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Message-ID: <20241124070428.GG19573@pendragon.ideasonboard.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 09:04:28 +0200
From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
To: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@...asonboard.com>
Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
	Naushir Patuck <naush@...pberrypi.com>,
	Raspberry Pi Kernel Maintenance <kernel-list@...pberrypi.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
	Broadcom internal kernel review list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
	Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>, Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] drivers: media: bcm2835-unicam: Correctly handle
 FS + FE ISR condition

On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 03:48:11PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> 
> With Hans Sakari and Laurent in cc for real now
> 
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 03:41:31PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 11:40:26AM +0000, Naushir Patuck wrote:
> > > On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 at 11:16, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 08:41:52AM +0000, Naushir Patuck wrote:
> > > > > This change aligns the FS/FE interrupt handling with the Raspberry Pi
> > > > > kernel downstream Unicam driver.
> > > > >
> > > > > If we get a simultaneous FS + FE interrupt for the same frame, it cannot
> > > > > be marked as completed and returned to userland as the framebuffer will
> > > > > be refilled by Unicam on the next sensor frame. Additionally, the
> > > > > timestamp will be set to 0 as the FS interrupt handling code will not
> > > > > have run yet.
> > > > >
> > > > > To avoid these problems, the frame is considered dropped in the FE
> > > > > handler, and will be returned to userland on the subsequent sensor frame.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Naushir Patuck <naush@...pberrypi.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  .../media/platform/broadcom/bcm2835-unicam.c  | 39 +++++++++++++++++--
> > > > >  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/broadcom/bcm2835-unicam.c b/drivers/media/platform/broadcom/bcm2835-unicam.c
> > > > > index f10064107d54..0d2aa25d483f 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/media/platform/broadcom/bcm2835-unicam.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/media/platform/broadcom/bcm2835-unicam.c
> > > > > @@ -773,10 +773,26 @@ static irqreturn_t unicam_isr(int irq, void *dev)
> > > > >                        * as complete, as the HW will reuse that buffer.
> > > > >                        */
> > > > >                       if (node->cur_frm && node->cur_frm != node->next_frm) {
> > > > > +                             /*
> > > > > +                              * This condition checks if FE + FS for the same
> > > > > +                              * frame has occurred. In such cases, we cannot
> > > > > +                              * return out the frame, as no buffer handling
> > > > > +                              * or timestamping has yet been done as part of
> > > > > +                              * the FS handler.
> > > > > +                              */
> > > > > +                             if (!node->cur_frm->vb.vb2_buf.timestamp) {
> > > > > +                                     dev_dbg(unicam->v4l2_dev.dev,
> > > > > +                                             "ISR: FE without FS, dropping frame\n");
> > > > > +                                     continue;
> > > > > +                             }
> > > > > +
> > > > >                               unicam_process_buffer_complete(node, sequence);
> > > > > +                             node->cur_frm = node->next_frm;
> > > > > +                             node->next_frm = NULL;
> > > > >                               inc_seq = true;
> > > > > +                     } else {
> > > > > +                             node->cur_frm = node->next_frm;
> > > > >                       }
> > > > > -                     node->cur_frm = node->next_frm;
> > > > >               }
> > > > >
> > > > >               /*
> > > > > @@ -812,10 +828,25 @@ static irqreturn_t unicam_isr(int irq, void *dev)
> > > > >                                       i);
> > > > >                       /*
> > > > >                        * Set the next frame output to go to a dummy frame
> > > > > -                      * if we have not managed to obtain another frame
> > > > > -                      * from the queue.
> > > > > +                      * if no buffer currently queued.
> > > > >                        */
> > > > > -                     unicam_schedule_dummy_buffer(node);
> > > > > +                     if (!node->next_frm ||
> > > > > +                         node->next_frm == node->cur_frm) {
> > > > > +                             unicam_schedule_dummy_buffer(node);
> > > > > +                     } else if (unicam->node[i].cur_frm) {
> > > > > +                             /*
> > > > > +                              * Repeated FS without FE. Hardware will have
> > > > > +                              * swapped buffers, but the cur_frm doesn't
> > > > > +                              * contain valid data. Return cur_frm to the
> > > > > +                              * queue.
> > > >
> > > > So the buffer gets silently recycled ? Or should it be returned with
> > > > errors to userspace ?
> > >
> > > The buffer silently gets recycled and we dequeue when we are sure it
> > > is valid and will not get overwritten.  If we were to return to
> >
> > I haven't find in the v4l2 specs any reference to what the behaviour
> > should be.
> >
> > If I can summarize it: When a frame capture is aborted after the DMA
> > transfer has already started, should the corresponding capture buffer
> > be returned to the user in error state or the frame drop can go
> > silently ignored ?

If the DMA tranfer is aborted, I would return the buffer to userspace.
This will indicate a frame loss better than deducing it from a gap in
the sequence numbers.

Is the DMA really aborted here though ?

> > Cc-ing Hans Sakari and Laurent for opinions.
> >
> > > userspace with an error, there is still a race condition on the name
> > > frame/buffer which will also have to return as error.
> >
> > I'm sorry I didn't get this part :)
> >
> > > > > +                              */
> > > > > +                             spin_lock(&node->dma_queue_lock);
> > > > > +                             list_add_tail(&node->cur_frm->list,
> > > > > +                                           &node->dma_queue);
> > > > > +                             spin_unlock(&node->dma_queue_lock);
> > > > > +                             node->cur_frm = node->next_frm;
> > > > > +                             node->next_frm = NULL;
> > > > > +                     }
> > > > >               }
> > > > >
> > > > >               unicam_queue_event_sof(unicam);

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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