On (19/12/17 12:20), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote: > Hello, > > RFC > > This is a reworked version of the vb2 cache hints > (V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE / V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN) > support patch series which previsouly was developed by Sakari and > Laurent [0]. > > The patch set attempts to preserve the existing behvaiour - cache > sync is performed in ->prepare() and ->finish() (unless the buffer > is DMA exported). User space can request “default behavior” override > with cache management hints, which are handled on a per-buffer basis > and should be supplied with v4l2_buffer ->flags during buffer > preparation. There are two possible hints: > > - V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE > No cache sync on ->finish() > > - V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN > No cache sync on ->prepare() > > In order to keep things on the safe side, we also require driver > to explicitly state which of its queues (if any) support user space > cache management hints (such queues should have ->allow_cache_hints > bit set). > > The patch set also (to some extent) simplifies allocators' ->prepare() > and ->finish() callbacks. Namely, we move cache management decision > making to the upper - core - layer. For example, if, previously, we > would have something like this > > vb2_buffer_done() > vb2_dc_finish() > if (buf->db_attach) > return; > > where each allocators' ->finish() callback would either bail > out (DMA exported buffer, for instance) or sync, now that "bail > out or sync" decision is made before we call into the allocator. > > Along with cache management hints, user space is also able to > adjust queue's memory consistency attributes. Memory consistency > attribute (dma_attrs) is per-queue, yet it plays its role on the > allocator level, when we allocate buffers’ private memory (planes). > For the time being, only one consistency attribute is supported: > DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT. Gentle ping. -ss
