Re: [PATCHv18 19/35] vb2: store userspace data in vb2_v4l2_buffer

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Em Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:54:53 +0200
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> On 14/08/18 21:47, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > Em Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:20:31 +0200
> > Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:  
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >> diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
> >> index 57848ddc584f..360dc4e7d413 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
> >> @@ -154,17 +154,11 @@ static void vb2_warn_zero_bytesused(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
> >>  		pr_warn("use the actual size instead.\n");
> >>  }
> >>  
> >> -/*
> >> - * __fill_vb2_buffer() - fill a vb2_buffer with information provided in a
> >> - * v4l2_buffer by the userspace. It also verifies that struct
> >> - * v4l2_buffer has a valid number of planes.
> >> - */
> >> -static int __fill_vb2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb,
> >> -		const void *pb, struct vb2_plane *planes)
> >> +static int vb2_fill_vb2_v4l2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb, struct v4l2_buffer *b)
> >>  {
> >>  	struct vb2_queue *q = vb->vb2_queue;
> >> -	const struct v4l2_buffer *b = pb;
> >>  	struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf = to_vb2_v4l2_buffer(vb);
> >> +	struct vb2_plane *planes = vbuf->planes;
> >>  	unsigned int plane;
> >>  	int ret;
> >>  
> >> @@ -186,7 +180,6 @@ static int __fill_vb2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb,
> >>  		dprintk(1, "the field is incorrectly set to ALTERNATE for an output buffer\n");
> >>  		return -EINVAL;
> >>  	}
> >> -	vb->timestamp = 0;  
> > 
> > See my note below about this removal. On a quick look, I guess we may have
> > a regression here for output buffers (non-m2m).  
> 
> Note that this is no longer the __fill_vb2_buffer() callback, and the timestamp
> is not handled in vb2_fill_vb2_v4l2_buffer(). That's why it is removed here.
> 
> It is handled in the new __fill_vb2_buffer function, see below for comments.
> 
> >   
> >>  	vbuf->sequence = 0;
> >>  
> >>  	if (V4L2_TYPE_IS_MULTIPLANAR(b->type)) {
> >> @@ -208,6 +201,12 @@ static int __fill_vb2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb,
> >>  			}
> >>  			break;
> >>  		default:
> >> +			for (plane = 0; plane < vb->num_planes; ++plane) {
> >> +				planes[plane].m.offset =
> >> +					vb->planes[plane].m.offset;
> >> +				planes[plane].length =
> >> +					vb->planes[plane].length;
> >> +			}
> >>  			break;
> >>  		}
> >>  
> >> @@ -269,9 +268,12 @@ static int __fill_vb2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb,
> >>  			planes[0].length = b->length;
> >>  			break;
> >>  		default:
> >> +			planes[0].m.offset = vb->planes[0].m.offset;
> >> +			planes[0].length = vb->planes[0].length;
> >>  			break;
> >>  		}
> >>  
> >> +		planes[0].data_offset = 0;
> >>  		if (V4L2_TYPE_IS_OUTPUT(b->type)) {
> >>  			if (b->bytesused == 0)
> >>  				vb2_warn_zero_bytesused(vb);
> >> @@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ static int __fill_vb2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb,
> >>  
> >>  	}
> >>  
> >> -	/* Zero flags that the vb2 core handles */
> >> +	/* Zero flags that we handle */
> >>  	vbuf->flags = b->flags & ~V4L2_BUFFER_MASK_FLAGS;
> >>  	if (!vb->vb2_queue->copy_timestamp || !V4L2_TYPE_IS_OUTPUT(b->type)) {
> >>  		/*
> >> @@ -319,6 +321,10 @@ static int __fill_vb2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb,
> >>  static int vb2_queue_or_prepare_buf(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_buffer *b,
> >>  				    const char *opname)
> >>  {
> >> +	struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf;
> >> +	struct vb2_buffer *vb;
> >> +	int ret;
> >> +
> >>  	if (b->type != q->type) {
> >>  		dprintk(1, "%s: invalid buffer type\n", opname);
> >>  		return -EINVAL;
> >> @@ -340,7 +346,15 @@ static int vb2_queue_or_prepare_buf(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_buffer *b,
> >>  		return -EINVAL;
> >>  	}
> >>  
> >> -	return __verify_planes_array(q->bufs[b->index], b);
> >> +	vb = q->bufs[b->index];
> >> +	vbuf = to_vb2_v4l2_buffer(vb);
> >> +	ret = __verify_planes_array(vb, b);
> >> +	if (ret)
> >> +		return ret;
> >> +
> >> +	/* Copy relevant information provided by the userspace */
> >> +	memset(vbuf->planes, 0, sizeof(vbuf->planes[0]) * vb->num_planes);
> >> +	return vb2_fill_vb2_v4l2_buffer(vb, b);
> >>  }
> >>  
> >>  /*
> >> @@ -448,6 +462,30 @@ static void __fill_v4l2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb, void *pb)
> >>  		q->last_buffer_dequeued = true;
> >>  }
> >>  
> >> +/*
> >> + * __fill_vb2_buffer() - fill a vb2_buffer with information provided in a
> >> + * v4l2_buffer by the userspace. It also verifies that struct
> >> + * v4l2_buffer has a valid number of planes.
> >> + */
> >> +static int __fill_vb2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb, struct vb2_plane *planes)
> >> +{
> >> +	struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf = to_vb2_v4l2_buffer(vb);
> >> +	unsigned int plane;
> >> +
> >> +	if (!vb->vb2_queue->is_output || !vb->vb2_queue->copy_timestamp)
> >> +		vb->timestamp = 0;  
> > 
> > When vb->vb2_queue->copy_timestamp is not NULL, timestamp will be copied,
> > but how VB2 will fill it if is_output?  
> 
> vb->vb2_queue->copy_timestamp is a bool, not a pointer. It is true if the timestamps
> should be copied from output to capture by the driver.
> 
> So the timestamp provided by the application for an output queue that also wants to
> copy timestamps needs to be preserved so the driver can copy it to a capture buffer.
> In all other cases the vb->timestamp should be zeroed and the driver will fill it in
> later when it is done with the capture or output buffer.
> 
> Without the request API the sequence during a VIDIOC_QBUF is:
> 
> 1) call __buf_prepare() which in turn calls the fill_vb2_buffer callback. This zeroed
>    the timestamp.
> 2) call the copy_timestamp callback of the vb buffer which fills in the timestamp
>    from the user-provided v4l2_buffer.
> 
> With the request API this no longer works since when you queue a buffer to a request
> it is parked internally and not actually queued to the driver until the request itself
> is queued. So the sequence in that case is:
> 
> 1) call copy_timestamp callback to store the user-provided timestamp
> 
> And when the request is queued:
> 
> 2) call __buf_prepare() which in turn calls the fill_vb2_buffer callback.
> 
> So the order of calling copy_timestamp and __buf_prepare is now reversed.
> I can't call copy_timestamp when the request is queued since I no longer have
> access to the original struct v4l2_buffer.
> 
> So __fill_vb2_buffer now leaves the timestamp alone for output buffers that
> need to copy the timestamp.
> 
> > 
> > I suspect that the right logic here would be just:
> > 
> > 	if (!vb->vb2_queue->copy_timestamp)
> > 		vb->timestamp = 0;  
> 
> No, it also needs the !vb->vb2_queue->is_output check: capture queues can also
> have vb2_queue->copy_timestamp set. But there it is the driver that will copy
> the timestamp from the output side, so we need to zero it here.
> 
> Note that v4l2-compliance tests this timestamp handling. And in fact, the changes
> I had to make here to do correct timestamp handling for requests were the result
> of failures in v4l2-compliance.

So, not zeroing it if !vb->vb2_queue->is_output is actually a bug fix, right?

Please put such change on a separate patchset then. It could make sense to
c/c stable for it.

> 
> A general note: I feel that vb2 is getting a bit too complex and could do with some
> refactoring. It is something I want to look at in the future.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Hans



Thanks,
Mauro



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