Re: [PATCH v11 06/11] v4l2-ctrls: add support for V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MIN/MAX_VAL

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On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 7:59 PM Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 8/9/23 12:15, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 10:36:16AM +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> >> On 8/9/23 09:34, Yunke Cao wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 4:05 PM Hans Verkuil wrote:
> >>>> On 26/04/2023 10:29, Yunke Cao wrote:
> >>>>> From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Add the capability of retrieving the min and max values of a
> >>>>> compound control.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Yunke Cao <yunkec@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> Changelog since v10:
> >>>>> - No change.
> >>>>> Changelog since v9:
> >>>>> - No change.
> >>>>> Changelog since v8:
> >>>>> - Return ENODATA when min/max is not implemented. Document this behavior.
> >>>>> - Created a shared helper function __v4l2_ctrl_type_op_init that takes "which"
> >>>>>   as a parameter. Call it in def, min and max operations.
> >>>>> Changelog since v7:
> >>>>> - Document that the definition of the min/max are provided by compound controls
> >>>>>   are defined in control documentation.
> >>>>> - Return error, instead of zeroed memory for v4l2_ctrl_ptr_create(NULL).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> git am from https://lore.kernel.org/all/20191119113457.57833-3-hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx/
> >>>>> - Fixed some merge conflits.
> >>>>> - Fixed the build error in drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  .../media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst          |  11 +-
> >>>>>  .../media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions          |   2 +
> >>>>>  drivers/media/i2c/imx214.c                    |   5 +-
> >>>>>  .../media/platform/qcom/venus/venc_ctrls.c    |   9 +-
> >>>>>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-api.c      |  57 +++++--
> >>>>>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-core.c     | 156 +++++++++++++++---
> >>>>>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c          |   4 +-
> >>>>>  include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h                    |  34 +++-
> >>>>>  include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h                |   2 +
> >>>>>  9 files changed, 236 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst
> >>>>> index 927ef397f1ce..1cc21ee229aa 100644
> >>>>> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst
> >>>>> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst
> >>>>> @@ -304,14 +304,21 @@ still cause this situation.
> >>>>>        - Which value of the control to get/set/try.
> >>>>>      * - :cspan:`2` ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` will return the current value of
> >>>>>       the control, ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL`` will return the default
> >>>>> +     value of the control, ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MIN_VAL`` will return the minimum
> >>>>> +     value of the control, ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MAX_VAL`` will return the maximum
> >>>>>       value of the control and ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL`` indicates that
> >>>>>       these controls have to be retrieved from a request or tried/set for
> >>>>>       a request. In the latter case the ``request_fd`` field contains the
> >>>>>       file descriptor of the request that should be used. If the device
> >>>>>       does not support requests, then ``EACCES`` will be returned.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -     When using ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL`` be aware that you can only
> >>>>> -     get the default value of the control, you cannot set or try it.
> >>>>> +     When using ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL``, ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MIN_VAL``
> >>>>> +     or ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MAX_VAL`` be aware that you can only get the
> >>>>> +     default/minimum/maximum value of the control, you cannot set or try it.
> >>>>> +     The definition of minimum/maximum values for compound types are provided by
> >>>>> +     the control documentation. If the control documentation does not
> >>>>> +     document the meaning of minimum/maximum value, then it is not supported.
> >>>>> +     Querying its minmimum/maximum value will result in -ENODATA.
> >>>>
> >>>> typo: minmimum -> minimum
> >>>>
> >>>> That last line is a bit ambiguous, I suggest this:
> >>>>
> >>>> If  ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MIN_VAL`` and ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MAX_VAL`` are not supported,
> >>>> then querying the minimum or maximum value will result in -ENODATA.
> >>>
> >>> This sounds clearer indeed! I will change it in the next version.
> >>
> >> Thinking some more about this, I believe it would be better to add a flag
> >> indicating WHICH_MIN/MAX support. I never like relying on an error to
> >> discover a feature. You still need this error, but in addition we need a new
> >> flag:
> >>
> >> #define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_WHICH_MIN_MAX 0x1000
> >>
> >> that is set for any control that supports this.
> >
> > I think the intent here was to indicate that drivers must return
> > -ENODATA for V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MIN_VAL and V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MAX_VAL if the
> > control's documentation doesn't specify the meaning of minimum and
> > maximum for a control. A flag to indicate support for this new API is
> > likely a good idea, but the documentation here should still clearly
> > indicate that only controls that have defined minimum and maximum
> > concepts in the API documentation can implement this API.
>
> This flag is specific to the control ID: so if set, then you can get
> the min/max value using V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MIN/MAX_VAL for that control ID.
>
> This flag must be set for any control that uses the s64 minimum/maximum
> fields in struct v4l2_ext_query_ctrl, and for any compound control that
> has explicit support for MIN/MAX_VAL (the UVC rectangle control in this
> case).

> any control that uses the s64 minimum/maximum fields
Noob question: does this include all the non-compound controls?
Are drivers responsible for setting this flag for these controls?

Best,
Yunke

>
> Regards,
>
>         Hans
>
>




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