[pulseaudio-discuss] Adding extra fds to the main loop

[Laurențiu Nicola]

Thanks, it seems I missed that function :).

Laurentiu Nicola

On Wed, Jun 4, 2014, at 16:17, Tanu Kaskinen wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-06-04 at 16:05 +0300, Laurențiu Nicola wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> >  
> > I want to write a small application that reads some data from the
> > network and makes a few libpulse calls. I have some questions about
> > the PulseAudio non-threaded main loop.
> > 
> >  
> > 1. Is there a way to add my fd to the PulseAudio main loop, so I can
> > be notified of any events? Would calling pa_mainloop_set_poll_func
> > with a function that copies the pollfd list and appends mine be the
> > proper way to do it?
> 
> pa_mainloop_api has the io_new function pointer, which you can use to
> add new fds to the mainloop.
> 
> > 2. Is pa_context reentrant in that I can have multiple operations
> > executing at the same time? If not, can a new operation be started
> > during the callback of a previous one, or must I wait for
> > pa_mainloop_dispatch() / pa_mainloop_iterate() to finish?
> 
> Multiple operations can execute simultaneously, starting a new operation
> from the callback of another operation is fine.
> 
> -- 
> Tanu
> 
>