Make AudioOutputDevice restartable and reinitializable

media/audio/audio_device_thread.h

Index: media/audio/audio_device_thread.h
diff --git a/media/audio/audio_device_thread.h b/media/audio/audio_device_thread.h
index 61e5e8724ddc24b289c01c364e3491b137779462..581639a41fae3de84d3f9bf9b6f77f7d6d23f38c 100644
--- a/media/audio/audio_device_thread.h
+++ b/media/audio/audio_device_thread.h
@@ -75,13 +75,12 @@ class MEDIA_EXPORT AudioDeviceThread {
   AudioDeviceThread();
   ~AudioDeviceThread();
 
-  // Starts the audio thread. The thread must not already be running.  If
-  // |sychronized_buffers| is set, the browser expects to be notified via the
-  // |socket| every time AudioDeviceThread::Process() completes.
-  void Start(AudioDeviceThread::Callback* callback,
-             base::SyncSocket::Handle socket,
-             const char* thread_name,
-             bool synchronized_buffers);
+  // Starts the audio thread and puts into wait mode. Resume() must
+  // be called to release it and actually start running. The thread must not
+  // already be started.  If |sychronized_buffers| is set, the browser expects
+  // to be notified via the |socket| every time AudioDeviceThread::Process()
+  // completes.
+  void Start(const char* thread_name, bool synchronized_buffers);
 
   // This tells the audio thread to stop and clean up the data.
   // The method can stop the thread synchronously or asynchronously.
@@ -94,6 +93,16 @@ class MEDIA_EXPORT AudioDeviceThread {
   // If set to NULL, function will wait for the thread to exit before returning.
   void Stop(base::MessageLoop* loop_for_join);
 
+  // Releases the thread from wait mode so that it starts running with the given
+  // |callback| and |socket|. This will also reset the index used for
+  // sychronized buffers.
+  void Resume(AudioDeviceThread::Callback* callback,
+              base::SyncSocket::Handle socket);
+
+  // Puts the thread in the wait mode and shuts down the socket.
+  // It can be resumed again with Resume().
+  void Pause();
+
   // Returns true if the thread is stopped or stopping.
   bool IsStopped();
 
@@ -105,6 +114,7 @@ class MEDIA_EXPORT AudioDeviceThread {
   // 2) We override ThreadMain to add additional on-thread initialization
   //    while still synchronized with SimpleThread::Start() to provide
   //    reliable initialization.
+  // TODO(grunell): Do we still need this extra layer?
   class Thread;
 
   base::Lock thread_lock_;