[libav-devel] [PATCH] pthread: warn on high thread counts

[Sean McGovern]

---
 libavcodec/pthread.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libavcodec/pthread.c b/libavcodec/pthread.c
index 2e4c6a8..4000d6b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pthread.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pthread.c
@@ -1011,6 +1011,10 @@ static void validate_thread_parameters(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         avctx->thread_count       = 1;
         avctx->active_thread_type = 0;
     }
+
+    if(avctx->thread_count > MAX_AUTO_THREADS) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Application has requested %d threads. Using a thread count greater than %d is not recommended.\n", avctx->thread_count, MAX_AUTO_THREADS);
+    }
 }
 
 int ff_thread_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
-- 
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