On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 2:26 AM, Luca Barbato <lu_z...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> `av_packet_unref` replaces it.
Might be a tad bit more verbose here, deprecating is never fun for
users so each step has to be very well explained.
> ---
> diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> index 5f1755a..3d5af09 100644
> --- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> +++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> @@ -1152,13 +1152,13 @@ typedef struct AVPacketSideData {
> *
> * The semantics of data ownership depends on the buf or destruct
> (deprecated)
> * fields. If either is set, the packet data is dynamically allocated and is
> - * valid indefinitely until av_free_packet() is called (which in turn calls
> + * valid indefinitely until av_packet_unref() is called (which in turn calls
> * av_buffer_unref()/the destruct callback to free the data). If neither is
> set,
> * the packet data is typically backed by some static buffer somewhere and is
> * only valid for a limited time (e.g. until the next read call when
> demuxing).
> *
> * The side data is always allocated with av_malloc() and is freed in
> - * av_free_packet().
> + * av_packet_unref().
not sure we want to do this: at least this does not happen in the
av_frame_unref version and probably would make more sense to free it
in free_packet
> */
> typedef struct AVPacket {
> /**
> @@ -3468,8 +3468,11 @@ int av_dup_packet(AVPacket *pkt);
> /**
> * Free a packet.
> *
> + * @deprecated Use av_packet_unref
> + *
> * @param pkt packet to free
> */
> +attribute_deprecated
> void av_free_packet(AVPacket *pkt);
y u no FF_API?
> +
> +void av_packet_free_side_data(AVPacket *pkt)
> +{
> + int i;
> + for (i = 0; i < pkt->side_data_elems; i++)
> + av_free(pkt->side_data[i].data);
> + av_freep(&pkt->side_data);
> + pkt->side_data_elems = 0;
> +}
> +
this is worth an APIchange entry, and while at it, mention the unref
function use instead of the deprecated one
--
Vittorio
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