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-rw-r--r--gtk2_ardour/midi_time_axis.cc1
-rw-r--r--libs/ardour/ardour/midi_ui.h5
-rw-r--r--libs/ardour/midi_ui.cc2
-rw-r--r--libs/midi++2/ipmidi_port.cc1
-rw-r--r--libs/midi++2/jack_midi_port.cc1
-rw-r--r--libs/midi++2/midi++/ipmidi_port.h5
-rw-r--r--libs/pbd/base_ui.cc2
-rw-r--r--libs/pbd/debug.cc2
-rw-r--r--libs/pbd/event_loop.cc27
-rw-r--r--libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.cc141
-rw-r--r--libs/pbd/pbd/base_ui.h27
-rw-r--r--libs/pbd/pbd/crossthread.h54
-rw-r--r--libs/pbd/pbd/debug.h2
-rw-r--r--libs/pbd/pbd/event_loop.h9
-rw-r--r--libs/surfaces/mackie/mackie_control_protocol.cc4
-rw-r--r--libs/surfaces/mackie/surface.cc2
16 files changed, 266 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_time_axis.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_time_axis.cc
index f449dcaef0..08c65c3e6e 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_time_axis.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_time_axis.cc
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ MidiTimeAxisView::model_changed()
for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator i = device_modes.begin();
i != device_modes.end(); ++i) {
- cerr << "found custom device mode " << *i << " thread_id: " << pthread_self() << endl;
_custom_device_mode_selector.append_text(*i);
}
diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_ui.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_ui.h
index 51e3ca2544..c66df96a6d 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_ui.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_ui.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include "pbd/abstract_ui.h"
#include "pbd/signals.h"
+#include "pbd/stacktrace.h"
namespace MIDI {
class Port;
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ class Session;
struct MidiUIRequest : public BaseUI::BaseRequestObject {
public:
- MidiUIRequest () {}
- ~MidiUIRequest() {}
+ MidiUIRequest () { }
+ ~MidiUIRequest() { }
};
class MidiControlUI : public AbstractUI<MidiUIRequest>
diff --git a/libs/ardour/midi_ui.cc b/libs/ardour/midi_ui.cc
index 770a371457..e9e9eafb99 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/midi_ui.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/midi_ui.cc
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ MidiControlUI::reset_ports ()
for (MIDI::Manager::PortList::const_iterator i = plist->begin(); i != plist->end(); ++i) {
+ cerr << "MIDI UI looking at port " << (*i)->name() << endl;
+
if (!(*i)->centrally_parsed()) {
continue;
}
diff --git a/libs/midi++2/ipmidi_port.cc b/libs/midi++2/ipmidi_port.cc
index 41eef3396f..50777634f1 100644
--- a/libs/midi++2/ipmidi_port.cc
+++ b/libs/midi++2/ipmidi_port.cc
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ int
IPMIDIPort::write (byte* msg, size_t msglen, timestamp_t /* ignored */) {
if (sockout) {
+ Glib::Mutex::Lock lm (write_lock);
if (::sendto (sockout, (char *) msg, msglen, 0, (struct sockaddr *) &addrout, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)) < 0) {
::perror("sendto");
return -1;
diff --git a/libs/midi++2/jack_midi_port.cc b/libs/midi++2/jack_midi_port.cc
index b00aff8d8d..418d6239e7 100644
--- a/libs/midi++2/jack_midi_port.cc
+++ b/libs/midi++2/jack_midi_port.cc
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ JackMIDIPort::write(byte * msg, size_t msglen, timestamp_t timestamp)
cerr << "write of " << msglen << " failed, port holds "
<< jack_midi_get_event_count (jack_port_get_buffer (_jack_port, _nframes_this_cycle))
<< endl;
+ // PBD::stacktrace (cerr, 20);
}
} else {
cerr << "write to JACK midi port failed: not currently in a process cycle." << endl;
diff --git a/libs/midi++2/midi++/ipmidi_port.h b/libs/midi++2/midi++/ipmidi_port.h
index bf949bd601..7df9642321 100644
--- a/libs/midi++2/midi++/ipmidi_port.h
+++ b/libs/midi++2/midi++/ipmidi_port.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
#include <net/if.h>
#endif
+#include <glibmm/thread.h>
+
#include <jack/types.h>
#include "pbd/xml++.h"
@@ -64,7 +66,8 @@ private:
int sockin;
int sockout;
struct sockaddr_in addrout;
-
+ Glib::Mutex write_lock;
+
bool open_sockets (int base_port, const std::string& ifname);
void close_sockets ();
diff --git a/libs/pbd/base_ui.cc b/libs/pbd/base_ui.cc
index 10f27df3bf..6c21549e8b 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/base_ui.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/base_ui.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <cstring>
#include "pbd/base_ui.h"
+#include "pbd/debug.h"
#include "pbd/pthread_utils.h"
#include "pbd/error.h"
#include "pbd/compose.h"
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ BaseUI::new_request_type ()
void
BaseUI::main_thread ()
{
+ DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::EventLoop, string_compose ("%1: event loop running in thread %2\n", name(), pthread_self()));
set_event_loop_for_thread (this);
thread_init ();
_main_loop->run ();
diff --git a/libs/pbd/debug.cc b/libs/pbd/debug.cc
index 0a2c1b0d72..6b526c33ad 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/debug.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/debug.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ uint64_t PBD::DEBUG::Stateful = PBD::new_debug_bit ("stateful");
uint64_t PBD::DEBUG::Properties = PBD::new_debug_bit ("properties");
uint64_t PBD::DEBUG::FileManager = PBD::new_debug_bit ("filemanager");
uint64_t PBD::DEBUG::Pool = PBD::new_debug_bit ("pool");
+uint64_t PBD::DEBUG::EventLoop = PBD::new_debug_bit ("eventloop");
+uint64_t PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI = PBD::new_debug_bit ("abstractui");
uint64_t PBD::debug_bits = 0x0;
diff --git a/libs/pbd/event_loop.cc b/libs/pbd/event_loop.cc
index 5a9a220075..5c132037d3 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/event_loop.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/event_loop.cc
@@ -20,14 +20,35 @@ EventLoop::set_event_loop_for_thread (EventLoop* loop)
thread_event_loop.set (loop, do_not_delete_the_loop_pointer);
}
-/** Called when a sigc::trackable that was connected to using the invalidator() macro
- * is destroyed.
- */
void*
EventLoop::invalidate_request (void* data)
{
InvalidationRecord* ir = (InvalidationRecord*) data;
+ /* Some of the requests queued with an EventLoop may involve functors
+ * that make method calls to objects whose lifetime is shorter
+ * than the EventLoop's. We do not want to make those calls if the
+ * object involve has been destroyed. To prevent this, we
+ * provide a way to invalidate those requests when the object is
+ * destroyed.
+ *
+ * An object was passed to __invalidator() which added a callback to
+ * EventLoop::invalidate_request() to its "notify when destroyed"
+ * list. __invalidator() returned an InvalidationRecord that has been
+ * to passed to this function as data.
+ *
+ * The object is currently being destroyed and so we want to
+ * mark all requests involving this object that are queued with
+ * any EventLoop as invalid.
+ *
+ * As of April 2012, we are usign sigc::trackable as the base object
+ * used to queue calls to ::invalidate_request() to be made upon
+ * destruction, via its ::add_destroy_notify_callback() API. This is
+ * not necessarily ideal, but it is very close to precisely what we
+ * want, and many of the objects we want to do this with already
+ * inherit (indirectly) from sigc::trackable.
+ */
+
if (ir->event_loop) {
Glib::Mutex::Lock lm (ir->event_loop->slot_invalidation_mutex());
for (list<BaseRequestObject*>::iterator i = ir->requests.begin(); i != ir->requests.end(); ++i) {
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.cc b/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.cc
index 4c13ec1b09..b300a62dd8 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include "pbd/abstract_ui.h"
#include "pbd/pthread_utils.h"
#include "pbd/failed_constructor.h"
+#include "pbd/debug.h"
#include "i18n.h"
@@ -17,6 +18,14 @@ template<typename RequestBuffer> void
cleanup_request_buffer (void* ptr)
{
RequestBuffer* rb = (RequestBuffer*) ptr;
+
+ /* there is the question of why we don't simply erase the request
+ * buffer and delete it right here, since we have to take the lock
+ * anyway.
+ *
+ * as of april 24th 2012, i don't have a good answer to that.
+ */
+
{
Glib::Mutex::Lock lm (rb->ui.request_buffer_map_lock);
@@ -40,10 +49,25 @@ AbstractUI<RequestObject>::AbstractUI (const string& name)
template <typename RequestObject> void
AbstractUI<RequestObject>::register_thread (string target_gui, pthread_t thread_id, string /*thread name*/, uint32_t num_requests)
{
+ /* the calling thread wants to register with the thread that runs this
+ * UI's event loop, so that it will have its own per-thread queue of
+ * requests. this means that when it makes a request to this UI it can
+ * do so in a realtime-safe manner (no locks).
+ */
+
if (target_gui != name()) {
+ /* this UI is not the UI that the calling thread is trying to
+ register with
+ */
return;
}
+ /* the per_thread_request_buffer is a thread-private variable.
+ See pthreads documentation for more on these, but the key
+ thing is that it is a variable that as unique value for
+ each thread, guaranteed.
+ */
+
RequestBuffer* b = per_thread_request_buffer.get();
if (b) {
@@ -52,13 +76,30 @@ AbstractUI<RequestObject>::register_thread (string target_gui, pthread_t thread_
return;
}
+ /* create a new request queue/ringbuffer */
+
b = new RequestBuffer (num_requests, *this);
{
+ /* add the new request queue (ringbuffer) to our map
+ so that we can iterate over it when the time is right.
+ This step is not RT-safe, but is assumed to be called
+ only at thread initialization time, not repeatedly,
+ and so this is of little consequence.
+ */
Glib::Mutex::Lock lm (request_buffer_map_lock);
request_buffers[thread_id] = b;
}
+ /* set this thread's per_thread_request_buffer to this new
+ queue/ringbuffer. remember that only this thread will
+ get this queue when it calls per_thread_request_buffer.get()
+
+ the second argument is a function that will be called
+ when the thread exits, and ensures that the buffer is marked
+ dead. it will then be deleted during a call to handle_ui_requests()
+ */
+
per_thread_request_buffer.set (b, cleanup_request_buffer<RequestBuffer>);
}
@@ -68,20 +109,38 @@ AbstractUI<RequestObject>::get_request (RequestType rt)
RequestBuffer* rbuf = per_thread_request_buffer.get ();
RequestBufferVector vec;
+ /* see comments in ::register_thread() above for an explanation of
+ the per_thread_request_buffer variable
+ */
+
if (rbuf != 0) {
- /* we have a per-thread FIFO, use it */
+
+ /* the calling thread has registered with this UI and therefore
+ * we have a per-thread request queue/ringbuffer. use it. this
+ * "allocation" of a request is RT-safe.
+ */
rbuf->get_write_vector (&vec);
if (vec.len[0] == 0) {
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1: no space in per thread pool for request of type %2\n", name(), rt));
return 0;
}
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1: allocated per-thread request of type %2, caller %3\n", name(), rt, pthread_self()));
+
vec.buf[0]->type = rt;
vec.buf[0]->valid = true;
return vec.buf[0];
}
+ /* calling thread has not registered, so just allocate a new request on
+ * the heap. the lack of registration implies that realtime constraints
+ * are not at work.
+ */
+
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1: allocated normal heap request of type %2, caller %3\n", name(), rt, pthread_self()));
+
RequestObject* req = new RequestObject;
req->type = rt;
@@ -94,7 +153,7 @@ AbstractUI<RequestObject>::handle_ui_requests ()
RequestBufferMapIterator i;
RequestBufferVector vec;
- /* per-thread buffers first */
+ /* check all registered per-thread buffers first */
request_buffer_map_lock.lock ();
@@ -134,6 +193,8 @@ AbstractUI<RequestObject>::handle_ui_requests ()
for (i = request_buffers.begin(); i != request_buffers.end(); ) {
if ((*i).second->dead) {
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1/%2 deleting dead per-thread request buffer for %3 @ %4\n",
+ name(), pthread_self(), i->first, i->second));
delete (*i).second;
RequestBufferMapIterator tmp = i;
++tmp;
@@ -156,11 +217,12 @@ AbstractUI<RequestObject>::handle_ui_requests ()
/* We need to use this lock, because its the one
returned by slot_invalidation_mutex() and protects
- against request invalidation.
+ against request invalidation.
*/
request_buffer_map_lock.lock ();
if (!req->valid) {
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1/%2 handling invalid heap request, type %3, deleting\n", name(), pthread_self(), req->type));
delete req;
request_buffer_map_lock.unlock ();
continue;
@@ -172,17 +234,48 @@ AbstractUI<RequestObject>::handle_ui_requests ()
*/
if (req->invalidation) {
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1/%2 remove request from its invalidation list\n", name(), pthread_self()));
+
+ /* after this call, if the object referenced by the
+ * invalidation record is deleted, it will no longer
+ * try to mark the request as invalid.
+ */
+
req->invalidation->requests.remove (req);
}
+ /* at this point, an object involved in a functor could be
+ * deleted before we actually execute the functor. so there is
+ * a race condition that makes the invalidation architecture
+ * somewhat pointless.
+ *
+ * really, we should only allow functors containing shared_ptr
+ * references to objects to enter into the request queue.
+ */
+
request_buffer_map_lock.unlock ();
+
+ /* unlock the request lock while we execute the request, so
+ * that we don't needlessly block other threads (note: not RT
+ * threads since they have their own queue) from making requests.
+ */
lm.release ();
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1/%2 execute request type %3\n", name(), pthread_self(), req->type));
+
+ /* and lets do it ... this is a virtual call so that each
+ * specific type of UI can have its own set of requests without
+ * some kind of central request type registration logic
+ */
+
do_request (req);
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1/%2 delete heap request type %3\n", name(), pthread_self(), req->type));
delete req;
+ /* re-acquire the list lock so that we check again */
+
lm.acquire();
}
}
@@ -190,25 +283,53 @@ AbstractUI<RequestObject>::handle_ui_requests ()
template <typename RequestObject> void
AbstractUI<RequestObject>::send_request (RequestObject *req)
{
+ /* This is called to ask a given UI to carry out a request. It may be
+ * called from the same thread that runs the UI's event loop (see the
+ * caller_is_self() case below), or from any other thread.
+ */
+
if (base_instance() == 0) {
return; /* XXX is this the right thing to do ? */
}
if (caller_is_self ()) {
+ /* the thread that runs this UI's event loop is sending itself
+ a request: we dispatch it immediately and inline.
+ */
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1/%2 direct dispatch of request type %3\n", name(), pthread_self(), req->type));
do_request (req);
} else {
+
+ /* If called from a different thread, we first check to see if
+ * the calling thread is registered with this UI. If so, there
+ * is a per-thread ringbuffer of requests that ::get_request()
+ * just set up a new request in. If so, all we need do here is
+ * to advance the write ptr in that ringbuffer so that the next
+ * request by this calling thread will use the next slot in
+ * the ringbuffer. The ringbuffer has
+ * single-reader/single-writer semantics because the calling
+ * thread is the only writer, and the UI event loop is the only
+ * reader.
+ */
+
RequestBuffer* rbuf = per_thread_request_buffer.get ();
if (rbuf != 0) {
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1/%2 send per-thread request type %3\n", name(), pthread_self(), req->type));
rbuf->increment_write_ptr (1);
} else {
/* no per-thread buffer, so just use a list with a lock so that it remains
single-reader/single-writer semantics
*/
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1/%2 send heap request type %3\n", name(), pthread_self(), req->type));
Glib::Mutex::Lock lm (request_list_lock);
request_list.push_back (req);
}
+ /* send the UI event loop thread a wakeup so that it will look
+ at the per-thread and generic request lists.
+ */
+
request_channel.wakeup ();
}
}
@@ -217,6 +338,7 @@ template<typename RequestObject> void
AbstractUI<RequestObject>::call_slot (InvalidationRecord* invalidation, const boost::function<void()>& f)
{
if (caller_is_self()) {
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1/%2 direct dispatch of call slot via functor @ %3, invalidation %4\n", name(), pthread_self(), &f, invalidation));
f ();
return;
}
@@ -227,7 +349,20 @@ AbstractUI<RequestObject>::call_slot (InvalidationRecord* invalidation, const bo
return;
}
+ DEBUG_TRACE (PBD::DEBUG::AbstractUI, string_compose ("%1/%2 queue call-slot using functor @ %3, invalidation %4\n", name(), pthread_self(), &f, invalidation));
+
+ /* copy semantics: copy the functor into the request object */
+
req->the_slot = f;
+
+ /* the invalidation record is an object which will carry out
+ * invalidation of any requests associated with it when it is
+ * destroyed. it can be null. if its not null, associate this
+ * request with the invalidation record. this allows us to
+ * "cancel" requests submitted to the UI because they involved
+ * a functor that uses an object that is being deleted.
+ */
+
req->invalidation = invalidation;
if (invalidation) {
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/base_ui.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/base_ui.h
index ccd4878cd9..414c9970d9 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/base_ui.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/base_ui.h
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@
#include "pbd/crossthread.h"
#include "pbd/event_loop.h"
+/** A BaseUI is an abstraction designed to be used with any "user
+ * interface" (not necessarily graphical) that needs to wait on
+ * events/requests and dispatch/process them as they arrive.
+ *
+ * This implementation starts up a thread that runs a Glib main loop
+ * to wait on events/requests etc.
+ */
+
+
class BaseUI : virtual public sigc::trackable, public PBD::EventLoop
{
public:
@@ -52,7 +61,13 @@ class BaseUI : virtual public sigc::trackable, public PBD::EventLoop
static RequestType CallSlot;
static RequestType Quit;
+ /** start up a thread to run the main loop
+ */
void run ();
+
+ /** stop the thread running the main loop (and block
+ * until it exits)
+ */
void quit ();
protected:
@@ -62,9 +77,21 @@ class BaseUI : virtual public sigc::trackable, public PBD::EventLoop
Glib::RefPtr<Glib::MainLoop> _main_loop;
Glib::Thread* run_loop_thread;
+ /** Derived UI objects can implement thread_init()
+ * which will be called by the event loop thread
+ * immediately before it enters the event loop.
+ */
+
virtual void thread_init () {};
+
+ /** Called when there input ready on the request_channel
+ */
bool request_handler (Glib::IOCondition);
+ /** Derived UI objects must implement this method,
+ * which will be called whenever there are requests
+ * to be dealt with.
+ */
virtual void handle_ui_requests () = 0;
private:
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/crossthread.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/crossthread.h
index a791be5798..13ab37d38d 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/crossthread.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/crossthread.h
@@ -26,20 +26,60 @@
#include <glibmm/main.h>
+/** A simple abstraction of a mechanism of signalling one thread from another.
+ * The signaller calls ::wakeup() to tell the signalled thread to check for
+ * work to be done.
+ *
+ * This implementation provides both ::selectable() for use in direct
+ * poll/select-based event loops, and a Glib::IOSource via ::ios() for use
+ * in Glib main loop based situations.
+ */
+
class CrossThreadChannel {
public:
- CrossThreadChannel(bool);
+ /** if @a non_blocking is true, the channel will not cause blocking
+ * when used in an event loop based on poll/select or the glib main
+ * loop.
+ */
+ CrossThreadChannel(bool non_blocking);
~CrossThreadChannel();
+ /** Tell the listening thread that is has work to do.
+ */
void wakeup();
- int selectable() const { return fds[0]; }
-
+
+ /* if the listening thread cares about the precise message
+ * it is being sent, then ::deliver() can be used to send
+ * a single byte message rather than a simple wakeup. These
+ * two mechanisms should not be used on the same CrossThreadChannel
+ * because there is no way to know which byte value will be used
+ * for ::wakeup()
+ */
int deliver (char msg);
+
+ /** if using ::deliver() to wakeup the listening thread, then
+ * the listener should call ::receive() to fetch the message
+ * type from the channel.
+ */
int receive (char& msg);
-
+
+ /** empty the channel of all requests.
+ * Typically this is done as soon as input
+ * is noticed on the channel, because the
+ * handler will look at a separately managed work
+ * queue. The actual number of queued "wakeups"
+ * in the channel will not be important.
+ */
void drain ();
static void drain (int fd);
+ /** File descriptor that can be used with poll/select to
+ * detect when wakeup() has been called on this channel.
+ * It be marked as readable/input-ready when this condition
+ * is true. It has already been marked non-blocking.
+ */
+ int selectable() const { return fds[0]; }
+
/* glibmm 2.22 and earlier has a terrifying bug that will
cause crashes whenever a Source is removed from
a MainContext (including the destruction of the MainContext),
@@ -47,15 +87,17 @@ class CrossThreadChannel {
the RefPtr. I (Paul) have fixed this (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561885)
but in the meantime, we need a hack to get around the issue.
*/
-
Glib::RefPtr<Glib::IOSource> ios();
void drop_ios ();
+ /** returns true if the CrossThreadChannel was
+ * correctly constructed.
+ */
bool ok() const { return fds[0] >= 0 && fds[1] >= 0; }
private:
Glib::RefPtr<Glib::IOSource>* _ios; // lazily constructed
- int fds[2];
+ int fds[2]; // current implementation uses a pipe/fifo
};
#endif /* __pbd__crossthread_h__ */
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/debug.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/debug.h
index 43fc9090cc..989cd42dd1 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/debug.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/debug.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ namespace PBD {
extern uint64_t Properties;
extern uint64_t FileManager;
extern uint64_t Pool;
+ extern uint64_t EventLoop;
+ extern uint64_t AbstractUI;
}
}
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/event_loop.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/event_loop.h
index 6e7e42e9dd..450bf5752f 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/event_loop.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/event_loop.h
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
namespace PBD
{
+/** An EventLoop is as basic abstraction designed to be used with any "user
+ * interface" (not necessarily graphical) that needs to wait on
+ * events/requests and dispatch/process them as they arrive.
+ *
+ * This is a very basic class that doesn't by itself provide an actual
+ * event loop or thread. See BaseUI for the "real" object to be used
+ * when something like this is needed (it inherits from EventLoop).
+ */
+
class EventLoop
{
public:
diff --git a/libs/surfaces/mackie/mackie_control_protocol.cc b/libs/surfaces/mackie/mackie_control_protocol.cc
index 83c4399943..6817564244 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/mackie/mackie_control_protocol.cc
+++ b/libs/surfaces/mackie/mackie_control_protocol.cc
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ MackieControlProtocol::handle_button_event (Surface& surface, Button& button, Bu
bool
MackieControlProtocol::midi_input_handler (IOCondition ioc, MIDI::Port* port)
{
- DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MidiIO, string_compose ("something happend on %1\n", port->name()));
+ DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MackieControl, string_compose ("something happend on %1\n", port->name()));
if (ioc & ~IO_IN) {
return false;
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ MackieControlProtocol::midi_input_handler (IOCondition ioc, MIDI::Port* port)
if (ioc & IO_IN) {
- DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MidiIO, string_compose ("data available on %1\n", port->name()));
+ DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MackieControl, string_compose ("data available on %1\n", port->name()));
framepos_t now = session->engine().frame_time();
port->parse (now);
}
diff --git a/libs/surfaces/mackie/surface.cc b/libs/surfaces/mackie/surface.cc
index 0d95206c3b..e2c364b523 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/mackie/surface.cc
+++ b/libs/surfaces/mackie/surface.cc
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ Surface::zero_controls ()
if (_number == 0 && _mcp.device_info().has_two_character_display()) {
// any hardware-specific stuff
// clear 2-char display
- show_two_char_display ("aa");
+ show_two_char_display (" ");
}
// and the led ring for the master strip