[Bug 662091] New: plugin loader: spawn new plugin loader helper after loading N plugins

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662091
  GStreamer | gstreamer (core) | git

           Summary: plugin loader: spawn new plugin loader helper after
                    loading N plugins
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gstreamer (core)
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: t.i.m at zen.co.uk
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: ---


In some environments (e.g. Android, or Linux in some cases) there may be quite
strict limits on the number of open file descriptors / loaded libraries or some
such.

It would be good if we could support a mode where we don't introspect all
plugins using the same plugin loading helper, but make the helper exit after N
plugins and then re-spawn a new one to introspect the next few plugins. This
makes sure we don't get the plugin helper killed when loading too many
plugins/libraries.

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