Added stream_BlockRemaining() helper.

It is usefull to load a whole file to memory.

include/vlc_stream.h

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ VLC_API int stream_vaControl( stream_t *s, int i_query, va_list args );
 VLC_API void stream_Delete( stream_t *s );
 VLC_API int stream_Control( stream_t *s, int i_query, ... );
 VLC_API block_t * stream_Block( stream_t *s, int i_size );
+VLC_API block_t * stream_BlockRemaining( stream_t *s, int i_max_size );
 VLC_API char * stream_ReadLine( stream_t * );
 
 /**

src/input/stream.c

@@ -1942,3 +1942,48 @@ block_t *stream_Block( stream_t *s, int i_size )
     }
     return NULL;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Read the remaining of the data if there is less than i_max_size bytes, otherwise
+ * return NULL.
+ *
+ * The stream position is unknown after the call.
+ */
+block_t *stream_BlockRemaining( stream_t *s, int i_max_size )
+{
+    int     i_allocate = __MIN(1000000, i_max_size);
+    int64_t i_size = stream_Size( s );
+    if( i_size > 0 )
+    {
+        int64_t i_position = stream_Tell( s );
+        if( i_position + i_max_size < i_size )
+        {
+            msg_Err( s, "Remaining stream size is greater than %d bytes",
+                     i_max_size );
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        i_allocate = i_size - i_position;
+    }
+    if( i_allocate <= 0 )
+        return NULL;
+
+    block_t *p_block = block_New( s, i_allocate );
+    int i_index = 0;
+    while( p_block )
+    {
+        int i_read = stream_Read( s, &p_block->p_buffer[i_index],
+                                     p_block->i_buffer - i_index);
+        if( i_read <= 0 )
+            break;
+        i_index += i_read;
+        i_max_size -= i_read;
+        if( i_max_size <= 0 )
+            break;
+        p_block = block_Realloc( p_block, 0, p_block->i_buffer +
+                                             __MIN(1000000, i_max_size) );
+    }
+    if( p_block )
+        p_block->i_buffer = i_index;
+    return p_block;
+}
+

src/libvlccore.sym

@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ spu_ClearChannel
 sql_Create
 sql_Destroy
 stream_Block
+stream_BlockRemaining
 stream_Control
 stream_Delete
 stream_DemuxNew