According to W3C
specification (https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-pc/#datachannel-send) we
should return InvalidStateError exception when trying to send when the
channel is not open. In the world of C/glib/gstreamer we don't have
exceptions but have to rely on gboolean/GError instead. Introducing
these calls for a change in function signature of the action signals
used to send data on the datachannel. Changing the signature of the
existing "send-string" and "send-data" signals would mean an immediate
breaking change so instead we deprecate them. Furthermore, there is no
way to express GError** as an argument to an action signal in a way
that fits language bindings (pointer-to-pointer simply does not work)
and we have to use regular functions instead.
Therefore we introduce gst_webrtc_data_channel_send_data_full() and
gst_webrtc_data_channel_send_string_full() while deprecating the old
functions and corresponding signals.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1958>
g_signal_disconnect*() doesn't stop any existing callbacks from running
which means that if the notify::state callback is in progress in one
thread and the data channel object is finalize()ed in another thread,
then there could be a use-after-free trying lock the data channel
object.
We can't reasonably use a GWeakRef as we don't have a 'parent' object to
free the GWeakRef after the data channel is finalized. This is also
complicated by the fact that the application can hold a reference to the
data channel object that would live beyond the lifetime of webrtcbin
itself.
We solve this by implementing a ghetto weak-ref solution internally with
a list of outstanding data channels.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1664>