From 23039af8427140bafa92dce3021c1f2a14bcfbad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:49:33 +0100 Subject: client: allow zero-copy writing to the stream --- src/pulse/stream.h | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/pulse/stream.h') diff --git a/src/pulse/stream.h b/src/pulse/stream.h index 49c132a2..fecc5870 100644 --- a/src/pulse/stream.h +++ b/src/pulse/stream.h @@ -418,15 +418,71 @@ int pa_stream_connect_record( /** Disconnect a stream from a source/sink */ int pa_stream_disconnect(pa_stream *s); -/** Write some data to the server (for playback sinks), if free_cb is - * non-NULL this routine is called when all data has been written out - * and an internal reference to the specified data is kept, the data - * is not copied. If NULL, the data is copied into an internal - * buffer. The client my freely seek around in the output buffer. For +/** Prepare writing data to the server (for playback streams). This + * function may be used to optimize the number of memory copies when + * doing playback ("zero-copy"). It is recommended to call this + * function before each call to pa_stream_write(). Pass in the address + * to a pointer and an address of the number of bytes you want to + * write. On return the two values will contain a pointer where you + * can place the data to write and the maximum number of bytes you can + * write. On return *nbytes can be larger or have the same value as + * you passed in. You need to be able to handle both cases. Accessing + * memory beyond the returned *nbytes value is invalid. Acessing the + * memory returned after the following pa_stream_write() or + * pa_stream_cancel_write() is invalid. On invocation only *nbytes + * needs to be initialized, on return both *data and *nbytes will be + * valid. If you place (size_t) -1 in *nbytes on invocation the memory + * size will be chosen automatically (which is recommended to + * do). After placing your data in the memory area returned call + * pa_stream_write() with data set to an address within this memory + * area and an nbytes value that is smaller or equal to what was + * returned by this function to actually execute the write. An + * invocation of pa_stream_write() should follow "quickly" on + * pa_stream_begin_write(). It is not recommended letting an unbounded + * amount of time pass after calling pa_stream_begin_write() and + * before calling pa_stream_write(). If you want to cancel a + * previously called pa_stream_begin_write() without calling + * pa_stream_write() use pa_stream_cancel_write() instead. Calling + * pa_stream_begin_write() twice without calling pa_stream_write() or + * pa_stream_cancel_write() in between will return exactly the same + * pointer/nbytes values.\since 0.9.16 */ +int pa_stream_begin_write( + pa_stream *p, + void **data, + size_t *nbytes); + +/** Reverses the effect of pa_stream_begin_write() dropping all data + * that has already been placed in the memory area returned by + * pa_stream_begin_write(). Only valid to call if + * pa_stream_begin_write() was called before and neither + * pa_stream_cancel_write() nor pa_stream_write() have been called + * yet. Accessing the memory previously returned by + * pa_stream_begin_write() after this call is invalid. Any further + * explicit freeing of the memory area is not necessary. \since + * 0.9.16 */ +int pa_stream_cancel_write( + pa_stream *p); + +/** Write some data to the server (for playback streams), if free_cb + * is non-NULL this routine is called when all data has been written + * out and an internal reference to the specified data is kept, the + * data is not copied. If NULL, the data is copied into an internal + * buffer. The client may freely seek around in the output buffer. For * most applications passing 0 and PA_SEEK_RELATIVE as arguments for * offset and seek should be useful. Afte ther write call succeeded * the write index will be a the position after where this chunk of - * data has been written to. */ + * data has been written to. + * + * As an optimization for avoiding needless memory copies you may call + * pa_stream_begin_write() before this call and then place your audio + * data directly in the memory area returned by that call. Then, pass + * a pointer to that memory area to pa_stream_write(). After the + * invocation of pa_stream_write() the memory area may no longer be + * accessed. Any further explicit freeing of the memory area is not + * necessary. It is OK to write the memory area returned by + * pa_stream_begin_write() only partially with this call, skipping + * bytes both at the end and at the beginning of the reserved memory + * area.*/ int pa_stream_write( pa_stream *p /**< The stream to use */, const void *data /**< The data to write */, @@ -435,7 +491,7 @@ int pa_stream_write( int64_t offset, /**< Offset for seeking, must be 0 for upload streams */ pa_seek_mode_t seek /**< Seek mode, must be PA_SEEK_RELATIVE for upload streams */); -/** Read the next fragment from the buffer (for recording). +/** Read the next fragment from the buffer (for recording streams). * data will point to the actual data and length will contain the size * of the data in bytes (which can be less than a complete framgnet). * Use pa_stream_drop() to actually remove the data from the -- cgit