[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] avutil/log: document log callback thread saftey requirements

Michael Niedermayer michaelni at gmx.at
Thu Oct 17 02:01:05 CEST 2013


Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>
---
 libavutil/log.h |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libavutil/log.h b/libavutil/log.h
index d3935da..55459e8 100644
--- a/libavutil/log.h
+++ b/libavutil/log.h
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ void av_log_set_level(int level);
 /**
  * Set the logging callback
  *
+ * @note The callback must be thread safe, even if the application does not use
+ *       threads itself as some codecs are multithreaded.
+ *
  * @see av_log_default_callback
  *
  * @param callback A logging function with a compatible signature.
-- 
1.7.9.5



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