[vlc-devel] RFC: vout: spu: /* You cannot delete subpicture outside of SpuSelectSubpictures */

[Thomas Guillem]

Went through all subpicture_updater_t implementations in modules and src. I don't think there is one that need to called from the same thread than spu_Render(). The implementations  that need synchronization are already using mutexes. Most of implementation don't need any synchronization but just to free sys and a list of regions (that are populated before sending the spu to the vout).

On Wed, Jun 5, 2019, at 08:04, Thomas Guillem wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When working on https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22273
> 
> I encountered this comment: "/* You cannot delete subpicture outside of 
> SpuSelectSubpictures */ " inside the spu_ClearChannel() function. It 
> complicates everything.
> 
> SpuSelectSubpictures() is called from spu_Render(). Deleting a 
> subpicture can cause the pf_destroy updater callback to be called. I 
> assume that, historically or not, such callbacks must have been called 
> from the same context that spu_Render().
> Is it still the case ? This is not many comment in this part of the 
> code.
> 
> By the way, subpictures can also be destroyed from spu_Destroy() (when 
> the vout is destroyed) if the spu_t is cleared but spu_Render() is not 
> called after.
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