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* Asterisk -- An open source telephony toolkit.
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* Copyright (C) 2014, Digium, Inc.
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
* Joshua Colp <jcolp@digium.com>
*
* See http://www.asterisk.org for more information about
* the Asterisk project. Please do not directly contact
* any of the maintainers of this project for assistance;
* the project provides a web site, mailing lists and IRC
* channels for your use.
*
* This program is free software, distributed under the terms of
* the GNU General Public License Version 2. See the LICENSE file
* at the top of the source tree.
*/
/*!
* \file
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
* \brief Media Format API
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
* \author Joshua Colp <jcolp@digium.com>
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
#include "asterisk/codec.h"
#ifndef _AST_FORMAT_H_
#define _AST_FORMAT_H_
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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struct ast_format;
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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/*! \brief Format comparison results */
enum ast_format_cmp_res {
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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/*! Both formats are equivalent to eachother */
AST_FORMAT_CMP_EQUAL = 0,
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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/*! Both formats are completely different and not the same in any way */
AST_FORMAT_CMP_NOT_EQUAL,
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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/*! Both formats are similar but not equivalent */
AST_FORMAT_CMP_SUBSET,
};
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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/*! \brief Optional format interface to extend format operations */
struct ast_format_interface {
/*!
* \brief Callback for when the format is destroyed, used to release attribute resources
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param format The format structure to destroy
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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void (*const format_destroy)(struct ast_format *format);
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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/*!
* \brief Callback for when the format is cloned, used to clone attributes
*
* \param src Source format of attributes
* \param dst Destination format for attributes
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \retval 0 success
* \retval -1 failure
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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int (*const format_clone)(const struct ast_format *src, struct ast_format *dst);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff 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6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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* \brief Determine if format 1 is a subset of format 2.
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param format1 First format to compare
* \param format2 Second format which the first is compared against
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \retval ast_format_cmp_res representing the result of comparing format1 and format2.
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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enum ast_format_cmp_res (* const format_cmp)(const struct ast_format *format1,
const struct ast_format *format2);
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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/*!
* \brief Get a format with the joint compatible attributes of both provided formats.
*
* \param format1 The first format
* \param format2 The second format
*
* \retval non-NULL if joint format
* \retval NULL if no joint format
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \note The returned format has its reference count incremented and must be released using
* ao2_ref or ao2_cleanup.
*/
struct ast_format *(* const format_get_joint)(const struct ast_format *format1,
const struct ast_format *format2);
/*!
* \brief Set an attribute on a format
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param name The name of the attribute
* \param value The value of the attribute
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \retval non-NULL success
* \retval NULL failure
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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struct ast_format *(* const format_attribute_set)(const struct ast_format *format,
const char *name, const char *value);
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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/*!
* \brief Parse SDP attribute information, interpret it, and store it in the format structure.
*
* \param format Format to set attributes on
* \param attributes A string containing only the attributes from the fmtp line
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \retval non-NULL Success, values were valid
* \retval NULL Failure, some values were not acceptable
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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struct ast_format *(* const format_parse_sdp_fmtp)(const struct ast_format *format, const char *attributes);
/*!
* \brief Generate SDP attribute information from an ast_format_attr structure.
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param format The format containing attributes
* \param payload The payload number to place into the fmtp line
* \param str The generated fmtp line
*
* \note This callback should generate a full fmtp line using the provided payload number.
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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void (* const format_generate_sdp_fmtp)(const struct ast_format *format, unsigned int payload,
struct ast_str **str);
/*!
* \since 13.6.0
* \brief Retrieve a particular format attribute setting
*
* \param format The format containing attributes
* \param name The name of the attribute to retrieve
*
* \retval NULL if the parameter is not set on the format
* \retval non-NULL the format attribute value
*/
const void *(* const format_attribute_get)(const struct ast_format *format, const char *name);
};
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Initialize media format support
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
* \retval 0 success
* \retval -1 failure
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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int ast_format_init(void);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Create a new media format
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param codec The codec to use
*
* \retval non-NULL success
* \retval NULL failure
*
* \note The format is returned with reference count incremented. It must be released using
* ao2_ref or ao2_cleanup.
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff 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6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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struct ast_format *ast_format_create(struct ast_codec *codec);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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* \brief Create a new media format with a specific name
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
* \param format_name The name to use for the format
* \param codec The codec to use
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
* \note This creation function should be used when the name of the \c codec
* cannot be explicitly used for the name of the format. This is the case for
* codecs with multiple sample rates
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
* \note The format is returned with reference count incremented. It must be released using
* ao2_ref or ao2_cleanup.
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \retval non-NULL success
* \retval NULL failure
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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struct ast_format *ast_format_create_named(const char *format_name, struct ast_codec *codec);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Clone an existing media format so it can be modified
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param format The existing media format
*
* \note The returned format is a new ao2 object. It must be released using ao2_cleanup.
*
* \retval non-NULL success
* \retval NULL failure
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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struct ast_format *ast_format_clone(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff 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6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Compare two formats
*
* \retval ast_format_cmp_res representing the result of comparing format1 and format2.
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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enum ast_format_cmp_res ast_format_cmp(const struct ast_format *format1, const struct ast_format *format2);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get a common joint capability between two formats
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \retval non-NULL if joint capability exists
* \retval NULL if no joint capability exists
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \note The returned format must be treated as immutable.
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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struct ast_format *ast_format_joint(const struct ast_format *format1, const struct ast_format *format2);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff 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6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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* \brief Set an attribute on a format to a specific value
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param format The format to set the attribute on
* \param name Attribute name
* \param value Attribute value
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \retval non-NULL success
* \retval NULL failure
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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struct ast_format *ast_format_attribute_set(const struct ast_format *format, const char *name,
const char *value);
/*!
* \since 13.6.0
*
* \param format The format to retrieve the attribute from
* \param name Attribute name
*
* \retval non-NULL the attribute value
* \retval NULL the attribute does not exist or is unset
*/
const void *ast_format_attribute_get(const struct ast_format *format, const char *name);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff 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6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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* \brief This function is used to have a media format aware module parse and interpret
* SDP attribute information. Once interpreted this information is stored on the format
* itself using Asterisk format attributes.
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param format to set
* \param attributes string containing the fmtp line from the SDP
*
* \retval non-NULL success, attribute values were valid
* \retval NULL failure, values were not acceptable
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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struct ast_format *ast_format_parse_sdp_fmtp(const struct ast_format *format, const char *attributes);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief This function is used to produce an fmtp SDP line for an Asterisk format. The
* attributes present on the Asterisk format are translated into the SDP equivalent.
*
* \param format to generate an fmtp line for
* \param payload numerical payload for the fmtp line
* \param str structure that the fmtp line will be appended to
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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void ast_format_generate_sdp_fmtp(const struct ast_format *format, unsigned int payload, struct ast_str **str);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Register a format interface for use with the provided codec
*
* \param codec The name of codec the interface is applicable to
* \param interface A pointer to the interface implementation
* \param mod The module this format interface is provided by
*
* \retval 0 success
* \retval -1 failure
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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int __ast_format_interface_register(const char *codec, const struct ast_format_interface *interface, struct ast_module *mod);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Register a format interface for use with the provided codec
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param codec The name of codec the interface is applicable to
* \param interface A pointer to the interface implementation
*
* \retval 0 success
* \retval -1 failure
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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#define ast_format_interface_register(codec, interface) __ast_format_interface_register(codec, interface, ast_module_info->self)
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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* \brief Get the attribute data on a format
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
* \param format The media format
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \return Currently set attribute data
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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void *ast_format_get_attribute_data(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Set the attribute data on a format
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param format The media format
* \param attribute_data The attribute data
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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void ast_format_set_attribute_data(struct ast_format *format, void *attribute_data);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get the name associated with a format
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param format The media format
*
* \return The name of the format
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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const char *ast_format_get_name(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
* \brief Get the codec associated with a format
*
* \param format The media format
*
* \return The codec
*
* \note The reference count of the returned codec is increased by 1 and must be decremented
*/
struct ast_codec *ast_format_get_codec(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff 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6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get the codec identifier associated with a format
*
* \param format The media format
*
* \return codec identifier
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
unsigned int ast_format_get_codec_id(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get the codec name associated with a format
*
* \param format The media format
*
* \return The codec name
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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const char *ast_format_get_codec_name(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get whether or not the format can be smoothed
*
* \param format The media format
*
* \retval 0 the format cannot be smoothed
* \retval 1 the format can be smoothed
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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int ast_format_can_be_smoothed(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get the media type of a format
*
* \param format The media format
*
* \return the media type
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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enum ast_media_type ast_format_get_type(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get the default framing size (in milliseconds) for a format
*
* \param format The media format
*
* \return default framing size in milliseconds
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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unsigned int ast_format_get_default_ms(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get the minimum amount of media carried in this format
*
* \param format The media format
*
* \return minimum framing size in milliseconds
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
unsigned int ast_format_get_minimum_ms(const struct ast_format *format);
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media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get the maximum amount of media carried in this format
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \param format The media format
*
* \return maximum framing size in milliseconds
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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unsigned int ast_format_get_maximum_ms(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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* \brief Get the minimum number of bytes expected in a frame for this format
*
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
* \param format The media format
*
* \return minimum expected bytes in a frame for this format
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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unsigned int ast_format_get_minimum_bytes(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get the sample rate of a media format
*
* \param format The media format
*
* \return sample rate
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
2014-07-20 22:06:33 +00:00
unsigned int ast_format_get_sample_rate(const struct ast_format *format);
/*!
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 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https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) translate.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rb3795.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) tls_fix.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) fax-mf-fix-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) rtp_transfer_stuff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3787.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media-formats-explicit-translate-format-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cache_case_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3774.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rb3775.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) rtp_engine_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rtp_crash_fix.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3753.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3750.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3748.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) rb3740.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3739.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3734.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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* \brief Get the length (in milliseconds) for the format with a given number of samples
*
* \param format The media format
* \param samples The number of samples
*
* \return length of media (in milliseconds)
*/
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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unsigned int ast_format_determine_length(const struct ast_format *format, unsigned int samples);
/*!
* \since 12
* \brief Get the message type used for signaling a format registration
*
* \retval Stasis message type for format registration
* \retval NULL on error
*/
struct stasis_message_type *ast_format_register_type(void);
/*!
* \since 12
* \brief Get the message type used for signaling a format unregistration
*
* \retval Stasis message type for format unregistration
* \retval NULL on error
*/
struct stasis_message_type *ast_format_unregister_type(void);
media formats: re-architect handling of media for performance improvements In the old times media formats were represented using a bit field. This was fast but had a few limitations. 1. Asterisk was limited in how many formats it could handle. 2. Formats, being a bit field, could not include any attribute information. A format was strictly its type, e.g., "this is ulaw". This was changed in Asterisk 10 (see https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Architecture+Proposal for notes on that work) which led to the creation of the ast_format structure. This structure allowed Asterisk to handle attributes and bundle information with a format. Additionally, ast_format_cap was created to act as a container for multiple formats that, together, formed the capability of some entity. Another mechanism was added to allow logic to be registered which performed format attribute negotiation. Everywhere throughout the codebase Asterisk was changed to use this strategy. Unfortunately, in software, there is no free lunch. These new capabilities came at a cost. Performance analysis and profiling showed that we spend an inordinate amount of time comparing, copying, and generally manipulating formats and their related structures. Basic prototyping has shown that a reasonably large performance improvement could be made in this area. This patch is the result of that project, which overhauled the media format architecture and its usage in Asterisk to improve performance. Generally, the new philosophy for handling formats is as follows: * The ast_format structure is reference counted. This removed a large amount of the memory allocations and copying that was done in prior versions. * In order to prevent race conditions while keeping things performant, the ast_format structure is immutable by convention and lock-free. Violate this tenet at your peril! * Because formats are reference counted, codecs are also reference counted. The Asterisk core generally provides built-in codecs and caches the ast_format structures created to represent them. Generally, to prevent inordinate amounts of module reference bumping, codecs and formats can be added at run-time but cannot be removed. * All compatibility with the bit field representation of codecs/formats has been moved to a compatibility API. The primary user of this representation is chan_iax2, which must continue to maintain its bit-field usage of formats for interoperability concerns. * When a format is negotiated with attributes, or when a format cannot be represented by one of the cached formats, a new format object is created or cloned from an existing format. That format may have the same codec underlying it, but is a different format than a version of the format with different attributes or without attributes. * While formats are reference counted objects, the reference count maintained on the format should be manipulated with care. Formats are generally cached and will persist for the lifetime of Asterisk and do not explicitly need to have their lifetime modified. An exception to this is when the user of a format does not know where the format came from *and* the user may outlive the provider of the format. This occurs, for example, when a format is read from a channel: the channel may have a format with attributes (hence, non-cached) and the user of the format may last longer than the channel (if the reference to the channel is released prior to the format's reference). For more information on this work, see the API design notes: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Media+Format+Rewrite Finally, this work was the culmination of a large number of developer's efforts. Extra thanks goes to Corey Farrell, who took on a large amount of the work in the Asterisk core, chan_sip, and was an invaluable resource in peer reviews throughout this project. There were a substantial number of patches contributed during this work; the following issues/patch names simply reflect some of the work (and will cause the release scripts to give attribution to the individuals who work on them). Reviews: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3814 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3808 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3805 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3803 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3801 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3798 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3800 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3794 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3793 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3792 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3791 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3790 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3789 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3788 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3787 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3786 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3784 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3783 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3778 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3774 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3775 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3772 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3761 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3754 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3753 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3751 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3750 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3748 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3747 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3746 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3742 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3740 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3739 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3738 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3737 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3736 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3734 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3722 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3713 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3703 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3689 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3687 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3674 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3671 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3667 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3665 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3625 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3602 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3519 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3518 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3516 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3515 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3512 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3506 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3413 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3410 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3387 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3388 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3389 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3390 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3321 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3320 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3319 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3318 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3266 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3265 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3234 https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3178 ASTERISK-23114 #close Reported by: mjordan media_formats_translation_core.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) rb3506.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) media_format_app_file.diff uploaded by kharwell (License 6464) misc-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_mild-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) chan_obscure.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) jingle.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) funcs.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) formats.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) bridges.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-codecs-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-app_fax.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) mf-apps-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) media-formats-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23715 rb3713.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) ASTERISK-23957 rb3722.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) mf-attributes-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23958 Tested by: jrose rb3822.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3800.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) chan_sip.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3747.patch uploaded by jrose (License 6182) ASTERISK-23959 #close Tested by: sgriepentrog, mjordan, coreyfarrell sip_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_sip_caps.diff uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3751.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) chan_sip-3.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23960 #close Tested by: opticron direct_media.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) pjsip-direct-media.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) format_cap_remove.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) media_format_fixes.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) chan_pjsip-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-23966 #close Tested by: rmudgett rb3803.patch uploaded by rmudgetti (License 5621) chan_dahdi.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) ASTERISK-24064 #close Tested by: coreyfarrell, mjordan, opticron, file, rmudgett, sgriepentrog, jrose rb3814.patch uploaded by rmudgett (License 5621) moh_cleanup.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) bridge_leak.diff uploaded by opticron (License 6273) 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rb3689.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3674.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3671.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3667.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3665.patch uploaded by mjordan (License 6283) rb3625.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) rb3602.patch uploaded by coreyfarrell (License 5909) format_compatibility-2.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) core.diff uploaded by file (License 5000) git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@419044 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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#endif /* _AST_FORMAT_H */