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| author | Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> | 2010-02-26 15:31:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> | 2010-02-26 15:31:05 +0100 |
| commit | 2ade2c7612d656093d56eecb2d7a8536bec6ac25 (patch) | |
| tree | 5a72e037b0196fd5181bf9968a26f1f2c41f0265 /README.lib-multi-threading | |
| parent | d16023a0492e005ada68399df05e6e7684389cbf (diff) | |
Documentation file shuffle
Move most important doc files to the archive root, remove a duplicate
copy of the LGPL v2.1
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'README.lib-multi-threading')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/README.lib-multi-threading b/README.lib-multi-threading new file mode 100644 index 00000000..93b393c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.lib-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 |