Hi Eugen
On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 03:49:34PM +0200, Eugen Hristev wrote:
> The AWB workqueue runs in a kernel thread and needs to be synchronized
> w.r.t. the streaming status.
> It is possible that streaming is stopped while the AWB workq is running.
> In this case it is likely that the check for isc->stop is done at one point
> in time, but the AWB computations are done later, including a call to
> isc_update_profile, which requires streaming to be started.
> Thus , isc_update_profile will fail if during this operation sequence the
> streaming was stopped.
> To solve this issue, a mutex is added, that will serialize the awb work and
> streaming stopping, with the mention that either streaming is stopped
> completely including termination of the last frame is done, and after that
> the AWB work can check stream status and stop; either first AWB work is
> completed and after that the streaming can stop correctly.
> The awb spin lock cannot be used since this spinlock is taken in the same
> context and using it in the stop streaming will result in a recursion BUG.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc-base.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++---
> drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc-base.c b/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc-base.c
> index b0c3ed21f372..53cac1aac0fd 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc-base.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc-base.c
> @@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ static void isc_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
> struct isc_buffer *buf;
> int ret;
>
> + mutex_lock(&isc->awb_mutex);
> v4l2_ctrl_activate(isc->do_wb_ctrl, false);
>
> isc->stop = true;
> @@ -410,6 +411,8 @@ static void isc_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
> v4l2_err(&isc->v4l2_dev,
> "Timeout waiting for end of the capture\n");
>
> + mutex_unlock(&isc->awb_mutex);
> +
> /* Disable DMA interrupt */
> regmap_write(isc->regmap, ISC_INTDIS, ISC_INT_DDONE);
>
> @@ -1416,10 +1419,6 @@ static void isc_awb_work(struct work_struct *w)
> u32 min, max;
> int ret;
>
> - /* streaming is not active anymore */
> - if (isc->stop)
> - return;
> -
> if (ctrls->hist_stat != HIST_ENABLED)
> return;
>
> @@ -1470,7 +1469,24 @@ static void isc_awb_work(struct work_struct *w)
> }
> regmap_write(regmap, ISC_HIS_CFG + isc->offsets.his,
> hist_id | baysel | ISC_HIS_CFG_RAR);
isc_stop_streaming() calls runtime_put and here you access the hw.
Feels like it's safer to hold the mutex for the whole duration of the
AWB routine ?
> +
> + /*
> + * We have to make sure the streaming has not stopped meanwhile.
> + * ISC requires a frame to clock the internal profile update.
> + * To avoid issues, lock the sequence with a mutex
> + */
> + mutex_lock(&isc->awb_mutex);
> +
> + /* streaming is not active anymore */
> + if (isc->stop) {
> + mutex_unlock(&isc->awb_mutex);
> + return;
> + };
> +
> isc_update_profile(isc);
> +
> + mutex_unlock(&isc->awb_mutex);
> +
> /* if awb has been disabled, we don't need to start another histogram */
> if (ctrls->awb)
> regmap_write(regmap, ISC_CTRLEN, ISC_CTRL_HISREQ);
> @@ -1549,6 +1565,8 @@ static int isc_s_awb_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
>
> isc_update_awb_ctrls(isc);
>
> + mutex_lock(&isc->awb_mutex);
> +
> if (!isc->stop) {
> /*
> * If we are streaming, we can update profile to
> @@ -1563,6 +1581,7 @@ static int isc_s_awb_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
> */
> v4l2_ctrl_activate(isc->do_wb_ctrl, false);
> }
> + mutex_unlock(&isc->awb_mutex);
>
> /* if we have autowhitebalance on, start histogram procedure */
> if (ctrls->awb == ISC_WB_AUTO && !isc->stop &&
> @@ -1754,6 +1773,7 @@ static void isc_async_unbind(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
> {
> struct isc_device *isc = container_of(notifier->v4l2_dev,
> struct isc_device, v4l2_dev);
> + mutex_destroy(&isc->awb_mutex);
> cancel_work_sync(&isc->awb_work);
> video_unregister_device(&isc->video_dev);
> v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&isc->ctrls.handler);
> @@ -1866,6 +1886,8 @@ static int isc_async_complete(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier)
> isc->current_subdev = container_of(notifier,
> struct isc_subdev_entity, notifier);
> mutex_init(&isc->lock);
> + mutex_init(&isc->awb_mutex);
> +
> init_completion(&isc->comp);
>
> /* Initialize videobuf2 queue */
> @@ -1941,6 +1963,7 @@ static int isc_async_complete(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier)
> video_unregister_device(vdev);
>
> isc_async_complete_err:
> + mutex_destroy(&isc->awb_mutex);
> mutex_destroy(&isc->lock);
> return ret;
> }
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc.h b/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc.h
> index 0b6370d7775f..c2cb805faff3 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc.h
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc.h
> @@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ struct isc_device {
> struct work_struct awb_work;
>
> struct mutex lock; /* serialize access to file operations */
> + struct mutex awb_mutex; /* serialize access to streaming status from awb work queue */
> spinlock_t awb_lock; /* serialize access to DMA buffers from awb work queue */
>
> struct regmap_field *pipeline[ISC_PIPE_LINE_NODE_NUM];
> --
> 2.25.1
>
