decodebin: free old groups when switching groups

Old groups are freed with one switch's delay when switching groups.
They're freed in a scratch thread to avoid delaying the switch.
This commit is contained in:
Vincent Penquerc'h 2015-01-16 15:21:14 +00:00
parent fbff44711a
commit 6ab711f3f1

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@ -3417,6 +3417,57 @@ gst_decode_group_hide (GstDecodeGroup * group)
gst_decode_group_free_internal (group, TRUE);
}
/* gst_decode_chain_free_hidden_groups:
*
* Frees any decode groups that were hidden previously.
* This allows keeping memory use from ballooning when
* switching chains repeatedly.
*
* A new throwaway thread will be created to free the
* groups, so any delay does not block the setup of a
* new group.
*
* Not MT-safe, call with parent's chain lock!
*/
static void
gst_decode_chain_free_hidden_groups (GList * old_groups)
{
GList *l;
for (l = old_groups; l; l = l->next) {
GstDecodeGroup *group = l->data;
gst_decode_group_free (group);
}
g_list_free (old_groups);
}
static void
gst_decode_chain_start_free_hidden_groups_thread (GstDecodeChain * chain)
{
GThread *thread;
GError *error = NULL;
GList *old_groups;
old_groups = chain->old_groups;
if (!old_groups)
return;
chain->old_groups = NULL;
thread = g_thread_try_new ("free-hidden-groups",
(GThreadFunc) gst_decode_chain_free_hidden_groups, old_groups, &error);
if (!thread || error) {
GST_ERROR ("Failed to start free-hidden-groups thread: %s",
error ? error->message : "unknown reason");
g_clear_error (&error);
chain->old_groups = old_groups;
return;
}
GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (chain->dbin, "Started free-hidden-groups thread");
/* We do not need to wait for it or get any results from it */
g_thread_unref (thread);
}
/* configure queue sizes, this depends on the buffering method and if we are
* playing or prerolling. */
static void
@ -3760,6 +3811,7 @@ drain_and_switch_chains (GstDecodeChain * chain, GstDecodePad * drainpad,
if (chain->next_groups) {
/* Switch to next group */
GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (dbin, "Hiding current group %p", chain->active_group);
gst_decode_chain_start_free_hidden_groups_thread (chain);
gst_decode_group_hide (chain->active_group);
chain->old_groups =
g_list_prepend (chain->old_groups, chain->active_group);