[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/5] libavutil: prefix all log messages with thread id

[Martin Carroll]

Nicolas, thanks for your feedback.

 > declare pointers as "type *pointer"

Will do.

 > I see a global structure meant to be accessed from several threads and
 > nothing to make a memory barrier.

Oops, my goof.  My reasoning was that the code that you refer to is
called from the thread *creator*, not the threads themselves, but of
course anyone, including multiple threads, can be thread creators.
I will fix.

 > Also, it seems to me that using thread-local storage for that would 
be much
 > simpler and more efficient.

I default to not using thread-local storage because thread-local storage
used to be nonportable, and I have no idea how many archaic machines
ffmpeg is being built on.  However, if thread-local storage is preferred
by ffmpeg folks, I will convert to that.  Just let me know.

 > You cannot [compare pthread IDs]

Good point.  Frankly, I was unaware of the == issue because in my personal
experience I have never encountered a system for which == did not work.

 > Documentation on the arguments, especially "fcn", is sorely missing.

I'm by no means the only violator in that regard, but I will fix.

mar