On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 07:34:59PM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Tuesday 2011-04-12 10:23:54 +0200, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> > From: Stefano Sabatini <[email protected]>
> > 
> > The new function is more flexible than url_exist(), as it allows to
> > specify which access flags to check, and does not require an explicit
> > open of the checked resource.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Anton Khirnov <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  libavformat/avio.c |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  libavformat/avio.h |   15 +++++++++++++++
> >  libavformat/url.h  |    1 +
> >  3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/libavformat/avio.c b/libavformat/avio.c
> > index ad1f1b4..18b2ee6 100644
> > --- a/libavformat/avio.c
> > +++ b/libavformat/avio.c
> > @@ -374,6 +374,25 @@ int url_exist(const char *filename)
> >      return 1;
> >  }
> >  
> > +int avio_check(const char *url, int flags)
> > +{
> > +    URLContext *h;
> > +    int ret = ffurl_alloc(&h, url, flags);
> > +    if (ret)
> > +        return ret;
> > +
> > +    if (h->prot->url_check) {
> > +        ret = h->prot->url_check(h, flags);
> > +    } else {
> > +        ret = ffurl_connect(h);
> > +        if (ret >= 0)
> > +            ret = flags;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    ffurl_close(h);
> > +    return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> >  int64_t ffurl_size(URLContext *h)
> >  {
> >      int64_t pos, size;
> > diff --git a/libavformat/avio.h b/libavformat/avio.h
> > index b980d49..285c9c7 100644
> > --- a/libavformat/avio.h
> > +++ b/libavformat/avio.h
> > @@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ typedef struct URLProtocol {
> >      int priv_data_size;
> >      const AVClass *priv_data_class;
> >      int flags;
> > +    int (*url_check)(URLContext *h, int mask);
> >  } URLProtocol;
> >  
> >  typedef struct URLPollEntry {
> > @@ -347,6 +348,20 @@ attribute_deprecated int url_close_buf(AVIOContext *s);
> >  int url_exist(const char *url);
> >  
> >  /**
> > + * Return AVIO_* access flags corresponding to the access permissions
> > + * of the resource in url, or a negative value corresponding to an
> > + * AVERROR code in case of failure. The returned access flags are
> > + * masked by the value in flags.
> > + *
> > + * @note This function is intrinsically unsafe, in the sense that the
> > + * checked resource may change its existence or permission status from
> > + * one call to another. Thus you should not trust the returned value,
> > + * unless you are sure that no other processes are accessing the
> > + * checked resource.
> > + */
> > +int avio_check(const char *url, int flags);
> 
> Please don't apply this since there is a problem with it.
> 
> #define AVIO_RDONLY 0  /**< read-only */
> #define AVIO_WRONLY 1  /**< write-only */
> #define AVIO_RDWR   2  /**< read-write */
> 
> Indeed AVIO_* are not flags but modes, and it doesn't much sense
> OR-ing them, so for example
> AVIO_RDONLY|AVIO_WRONLY == AVIO_WRONLY.
> 
> and with this patch we have:
> avio_check(url, 0) == 0                     -> check for existence
> equivalent to
> avio_check(url, AVIO_RDONLY) == AVIO_RDONLY -> check for exclusive readability
> 
> which doesn't look right (while the fact that we don't open the
> resource still avoids the lock, and thus fixes roundup issue 1663).
> 
> A possible solution discussed with Anton would be to make AVIO_*
> constansts proper flags.
> 
> For example we could replace the AVIO_RDONLY and AVIO_WRONLY constants
> like this:
> 
> #define AVIO_FLAG_RD 1
> #define AVIO_FLAG_WR 2
> 
> or simply redefine them at the next major bump, but before that the
> logic of this avio_check() is broken.
> 
> Another possibility:
> make avio_check() accept and return flags obtained by shifting 1 by
> AVIO_* mode value, for example:
> 
> // check for existence
> avio_check(url, 0) == 0
> 
> // check for exclusive readability
> avio_check(url, (1<<AVIO_RDONLY)) > 0
> 
> // check for readability
> avio_check(url, (1<<AVIO_RDONLY)|(1<<AVIO_RDWR)) > 0
> 
> but not very nice from the usability POV.
> 
> I'm greatly sorry for not having noticed this problem before.

I'm in favor of redefining AVIO_* flags during the bump.

Unles somebody objects, I'll postpone the patch replacing url_exist with
avio_check until the bump and push the rest now, so avio changes can be
finally declared finished.

During the bump, i'll redefine AVIO_* flags and replace url_exist with
avio_check.

-- 
Anton Khirnov

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