From 40d6a063afc236412e23823049f3e7ab723caf72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: reuk <reuk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:28:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] AudioPluginHost:  Speed up out-of-process scanning

---
 extras/AudioPluginHost/Source/HostStartup.cpp | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extras/AudioPluginHost/Source/HostStartup.cpp b/extras/AudioPluginHost/Source/HostStartup.cpp
index 8d0561742e..0b19c1030b 100644
--- a/extras/AudioPluginHost/Source/HostStartup.cpp
+++ b/extras/AudioPluginHost/Source/HostStartup.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ class PluginScannerSubprocess : private ChildProcessWorker,
                                 private AsyncUpdater
 {
 public:
+    PluginScannerSubprocess()
+    {
+        formatManager.addDefaultFormats();
+    }
+
     using ChildProcessWorker::initialiseFromCommandLine;
 
 private:
@@ -77,9 +82,6 @@ private:
 
     bool doScan (const MemoryBlock& block)
     {
-        AudioPluginFormatManager formatManager;
-        formatManager.addDefaultFormats();
-
         MemoryInputStream stream { block, false };
         const auto formatName = stream.readString();
         const auto identifier = stream.readString();
@@ -123,6 +125,10 @@ private:
 
     std::mutex mutex;
     std::queue<MemoryBlock> pendingBlocks;
+
+    // After construction, this will only be accessed by doScan so there's no need
+    // to worry about synchronisation.
+    AudioPluginFormatManager formatManager;
 };
 
 //==============================================================================