[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avcodec/utils: document allocation requirement of extradata
James Almer
jamrial at gmail.com
Fri Aug 24 21:03:10 EEST 2018
On 8/24/2018 2:59 PM, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
> ---
> libavcodec/avcodec.h | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> index 31e50d5a94..5ec7a2430b 100644
> --- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> +++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> @@ -1616,6 +1616,7 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
> * The allocated memory should be AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE bytes larger
> * than extradata_size to avoid problems if it is read with the bitstream reader.
> * The bytewise contents of extradata must not depend on the architecture or CPU endianness.
> + * Must be allocated with av_malloc() in any case.
Use "Must be allocated with the av_malloc() family of functions"
instead. That's what's used in the doxy for other functions.
> * - encoding: Set/allocated/freed by libavcodec.
> * - decoding: Set/allocated/freed by user.
> */
>
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