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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> | 2008-07-08 07:25:08 -0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> | 2008-07-08 07:25:08 -0300 |
| commit | c13f70467621e2c352f93b336b382e70ea24d218 (patch) | |
| tree | 582367340fe7529eb3fec3c514ec9d4b2f68ff71 /v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/README.multi-threading | |
| parent | a953cf4edb8db13f8b7d20c793696a13ffcd3333 (diff) | |
| parent | 9380e197397e3f8404fa2d2effe5c84b6f56735b (diff) | |
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merge: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
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diff --git a/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/README.multi-threading b/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/README.multi-threading new file mode 100644 index 000000000..93b393c8c --- /dev/null +++ b/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/README.multi-threading @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +libv4lconvert is not safe for using one convert instance as returned by +v4lconvert_create from multiple threads, if you want to use one v4lconvert +instance from multiple threads you must provide your own locking and make +sure no simultanious calls are made. + +libv4l1 and libv4l2 are safe for multithread use *under* *the* *following* +*conditions* : + +* when using v4lx_fd_open, do not make any v4lx_ calls to the passed fd until + v4lx_fd_open has completed + +* all v4lx_ calls must be completed before calling v4lx_close |