On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 9:15 AM, wm4 <nfx...@googlemail.com> wrote: > --- > libavutil/frame.h | 14 +++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/libavutil/frame.h b/libavutil/frame.h > index 5a04177..6f5d733 100644 > --- a/libavutil/frame.h > +++ b/libavutil/frame.h > @@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ void av_frame_free(AVFrame **frame); > * If src is not reference counted, new buffers are allocated and the data is > * copied. > * > + * @warning: dst MUST have been either unreferenced with av_frame_unref(dst), > + * or newly allocated with av_frame_alloc() before calling this > + * function, or undefined behavior will occur.
don't you just have to make sure that the frame is allocated? what undefined behaviour are we talking about? > + * > * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error > */ > int av_frame_ref(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src); > @@ -410,7 +414,11 @@ AVFrame *av_frame_clone(const AVFrame *src); > void av_frame_unref(AVFrame *frame); > > /** > - * Move everythnig contained in src to dst and reset src. > + * Move everything contained in src to dst and reset src. > + * > + * @warning: dst is not unreferenced, but blindly overwritten without > checking it could do without 'blindly' but ok otherwise > + * or deallocating its contents. Call av_frame_unref(dst) manually > + * before calling this function to ensure that no memory is leaked. > */ > void av_frame_move_ref(AVFrame *dst, AVFrame *src); > > @@ -426,6 +434,10 @@ void av_frame_move_ref(AVFrame *dst, AVFrame *src); > * necessary, allocate and fill AVFrame.extended_data and > AVFrame.extended_buf. > * For planar formats, one buffer will be allocated for each plane. > * > + * @warning: if frame already has been allocated, calling this function will > + * leak memory. In addition, undefined behavior can occur in > certain > + * cases. ok -- Vittorio _______________________________________________ libav-devel mailing list libav-devel@libav.org https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel