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diff --git a/src/libcamera/signal.cpp b/src/libcamera/signal.cpp index 4cb85ecb..53c18535 100644 --- a/src/libcamera/signal.cpp +++ b/src/libcamera/signal.cpp @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ #include <libcamera/signal.h> +#include "message.h" +#include "thread.h" +#include "utils.h" + /** * \file signal.h * \brief Signal & slot implementation @@ -42,8 +46,30 @@ namespace libcamera { * to the same slot. Duplicate connections between a signal and a slot are * allowed and result in the slot being called multiple times for the same * signal emission. + * + * When a slot belongs to an instance of the Object class, the slot is called + * in the context of the thread that the object is bound to. If the signal is + * emitted from the same thread, the slot will be called synchronously, before + * Signal::emit() returns. If the signal is emitted from a different thread, + * the slot will be called asynchronously from the object's thread's event + * loop, after the Signal::emit() method returns, with a copy of the signal's + * arguments. The emitter shall thus ensure that any pointer or reference + * passed through the signal will remain valid after the signal is emitted. */ +void SlotBase::activatePack(void *pack) +{ + Object *obj = static_cast<Object *>(obj_); + + if (Thread::current() == obj->thread()) { + invokePack(pack); + } else { + std::unique_ptr<Message> msg = + utils::make_unique<SignalMessage>(this, pack); + obj->postMessage(std::move(msg)); + } +} + /** * \fn Signal::connect(T *object, void(T::*func)(Args...)) * \brief Connect the signal to a member function slot |