either NULL or points to an object
* managed via this API. `*objp` is set to NULL on return.
*/
void ff_refstruct_unref(void *objp);
/**
* Create a new reference to an object managed via this API,
* i.e. increment the reference count of the underlying object
* and return obj.
* @return a pointer equal to obj.
*/
void *ff_refstruct_ref(void *obj);
/**
* Analog of ff_refstruct_ref(), but for constant objects.
* @see ff_refstruct_ref()
*/
const void *ff_refstruct_ref_c(const void *obj);
/**
* Ensure `*dstp` refers to the same object as src.
*
* If `*dstp` is already equal to src, do nothing. Otherwise unreference `*dstp`
* and replace it with a new reference to src in case `src != NULL` (this
* involves incrementing the reference count of src's underlying object) or
* with NULL otherwise.
*
* @param dstp Pointer to a pointer that is either NULL or points to an object
* managed via this API.
* @param src A pointer to an object managed via this API or NULL.
*/
void ff_refstruct_replace(void *dstp, const void *src);
/**
* Check whether the reference count of an object managed
* via this API is 1.
*
* @param obj A pointer to an object managed via this API.
* @return 1 if the reference count of obj is 1; 0 otherwise.
*/
int ff_refstruct_exclusive(const void *obj);
#endif /* AVCODEC_REFSTRUCT_H */