/***************************************************************************** * interface.c: interface access for other threads * This library provides basic functions for threads to interact with user * interface, such as command line. ***************************************************************************** * Copyright (C) 1998-2001 VideoLAN * $Id: interface.c,v 1.97 2002/07/31 20:56:52 sam Exp $ * * Authors: Vincent Seguin * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA. *****************************************************************************/ /***************************************************************************** * Preamble *****************************************************************************/ #include /* ENOMEM */ #include /* free(), strtol() */ #include /* FILE */ #include /* strerror() */ #include /* off_t */ #include #include "stream_control.h" #include "input_ext-intf.h" #include "audio_output.h" #include "interface.h" #include "video.h" #include "video_output.h" /***************************************************************************** * Local prototypes *****************************************************************************/ static void Manager( intf_thread_t *p_intf ); /***************************************************************************** * intf_Create: prepare interface before main loop ***************************************************************************** * This function opens output devices and creates specific interfaces. It sends * its own error messages. *****************************************************************************/ intf_thread_t* __intf_Create( vlc_object_t *p_this ) { intf_thread_t * p_intf; char *psz_name; /* Allocate structure */ p_intf = vlc_object_create( p_this, VLC_OBJECT_INTF ); if( !p_intf ) { msg_Err( p_this, "out of memory" ); return NULL; } /* Choose the best module */ psz_name = config_GetPsz( p_intf, "intf" ); p_intf->p_module = module_Need( p_intf, "interface", psz_name ); if( psz_name ) free( psz_name ); if( p_intf->p_module == NULL ) { msg_Err( p_intf, "no suitable intf module" ); vlc_object_destroy( p_intf ); return NULL; } /* Initialize structure */ p_intf->b_menu = 0; p_intf->b_menu_change = 0; /* Initialize mutexes */ vlc_mutex_init( p_intf, &p_intf->change_lock ); msg_Dbg( p_intf, "interface initialized" ); /* Attach interface to its parent object */ vlc_object_attach( p_intf, p_this ); return p_intf; } /***************************************************************************** * intf_RunThread: launch the interface thread ***************************************************************************** * This function either creates a new thread and runs the interface in it, * or runs the interface in the current thread, depending on b_block. *****************************************************************************/ vlc_error_t intf_RunThread( intf_thread_t *p_intf ) { if( p_intf->b_block ) { /* Run a manager thread, launch the interface, kill the manager */ if( vlc_thread_create( p_intf, "manager", Manager, 0 ) ) { msg_Err( p_intf, "cannot spawn manager thread" ); return VLC_EGENERIC; } p_intf->pf_run( p_intf ); p_intf->b_die = 1; /* Do not join the thread... intf_StopThread will do it for us */ } else { /* Run the interface in a separate thread */ if( vlc_thread_create( p_intf, "interface", p_intf->pf_run, 0 ) ) { msg_Err( p_intf, "cannot spawn interface thread" ); return VLC_EGENERIC; } } return VLC_SUCCESS; } /***************************************************************************** * intf_StopThread: end the interface thread ***************************************************************************** * This function asks the interface thread to stop. *****************************************************************************/ void intf_StopThread( intf_thread_t *p_intf ) { /* Tell the interface to die */ if( !p_intf->b_block ) { p_intf->b_die = 1; } /* Wait for the thread to exit */ vlc_thread_join( p_intf ); } /***************************************************************************** * intf_Destroy: clean interface after main loop ***************************************************************************** * This function destroys specific interfaces and close output devices. *****************************************************************************/ void intf_Destroy( intf_thread_t *p_intf ) { /* Unlock module */ module_Unneed( p_intf, p_intf->p_module ); vlc_mutex_destroy( &p_intf->change_lock ); /* Free structure */ vlc_object_destroy( p_intf ); } /* Following functions are local */ /***************************************************************************** * Manager: helper thread for blocking interfaces ***************************************************************************** * If the interface is launched in the main thread, it will not listen to * p_vlc->b_die events because it is only supposed to listen to p_intf->b_die. * This thread takes care of the matter. *****************************************************************************/ static void Manager( intf_thread_t *p_intf ) { while( !p_intf->b_die ) { msleep( INTF_IDLE_SLEEP ); if( p_intf->p_vlc->b_die ) { p_intf->b_die = 1; return; } } }