IPC to pass media data using a lock free circular fifo.

chromecast/media/cma/ipc/media_message.h

Index: chromecast/media/cma/ipc/media_message.h
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+// Copyright 2014 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 CHROMECAST_MEDIA_CMA_IPC_MEDIA_MESSAGE_H_
+#define CHROMECAST_MEDIA_CMA_IPC_MEDIA_MESSAGE_H_
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include "base/basictypes.h"
+#include "base/callback.h"
+#include "base/macros.h"
+#include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
+
+namespace chromecast {
+namespace media {
+class MediaMemoryChunk;
+
+// MediaMessage -
+// Represents a media message, including:
+// - a message header that gives for example the message size or its type,
+// - the content of the message,
+// - and some possible padding if the content does not occupy the whole
+//   reserved space.
+//
+class MediaMessage {
+ public:
+  // Memory allocator: given a number of bytes to allocate,
+  // return the pointer to the allocated block if successful
+  // or NULL if allocation failed.
+  typedef base::Callback<scoped_ptr<MediaMemoryChunk>(size_t)>
+      MemoryAllocatorCB;
+
+  // Creates a message with no associated memory for its content, i.e.
+  // each write on this message is a dummy operation.
+  // This type of message can be useful to calculate first the size of the
+  // message, before allocating the real message.
+  static scoped_ptr<MediaMessage> CreateDummyMessage(uint32 type);
+
+  // Creates a message with a capacity of at least |msg_content_capacity|
+  // bytes. The actual content size can be smaller than its capacity.
+  // The message can be populated with some Write functions.
+  static scoped_ptr<MediaMessage> CreateMessage(
+      uint32 type,
+      const MemoryAllocatorCB& memory_allocator,
+      size_t msg_content_capacity);
+
+  // Creates a message of type |type| whose serialized structure is stored
+  // in |mem|.
+  static scoped_ptr<MediaMessage> CreateMessage(
+      uint32 type,
+      scoped_ptr<MediaMemoryChunk> mem);
+
+  // Creates a message from a memory area which already contains
+  // the serialized structure of the message.
+  // Only Read functions can be invoked on this type of message.
+  static scoped_ptr<MediaMessage> MapMessage(
+      scoped_ptr<MediaMemoryChunk> mem);
+
+  // Return the minimum size of a message.
+  static size_t minimum_msg_size() {
+    return offsetof(SerializedMsg, content);
+  }
+
+  ~MediaMessage();
+
+  // Indicate whether the underlying serialized structure of the message is
+  // available.
+  // Note: the serialized structure might be unavailable in case of a dummy
+  // message or if the underlying memory has been invalidated.
+  bool IsSerializedMsgAvailable() const;
+
+  // Return the message and the total size of the message
+  // incuding the header, the content and the possible padding.
+  const void* msg() const { return msg_read_only_; }
+  size_t size() const { return cached_msg_.header.size; }
+
+  // Return the size of the message without padding.
+  size_t actual_size() const {
+    return minimum_msg_size() + cached_msg_.header.content_size;
+  }
+
+  // Return the size of the content of the message.
+  size_t content_size() const { return cached_msg_.header.content_size; }
+
+  // Return the type of the message.
+  uint32 type() const { return cached_msg_.header.type; }
+
+  // Append a POD to the message.
+  // Return true if the POD has been succesfully written.
+  template<typename T> bool WritePod(T* const& pod);
+  template<typename T> bool WritePod(const T& pod) {
+    return WriteBuffer(&pod, sizeof(T));
+  }
+
+  // Append a raw buffer to the message.
+  bool WriteBuffer(const void* src, size_t size);
+
+  // Read a POD from the message.
+  template<typename T> bool ReadPod(T* pod) {
+    return ReadBuffer(pod, sizeof(T));
+  }
+
+  // Read |size| bytes from the message from the last read position
+  // and write it to |dst|.
+  bool ReadBuffer(void* dst, size_t size);
+
+  // Return a pointer to a buffer of size |size|.
+  // Return NULL if not successful.
+  const void* GetBuffer(size_t size);
+  void* GetWritableBuffer(size_t size);
+
+ private:
+  MediaMessage(uint32 type, size_t msg_size);
+  MediaMessage(uint32 type, scoped_ptr<MediaMemoryChunk> memory);
+  MediaMessage(scoped_ptr<MediaMemoryChunk> memory);
+
+  struct Header {
+    // Total size of the message (including both header & content).
+    uint32 size;
+    // Indicate the message type.
+    uint32 type;
+    // Actual size of the content in the message.
+    uint32 content_size;
+  };
+
+  struct SerializedMsg {
+    // Message header.
+    Header header;
+
+    // Start of the content of the message.
+    // Use uint8_t since no special alignment is needed.
+    uint8 content;
+  };
+
+  // Indicate whether the message is a dummy message, i.e. a message without
+  // a complete underlying serialized structure: only the message header is
+  // available.
+  bool is_dummy_msg_;
+
+  // |cached_msg_| is used for 2 purposes:
+  // - to create a dummy message
+  // - for security purpose: cache the msg header to avoid browser security
+  // issues.
+  SerializedMsg cached_msg_;
+  Header* const cached_header_;
+
+  SerializedMsg* msg_;
+  SerializedMsg* msg_read_only_;
+
+  // Memory allocated to store the underlying serialized structure into memory.
+  // Note: a dummy message has no underlying serialized structure:
+  // |mem_| is a null pointer in that case.
+  scoped_ptr<MediaMemoryChunk> mem_;
+
+  // Read iterator into the message.
+  size_t rd_offset_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MediaMessage);
+};
+
+}  // namespace media
+}  // namespace chromecast
+
+#endif