info: use new internal printf for debug message printing

and remove all the printf extension/specifier stuff for
the system printf. Next we need to add back the custom
specifiers to our own printf implementation.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613081

configure.ac

@@ -521,25 +521,6 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(GST_HAVE_MONOTONIC_CLOCK, test "$gst_cv_monotonic_clock" = "yes")
 dnl Check for a way to display the function name in debug output
 AG_GST_CHECK_FUNCTION
 
-dnl test for register_printf_specifier or register_printf_function
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([register_printf_specifier register_printf_function],
-    [HAVE_PRINTF_EXTENSION=yes])
-
-if test "$HAVE_PRINTF_EXTENSION" = yes; then
-  GST_PRINTF_EXTENSION_POINTER_FORMAT_DEFINE="#define GST_PTR_FORMAT \"P\""
-  GST_PRINTF_EXTENSION_SEGMENT_FORMAT_DEFINE="#define GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT \"Q\""
-  GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION_DEFINE="#define GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION"
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRINTF_EXTENSION, 1,
-      [Defined if we have printf specifier extensions available])
-else
-    GST_PRINTF_EXTENSION_POINTER_FORMAT_DEFINE="#define GST_PTR_FORMAT \"p\""
-    GST_PRINTF_EXTENSION_SEGMENT_FORMAT_DEFINE="#define GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT \"p\""
-    GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION_DEFINE="#undef GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION"
-fi
-AC_SUBST(GST_PRINTF_EXTENSION_POINTER_FORMAT_DEFINE)
-AC_SUBST(GST_PRINTF_EXTENSION_SEGMENT_FORMAT_DEFINE)
-AC_SUBST(GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION_DEFINE)
-
 dnl test if we have dladdr(); we use it for debugging; see gst/gstinfo.c
 save_cflags="$CFLAGS"
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE"

docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt

@@ -667,7 +667,6 @@ GST_PLUGIN_EXPORT
 GST_PADDING
 GST_PADDING_LARGE
 GST_PADDING_INIT
-GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION
 </SECTION>
 
 <SECTION>

gst/gstconfig.h.in

@@ -114,55 +114,6 @@
 /* Configures the use of external plugins */
 @GST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_DEFINE@
 
-/* printf extension format */
-/**
- * GST_PTR_FORMAT:
- *
- * printf format type used to debug GStreamer types.
- * This can only be used on types whose size is >= sizeof(gpointer).
- */
-@GST_PRINTF_EXTENSION_POINTER_FORMAT_DEFINE@
-/**
- * GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT:
- *
- * printf format type used to debug GStreamer segments.
- * This can only be used on pointers to GstSegment structures.
- */
-@GST_PRINTF_EXTENSION_SEGMENT_FORMAT_DEFINE@
-
-/* whether or not GST_PTR_FORMAT or GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT are using
- * the printf extension mechanism. This is for internal use in our
- * header files so we know whether we can use G_GNUC_PRINTF or not */
-@GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION_DEFINE@
-
-/* GST_DISABLE_PRINTF_EXTENSION:
- *
- * Define this to debug your debug log messages and make gcc spew warnings
- * if printf format string and arguments don't match up (this is usually
- * not the case when libc and gcc are used because printf format warnings
- * have to be disabled when the printf extension mechanism is in use).
- *
- * Note that using this option disables 'pretty logging' of GStreamer objects
- * like caps, tags, structures, events, pads etc., so that only their address
- * will be printed in the log.
- *
- * This define only disables use of the special registered printf format
- * extensions in the code compiled with it defined. It does not stop
- * GStreamer from registering these extensions in the first place if it
- * was compiled against a libc that supports this.
- *
- * (not official API)
- */
-/* If GLib is not using the system printf, we can't use the registered
- * extensions because the GLib-internal printf won't know how to parse them */
-#if defined(GST_DISABLE_PRINTF_EXTENSION) || !defined(GLIB_USING_SYSTEM_PRINTF)
-  #undef GST_PTR_FORMAT
-  #define GST_PTR_FORMAT "p"
-  #undef GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT
-  #define GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT "p"
-  #undef GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION
-#endif
-
 /* whether or not the CPU supports unaligned access */
 @GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS_DEFINE@
 

gst/gstelement.c

@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
 #include "gst-i18n-lib.h"
 #include "glib-compat-private.h"
 
+#include "printf/printf.h"
+
 /* Element signals and args */
 enum
 {
@@ -1745,6 +1747,7 @@ _gst_element_error_printf (const gchar * format, ...)
 {
   va_list args;
   gchar *buffer;
+  int len;
 
   if (format == NULL)
     return NULL;
@@ -1752,8 +1755,14 @@ _gst_element_error_printf (const gchar * format, ...)
     return NULL;
 
   va_start (args, format);
-  buffer = g_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
+
+  len = __gst_vasprintf (&buffer, format, args);
+
   va_end (args);
+
+  if (len < 0)
+    buffer = NULL;
+
   return buffer;
 }
 

gst/gstelement.h

@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ gboolean                gst_element_post_message        (GstElement * element, G
 
 /* error handling */
 /* gcc versions < 3.3 warn about NULL being passed as format to printf */
-#if (defined(GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION) || !defined(__GNUC__) || (__GNUC__ < 3) || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3))
+#if (!defined(__GNUC__) || (__GNUC__ < 3) || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3))
 gchar *                 _gst_element_error_printf       (const gchar *format, ...);
 #else
 gchar *                 _gst_element_error_printf       (const gchar *format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2);

gst/gstinfo.c

@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_DLFCN_H
 #  include <dlfcn.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_PRINTF_EXTENSION
-#  include <printf.h>
-#endif
 #include <stdio.h>              /* fprintf */
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -128,6 +125,9 @@
 #endif
 #include <glib/gprintf.h>       /* g_sprintf */
 
+/* our own printf implementation with custom extensions to %p for caps etc. */
+#include "printf/printf.h"
+
 #endif /* !GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG */
 
 extern gboolean gst_is_initialized (void);
@@ -223,18 +223,11 @@ dladdr (void *address, Dl_info * dl)
 static void gst_debug_reset_threshold (gpointer category, gpointer unused);
 static void gst_debug_reset_all_thresholds (void);
 
-#ifdef GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION
+#if 0
 static int _gst_info_printf_extension_ptr (FILE * stream,
     const struct printf_info *info, const void *const *args);
 static int _gst_info_printf_extension_segment (FILE * stream,
     const struct printf_info *info, const void *const *args);
-#ifdef HAVE_REGISTER_PRINTF_SPECIFIER
-static int _gst_info_printf_extension_arginfo (const struct printf_info *info,
-    size_t n, int *argtypes, int *size);
-#else
-static int _gst_info_printf_extension_arginfo (const struct printf_info *info,
-    size_t n, int *argtypes);
-#endif
 #endif
 
 struct _GstDebugMessage
@@ -335,18 +328,11 @@ _priv_gst_debug_init (void)
   /* get time we started for debugging messages */
   _priv_gst_info_start_time = gst_util_get_timestamp ();
 
-#ifdef GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION
+#if 0
-#ifdef HAVE_REGISTER_PRINTF_SPECIFIER
   register_printf_specifier (GST_PTR_FORMAT[0], _gst_info_printf_extension_ptr,
-      _gst_info_printf_extension_arginfo);
+      NULL);
   register_printf_specifier (GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT[0],
-      _gst_info_printf_extension_segment, _gst_info_printf_extension_arginfo);
+      _gst_info_printf_extension_segment, NULL);
-#else
-  register_printf_function (GST_PTR_FORMAT[0], _gst_info_printf_extension_ptr,
-      _gst_info_printf_extension_arginfo);
-  register_printf_function (GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT[0],
-      _gst_info_printf_extension_segment, _gst_info_printf_extension_arginfo);
-#endif
 #endif
 
   /* do NOT use a single debug function before this line has been run */
@@ -547,7 +533,13 @@ const gchar *
 gst_debug_message_get (GstDebugMessage * message)
 {
   if (message->message == NULL) {
-    message->message = g_strdup_vprintf (message->format, message->arguments);
+    int len;
+
+    len = __gst_vasprintf (&message->message, message->format,
+        message->arguments);
+
+    if (len < 0)
+      message->message = NULL;
   }
   return message->message;
 }
@@ -742,8 +734,7 @@ gst_debug_print_object (gpointer ptr)
   return g_strdup_printf ("%p", ptr);
 }
 
-#ifdef GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION
+#if 0
-
 static gchar *
 gst_debug_print_segment (gpointer ptr)
 {
@@ -784,8 +775,7 @@ gst_debug_print_segment (gpointer ptr)
     }
   }
 }
-
+#endif
-#endif /* GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION */
 
 /**
  * gst_debug_construct_term_color:
@@ -1787,7 +1777,7 @@ _gst_debug_register_funcptr (GstDebugFuncPtr func, const gchar * ptrname)
 
 /*** PRINTF EXTENSIONS ********************************************************/
 
-#ifdef GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION
+#if 0
 static int
 _gst_info_printf_extension_ptr (FILE * stream, const struct printf_info *info,
     const void *const *args)
@@ -1825,26 +1815,7 @@ _gst_info_printf_extension_segment (FILE * stream,
   g_free (buffer);
   return len;
 }
-
-#ifdef HAVE_REGISTER_PRINTF_SPECIFIER
-static int
-_gst_info_printf_extension_arginfo (const struct printf_info *info, size_t n,
-    int *argtypes, int *size)
-#else
-static int
-_gst_info_printf_extension_arginfo (const struct printf_info *info, size_t n,
-    int *argtypes)
 #endif
-{
-  if (n > 0) {
-    argtypes[0] = PA_POINTER;
-#ifdef HAVE_REGISTER_PRINTF_SPECIFIER
-    *size = sizeof (gpointer);
-#endif
-  }
-  return 1;
-}
-#endif /* GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION */
 
 static void
 gst_info_dump_mem_line (gchar * linebuf, gsize linebuf_size,

gst/gstinfo.h

@@ -229,6 +229,21 @@ struct _GstDebugCategory {
 #endif
 #endif /* ifndef GST_FUNCTION */
 
+/**
+ * GST_PTR_FORMAT:
+ *
+ * printf format type used to debug GStreamer types.
+ * This can only be used on types whose size is >= sizeof(gpointer).
+ */
+#define GST_PTR_FORMAT "p" /* FIXME: add suffix for differentiation */
+
+/**
+ * GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT:
+ *
+ * printf format type used to debug GStreamer segments.
+ * This can only be used on pointers to GstSegment structures.
+ */
+#define GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT "p" /* FIXME: add suffix for differentiation */
 
 typedef struct _GstDebugMessage GstDebugMessage;
 
@@ -256,20 +271,6 @@ typedef void (*GstLogFunction)  (GstDebugCategory * category,
                                  GstDebugMessage  * message,
                                  gpointer           user_data);
 
-#ifdef GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION
-
-/* not using G_GNUC_PRINTF, since gcc will choke on GST_PTR_FORMAT being %P */
-void		    gst_debug_log            (GstDebugCategory * category,
-                                          GstDebugLevel      level,
-                                          const gchar      * file,
-                                          const gchar      * function,
-                                          gint               line,
-                                          GObject          * object,
-                                          const gchar      * format,
-                                          ...) G_GNUC_NO_INSTRUMENT;
-
-#else /* GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION */
-
 void		    gst_debug_log            (GstDebugCategory * category,
                                           GstDebugLevel      level,
                                           const gchar      * file,
@@ -279,8 +280,6 @@ void		    gst_debug_log            (GstDebugCategory * category,
                                           const gchar      * format,
                                           ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (7, 8) G_GNUC_NO_INSTRUMENT;
 
-#endif /* GST_USING_PRINTF_EXTENSION */
-
 void            gst_debug_log_valist     (GstDebugCategory * category,
                                           GstDebugLevel      level,
                                           const gchar      * file,