On 6/16/2025 9:38 AM, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
> On 13/06/2025 16:07, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
>> On 10/06/2025 00:09, Andreas Rheinhardt wrote:
>>> James Almer:
>>>> On 6/9/2025 5:59 PM, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
>>>>> On 08.06.2025 17:45, James Almer wrote:
>>>>>> On 6/8/2025 11:29 AM, Andreas Rheinhardt wrote:
>>>>>>> Timo Rothenpieler:
>>>>>>>> From: James Almer <jamrial@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't like that you add another allocator for this; instead we 
>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>> add a generic allocator for the frame side-data types.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wont work for packet side data. And i purposely didn't add yet
>>>>>> another allocator that inserts the result into a frame, like there's
>>>>>> in so many other modules, because eventually the generic one would be
>>>>>> introduced.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You said you wanted to take over my work on the generic allocator,
>>>>>> but not sure if you did anything with it. The core issue was handling
>>>>>> more complex types that didn't just have an extra nb_blocks argument.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, what is the conclusion here?
>>>>> I'd like to push this set if you can come to an agreement.
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't looked into it much, but implementing av_tdrdi_alloc() in a
>>>>> generic way does seem a bit hacky. And other types might need even
>>>>> more info for the allocation.
>>>>
>>>> The set LGTM. A custom frame side data allocator does not imply an
>>>> allocator is required for this struct. Frames are not the only user.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I was thinking about a generic side data allocator (for the
>>> AVFrameSideDataType stuff, but it is not meant to be AVFrame specific),
>>> so that it can be used by more than just AVFrames. Will write one 
>>> tomorrow.
>>
>> Would you be okay to for now pushing this with the API turned into an 
>> internal one, so the public API can then be decided and implemented 
>> later?
> 
> Will apply soon with the new public APIs turned into an ff_ symbol.
No, the allocator is required, and an internal function like you suggest 
would need a separate internal header, and will make the struct 
virtually unusable outside lavu for non frame side data users.