[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH 07/11] core: Add a second rw mempool

[David Henningsson]

To keep the data and the ringbuffer separate, let's add another
mempool just for the ringbuffer(s). That way, the client can open
the ringbuffer shm file in rw mode and keep the data in ro mode.

Signed-off-by: David Henningsson <david.henningsson at canonical.com>
---
 src/pulsecore/core.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
 src/pulsecore/core.h |  5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pulsecore/core.c b/src/pulsecore/core.c
index e6f2dfc..b0f2314 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/core.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/core.c
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ pa_core* pa_core_new(pa_mainloop_api *m, bool shared, size_t shm_size) {
     c->mempool = pool;
     pa_silence_cache_init(&c->silence_cache);
 
+    if (shared && !(c->rw_mempool = pa_mempool_new(shared, shm_size)))
+        pa_log_warn("failed to allocate shared writable memory pool.");
+    if (c->rw_mempool)
+        pa_mempool_set_is_remote_writable(c->rw_mempool, true);
+
     c->exit_event = NULL;
 
     c->exit_idle_time = -1;
@@ -208,6 +213,8 @@ static void core_free(pa_object *o) {
     pa_assert(!c->default_sink);
 
     pa_silence_cache_done(&c->silence_cache);
+    if (c->rw_mempool)
+        pa_mempool_free(c->rw_mempool);
     pa_mempool_free(c->mempool);
 
     for (j = 0; j < PA_CORE_HOOK_MAX; j++)
@@ -254,7 +261,6 @@ void pa_core_maybe_vacuum(pa_core *c) {
 
     if (pa_idxset_isempty(c->sink_inputs) && pa_idxset_isempty(c->source_outputs)) {
         pa_log_debug("Hmm, no streams around, trying to vacuum.");
-        pa_mempool_vacuum(c->mempool);
     } else {
         pa_sink *si;
         pa_source *so;
@@ -271,8 +277,12 @@ void pa_core_maybe_vacuum(pa_core *c) {
                 return;
 
         pa_log_info("All sinks and sources are suspended, vacuuming memory");
-        pa_mempool_vacuum(c->mempool);
     }
+
+    pa_mempool_vacuum(c->mempool);
+
+    if (c->rw_mempool)
+        pa_mempool_vacuum(c->rw_mempool);
 }
 
 pa_time_event* pa_core_rttime_new(pa_core *c, pa_usec_t usec, pa_time_event_cb_t cb, void *userdata) {
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/core.h b/src/pulsecore/core.h
index f268e42..4c54adc 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/core.h
+++ b/src/pulsecore/core.h
@@ -162,7 +162,10 @@ struct pa_core {
     PA_LLIST_HEAD(pa_subscription_event, subscription_event_queue);
     pa_subscription_event *subscription_event_last;
 
-    pa_mempool *mempool;
+    /* The mempool is used for data we write to, it's readonly for the client.
+       The rw_mempool is used for data writable by both server and client (and
+       can be NULL in some cases). */
+    pa_mempool *mempool, *rw_mempool;
     pa_silence_cache silence_cache;
 
     pa_time_event *exit_event;
-- 
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