[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ffmpeg_filter: use nb_threads=1 on unused filtergraph
Michael Niedermayer
michael at niedermayer.cc
Sat Nov 18 12:56:16 EET 2017
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 08:25:50PM -0500, DeHackEd wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Simple one-line patch to avoid creating threads on a filtergrpah which does not
> get used during execution. This saves a superfluous thread creation and
> tear-down cycle.
>
> Besides cleanliness, the main driver for this feature is a system I have access
> to with a large number of cores/threads. Threads count towards ulimits and the
> default of 1 filtergraph thread per CPU thread is undesirable.
> ffmpeg_filter.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 8900e0a4dfa60c9c6c0f0612489d85080b213db8 0001-ffmpeg_filter-use-nb_threads-1-on-unused-filtergraph.patch
> From 999a38ae38178c2ab3ba8a9ef116e7ec08474302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: DHE <git at dehacked.net>
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:09:37 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] ffmpeg_filter: use nb_threads=1 on unused filtergraph
>
> Signed-off-by: DHE <git at dehacked.net>
> ---
> fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c b/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
> index aacc185..877fd67 100644
> --- a/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
> +++ b/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
> @@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ int init_complex_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg)
> graph = avfilter_graph_alloc();
> if (!graph)
> return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
> + graph->nb_threads = 1;
if you checked that it doesnt reduce threads for simple & complex
graphs that are used then LGTM
thanks
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