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| -rw-r--r-- | libavutil/frame.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libavutil/frame.h b/libavutil/frame.h index 5a04177598..a39a1ef181 100644 --- a/libavutil/frame.h +++ b/libavutil/frame.h @@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ void av_frame_free(AVFrame **frame); * If src is not reference counted, new buffers are allocated and the data is * copied. * + * @warning: dst MUST have been either unreferenced with av_frame_unref(dst), + * or newly allocated with av_frame_alloc() before calling this + * function, or undefined behavior will occur. + * * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error */ int av_frame_ref(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src); @@ -410,7 +414,11 @@ AVFrame *av_frame_clone(const AVFrame *src); void av_frame_unref(AVFrame *frame); /** - * Move everythnig contained in src to dst and reset src. + * Move everything contained in src to dst and reset src. + * + * @warning: dst is not unreferenced, but directly overwritten without reading + * or deallocating its contents. Call av_frame_unref(dst) manually + * before calling this function to ensure that no memory is leaked. */ void av_frame_move_ref(AVFrame *dst, AVFrame *src); @@ -426,6 +434,10 @@ void av_frame_move_ref(AVFrame *dst, AVFrame *src); * necessary, allocate and fill AVFrame.extended_data and AVFrame.extended_buf. * For planar formats, one buffer will be allocated for each plane. * + * @warning: if frame already has been allocated, calling this function will + * leak memory. In addition, undefined behavior can occur in certain + * cases. + * * @param frame frame in which to store the new buffers. * @param align required buffer size alignment * |