[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avcodec/bsf: mention that av_bsf_send_packet() returning EAGAIN is not an error

[Derek Buitenhuis]

On 10/04/2020 00:09, James Almer wrote:
> EAGAIN is returned when input is provided but can't be consumed. The filtering
> process is unaffected in this case, and the function will be able to consume
> new input after retrieving filtered packets with av_bsf_receive_packet().
> 
> Remove the line about empty packets never failing added in
> 41b05b849f215b03eeb9e3608571ba47de64182a while at it. Even if it's currently
> the case, it unnecessarily constrains the API and could be changed in the future
> in case it needs to be extended.
> The user should always check for errors and never expect a call to never fail.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com>
> ---
>  libavcodec/avcodec.h | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Sounds good to me.

- Derek