linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] media: v4l2-mem2mem: add a list for buf used by hw

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Message-ID: <20230712093301.nkj2vok2x7esdhb3@chromium.org>
Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2023 09:33:01 +0000
From:   Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>
To:     Hsia-Jun Li <randy.li@...aptics.com>
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, ayaka@...lik.info,
        hans.verkuil@...co.com, mchehab@...nel.org,
        laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com, hiroh@...omium.org,
        hverkuil@...all.nl, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        nicolas@...fresne.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] media: v4l2-mem2mem: add a list for buf used by hw

On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 12:00:38PM +0800, Hsia-Jun Li wrote:
> From: "Hsia-Jun(Randy) Li" <randy.li@...aptics.com>
> 
> Many drivers have to create its own buf_struct for a
> vb2_queue to track such a state. Also driver has to
> iterate over rdy_queue every times to find out a buffer
> which is not sent to hardware(or firmware), this new
> list just offers the driver a place to store the buffer
> that hardware(firmware) has acknowledged.
> 
> One important advance about this list, it doesn't like
> rdy_queue which both bottom half of the user calling
> could operate it, while the v4l2 worker would as well.
> The v4l2 core could only operate this queue when its
> v4l2_context is not running, the driver would only
> access this new hw_queue in its own worker.

Could you describe in what case such a list would be useful for a
mem2mem driver?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Hsia-Jun(Randy) Li <randy.li@...aptics.com>
> ---
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
>  include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h           | 10 +++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
> index c771aba42015..b4151147d5bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
> @@ -321,15 +321,21 @@ static void __v4l2_m2m_try_queue(struct v4l2_m2m_dev *m2m_dev,
>  		goto job_unlock;
>  	}
>  
> -	src = v4l2_m2m_next_src_buf(m2m_ctx);
> -	dst = v4l2_m2m_next_dst_buf(m2m_ctx);
> -	if (!src && !m2m_ctx->out_q_ctx.buffered) {
> -		dprintk("No input buffers available\n");
> -		goto job_unlock;
> +	if (list_empty(&m2m_ctx->out_q_ctx.hw_queue)) {
> +		src = v4l2_m2m_next_src_buf(m2m_ctx);
> +
> +		if (!src && !m2m_ctx->out_q_ctx.buffered) {
> +			dprintk("No input buffers available\n");
> +			goto job_unlock;
> +		}
>  	}
> -	if (!dst && !m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.buffered) {
> -		dprintk("No output buffers available\n");
> -		goto job_unlock;
> +
> +	if (list_empty(&m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.hw_queue)) {
> +		dst = v4l2_m2m_next_dst_buf(m2m_ctx);
> +		if (!dst && !m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.buffered) {
> +			dprintk("No output buffers available\n");
> +			goto job_unlock;
> +		}
>  	}

src and dst would be referenced unitialized below if neither of the
above ifs hits...

Best regards,
Tomasz

>  
>  	m2m_ctx->new_frame = true;
> @@ -896,6 +902,7 @@ int v4l2_m2m_streamoff(struct file *file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q_ctx->rdy_queue);
>  	q_ctx->num_rdy = 0;
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q_ctx->rdy_spinlock, flags);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q_ctx->hw_queue);
>  
>  	if (m2m_dev->curr_ctx == m2m_ctx) {
>  		m2m_dev->curr_ctx = NULL;
> @@ -1234,6 +1241,8 @@ struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *v4l2_m2m_ctx_init(struct v4l2_m2m_dev *m2m_dev,
>  
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&out_q_ctx->rdy_queue);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cap_q_ctx->rdy_queue);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&out_q_ctx->hw_queue);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cap_q_ctx->hw_queue);
>  	spin_lock_init(&out_q_ctx->rdy_spinlock);
>  	spin_lock_init(&cap_q_ctx->rdy_spinlock);
>  
> diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h b/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
> index d6c8eb2b5201..2342656e582d 100644
> --- a/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
> +++ b/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
> @@ -53,9 +53,16 @@ struct v4l2_m2m_dev;
>   *	processed
>   *
>   * @q:		pointer to struct &vb2_queue
> - * @rdy_queue:	List of V4L2 mem-to-mem queues
> + * @rdy_queue:	List of V4L2 mem-to-mem queues. If v4l2_m2m_buf_queue() is
> + *		called in struct vb2_ops->buf_queue(), the buffer enqueued
> + *		by user would be added to this list.
>   * @rdy_spinlock: spin lock to protect the struct usage
>   * @num_rdy:	number of buffers ready to be processed
> + * @hw_queue:	A list for tracking the buffer is occupied by the hardware
> + * 		(or device's firmware). A buffer could only be in either
> + * 		this list or @rdy_queue.
> + * 		Driver may choose not to use this list while uses its own
> + * 		private data to do this work.
>   * @buffered:	is the queue buffered?
>   *
>   * Queue for buffers ready to be processed as soon as this
> @@ -68,6 +75,7 @@ struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx {
>  	struct list_head	rdy_queue;
>  	spinlock_t		rdy_spinlock;
>  	u8			num_rdy;
> +	struct list_head	hw_queue;
>  	bool			buffered;
>  };
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>