Hi,

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Anton Khirnov <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.

Can you provide a patch that does the AVIO_* flag redefinition now?
That way, at least the symbol change is atomic.

Thanks,
Ronald
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