[opus] [PATCH] Fix memory issue in Projection API

Drew Allen bitllama at google.com
Thu Nov 23 18:39:15 UTC 2017


got it. actually that patch i sent you has something wrong with the
mapping_matrix_multiply_short_out... let me fix that and will send you
another patch soon.

Cheers,
Drew

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 10:34 AM Jean-Marc Valin <jmvalin at jmvalin.ca> wrote:

> On 11/23/2017 01:28 PM, Drew Allen wrote:
> > To your first point, I was only trying to copy how _multistream_'s c
> > files function in this way, possibly that's worth refactoring as well
> > (as a separate patch).
>
> Well, the opus_multistream_decode_* calls were correct before your
> patch. It's only the encode ones that have the issues (should be
> addressed separately).
>
>         Jean-Marc
>
> > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 9:02 AM Jean-Marc Valin <jmvalin at jmvalin.ca
> > <mailto:jmvalin at jmvalin.ca>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 11/22/2017 06:23 PM, Drew Allen wrote:
> >     > 1) I didn't change how multistream_decode_float works in the
> argument
> >     > list... I noticed it changes it's arguments depending on whether
> >     > FIXED_POINT is used. I copied this style for the projection API as
> >     well.
> >     > If this isn't desired, we should make those changes separately.
> >     >
> >     > 2) See above.
> >
> >     Just noticed the code will actually work because opus_val16 is
> defined
> >     to the right thing, but I still think it's a bad idea. For example,
> if
> >     you look at the public header, opus_projection_decode() has a pcm
> >     argument of type opus_int16*, so it's a bit confusing for the C file
> to
> >     define pcm as opus_val16*, even if the two map to the same.
> >
> >     > 3) I only zero out initially. For the matrix_multiply_out
> >     functions, we
> >     > need to be able to take a single decoded stream and add weighted
> >     > versions of it to each of the final output channels. This zero-ing
> out
> >     > on stream 0 ensures the block is zero-set so we can incrementally
> add
> >     > all the decoded streams to the output channels.
> >
> >     OK, I see. In that case, you should replace the two for() loops with
> >     just a single call to OPUS_COPY(). That should be both faster and
> >     simpler.
> >
> >     > 4) See 3), short and float versions of multiply_out should
> >     function the
> >     > same.
> >
> >     Again, I now see what that code is doing. Unfortunately, it means
> >     increased noise for fixed-point since we have to round multiple
> times. I
> >     don't have a proposed fix for that, so I guess we'll have to deal
> with
> >     it. However, instead of rounding tmp twice (>>8 followed by +64>>7),
> you
> >     should only round once. That means (tmp+16384)>>15
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >
> >             Jean-Marc
> >
> >     > Let me know your thoughts.
> >     >
> >     > Cheers,
> >     > Drew
> >     >
> >     > On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 7:39 PM Jean-Marc Valin
> >     <jmvalin at jmvalin.ca <mailto:jmvalin at jmvalin.ca>
> >     > <mailto:jmvalin at jmvalin.ca <mailto:jmvalin at jmvalin.ca>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Hi Drew,
> >     >
> >     >     Had a look at your patch. I think it's on the right track --
> >     there's no
> >     >     fundamental issue with it as far as I can tell. There's a few
> >     >     implementation issues though.
> >     >
> >     >     1) In opus_multi_stream_decode_float(), you changed the pcm
> >     argument
> >     >     from float* to opus_val16*. That's a mistake and will fail for
> >     >     fixed-point. This should have shown up as an error on a
> >     fixed-point
> >     >     build. Make sure you test that.
> >     >
> >     >     2) In opus_projection_decode(), you also changed the pcm
> >     argument to an
> >     >     opus_val16*, which again will cause problems for the same
> >     reasons as 1).
> >     >     Please check you haven't made that same mistake elsewhere.
> >     >
> >     >     3) In opus_projection_copy_channel_out_float() and
> >     >     opus_projection_copy_channel_out_short(), you're zeroing the
> >     values with
> >     >     this loop:
> >     >         for (i=0;i<frame_size;i++)
> >     >         {
> >     >           for (j=0;j<dst_stride;j++)
> >     >           {
> >     >             float_dst[i*dst_stride+j] = 0;
> >     >           }
> >     >         }
> >     >     That looks wrong, since you'll be overwriting all channels
> >     instead of
> >     >     just the one you're copying. That should have come up in
> >     testing, no?
> >     >
> >     >     4) You might want to have a look at
> >     >     mapping_matrix_multiply_channel_out_short(). I can't quite
> >     follow what
> >     >     it's doing, but it seems wrong since the whole point of adding
> >     the "tmp"
> >     >     is to avoid rounding multiple times.
> >     >
> >     >     I haven't had time to thoroughly review the changes to
> >     mapping_matrix.c,
> >     >     but I'll do that on your revised version.
> >     >
> >     >     Cheers,
> >     >
> >     >             Jean-Marc
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     On 11/20/2017 05:15 PM, Drew Allen wrote:
> >     >     > Hello,
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Attached is a patch to resolve a memory issue using the
> >     Projection API
> >     >     > when compiling using a psuedo-stack / limited memory.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Please let me any ?s you might have.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Cheers,
> >     >     > Drew
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
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