[vlc-devel] [PATCH 1/2] libvlc: Add Rust API for writing modules in rust

Alexandre Janniaux ajanni at videolabs.io
Sun Sep 20 12:33:13 CEST 2020


Hi,

What is the integration plan when we integrate meson?

Do we remove cargo support completly and ony use the
meson rust support?

Regards,
--
Alexandre Janniaux
Videolabs

On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 02:39:33AM +0530, Kartik Ohri wrote:
> The API is written in two layers. vlccore-sys
> crate contains one to one bindings of libvlc
> functions. vlccore-rs crate wraps vlccore-sys and
> exposes a Rust idiomatic API for writing modules
> in rust. As of now, the API exposes only a subset
> of the vlc_stream API. More functionality can be
> added to Rust API as required in the future.
> ---
>  .gitignore                    |   2 +-
>  configure.ac                  |  13 ++++
>  modules/common.am             |   7 ++
>  src/Cargo.toml                |   2 +
>  src/vlccore-rs/Cargo.toml     |  10 +++
>  src/vlccore-rs/src/lib.rs     |   2 +
>  src/vlccore-rs/src/stream.rs  | 126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/vlccore-rs/src/utils.rs   |  19 +++++
>  src/vlccore-sys/Cargo.toml    |  10 +++
>  src/vlccore-sys/src/lib.rs    |   3 +
>  src/vlccore-sys/src/stream.rs |  46 +++++++++++++
>  11 files changed, 239 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 src/Cargo.toml
>  create mode 100644 src/vlccore-rs/Cargo.toml
>  create mode 100644 src/vlccore-rs/src/lib.rs
>  create mode 100644 src/vlccore-rs/src/stream.rs
>  create mode 100644 src/vlccore-rs/src/utils.rs
>  create mode 100644 src/vlccore-sys/Cargo.toml
>  create mode 100644 src/vlccore-sys/src/lib.rs
>  create mode 100644 src/vlccore-sys/src/stream.rs
>
> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> index fc368212c8..6c049a80b1 100644
> --- a/.gitignore
> +++ b/.gitignore
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ wxvlc
>  vlc_install_dir/*
>  plugins.dat
>  patches/*
> -
> +**/Cargo.lock
>  include/vlc/libvlc_version.h
>
>  # Ignore build dirs
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 99e4669942..53d56a725c 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -1896,6 +1896,19 @@ AS_IF([test "${enable_sout}" != "no"], [
>  ])
>  AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_SOUT], [test "${enable_sout}" != "no"])
>
> +dnl Rust Modules
> +AC_ARG_ENABLE([rust],
> +    AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-rust], [enable building Rust modules (default disabled)]))
> +AS_IF([test "${enable_rust}" = "yes"],
> +      [AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_RUST, 1, [Define to 1 for building rust modules.])])
> +AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_RUST], [test "${enable_rust}" = "yes"])
> +if test "${enable_rust}" = "yes"
> +then
> +    AC_CHECK_PROG(CARGO, [cargo], [yes], [no])
> +    AS_IF([test "x$CARGO" = "xno"],
> +          AC_MSG_ERROR([cargo not found. cargo is required to build rust modules]))
> +fi
> +
>  dnl Lua modules
>  AC_ARG_ENABLE([lua],
>    AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-lua],
> diff --git a/modules/common.am b/modules/common.am
> index b991f6ce2f..5edc14ea26 100644
> --- a/modules/common.am
> +++ b/modules/common.am
> @@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ endif
>  AM_YFLAGS = -d -Wno-yacc
>
>  SUFFIXES = .l .y .asm
> +RUST_API = ../src/vlccore-sys/src/lib.rs \
> +	../src/vlccore-sys/src/stream.rs \
> +	../src/vlccore-sys/Cargo.toml \
> +	../src/vlccore-rs/src/lib.rs \
> +	../src/vlccore-rs/src/stream.rs \
> +	../src/vlccore-rs/Cargo.toml \
> +	../src/Cargo.toml
>
>  .asm.lo:
>  	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile --tag=ASM $(X86ASM) $(X86ASMFLAGS) $(X86ASMDEFS) -I$(top_srcdir)/extras/include/x86/ $< -o $@
> diff --git a/src/Cargo.toml b/src/Cargo.toml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..4b6346fc23
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/Cargo.toml
> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> +[workspace]
> +members = ["vlccore-sys", "vlccore-rs"]
> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/src/vlccore-rs/Cargo.toml b/src/vlccore-rs/Cargo.toml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..108c849f80
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/vlccore-rs/Cargo.toml
> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> +[package]
> +name = "vlccore-rs"
> +version = "0.1.0"
> +authors = ["Kartik Ohri <kartikohri13 at gmail.com>"]
> +edition = "2018"
> +license = "LGPL-2.1-or-later"
> +
> +[dependencies]
> +libc = "0.2"
> +vlccore-sys = {path="../vlccore-sys"}
> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/src/vlccore-rs/src/lib.rs b/src/vlccore-rs/src/lib.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..9fffcbc8b5
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/vlccore-rs/src/lib.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> +pub mod stream;
> +pub mod utils;
> diff --git a/src/vlccore-rs/src/stream.rs b/src/vlccore-rs/src/stream.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..afa622b4f1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/vlccore-rs/src/stream.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
> +use libc::{c_char, c_void};
> +use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
> +use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind, Read, Result, Seek, SeekFrom};
> +use std::ptr::null_mut;
> +use vlccore_sys::stream as ffi;
> +
> +pub struct Stream {
> +    stream: *mut ffi::stream_t,
> +}
> +
> +impl Read for Stream {
> +    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
> +        let bytes_read: isize = unsafe {
> +            ffi::vlc_stream_Read(self.stream, buf.as_mut_ptr() as *mut c_void, buf.len())
> +        };
> +        if bytes_read < 0 {
> +            Err(Error::new(
> +                ErrorKind::Other,
> +                "Error while reading from stream",
> +            ))
> +        } else {
> +            Ok(bytes_read as usize)
> +        }
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +impl Seek for Stream {
> +    fn seek(&mut self, pos: SeekFrom) -> Result<u64> {
> +        let offset = match pos {
> +            SeekFrom::Start(n) => n,
> +            SeekFrom::Current(n) => {
> +                let len = self.position();
> +                if n >= 0 {
> +                    len.checked_add(n as u64)
> +                } else {
> +                    len.checked_sub(n.wrapping_neg() as u64)
> +                }
> +                .ok_or(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "Position Overflow"))?
> +            }
> +            SeekFrom::End(n) => self.len().and_then(|position| {
> +                if n >= 0 {
> +                    position.checked_add(n as u64)
> +                } else {
> +                    position.checked_sub(n.wrapping_neg() as u64)
> +                }
> +                .ok_or(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "Position Overflow"))
> +            })?,
> +        };
> +
> +        let result = unsafe { ffi::vlc_stream_Seek(self.stream, offset) };
> +        if result != 0 {
> +            return Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "Could not seek stream"));
> +        }
> +        Ok(offset)
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +impl Drop for Stream {
> +    fn drop(&mut self) {
> +        unsafe { ffi::vlc_stream_Delete(self.stream) }
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +impl From<*mut ffi::stream_t> for Stream {
> +    fn from(stream: *mut ffi::stream_t) -> Self {
> +        Stream { stream }
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +impl Stream {
> +    pub fn len(&self) -> std::result::Result<u64, Error> {
> +        let size: u64 = 0;
> +        let result = unsafe {
> +            ffi::vlc_stream_Control(
> +                self.stream,
> +                ffi::stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_SIZE as i32,
> +                &size,
> +            )
> +        };
> +        if result != 0 {
> +            return Err(Error::new(
> +                ErrorKind::Other,
> +                "Could not determine stream size",
> +            ));
> +        }
> +        Ok(size)
> +    }
> +
> +    pub fn position(&self) -> u64 {
> +        unsafe { ffi::vlc_stream_Tell(self.stream) }
> +    }
> +
> +    pub fn eof(&self) -> Result<bool> {
> +        Ok(unsafe { ffi::vlc_stream_Eof(self.stream) })
> +    }
> +
> +    pub fn mimetype(&self) -> Option<String> {
> +        let content_type = self.contenttype()?;
> +        let index = content_type.chars().position(|c| c == ';')?;
> +        Some(content_type[..index].to_owned())
> +    }
> +
> +    pub fn contenttype(&self) -> Option<String> {
> +        let result: *mut c_char = null_mut();
> +        unsafe {
> +            if ffi::vlc_stream_Control(
> +                self.stream,
> +                ffi::stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_CONTENT_TYPE as i32,
> +                result,
> +            ) != 0
> +            {
> +                return None;
> +            } else if result.is_null() {
> +                return None;
> +            }
> +            // FIXME: Free the C pointer received but retain copy of data in Rust
> +            CStr::from_ptr(result).to_str().map(|s| s.to_string()).ok()
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    pub fn new_with_url(&mut self, url: &str) -> Self {
> +        let c_url = CString::new(url).unwrap().as_ptr();
> +        let stream = unsafe { ffi::vlc_stream_NewURL(self.stream, c_url) };
> +        Stream { stream }
> +    }
> +}
> diff --git a/src/vlccore-rs/src/utils.rs b/src/vlccore-rs/src/utils.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..3d9e25ac31
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/vlccore-rs/src/utils.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
> +use libc::{c_char, malloc};
> +use std::ffi::CString;
> +use std::ptr::null_mut;
> +use std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut;
> +
> +pub unsafe fn convert_string_to_ptr(string: String) -> *mut c_char {
> +    if string.is_empty() {
> +        return std::ptr::null_mut();
> +    }
> +    let size = string.len() + 1;
> +    CString::new(string)
> +        .map(|ptr| {
> +            let c_ptr = malloc(size * std::mem::size_of::<u8>()) as *mut u8;
> +            let slice = from_raw_parts_mut(c_ptr, size);
> +            slice[..size].copy_from_slice(ptr.as_bytes_with_nul());
> +            c_ptr as *mut c_char
> +        })
> +        .unwrap_or(null_mut())
> +}
> diff --git a/src/vlccore-sys/Cargo.toml b/src/vlccore-sys/Cargo.toml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..0dde7b2e7d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/vlccore-sys/Cargo.toml
> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> +[package]
> +name = "vlccore-sys"
> +version = "0.1.0"
> +authors = ["Kartik Ohri <kartikohri13 at gmail.com>"]
> +edition = "2018"
> +license = "LGPL-2.1-or-later"
> +
> +[dependencies]
> +libc = "0.2"
> +
> diff --git a/src/vlccore-sys/src/lib.rs b/src/vlccore-sys/src/lib.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..08201d88ba
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/vlccore-sys/src/lib.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +#![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
> +#![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
> +pub mod stream;
> diff --git a/src/vlccore-sys/src/stream.rs b/src/vlccore-sys/src/stream.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..e9df363998
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/vlccore-sys/src/stream.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
> +use libc::{c_char, c_int, c_void, size_t, ssize_t};
> +
> +#[repr(C)]
> +pub struct stream_t {
> +    _private: [u8; 0],
> +}
> +
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_CAN_SEEK: stream_query_e = 0;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_CAN_FASTSEEK: stream_query_e = 1;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_CAN_PAUSE: stream_query_e = 2;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_CAN_CONTROL_PACE: stream_query_e = 3;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_SIZE: stream_query_e = 6;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_PTS_DELAY: stream_query_e = 257;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_TITLE_INFO: stream_query_e = 258;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_TITLE: stream_query_e = 259;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_SEEKPOINT: stream_query_e = 260;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_META: stream_query_e = 261;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_CONTENT_TYPE: stream_query_e = 262;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_SIGNAL: stream_query_e = 263;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_TAGS: stream_query_e = 264;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_SET_PAUSE_STATE: stream_query_e = 512;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_SET_TITLE: stream_query_e = 513;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_SET_SEEKPOINT: stream_query_e = 514;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_SET_RECORD_STATE: stream_query_e = 515;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_SET_PRIVATE_ID_STATE: stream_query_e = 4096;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_SET_PRIVATE_ID_CA: stream_query_e = 4097;
> +pub const stream_query_e_STREAM_GET_PRIVATE_ID_STATE: stream_query_e = 4098;
> +pub type stream_query_e = ::std::os::raw::c_uint;
> +
> +pub type vlc_object_t = stream_t;
> +
> +extern "C" {
> +    pub fn vlc_stream_Read(s: *mut stream_t, buf: *mut c_void, len: size_t) -> ssize_t;
> +
> +    pub fn vlc_stream_Tell(s: *const stream_t) -> u64;
> +
> +    pub fn vlc_stream_Eof(s: *const stream_t) -> bool;
> +
> +    pub fn vlc_stream_Seek(s: *mut stream_t, offset: u64) -> c_int;
> +
> +    pub fn vlc_stream_Control(s: *mut stream_t, query: c_int, ...) -> c_int;
> +
> +    pub fn vlc_stream_Delete(s: *mut stream_t);
> +
> +    pub fn vlc_stream_NewURL(obj: *mut vlc_object_t, url: *const c_char) -> *mut stream_t;
> +}
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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