/* GStreamer * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen * 2000 Wim Taymans * * gstbuffer.c: Buffer operations * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library 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 * Library General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ /** * SECTION:gstbuffer * @short_description: Data-passing buffer type, supporting sub-buffers. * @see_also: #GstPad, #GstMiniObject * * Buffers are the basic unit of data transfer in GStreamer. The #GstBuffer * type provides all the state necessary to define a region of memory as part * of a stream. Sub-buffers are also supported, allowing a smaller region of a * buffer to become its own buffer, with mechanisms in place to ensure that * neither memory space goes away prematurely. * * Buffers are usually created with gst_buffer_new(). After a buffer has been * created one will typically allocate memory for it and set the size of the * buffer data. The following example creates a buffer that can hold a given * video frame with a given width, height and bits per plane. * * Creating a buffer for a video frame * * GstBuffer *buffer; * gint size, width, height, bpp; * ... * size = width * height * bpp; * buffer = gst_buffer_new (); * GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer) = size; * GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA (buffer) = g_malloc (size); * GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer) = GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA (buffer); * ... * * * * Alternatively, use gst_buffer_new_and_alloc() * to create a buffer with preallocated data of a given size. * * The data pointed to by the buffer can be retrieved with the GST_BUFFER_DATA() * macro. The size of the data can be found with GST_BUFFER_SIZE(). For buffers * of size 0, the data pointer is undefined (usually NULL) and should never be used. * * If an element knows what pad you will push the buffer out on, it should use * gst_pad_alloc_buffer() instead to create a buffer. This allows downstream * elements to provide special buffers to write in, like hardware buffers. * * A buffer has a pointer to a #GstCaps describing the media type of the data * in the buffer. Attach caps to the buffer with gst_buffer_set_caps(); this * is typically done before pushing out a buffer using gst_pad_push() so that * the downstream element knows the type of the buffer. * * A buffer will usually have a timestamp, and a duration, but neither of these * are guaranteed (they may be set to #GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE). Whenever a * meaningful value can be given for these, they should be set. The timestamp * and duration are measured in nanoseconds (they are #GstClockTime values). * * A buffer can also have one or both of a start and an end offset. These are * media-type specific. For video buffers, the start offset will generally be * the frame number. For audio buffers, it will be the number of samples * produced so far. For compressed data, it could be the byte offset in a * source or destination file. Likewise, the end offset will be the offset of * the end of the buffer. These can only be meaningfully interpreted if you * know the media type of the buffer (the #GstCaps set on it). Either or both * can be set to #GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE. * * gst_buffer_ref() is used to increase the refcount of a buffer. This must be * done when you want to keep a handle to the buffer after pushing it to the * next element. * * To efficiently create a smaller buffer out of an existing one, you can * use gst_buffer_create_sub(). * * If a plug-in wants to modify the buffer data in-place, it should first obtain * a buffer that is safe to modify by using gst_buffer_make_writable(). This * function is optimized so that a copy will only be made when it is necessary. * * A plugin that only wishes to modify the metadata of a buffer, such as the * offset, timestamp or caps, should use gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable(), * which will create a subbuffer of the original buffer to ensure the caller * has sole ownership, and not copy the buffer data. * * Several flags of the buffer can be set and unset with the * GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET() and GST_BUFFER_FLAG_UNSET() macros. Use * GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET() to test if a certain #GstBufferFlag is set. * * Buffers can be efficiently merged into a larger buffer with * gst_buffer_merge() and gst_buffer_span() if the gst_buffer_is_span_fast() * function returns TRUE. * * An element should either unref the buffer or push it out on a src pad * using gst_pad_push() (see #GstPad). * * Buffers are usually freed by unreffing them with gst_buffer_unref(). When * the refcount drops to 0, any data pointed to by GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA() will * also be freed. * * Last reviewed on August 11th, 2006 (0.10.10) */ #include "gst_private.h" #include "gstbuffer.h" #include "gstinfo.h" #include "gstutils.h" #include "gstminiobject.h" static void gst_buffer_init (GTypeInstance * instance, gpointer g_class); static void gst_buffer_class_init (gpointer g_class, gpointer class_data); static void gst_buffer_finalize (GstBuffer * buffer); static GstBuffer *_gst_buffer_copy (GstBuffer * buffer); static GType gst_subbuffer_get_type (void); static GType _gst_subbuffer_type = 0; static GType _gst_buffer_type = 0; void _gst_buffer_initialize (void) { gpointer ptr; gst_buffer_get_type (); gst_subbuffer_get_type (); /* the GstMiniObject types need to be class_ref'd once before it can be * done from multiple threads; * see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=304551 */ ptr = g_type_class_ref (GST_TYPE_BUFFER); g_type_class_unref (ptr); } GType gst_buffer_get_type (void) { if (G_UNLIKELY (_gst_buffer_type == 0)) { static const GTypeInfo buffer_info = { sizeof (GstBufferClass), NULL, NULL, gst_buffer_class_init, NULL, NULL, sizeof (GstBuffer), 0, gst_buffer_init, NULL }; _gst_buffer_type = g_type_register_static (GST_TYPE_MINI_OBJECT, "GstBuffer", &buffer_info, 0); } return _gst_buffer_type; } static void gst_buffer_class_init (gpointer g_class, gpointer class_data) { GstBufferClass *buffer_class = GST_BUFFER_CLASS (g_class); buffer_class->mini_object_class.copy = (GstMiniObjectCopyFunction) _gst_buffer_copy; buffer_class->mini_object_class.finalize = (GstMiniObjectFinalizeFunction) gst_buffer_finalize; } static void gst_buffer_finalize (GstBuffer * buffer) { g_return_if_fail (buffer != NULL); GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "finalize %p", buffer); /* free our data */ g_free (buffer->malloc_data); gst_caps_replace (&GST_BUFFER_CAPS (buffer), NULL); } static GstBuffer * _gst_buffer_copy (GstBuffer * buffer) { GstBuffer *copy; guint mask; g_return_val_if_fail (buffer != NULL, NULL); /* create a fresh new buffer */ copy = gst_buffer_new (); GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "copy %p to %p", buffer, copy); /* copy relevant flags */ mask = GST_BUFFER_FLAG_PREROLL | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IN_CAPS | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DISCONT | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP; GST_MINI_OBJECT_FLAGS (copy) |= GST_MINI_OBJECT_FLAGS (buffer) & mask; /* we simply copy everything from our parent */ copy->data = g_memdup (buffer->data, buffer->size); /* make sure it gets freed (even if the parent is subclassed, we return a normal buffer) */ copy->malloc_data = copy->data; copy->size = buffer->size; GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (copy) = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer); GST_BUFFER_DURATION (copy) = GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer); GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (copy) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buffer); GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (copy) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (buffer); if (GST_BUFFER_CAPS (buffer)) GST_BUFFER_CAPS (copy) = gst_caps_ref (GST_BUFFER_CAPS (buffer)); else GST_BUFFER_CAPS (copy) = NULL; return copy; } static void gst_buffer_init (GTypeInstance * instance, gpointer g_class) { GstBuffer *buffer; buffer = (GstBuffer *) instance; GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "init %p", buffer); GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer) = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE; GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer) = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE; GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE; GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (buffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE; } /** * gst_buffer_new: * * Creates a newly allocated buffer without any data. * * MT safe. * Returns: the new #GstBuffer. */ GstBuffer * gst_buffer_new (void) { GstBuffer *newbuf; newbuf = (GstBuffer *) gst_mini_object_new (_gst_buffer_type); GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "new %p", newbuf); return newbuf; } /** * gst_buffer_new_and_alloc: * @size: the size of the new buffer's data. * * Creates a newly allocated buffer with data of the given size. * The buffer memory is not cleared. * * Note that when @size == 0, the buffer data pointer will be NULL. * * MT safe. * Returns: the new #GstBuffer. */ GstBuffer * gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (guint size) { GstBuffer *newbuf; newbuf = gst_buffer_new (); newbuf->malloc_data = g_malloc (size); GST_BUFFER_DATA (newbuf) = newbuf->malloc_data; GST_BUFFER_SIZE (newbuf) = size; GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "new %p of size %d", newbuf, size); return newbuf; } /** * gst_buffer_get_caps: * @buffer: a #GstBuffer. * * Gets the media type of the buffer. This can be NULL if there * is no media type attached to this buffer. * * Returns: a reference to the #GstCaps. unref after usage. * Returns NULL if there were no caps on this buffer. */ /* FIXME can we make this threadsafe without a lock on the buffer? * We can use compare and swap and atomic reads. */ GstCaps * gst_buffer_get_caps (GstBuffer * buffer) { GstCaps *ret; g_return_val_if_fail (buffer != NULL, NULL); ret = GST_BUFFER_CAPS (buffer); if (ret) gst_caps_ref (ret); return ret; } /** * gst_buffer_set_caps: * @buffer: a #GstBuffer. * @caps: a #GstCaps. * * Sets the media type on the buffer. The refcount of the caps will * be increased and any previous caps on the buffer will be * unreffed. */ /* FIXME can we make this threadsafe without a lock on the buffer? * We can use compare and swap and atomic reads. Another idea is to * not attach the caps to the buffer but use an event to signal a caps * change. */ void gst_buffer_set_caps (GstBuffer * buffer, GstCaps * caps) { g_return_if_fail (buffer != NULL); gst_caps_replace (&GST_BUFFER_CAPS (buffer), caps); } /** * gst_buffer_is_metadata_writable: * @buf: a #GstBuffer * * Similar to gst_buffer_is_writable, but this only ensures that the * refcount of the buffer is 1, indicating that the caller is the sole * owner and can change the buffer metadata, such as caps and timestamps. * * Returns: TRUE if the metadata is writable. */ gboolean gst_buffer_is_metadata_writable (GstBuffer * buf) { return (GST_MINI_OBJECT_REFCOUNT_VALUE (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CAST (buf)) == 1); } /** * gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable: * @buf: a #GstBuffer * * Similar to gst_buffer_make_writable, but does not ensure that the buffer * data array is writable. Instead, this just ensures that the returned buffer * is solely owned by the caller, by creating a subbuffer of the original * buffer if necessary. * * After calling this function, @buf should not be referenced anymore. * * Returns: A new #GstBuffer with writable metadata. */ GstBuffer * gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable (GstBuffer * buf) { GstBuffer *ret; if (gst_buffer_is_metadata_writable (buf)) { ret = buf; } else { ret = gst_buffer_create_sub (buf, 0, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buf)); GST_BUFFER_FLAGS (ret) = GST_BUFFER_FLAGS (buf); GST_BUFFER_FLAG_UNSET (ret, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IN_CAPS); gst_buffer_unref (buf); } return ret; } typedef struct _GstSubBuffer GstSubBuffer; typedef struct _GstSubBufferClass GstSubBufferClass; #define GST_IS_SUBBUFFER(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), _gst_subbuffer_type)) #define GST_SUBBUFFER_CAST(obj) ((GstSubBuffer *)(obj)) struct _GstSubBuffer { GstBuffer buffer; GstBuffer *parent; }; struct _GstSubBufferClass { GstBufferClass buffer_class; }; static GstBufferClass *sub_parent_class; static void gst_subbuffer_init (GTypeInstance * instance, gpointer g_class); static void gst_subbuffer_class_init (gpointer g_class, gpointer class_data); static void gst_subbuffer_finalize (GstSubBuffer * buffer); static GType gst_subbuffer_get_type (void) { if (G_UNLIKELY (_gst_subbuffer_type == 0)) { static const GTypeInfo subbuffer_info = { sizeof (GstSubBufferClass), NULL, NULL, gst_subbuffer_class_init, NULL, NULL, sizeof (GstSubBuffer), 0, gst_subbuffer_init, NULL }; _gst_subbuffer_type = g_type_register_static (GST_TYPE_BUFFER, "GstSubBuffer", &subbuffer_info, 0); } return _gst_subbuffer_type; } static void gst_subbuffer_class_init (gpointer g_class, gpointer class_data) { GstBufferClass *buffer_class = GST_BUFFER_CLASS (g_class); sub_parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (g_class); buffer_class->mini_object_class.finalize = (GstMiniObjectFinalizeFunction) gst_subbuffer_finalize; } static void gst_subbuffer_finalize (GstSubBuffer * buffer) { gst_buffer_unref (buffer->parent); GST_MINI_OBJECT_CLASS (sub_parent_class)-> finalize (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CAST (buffer)); } static void gst_subbuffer_init (GTypeInstance * instance, gpointer g_class) { GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET (GST_BUFFER_CAST (instance), GST_BUFFER_FLAG_READONLY); } /** * gst_buffer_create_sub: * @parent: a #GstBuffer. * @offset: the offset into parent #GstBuffer at which the new sub-buffer * begins. * @size: the size of the new #GstBuffer sub-buffer, in bytes. * * Creates a sub-buffer from @parent at @offset and @size. * This sub-buffer uses the actual memory space of the parent buffer. * This function will copy the offset and timestamp fields when the * offset is 0, else they are set to #GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE/#GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE. * The duration field of the new buffer is set to #GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE. * * MT safe. * Returns: the new #GstBuffer. * Returns NULL if the arguments were invalid. */ GstBuffer * gst_buffer_create_sub (GstBuffer * buffer, guint offset, guint size) { GstSubBuffer *subbuffer; GstBuffer *parent; g_return_val_if_fail (buffer != NULL, NULL); g_return_val_if_fail (buffer->mini_object.refcount > 0, NULL); g_return_val_if_fail (buffer->size >= offset + size, NULL); /* find real parent */ if (GST_IS_SUBBUFFER (buffer)) { parent = GST_SUBBUFFER_CAST (buffer)->parent; } else { parent = buffer; } gst_buffer_ref (parent); /* create the new buffer */ subbuffer = (GstSubBuffer *) gst_mini_object_new (_gst_subbuffer_type); subbuffer->parent = parent; GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "new subbuffer %p (parent %p)", subbuffer, parent); /* set the right values in the child */ GST_BUFFER_DATA (GST_BUFFER_CAST (subbuffer)) = buffer->data + offset; GST_BUFFER_SIZE (GST_BUFFER_CAST (subbuffer)) = size; /* we can copy the timestamp and offset if the new buffer starts at * offset 0 */ if (offset == 0) { GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (subbuffer) = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer); GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (subbuffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buffer); } else { GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (subbuffer) = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE; GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (subbuffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE; } GST_BUFFER_DURATION (subbuffer) = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE; GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (subbuffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE; GST_BUFFER_CAPS (subbuffer) = NULL; return GST_BUFFER_CAST (subbuffer); } /** * gst_buffer_is_span_fast: * @buf1: the first #GstBuffer. * @buf2: the second #GstBuffer. * * Determines whether a gst_buffer_span() can be done without copying * the contents, that is, whether the data areas are contiguous sub-buffers of * the same buffer. * * MT safe. * Returns: TRUE if the buffers are contiguous, * FALSE if a copy would be required. */ gboolean gst_buffer_is_span_fast (GstBuffer * buf1, GstBuffer * buf2) { g_return_val_if_fail (buf1 != NULL && buf2 != NULL, FALSE); g_return_val_if_fail (buf1->mini_object.refcount > 0, FALSE); g_return_val_if_fail (buf2->mini_object.refcount > 0, FALSE); /* it's only fast if we have subbuffers of the same parent */ return (GST_IS_SUBBUFFER (buf1) && GST_IS_SUBBUFFER (buf2) && (GST_SUBBUFFER_CAST (buf1)->parent == GST_SUBBUFFER_CAST (buf2)->parent) && ((buf1->data + buf1->size) == buf2->data)); } /** * gst_buffer_span: * @buf1: the first source #GstBuffer to merge. * @offset: the offset in the first buffer from where the new * buffer should start. * @buf2: the second source #GstBuffer to merge. * @len: the total length of the new buffer. * * Creates a new buffer that consists of part of buf1 and buf2. * Logically, buf1 and buf2 are concatenated into a single larger * buffer, and a new buffer is created at the given offset inside * this space, with a given length. * * If the two source buffers are children of the same larger buffer, * and are contiguous, the new buffer will be a child of the shared * parent, and thus no copying is necessary. you can use * gst_buffer_is_span_fast() to determine if a memcpy will be needed. * * MT safe. * Returns: the new #GstBuffer that spans the two source buffers. * Returns NULL if the arguments are invalid. */ GstBuffer * gst_buffer_span (GstBuffer * buf1, guint32 offset, GstBuffer * buf2, guint32 len) { GstBuffer *newbuf; g_return_val_if_fail (buf1 != NULL && buf2 != NULL, NULL); g_return_val_if_fail (buf1->mini_object.refcount > 0, NULL); g_return_val_if_fail (buf2->mini_object.refcount > 0, NULL); g_return_val_if_fail (len > 0, NULL); g_return_val_if_fail (len <= buf1->size + buf2->size - offset, NULL); /* if the two buffers have the same parent and are adjacent */ if (gst_buffer_is_span_fast (buf1, buf2)) { GstBuffer *parent = GST_SUBBUFFER_CAST (buf1)->parent; /* we simply create a subbuffer of the common parent */ newbuf = gst_buffer_create_sub (parent, buf1->data - parent->data + offset, len); } else { GST_CAT_DEBUG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "slow path taken while spanning buffers %p and %p", buf1, buf2); /* otherwise we simply have to brute-force copy the buffers */ newbuf = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (len); /* copy the first buffer's data across */ memcpy (newbuf->data, buf1->data + offset, buf1->size - offset); /* copy the second buffer's data across */ memcpy (newbuf->data + (buf1->size - offset), buf2->data, len - (buf1->size - offset)); } /* if the offset is 0, the new buffer has the same timestamp as buf1 */ if (offset == 0) { GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (newbuf) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buf1); GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (newbuf) = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buf1); /* if we completely merged the two buffers (appended), we can * calculate the duration too. Also make sure we's not messing with * invalid DURATIONS */ if (buf1->size + buf2->size == len) { if (GST_BUFFER_DURATION_IS_VALID (buf1) && GST_BUFFER_DURATION_IS_VALID (buf2)) { /* add duration */ GST_BUFFER_DURATION (newbuf) = GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buf1) + GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buf2); } if (GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END_IS_VALID (buf2)) { /* add offset_end */ GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (newbuf) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (buf2); } } } return newbuf; }