Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] Make sure .device_run is always called in non-atomic context

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On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 at 13:52, Paul Kocialkowski
<paul.kocialkowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 2018-11-11 at 18:26 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > On Thu, 2018-10-18 at 15:02 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > > This series goal is to avoid drivers from having ad-hoc code
> > > to call .device_run in non-atomic context. Currently, .device_run
> > > can be called via v4l2_m2m_job_finish(), not only running
> > > in interrupt context, but also creating a nasty re-entrant
> > > path into mem2mem drivers.
> > >
> > > The proposed solution is to add a per-device worker that is scheduled
> > > by v4l2_m2m_job_finish, which replaces drivers having a threaded interrupt
> > > or similar.
> > >
> > > This change allows v4l2_m2m_job_finish() to be called in interrupt
> > > context, separating .device_run and v4l2_m2m_job_finish() contexts.
> > >
> > > It's worth mentioning that v4l2_m2m_cancel_job() doesn't need
> > > to flush or cancel the new worker, because the job_spinlock
> > > synchronizes both and also because the core prevents simultaneous
> > > jobs. Either v4l2_m2m_cancel_job() will wait for the worker, or the
> > > worker will be unable to run a new job.
> > >
> > > Patches apply on top of Request API and the Cedrus VPU
> > > driver.
> > >
> > > Tested with cedrus driver using v4l2-request-test and
> > > vicodec driver using gstreamer.
> > >
> > > Ezequiel Garcia (4):
> > >   mem2mem: Require capture and output mutexes to match
> > >   v4l2-ioctl.c: Simplify locking for m2m devices
> > >   v4l2-mem2mem: Avoid calling .device_run in v4l2_m2m_job_finish
> > >   media: cedrus: Get rid of interrupt bottom-half
> > >
> > > Sakari Ailus (1):
> > >   v4l2-mem2mem: Simplify exiting the function in __v4l2_m2m_try_schedule
> > >
> > >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c          | 47 +------------
> > >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c        | 66 ++++++++++++-------
> > >  .../staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_hw.c    | 26 ++------
> > >  3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)
> > >
> >
> > Hans, Maxime:
> >
> > Any feedback for this?
>
> I just tested the whole series with the cedrus driver and everything
> looks good!
>

Good! So this means we can add a Tested-by for the entire series?

> Removing the interrupt bottom-half in favor of a workqueue in the core
> seems like a good way to simplify m2m driver development by avoiding
> per-driver workqueues or threaded irqs.
>

Thanks for the test!
-- 
Ezequiel García, VanguardiaSur
www.vanguardiasur.com.ar




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