[vlc-devel] [PATCH 2/7] objects: add vlc_object_set_module

[Thomas Guillem]

On Tue, May 28, 2019, at 10:48, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> To get the name of a loaded module call module_get_name() on the module pointer. To get the name of your own module, use MODULE_STRING. To get the name of a module used by somebody else's object, use vlc_object_get_name() but that's intrinsically racy and unreliable.

As already said, racy and unreliable is ok for debugging purpose.
As already said, cf. PATCH 7/7: vlc_object_get_name() doesn't work when module are loaded with vlc_module_load().

> 
> Le 28 mai 2019 11:24:11 GMT+03:00, Thomas Guillem <thomas at gllm.fr> a écrit :
>> 
>> On Tue, May 28, 2019, at 10:03, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
>>> The "feature"(s) of getting the name of a module and getting the module 
>>> of an object are still there. No news here.
>> 
>> How do you get the module of an object ? Did you see 7/7 ?
>> 
>> > 
>>> This patchset is removing one of the two ways to get there though.
>>> 
>>> Le 28 mai 2019 09:39:22 GMT+03:00, Thomas Guillem <thomas at gllm.fr> a écrit :
>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2019, at 18:41, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
>>>>> Le maanantaina 27. toukokuuta 2019, 19.15.56 EEST Thomas Guillem a
>>>> écrit :
>>>>>> I mean I can store the module name instead of the module.
>>>>> We already store the module name in the object.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Leaving aside that it's a racy ugly hack, it's already there without
>>>> needing 
>>>>> any changes.
>>>> It's just a hack that I try to put back in order to restore a feature.
>>>> No news here.
>>>> 
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