Let the module-rt and module-rtkit provide a new pw_thread_utils
implementation.
The pw_thread_utils interface has many advantages over the old way
of boosting the thread:
1. Does not require to add a source to the loop and do priority
boost in-thread.
2. Works on simple threads without data-loop interface.
3. Allows dropping RT priority as well.
The rtkit implementation requires a bit more work because there is
currently no pthread API to map an pthread to a tid. We make a small
wrapper thread to capture the tid with getpid() to do the mapping
ourselves. This should go when the new API arrives. See also:
(https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27880)
200ms seems a little small, some plugins initialize themselves from the
RT thread and get killed. 2 seconds seem to be a better default.
The important part is that there is a limit so that runaway processes
are killed and don't lock up the system.
Fixes#1344
Just like the real free() we should just ignore a NULL pointer, makes the
caller code easier for those instances where properties are optional.
Patch generated with concinelle with a few manual fixes.
Move the daemon config file loading to a new conf.c file used by
the context to load the configuration. This replaces the module
profiles and some hacks to move properties around.
If there is nothing other specified with $PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_NAME or
a property, the client.conf file is loaded as a fallback.
Update the session manager config file to load the modules via the
config now. Rename the session modules section to another name.
Update pipewire-pulse to also load a specific pulse property file.
This then makes it pssible to assign specific RT priorities for the
pipewire-pulse process.
The proxy API is the one that we would like to expose for applications
and the other API is used internally when implementing modules or
factories.
The current pw_core object is really a context for all objects so
name it that way. It also makes it possible to rename pw_core_proxy
to pw_proxy later.
Remove the parent_id from the global event. Remove the parent
and owner from the global object.
Use properties instead to mark parents and owners of objects.
Properties are easier to control for client exported objects and
usually a simple parent/child is not enough. For example, a client
exported node has the client as a parent but also the factory that
created the node.
Allow disabling real time thread, this is useful to run inside
valgrind without being killed.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
SPA_ID_* -> SPA_TYPE_*. We use 'type' for all registered types.
ID refers to either a registered type or an enum.
Improve introspection of object ids. Make 0 an invalid enum and
use it to look up the object id type.
Move some type-info files together.
Swap type and id of the object, we first specify the type and then
the id because the meaning of the id depends on the object type.
Do not use dynamic types anymore. The reason is that it's difficult:
- to maintain a shared type database over a network.
- the extra overhead when translating between processes and for
maintaining the translation tables.
- race conditions in translating in RT-threads, this is a problem
because we want to make event streams.
We now have simple enums with types and extension points for all
types. This is also nicer to use in general.
We don't need the mapper anymore or pass strings around as types.
There is a parallel type info system to get more info about ids and
enums and their hierarchy. It can also be used for debugging.
