@@ -2175,7 +2175,7 @@ int av_probe_input_buffer(AVIOContext *pb, const AVInputFormat **fmt,
* which case an AVFormatContext is allocated by this
* function and written into ps.
* Note that a user-supplied AVFormatContext will be freed
- * on failure.
+ * on failure and its pointer set to NULL.
* @param url URL of the stream to open.
* @param fmt If non-NULL, this parameter forces a specific input format.
* Otherwise the format is autodetected.
@@ -2184,7 +2184,8 @@ int av_probe_input_buffer(AVIOContext *pb, const AVInputFormat **fmt,
* On return this parameter will be destroyed and replaced with
* a dict containing options that were not found. May be NULL.
*
- * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on failure.
+ * @return 0 on success; on failure: frees ps, sets its pointer to NULL,
+ * and returns a negative AVERROR.
*
* @note If you want to use custom IO, preallocate the format context and set its pb field.
*/
Signed-off-by: Marth64 <marth64@proxyid.net> --- libavformat/avformat.h | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)