Don't require VDAs to return all PictureBuffers at once.

media/video/video_decode_accelerator.h

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef MEDIA_VIDEO_VIDEO_DECODE_ACCELERATOR_H_
 #define MEDIA_VIDEO_VIDEO_DECODE_ACCELERATOR_H_
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 
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 class MEDIA_EXPORT VideoDecodeAccelerator {
  public:
   // Specification of a decoding profile supported by an decoder.
   // |max_resolution| and |min_resolution| are inclusive.
   struct MEDIA_EXPORT SupportedProfile {
     SupportedProfile();
     ~SupportedProfile();
     VideoCodecProfile profile;
     gfx::Size max_resolution;
     gfx::Size min_resolution;
+
+    // Flags that can be passed when providing picture buffers.

[Pawel Osciak, 2015/12/04 11:09:45]

Should this be changed?

[liberato (no reviews please), 2015/12/04 18:28:58]

Done.

+    enum ProfileFlags {
+      kNoFlags = 0,
+
+      // If set, then the VDA makes no guarantees that it won't stall before
+      // sending all the picture buffers to the client via PictureReady.
+      kCanStallAnytime = 1 << 0,
+    };
+
+    ProfileFlags flags;
   };
   using SupportedProfiles = std::vector<SupportedProfile>;
 
   // Enumeration of potential errors generated by the API.
   // Note: Keep these in sync with PP_VideoDecodeError_Dev. Also do not
   // rearrange, reuse or remove values as they are used for gathering UMA
   // statistics.
   enum Error {
     // An operation was attempted during an incompatible decoder state.
     ILLEGAL_STATE = 1,
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 // Specialize std::default_delete so that scoped_ptr<VideoDecodeAccelerator>
 // uses "Destroy()" instead of trying to use the destructor.
 template <>
 struct MEDIA_EXPORT default_delete<media::VideoDecodeAccelerator> {
   void operator()(media::VideoDecodeAccelerator* vda) const;
 };
 
 }  // namespace std
 
 #endif  // MEDIA_VIDEO_VIDEO_DECODE_ACCELERATOR_H_