Re: [PATCH 2/3] media: videodev2: add a flag for vdev-centric devices

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Em Fri, 25 Aug 2017 08:30:37 -0300
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> Em Fri, 25 Aug 2017 08:15:03 -0300
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> 
> > Em Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:56:30 +0200
> > Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> > 
> > > On 25/08/17 12:50, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:  
> > > > Em Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:42:51 +0200
> > > > Hans Verkuil <hansverk@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> > > >     
> > > >> On 08/25/2017 12:35 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:    
> > > >>> Em Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:13:53 +0200
> > > >>> Hans Verkuil <hansverk@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> > > >>>       
> > > >>>> On 08/25/2017 12:06 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:      
> > > >>>>> Em Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:44:27 +0200
> > > >>>>> Hans Verkuil <hansverk@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> > > >>>>>         
> > > >>>>>> On 08/25/2017 11:40 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:        
> > > >>>>>>> From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> As both vdev-centric and mc-centric devices may implement the
> > > >>>>>>> same APIs, we need a flag to allow userspace to distinguish
> > > >>>>>>> between them.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >>>>>>> ---
> > > >>>>>>>  Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst            | 6 ++++++
> > > >>>>>>>  Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst | 4 ++++
> > > >>>>>>>  include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h                   | 2 ++
> > > >>>>>>>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
> > > >>>>>>> index a72d142897c0..eb3f0ec57edb 100644
> > > >>>>>>> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
> > > >>>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
> > > >>>>>>> @@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ For **vdev-centric** control, the device and their corresponding hardware
> > > >>>>>>>  pipelines are controlled via the **V4L2 device** node. They may optionally
> > > >>>>>>>  expose via the :ref:`media controller API <media_controller>`.
> > > >>>>>>>  
> > > >>>>>>> +.. note::
> > > >>>>>>> +
> > > >>>>>>> +   **vdev-centric** devices should report V4L2_VDEV_CENTERED          
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> You mean CENTRIC, not CENTERED.        
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Yeah, true. I'll fix it.
> > > >>>>>         
> > > >>>>>> But I would change this to MC_CENTRIC: the vast majority of drivers are VDEV centric,
> > > >>>>>> so it makes a lot more sense to keep that as the default and only set the cap for
> > > >>>>>> MC-centric drivers.        
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I actually focused it on what an userspace application would do.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> An specialized application for a given hardware will likely just
> > > >>>>> ignore whatever flag is added, and use vdev, mc and subdev APIs
> > > >>>>> as it pleases. So, those applications don't need any flag at all.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> However, a generic application needs a flag to allow them to check
> > > >>>>> if a given hardware can be controlled by the traditional way
> > > >>>>> to control the device (e. g. if it accepts vdev-centric type of
> > > >>>>> hardware control).
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> It is an old desire (since when MC was designed) to allow that
> > > >>>>> generic V4L2 apps to also work with MC-centric hardware somehow.        
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> No, not true. The desire is that they can use the MC to find the
> > > >>>> various device nodes (video, radio, vbi, rc, cec, ...). But they
> > > >>>> remain vdev-centric. vdev vs mc centric has nothing to do with the
> > > >>>> presence of the MC. It's how they are controlled.      
> > > >>>
> > > >>> No, that's not I'm talking about. I'm talking about libv4l plugin
> > > >>> (or whatever) that would allow a generic app to work with a mc-centric
> > > >>> device. That's there for a long time (since when we were reviewing
> > > >>> the MC patches back in 2009 or 2010).      
> > > >>
> > > >> So? Such a plugin would obviously remove the MC_CENTRIC cap. Which makes
> > > >> perfect sense.
> > > >>
> > > >> There are a lot of userspace applications that do not use libv4l. It's
> > > >> optional, not required, to use that library. We cannot design our API with
> > > >> the assumption that this library will be used.
> > > >>    
> > > >>>       
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Regarding userspace applications: they can't check for a VDEV_CENTRIC
> > > >>>> cap since we never had any. I.e., if they do:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> 	if (!(caps & VDEV_CENTRIC))
> > > >>>> 		/* unsupported device */
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> then they would fail for older kernels that do not set this flag.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> But this works:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> 	if (caps & MC_CENTRIC)
> > > >>>> 		/* unsupported device */
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> So this really needs to be an MC_CENTRIC capability.      
> > > >>>
> > > >>> That won't work. The test should take into account the API version
> > > >>> too.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Assuming that such flag would be added for version 4.15, with a VDEV_CENTRIC,
> > > >>> the check would be:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 	/*
> > > >>>          * There's no need to check version here: libv4l may override it
> > > >>> 	 * to support a mc-centric device even for older versions of the
> > > >>> 	 * Kernel
> > > >>>          */
> > > >>> 	if (caps & V4L2_CAP_VDEV_CENTRIC)
> > > >>> 		is_supported = true;
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 	/*
> > > >>> 	 * For API version lower than 4.15, there's no way to know for
> > > >>> 	 * sure if the device is vdev-centric or not. So, either additional
> > > >>> 	 * tests are needed, or it would assume vdev-centric and output
> > > >>> 	 * some note about that.
> > > >>> 	 */
> > > >>> 	if (version < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 15, 0))
> > > >>> 		maybe_supported = true;      
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 	is_supported = true;
> > > >> 	if (caps & V4L2_CAP_MC_CENTRIC)
> > > >> 		is_supported = false;
> > > >>  	if (version < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 15, 0))
> > > >>  		maybe_supported = true;
> > > >>
> > > >> I don't see the difference. BTW, no application will ever do that version check.
> > > >> It doesn't help them in any way to know that it 'may' be supported.    
> > > > 
> > > > Yeah, this can work. The only drawback is that, if we end by
> > > > implementing vdev compatible support is that such drivers will
> > > > have to clean the V4L2_CAP_MC_CENTRIC flag.    
> > > 
> > > You mean implementing vdev compatible support in libv4l? (Just making sure
> > > I understand you correctly)  
> > 
> > Yes, either there or at the Kernel, as it seems we'll never have it
> > there, as nobody is working on it anymore.
> > 
> > > In that case it doesn't matter if the libv4l code would set the VDEV_CENTRIC flag
> > > or remove the MC_CENTRIC flag. That makes no difference, or course.  
> > 
> > True, but the text will have to be clear that a MC_CENTRIC device is a
> > device that can't be controlled by a V4L2-centric application.
> 
> Ok, that's the "reverse" patch. IMHO, it is very confusing, as we're
> actually using MC_CENTRIC to actually describe the lack of a capability.
> 
> Perhaps we should name it as NOT_VDEV_CENTRIC instead.

Hans suggested an alternative word at the IRC ("require"), with actually
sounds better. Patch follows.

I can live it that :-)

Regards,
Mauro

-

media: videodev2: add a flag for vdev-centric devices
    
As both vdev-centric and mc-centric devices may implement the
same APIs, we need a flag to allow userspace to distinguish
between them.
    
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
index a72d142897c0..4b344dccd2ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 Opening and Closing Devices
 ***************************
 
+.. _v4l2_hardware_control:
+
 Types of V4L2 hardware control
 ==============================
 
@@ -33,6 +35,13 @@ For **vdev-centric** control, the device and their corresponding hardware
 pipelines are controlled via the **V4L2 device** node. They may optionally
 expose via the :ref:`media controller API <media_controller>`.
 
+.. note::
+
+   Devices that require **mc-centric** hardware control should report
+   a ``V4L2_MC_CENTRIC`` :c:type:`v4l2_capability` flag
+   (see :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYCAP`).
+
+
 For **MC-centric** control, before using the V4L2 device, it is required to
 set the hardware pipelines via the
 :ref:`media controller API <media_controller>`. For those devices, the
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst
index 12e0d9a63cd8..2b08723375bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ specification the ioctl returns an ``EINVAL`` error code.
     * - ``V4L2_CAP_TOUCH``
       - 0x10000000
       - This is a touch device.
+    * - ``V4L2_MC_CENTRIC``
+      - 0x20000000
+      - Indicates that the device require **mc-centric** hardware
+        control, and thus can't be used by **v4l2-centric** applications.
+        See :ref:`v4l2_hardware_control` for more details.
     * - ``V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS``
       - 0x80000000
       - The driver fills the ``device_caps`` field. This capability can
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index 45cf7359822c..7b490fe97980 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ struct v4l2_capability {
 
 #define V4L2_CAP_TOUCH                  0x10000000  /* Is a touch device */
 
+#define V4L2_CAP_MC_CENTRIC             0x20000000  /* Device require mc-centric hardware control */
+
 #define V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS            0x80000000  /* sets device capabilities field */
 
 /*

-- 
Thanks,
Mauro
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