Remove GhostRegion::CatchDeletion signal to reduce session close times

Currently when a GhostRegion is deleted by its "parent" RegionView it emits the
static GhostRegion::CatchDeletion signal which is connected to the
RegionView::remove_ghost method of every RegionView instance.

With a static GhostRegion::CatchDeletion signal a particular test session
causes 31 Million calls of RegionView::remove_ghost on Session deletion and the
session takes 70 seconds to close with a debug build.

The lifetime of a ghost region is tied to both the TimeAxisView(TAV) and
RegionView(RV) in that when a RegionView is deleted all GhostRegion instances
associated with the RegionView should be deleted or when a TimeAxisView is
deleted all ghost regions that are contained in the view should be deleted.

This means that there needs to be notification between GhostRegion and both
classes. Instead of using a signal for this as we know there are only two
listeners and GhostRegion already holds a reference to the TimeAxisView, also
take a reference to the parent RegionView in the GhostRegion constructor and
use it to notify the RegionView when GhostRegion destructor is called so it can
drop any references it holds.

Using a direct function call in the GhostRegion destructor to notify the
TimeAxisView and RegionView "parents" brings the unload/close time down for the
test session from 70 seconds to 4.5 seconds.

The GhostRegion also references canvas items that are added to the TimeAxisView
canvas group or at least a canvas group that it manages. So when the
TimeAxisView is destroyed and the canvas group that is the parent of those
items is destroyed, the GhostRegion's canvas items will also be
deleted/destroyed by the parent canvas item/group. This means the GhostRegions
must be destroyed when the TimeAxisView they are contained in is destroyed or
there will be dangling references to canvas items that have already been
deleted and trying to delete them again will be bad.

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ghostregion.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ghostregion.cc
index 7c697a1b0f..127ab64d41 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ghostregion.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ghostregion.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "ghostregion.h"
 #include "midi_streamview.h"
 #include "midi_time_axis.h"
+#include "region_view.h"
 #include "rgb_macros.h"
 #include "note.h"
 #include "hit.h"
@@ -40,11 +41,14 @@ using namespace Editing;
 using namespace ArdourCanvas;
 using namespace ARDOUR;
 
-PBD::Signal1<void,GhostRegion*> GhostRegion::CatchDeletion;
-
-GhostRegion::GhostRegion (ArdourCanvas::Container* parent, TimeAxisView& tv, TimeAxisView& source_tv, double initial_pos)
-	: trackview (tv)
-	, source_trackview (source_tv)
+GhostRegion::GhostRegion(RegionView& rv,
+                         ArdourCanvas::Container* parent,
+                         TimeAxisView& tv,
+                         TimeAxisView& source_tv,
+                         double initial_pos)
+    : parent_rv(rv)
+    , trackview(tv)
+    , source_trackview(source_tv)
 {
 	group = new ArdourCanvas::Container (parent);
 	CANVAS_DEBUG_NAME (group, "ghost region");
@@ -70,7 +74,8 @@ GhostRegion::GhostRegion (ArdourCanvas::Container* parent, TimeAxisView& tv, Tim
 
 GhostRegion::~GhostRegion ()
 {
-	CatchDeletion (this);
+	parent_rv.remove_ghost(this);
+	trackview.erase_ghost(this);
 	delete base_rect;
 	delete group;
 }
@@ -108,8 +113,11 @@ GhostRegion::is_automation_ghost()
 	return (dynamic_cast<AutomationTimeAxisView*>(&trackview)) != 0;
 }
 
-AudioGhostRegion::AudioGhostRegion(TimeAxisView& tv, TimeAxisView& source_tv, double initial_unit_pos)
-	: GhostRegion(tv.ghost_group(), tv, source_tv, initial_unit_pos)
+AudioGhostRegion::AudioGhostRegion(RegionView& rv,
+                                   TimeAxisView& tv,
+                                   TimeAxisView& source_tv,
+                                   double initial_unit_pos)
+    : GhostRegion(rv, tv.ghost_group(), tv, source_tv, initial_unit_pos)
 {
 
 }
@@ -162,12 +170,16 @@ AudioGhostRegion::set_colors ()
 /** The general constructor; called when the destination timeaxisview doesn't have
  *  a midistreamview.
  *
+ *  @param rv The parent RegionView that is being ghosted.
  *  @param tv TimeAxisView that this ghost region is on.
  *  @param source_tv TimeAxisView that we are the ghost for.
  */
-MidiGhostRegion::MidiGhostRegion(TimeAxisView& tv, TimeAxisView& source_tv, double initial_unit_pos)
-	: GhostRegion(tv.ghost_group(), tv, source_tv, initial_unit_pos)
-	, _optimization_iterator (events.end ())
+MidiGhostRegion::MidiGhostRegion(RegionView& rv,
+                                 TimeAxisView& tv,
+                                 TimeAxisView& source_tv,
+                                 double initial_unit_pos)
+    : GhostRegion(rv, tv.ghost_group(), tv, source_tv, initial_unit_pos)
+    , _optimization_iterator(events.end())
 {
 	base_rect->lower_to_bottom();
 	update_range ();
@@ -176,12 +188,20 @@ MidiGhostRegion::MidiGhostRegion(TimeAxisView& tv, TimeAxisView& source_tv, doub
 }
 
 /**
+ *  @param rv The parent RegionView being ghosted.
  *  @param msv MidiStreamView that this ghost region is on.
  *  @param source_tv TimeAxisView that we are the ghost for.
  */
-MidiGhostRegion::MidiGhostRegion(MidiStreamView& msv, TimeAxisView& source_tv, double initial_unit_pos)
-	: GhostRegion(msv.midi_underlay_group, msv.trackview(), source_tv, initial_unit_pos)
-	, _optimization_iterator (events.end ())
+MidiGhostRegion::MidiGhostRegion(RegionView& rv,
+                                 MidiStreamView& msv,
+                                 TimeAxisView& source_tv,
+                                 double initial_unit_pos)
+    : GhostRegion(rv,
+                  msv.midi_underlay_group,
+                  msv.trackview(),
+                  source_tv,
+                  initial_unit_pos)
+    , _optimization_iterator(events.end())
 {
 	base_rect->lower_to_bottom();
 	update_range ();