Prioritize video packets when sending padding or preemptive retransmits.

webrtc/video/video_send_stream.cc

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  *
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 #include "webrtc/video/video_send_stream.h"
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   RTC_DCHECK(!config_->rtp.ssrcs.empty());
   RTC_DCHECK(call_stats_);
   RTC_DCHECK(congestion_controller_);
   RTC_DCHECK(remb_);
 
   congestion_controller_->EnablePeriodicAlrProbing(
       config_->periodic_alr_bandwidth_probing);
 
   // RTP/RTCP initialization.
-  for (RtpRtcp* rtp_rtcp : rtp_rtcp_modules_) {
-    packet_router_->AddRtpModule(rtp_rtcp);
+
+  // We add the highest spatial layer first to ensure it'll be prioritized
+  // when sending padding, with the hope that the packet rate will be smaller,

[mflodman, 2017/01/26 13:01:40]

Isn't this the opposite? AddRtpModule does a push_front -> the module added in
the end will be in the front and do all the padding.

[stefan-webrtc, 2017/01/27 11:52:38]

Yes, you are right. Thanks :)

+  // and that it's more important to protect than the lower layers.
+  for (auto rit = rtp_rtcp_modules_.rbegin(); rit != rtp_rtcp_modules_.rend();
+       ++rit) {
+    packet_router->AddRtpModule(*rit);
   }
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i < config_->rtp.extensions.size(); ++i) {
     const std::string& extension = config_->rtp.extensions[i].uri;
     int id = config_->rtp.extensions[i].id;
     // One-byte-extension local identifiers are in the range 1-14 inclusive.
     RTC_DCHECK_GE(id, 1);
     RTC_DCHECK_LE(id, 14);
     RTC_DCHECK(RtpExtension::IsSupportedForVideo(extension));
     for (RtpRtcp* rtp_rtcp : rtp_rtcp_modules_) {
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       std::min(config_->rtp.max_packet_size,
                kPathMTU - transport_overhead_bytes_per_packet_);
 
   for (RtpRtcp* rtp_rtcp : rtp_rtcp_modules_) {
     rtp_rtcp->SetMaxRtpPacketSize(rtp_packet_size);
   }
 }
 
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace webrtc