Adds "memory:DMABuf" caps feature. Since 1.11 tag.
Useful when the the dma-buf buffer cannot be mapped to CPU for r/w requests.
Example: protected content or platform constraints.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759358
Makes it easier to track how many users there are
Also make it possible to create a dmabuf struct on systems without mmap,
it just won't be possible to map it.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=707793
In decide_allocation function some element may when to test the proposed allocator.
For example like this:
if (gst_query_get_n_allocation_params (query) > 0) {
GstAllocator * allocator;
GstAllocationParams params;
gst_query_parse_nth_allocation_param (query, 0, &allocator, ¶ms);
if (g_strcmp0(allocator->mem_type, GST_ALLOCATOR_DMABUF) == 0)
GST_DEBUG("got dmabuf allocator");
else
GST_DEBUG("got an other allocator");
}
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=703659
Create new GstMemory and GstAllocator base on dmabuf.
Memory is not allocated/freed by userland but mapped/unmmaped
from a dmabuf file descriptor when requested.
This allocator is included in a new lib called libgstallocators
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693826
