[vlc-devel] [PATCH 08/10] Removes xspf generation in access/directory.c in favor of new pf_readdir callback

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le 2014-06-19 17:29, Julien 'Lta' BALLET a écrit :
> (...) maybe could we think about using a
> small hack to handle this, like storing the device/inode couple as an
> info_t on the input item ?

> This way ill be able to walk up the tree in
> playlist/directory.c to prevent such infinite recursion.

I don't think that playlist demuxers should have access to their 
ancestors, and I fear that would create "interesting" new race 
conditions. If it comes to that, I would prefer passing data from the 
parent to the children instead, e.g. via input item options.

Another option is to require the pf_readdir accesses to generate opaque 
GUIDs for their items.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont