[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2 2/8] avformat/udp: make recv addr of each packet available

Jack Lau jacklau1222gm at gmail.com
Mon Jul 7 15:36:40 EEST 2025



> On Jul 7, 2025, at 19:28, Timo Rothenpieler <timo at rothenpieler.org> wrote:
> 
> On 07/07/2025 10:03, Jack Lau wrote:
>>> On Jul 7, 2025, at 02:36, Timo Rothenpieler <timo at rothenpieler.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> libavformat/network.h |  2 ++
>>> libavformat/udp.c     | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
>>> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/libavformat/network.h b/libavformat/network.h
>>> index ca214087fc..48bb75a758 100644
>>> --- a/libavformat/network.h
>>> +++ b/libavformat/network.h
>>> @@ -338,4 +338,6 @@ int ff_connect_parallel(struct addrinfo *addrs, int timeout_ms_per_address,
>>>                         int parallel, URLContext *h, int *fd,
>>>                         int (*customize_fd)(void *, int, int), void *customize_ctx);
>>> 
>>> +void ff_udp_get_last_recv_addr(URLContext *h, struct sockaddr_storage *addr);
>>> +
>>> #endif /* AVFORMAT_NETWORK_H */
>>> diff --git a/libavformat/udp.c b/libavformat/udp.c
>>> index 30f075de8e..7d64ff07ed 100644
>>> --- a/libavformat/udp.c
>>> +++ b/libavformat/udp.c
>>> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ typedef struct UDPContext {
>>>     pthread_cond_t cond;
>>>     int thread_started;
>>> #endif
>>> -    uint8_t tmp[UDP_MAX_PKT_SIZE+4];
>>> +    uint8_t tmp[UDP_MAX_PKT_SIZE + 4 + sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage)];
>>>     int remaining_in_dg;
>>>     char *localaddr;
>>>     int timeout;
>>> @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ typedef struct UDPContext {
>>>     char *sources;
>>>     char *block;
>>>     IPSourceFilters filters;
>>> +    struct sockaddr_storage last_recv_addr;
>>> } UDPContext;
>>> 
>>> #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(UDPContext, x)
>>> @@ -467,6 +468,12 @@ int ff_udp_get_local_port(URLContext *h)
>>>     return s->local_port;
>>> }
>>> 
>>> +void ff_udp_get_last_recv_addr(URLContext *h, struct sockaddr_storage *addr)
>>> +{
>>> +    UDPContext *s = h->priv_data;
>>> +    *addr = s->last_recv_addr;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> /**
>>>  * Return the udp file handle for select() usage to wait for several RTP
>>>  * streams at the same time.
>>> @@ -498,13 +505,14 @@ static void *circular_buffer_task_rx( void *_URLContext)
>>>         int len;
>>>         struct sockaddr_storage addr;
>>>         socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(addr);
>>> +        const int header_sz = 4 + addr_len;
>>> 
>>>         pthread_mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
>>>         /* Blocking operations are always cancellation points;
>>>            see "General Information" / "Thread Cancelation Overview"
>>>            in Single Unix. */
>>>         pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, &old_cancelstate);
>>> -        len = recvfrom(s->udp_fd, s->tmp+4, sizeof(s->tmp)-4, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addr_len);
>>> +        len = recvfrom(s->udp_fd, s->tmp + header_sz, sizeof(s->tmp) - header_sz, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addr_len);
>>>         pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, &old_cancelstate);
>>>         pthread_mutex_lock(&s->mutex);
>>>         if (len < 0) {
>>> @@ -517,8 +525,9 @@ static void *circular_buffer_task_rx( void *_URLContext)
>>>         if (ff_ip_check_source_lists(&addr, &s->filters))
>>>             continue;
>>>         AV_WL32(s->tmp, len);
>>> +        memcpy(s->tmp + 4, &addr, sizeof(addr));
>>> 
>>> -        if (av_fifo_can_write(s->fifo) < len + 4) {
>>> +        if (av_fifo_can_write(s->fifo) < len + header_sz) {
>>>             /* No Space left */
>>>             if (s->overrun_nonfatal) {
>>>                 av_log(h, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Circular buffer overrun. "
>>> @@ -532,7 +541,7 @@ static void *circular_buffer_task_rx( void *_URLContext)
>>>                 goto end;
>>>             }
>>>         }
>>> -        av_fifo_write(s->fifo, s->tmp, len + 4);
>>> +        av_fifo_write(s->fifo, s->tmp, len + header_sz);
>>>         pthread_cond_signal(&s->cond);
>>>     }
>>> 
>>> @@ -991,8 +1000,7 @@ static int udp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
>>> {
>>>     UDPContext *s = h->priv_data;
>>>     int ret;
>>> -    struct sockaddr_storage addr;
>>> -    socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(addr);
>>> +    socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(s->last_recv_addr);
>>> #if HAVE_PTHREAD_CANCEL
>>>     int avail, nonblock = h->flags & AVIO_FLAG_NONBLOCK;
>>> 
>>> @@ -1004,6 +1012,7 @@ static int udp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
>>>                 uint8_t tmp[4];
>>> 
>>>                 av_fifo_read(s->fifo, tmp, 4);
>>> +                av_fifo_read(s->fifo, &s->last_recv_addr, sizeof(s->last_recv_addr));
>>>                 avail = AV_RL32(tmp);
>>>                 if(avail > size){
>>>                     av_log(h, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Part of datagram lost due to insufficient buffer size\n");
>>> @@ -1043,10 +1052,10 @@ static int udp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
>>>         if (ret < 0)
>>>             return ret;
>>>     }
>>> -    ret = recvfrom(s->udp_fd, buf, size, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addr_len);
>>> +    ret = recvfrom(s->udp_fd, buf, size, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&s->last_recv_addr, &addr_len);
>>>     if (ret < 0)
>>>         return ff_neterrno();
>>> -    if (ff_ip_check_source_lists(&addr, &s->filters))
>>> +    if (ff_ip_check_source_lists(&s->last_recv_addr, &s->filters))
>>>         return AVERROR(EINTR);
>>>     return ret;
>>> }
>>> -- 
>>> 2.49.0
>>> 
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>> I think it’s necessary to add "socklen_t last_recv_len".
>> I’ve send the fixes to your GitHub repo https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg/pull/3 because my fixes depends your patchset.
> 
> Anything that needs the len can just get sizeof(sockaddr_storage), can't it?
> Getting bigger than neccesary of a size won't break anything, as long as it isn't too small.
Yes, it indeed won’t break anything, I just think use the real length is more clear.
But use the bigger length is also okay to me. 
I’ve update this patch:

diff --git a/libavformat/udp.c b/libavformat/udp.c
index 3657acb985..745fee4f96 100644
--- a/libavformat/udp.c
+++ b/libavformat/udp.c
@@ -1137,6 +1137,10 @@ static int udp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
     }
 
     if (!s->is_connected) {
+        if (!s->dest_addr_len && !s->dest_addr.ss_family) {
+            ff_udp_get_last_recv_addr(h, &s->dest_addr);
+            s->dest_addr_len = sizeof(s->dest_addr);
+        }
         ret = sendto (s->udp_fd, buf, size, 0,
                       (struct sockaddr *) &s->dest_addr,
                       s->dest_addr_len);

Do you have more comments about it?

Thanks
Jack
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