[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavc/libopenh264: Drop openh264 runtime version checks

[James Almer]

On 12/8/2023 5:15 AM, Kalev Lember wrote:
> Years ago, openh264 releases often changed their ABI without changing
> the library soname. To avoid running into ABI issues, a version check
> was added to lavc libopenh264 code to error out at runtime in case the
> build time and runtime openh264 versions don't match.
> 
> This should no longer be an issue with newer openh264 releases and we
> can drop the runtime version check and rely on upstream doing the right
> thing and bump the library soname if the ABI changes, similar to how
> other libraries are consumed in ffmpeg.

Does the configure check ensure a new enough openh264 version is the 
minimum supported?

> 
> Almost all major distributions now include openh264 and this means there
> are more eyes on ABI changes and issues are discovered and reported
> quickly. See e.g. https://github.com/cisco/openh264/issues/3564 where an
> ABI issue was quickly discovered and fixed.
> 
> Relaxing the check allows downstream distributions to build ffmpeg
> against e.g. openh264 2.3.1 and ship an update to ABI-compatible
> openh264 2.4.0, without needing to coordinate a lock step update between
> ffmpeg and openh264 (which can be difficult if openh264 is distributed
> by Cisco and ffmpeg comes from the distro, such as is the case for
> Fedora).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kalev Lember <klember at redhat.com>
> ---
>   libavcodec/libopenh264.c    | 15 ---------------
>   libavcodec/libopenh264.h    |  2 --
>   libavcodec/libopenh264dec.c |  4 ----
>   libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c |  4 ----
>   4 files changed, 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/libavcodec/libopenh264.c b/libavcodec/libopenh264.c
> index 0f6d28ed88..c80c85ea8b 100644
> --- a/libavcodec/libopenh264.c
> +++ b/libavcodec/libopenh264.c
> @@ -46,18 +46,3 @@ void ff_libopenh264_trace_callback(void *ctx, int level, const char *msg)
>       int equiv_ffmpeg_log_level = libopenh264_to_ffmpeg_log_level(level);
>       av_log(ctx, equiv_ffmpeg_log_level, "%s\n", msg);
>   }
> -
> -int ff_libopenh264_check_version(void *logctx)
> -{
> -    // Mingw GCC < 4.7 on x86_32 uses an incorrect/buggy ABI for the WelsGetCodecVersion
> -    // function (for functions returning larger structs), thus skip the check in those
> -    // configurations.
> -#if !defined(_WIN32) || !defined(__GNUC__) || !ARCH_X86_32 || AV_GCC_VERSION_AT_LEAST(4, 7)
> -    OpenH264Version libver = WelsGetCodecVersion();
> -    if (memcmp(&libver, &g_stCodecVersion, sizeof(libver))) {
> -        av_log(logctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Incorrect library version loaded\n");
> -        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
> -    }
> -#endif
> -    return 0;
> -}
> diff --git a/libavcodec/libopenh264.h b/libavcodec/libopenh264.h
> index dbb9c5d429..0b462d6fdc 100644
> --- a/libavcodec/libopenh264.h
> +++ b/libavcodec/libopenh264.h
> @@ -34,6 +34,4 @@
>   
>   void ff_libopenh264_trace_callback(void *ctx, int level, const char *msg);
>   
> -int ff_libopenh264_check_version(void *logctx);
> -
>   #endif /* AVCODEC_LIBOPENH264_H */
> diff --git a/libavcodec/libopenh264dec.c b/libavcodec/libopenh264dec.c
> index 7d650ae03e..b6a9bba2dc 100644
> --- a/libavcodec/libopenh264dec.c
> +++ b/libavcodec/libopenh264dec.c
> @@ -52,13 +52,9 @@ static av_cold int svc_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
>   {
>       SVCContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
>       SDecodingParam param = { 0 };
> -    int err;
>       int log_level;
>       WelsTraceCallback callback_function;
>   
> -    if ((err = ff_libopenh264_check_version(avctx)) < 0)
> -        return AVERROR_DECODER_NOT_FOUND;
> -
>       if (WelsCreateDecoder(&s->decoder)) {
>           av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unable to create decoder\n");
>           return AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
> diff --git a/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c b/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c
> index f518d0894e..6f231d22b2 100644
> --- a/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c
> +++ b/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c
> @@ -110,14 +110,10 @@ static av_cold int svc_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
>   {
>       SVCContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
>       SEncParamExt param = { 0 };
> -    int err;
>       int log_level;
>       WelsTraceCallback callback_function;
>       AVCPBProperties *props;
>   
> -    if ((err = ff_libopenh264_check_version(avctx)) < 0)
> -        return AVERROR_ENCODER_NOT_FOUND;
> -
>       if (WelsCreateSVCEncoder(&s->encoder)) {
>           av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unable to create encoder\n");
>           return AVERROR_UNKNOWN;