In unbounded mode, the read and write pointers are free to move
independently of one another. This is useful where the input and output
streams are progressing at the same rate on average, and we want to keep
the latency stable in the event than an underrun or overrun occurs.
If an underrun occurs (i.e., there is not enough data in the buffer to
satisfy a read request), the missing values with be filled with zeros. When
the writer catches up, the same number of values will be skipped from the
input.
If an overrun occurs (i.e., there is not enough free space in the buffer to
satisfy a write request), excess values will be discarded. When the reader
catches up, the same number of values will be zeroed in the output.
Unbounded mode is currently unused since our audio input and output
streams are not synchronised. This will be implemented in a later commit.
Also reimplemented as a lock-free queue which is safer for use in audio
device callbacks.
As the ringbuffer is now in use for audio it makes sense to provide bulk
append and consume functions that are thread safe instead of adding
locking over all of the functions. This partially reverts the prior
commit that added the extra locking.
This allows us to set a callback to read a value out before it's about
to be overwritten which can be useful for things like calculating a
running average.
