Mixer: Scan for plugins in a background thread.

Mixer/Plugin_Module.C

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
 
 static LADSPAInfo *ladspainfo;
+Thread* Plugin_Module::plugin_discover_thread;
 
 /* keep this out of the header to avoid spreading ladspa.h dependency */
 struct Plugin_Module::ImplementationData
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ Plugin_Module::set ( Log_Entry &e )
 void
 Plugin_Module::add_plugins_to_menu ( Fl_Menu_Button *menu )
 {
-    Plugin_Module::Plugin_Info *pia = Plugin_Module::discover();
+    Plugin_Module::Plugin_Info *pia = Plugin_Module::get_all_plugins();
 
     char path[1024];
     for ( Plugin_Module::Plugin_Info *pi = pia; pi->path; ++pi )
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ Plugin_Module::pick_plugin ( void )
     Fl_Menu_Button *menu = new Fl_Menu_Button( 0, 0, 400, 400 );
     menu->type( Fl_Menu_Button::POPUP3 );
 
-    Plugin_Module::Plugin_Info *pia = Plugin_Module::discover();
+    Plugin_Module::Plugin_Info *pia = Plugin_Module::get_all_plugins();
 
     for ( Plugin_Module::Plugin_Info *pi = pia; pi->path; ++pi )
     {
@@ -307,12 +308,43 @@ Plugin_Module::configure_inputs( int n )
     return true;
 }
 
+void *
+Plugin_Module::discover_thread ( void * v )
+{
+    THREAD_ASSERT( Plugin_Discover );
+
+    DMESSAGE( "Discovering plugins in the background" );
+
+    ladspainfo = new LADSPAInfo();
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Spawn a background thread for plugin discovery */
+void
+Plugin_Module::spawn_discover_thread ( void )
+{
+    if ( plugin_discover_thread )
+    {
+        FATAL( "Plugin discovery thread is already running or has completed" );
+    }
+
+    plugin_discover_thread = new Thread( "Plugin_Discover" );
+
+    plugin_discover_thread->clone( &Plugin_Module::discover_thread, NULL );
+}
+
 /* return a list of available plugins */
 Plugin_Module::Plugin_Info *
-Plugin_Module::discover ( void )
+Plugin_Module::get_all_plugins ( void )
 {
     if ( !ladspainfo )
-        ladspainfo = new LADSPAInfo();
+    {
+        if ( ! plugin_discover_thread )
+            ladspainfo = new LADSPAInfo();
+        else
+            plugin_discover_thread->join();
+    }
 
     std::vector<LADSPAInfo::PluginEntry> plugins = ladspainfo->GetMenuList();
 
@@ -396,7 +428,12 @@ bool
 Plugin_Module::load ( unsigned long id )
 {
     if ( !ladspainfo )
-        ladspainfo = new LADSPAInfo();
+    {
+        if ( ! plugin_discover_thread )
+            ladspainfo = new LADSPAInfo();
+        else
+            plugin_discover_thread->join();
+    }
 
     _idata->descriptor = ladspainfo->GetDescriptorByID( id );
 

Mixer/Plugin_Module.H

@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@
 #include "Loggable.H"
 
 class Fl_Menu_Button;
+class Thread;
 
 class Plugin_Module : public Module {
 
+    static Thread *plugin_discover_thread;
+
 public:
 
     struct Plugin_Info
@@ -68,7 +71,8 @@ private:
     int _plugin_outs;
     bool _crosswire;
 
-    static Plugin_Info* discover ( void );
+    static void *discover_thread ( void * );
+    static Plugin_Info* get_all_plugins ( void );
 
 
     void set_input_buffer ( int n, void *buf );
@@ -83,8 +87,11 @@ private:
 
     void connect_ports ( void );
 
+
 public:
 
+    static void spawn_discover_thread ( void );
+
     Plugin_Module ( );
     virtual ~Plugin_Module();
 

Mixer/main.C

@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ main ( int argc, char **argv )
 /*     Fl::foreground( 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF ); */
 /*     Fl::background( 0x10, 0x10, 0x10 ); */
 
+    Plugin_Module::spawn_discover_thread();
+
     Fl_Double_Window *main_window;
 
     {