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

Drew Allen bitllama at google.com
Fri Nov 24 03:35:31 UTC 2017


Hi Jean-Marc,

Attached is an updated patch. I had to include some of Mark's suggestions
in order to get the tests to work correctly. I will still submit a separate
patch for him for a few other concerns he had after this one clears.

Cheers,
Drew

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 10:42 AM Jean-Marc Valin <jmvalin at jmvalin.ca> wrote:

> Actually, there's also something wrong with the in_short() function. For
> floating point (#else case), you shouldn't need shifting since you're
> already doing the scaling through a float multiply.
>
>         Jean-Marc
>
> On 11/23/2017 01:39 PM, Drew Allen wrote:
> > 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
> > <mailto: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>
> >     > <mailto: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>>
> >     >     > <mailto: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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