Pass plugin type when calling the host application

src/common/plugins.cpp

@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ LibArchitecture find_dll_architecture(const fs::path& plugin_path) {
 }
 
 PluginType plugin_type_from_string(const std::string& plugin_type) {
-    if (plugin_type == "vst2") {
+    if (plugin_type == "VST2") {
         return PluginType::vst2;
-    } else if (plugin_type == "vst3") {
+    } else if (plugin_type == "VST3") {
         return PluginType::vst3;
     } else {
         return PluginType::unknown;
@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@ PluginType plugin_type_from_string(const std::string& plugin_type) {
 }
 
 std::string plugin_type_to_string(const PluginType& plugin_type) {
+    // We'll capitalize the acronyms because this is also our human readable
+    // format
     if (plugin_type == PluginType::vst2) {
-        return "vst2";
+        return "VST2";
     } else if (plugin_type == PluginType::vst3) {
-        return "vst3";
+        return "VST3";
     } else {
-        return "unknown";
+        return "<unknown>";
     }
 }

src/common/serialization/common.h

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <type_traits>
 
+#include "../plugins.h"
+
 // The plugin should always be compiled to a 64-bit version, but the host
 // application can also be 32-bit to allow using 32-bit legacy Windows VST in a
 // modern Linux VST host. Because of this we have to make sure to always use
@@ -54,11 +56,13 @@ overload(Ts...) -> overload<Ts...>;
  * to `yabridge-host.exe` were the plugin to be hosted individually.
  */
 struct GroupRequest {
+    PluginType plugin_type;
     std::string plugin_path;
     std::string endpoint_base_dir;
 
     template <typename S>
     void serialize(S& s) {
+        s.object(plugin_type);
         s.text1b(plugin_path, 4096);
         s.text1b(endpoint_base_dir, 4096);
     }

src/plugin/host-process.cpp

@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ IndividualHost::IndividualHost(boost::asio::io_context& io_context,
       plugin_arch(find_dll_architecture(plugin_path)),
       host_path(find_vst_host(plugin_arch, false)),
       host(launch_host(host_path,
+                       // TODO: This should of course not be hardcoded
+                       plugin_type_to_string(PluginType::vst2),
 #ifdef WITH_WINEDBG
                        plugin_path.filename(),
 #else
@@ -180,7 +182,9 @@ GroupHost::GroupHost(boost::asio::io_context& io_context,
 
         write_object(
             group_socket,
-            GroupRequest{.plugin_path = plugin_path.string(),
+            // TODO: The plugin type should of course not be hardcoded
+            GroupRequest{.plugin_type = PluginType::vst2,
+                         .plugin_path = plugin_path.string(),
                          .endpoint_base_dir = endpoint_base_dir.string()});
         const auto response = read_object<GroupResponse>(group_socket);
         assert(response.pid > 0);

src/wine-host/bridges/group.cpp

@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ void GroupBridge::accept_requests() {
             // yabridge plugin will be able to tell if the plugin has caused
             // this process to crash during its initialization to prevent
             // waiting indefinitely on the sockets to be connected to.
+            // TODO: Do something with the plugin type
+            // TODO: Maybe try to merge instantiation with `individual_host`?
+            //       Might only make things messier
             const auto request = read_object<GroupRequest>(socket);
             write_object(socket, GroupResponse{boost::this_process::get_id()});
 

src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.h

@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ class Vst2Bridge {
      *
      * @throw std::runtime_error Thrown when the VST plugin could not be loaded,
      *   or if communication could not be set up.
+     *
+     * TODO: Make these two arguments `boost::filesystem::path`, also use those
+     *       in `GroupRequest`.
      */
     Vst2Bridge(MainContext& main_context,
                std::string plugin_dll_path,

src/wine-host/individual-host.cpp

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 #include "bridges/vst2.h"
 
 /**
- * This is the default VST host application. It will load the specified VST2
- * plugin, and then connect back to the `libyabridge-{vst2,vst3}.so` instance
- * that spawned this over the socket.
+ * This is the default plugin host application. It will load the specified
+ * plugin plugin, and then connect back to the `libyabridge-{vst2,vst3}.so`
+ * instance that spawned this over the socket.
  *
  * The explicit calling convention is needed to work around a bug introduced in
  * Wine 5.7: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49138
@@ -36,23 +36,28 @@ int __cdecl __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     set_realtime_priority();
 
-    // We pass the name of the VST plugin .dll file to load and the base
-    // directory for the Unix domain socket endpoints to connect to as the first
-    // two arguments of this process in plugin/bridge.cpp.
-    if (argc < 3) {
-        std::cerr << "Usage: "
+    // We pass plugin format, the name of the VST2 plugin .dll file or VST3
+    // bundle to load, and the base directory for the Unix domain socket
+    // endpoints to connect to as the first two arguments of this process in
+    // `src/plugin/host-process.cpp`
+    if (argc < 4) {
+        std::cerr
+            << "Usage: "
 #ifdef __i386__
-                  << yabridge_individual_host_name_32bit
+            << yabridge_individual_host_name_32bit
 #else
-                  << yabridge_individual_host_name
+            << yabridge_individual_host_name
 #endif
-                  << " <vst_plugin_dll> <endpoint_base_directory>" << std::endl;
+            << " <plugin_type> <plugin_location> <endpoint_base_directory>"
+            << std::endl;
 
         return 1;
     }
 
-    const std::string plugin_dll_path(argv[1]);
-    const std::string socket_endpoint_path(argv[2]);
+    // TODO: Do something with the plugin type
+    const PluginType plugin_type = plugin_type_from_string(argv[1]);
+    const std::string plugin_location(argv[2]);
+    const std::string socket_endpoint_path(argv[3]);
 
     std::cout << "Initializing yabridge host version " << yabridge_git_version
 #ifdef __i386__
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     MainContext main_context{};
     std::unique_ptr<Vst2Bridge> bridge;
     try {
-        bridge = std::make_unique<Vst2Bridge>(main_context, plugin_dll_path,
+        bridge = std::make_unique<Vst2Bridge>(main_context, plugin_location,
                                               socket_endpoint_path);
     } catch (const std::runtime_error& error) {
         std::cerr << "Error while initializing Wine VST host:" << std::endl;
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         return 1;
     }
 
-    std::cout << "Finished initializing '" << plugin_dll_path << "'"
+    std::cout << "Finished initializing '" << plugin_location << "'"
               << std::endl;
 
     // We'll listen for `dispatcher()` calls on a different thread, but the