Re: [v4l-utils] [PATCH v1 3/3] utils: media-ctl: Support accessing the subdev TRY state

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On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 11:15:55AM +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 10/06/2024 11:11, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 11:06:30AM +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> >> On 10/06/2024 11:00, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 09:14:59AM +0300, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> >>>> On 10/06/2024 04:22, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> >>>>> Add a -W/--which argument to media-ctl to select which state to operate
> >>>>> on. Default to the ACTIVE state to preserve the current behaviour.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Despite the fact that all values set on the TRY state are lost when
> >>>>> media-ctl terminates, support for the TRY state is useful in order to
> >>>>> retrieve the default configuration of subdevs, or to try configurations.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think this is fine, but I'm curious why you chose such an argument. I 
> >>>> would have thought "-t/--try" (or even just --try) would have been 
> >>>> simpler to implement and to use. I think I would remember "--try" 
> >>>> easily, but "-W TRY", I fear I'll have to check the man page every time...
> >>>
> >>> There are a few reasons:
> >>>
> >>> - Be closer to the API (media-ctl is a low-level tool)
> >>> - Support other values later if the kernel API evolves (no plan for
> >>>   that, but who knows ?)
> >>> - I find it easier to propagate arguments in scripts this way. If a
> >>>   script that wraps media-ctl receives a nothing/--try argument, it's
> >>>   fairly easy to translate that to nothing/-W TRY. If it receives a
> >>>   --foo ACTIVE/TRY argument (on the command line, in an interactive
> >>>   prompt, as part of a string that tells what to do on a pad, ...), then
> >>>   translating that to '-W arg' is easier than to nothing/-W TRY.
> >>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>   utils/media-ctl/media-ctl.c | 13 +++++++------
> >>>>>   utils/media-ctl/options.c   | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
> >>>>>   utils/media-ctl/options.h   |  1 +
> >>>>>   3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/utils/media-ctl/media-ctl.c b/utils/media-ctl/media-ctl.c
> >>>>> index 42b1bd9aaa6e..33df0880fd9b 100644
> >>>>> --- a/utils/media-ctl/media-ctl.c
> >>>>> +++ b/utils/media-ctl/media-ctl.c
> >>>>> @@ -600,7 +600,6 @@ static void media_print_topology_text(struct media_device *media,
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>   int main(int argc, char **argv)
> >>>>>   {
> >>>>> -	const enum v4l2_subdev_format_whence which = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE;
> >>>>>   	struct media_device *media;
> >>>>>   	struct media_entity *entity = NULL;
> >>>>>   	int ret = -1;
> >>>>> @@ -667,7 +666,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> >>>>>   			goto out;
> >>>>>   		}
> >>>>>   
> >>>>> -		v4l2_subdev_print_format(pad->entity, pad->index, stream, which);
> >>>>> +		v4l2_subdev_print_format(pad->entity, pad->index, stream,
> >>>>> +					 media_opts.which);
> >>>>>   	}
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>   	if (media_opts.get_dv_pad) {
> >>>>> @@ -709,9 +709,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> >>>>>   		media_print_topology_dot(media);
> >>>>>   	} else if (media_opts.print) {
> >>>>>   		if (entity)
> >>>>> -			media_print_topology_text_entity(media, entity, which);
> >>>>> +			media_print_topology_text_entity(media, entity,
> >>>>> +							 media_opts.which);
> >>>>>   		else
> >>>>> -			media_print_topology_text(media, which);
> >>>>> +			media_print_topology_text(media, media_opts.which);
> >>>>>   	} else if (entity) {
> >>>>>   		const char *devname;
> >>>>>   
> >>>>> @@ -741,7 +742,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> >>>>>   	}
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>   	if (media_opts.routes) {
> >>>>> -		ret = v4l2_subdev_parse_setup_routes(media, which,
> >>>>> +		ret = v4l2_subdev_parse_setup_routes(media, media_opts.which,
> >>>>>   						     media_opts.routes);
> >>>>>   		if (ret) {
> >>>>>   			printf("Unable to setup routes: %s (%d)\n",
> >>>>> @@ -751,7 +752,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> >>>>>   	}
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>   	if (media_opts.formats) {
> >>>>> -		ret = v4l2_subdev_parse_setup_formats(media, which,
> >>>>> +		ret = v4l2_subdev_parse_setup_formats(media, media_opts.which,
> >>>>>   						      media_opts.formats);
> >>>>>   		if (ret) {
> >>>>>   			printf("Unable to setup formats: %s (%d)\n",
> >>>>> diff --git a/utils/media-ctl/options.c b/utils/media-ctl/options.c
> >>>>> index 3c408a1b9b06..3606525c33da 100644
> >>>>> --- a/utils/media-ctl/options.c
> >>>>> +++ b/utils/media-ctl/options.c
> >>>>> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>   struct media_options media_opts = {
> >>>>>   	.devname = MEDIA_DEVNAME_DEFAULT,
> >>>>> +	.which = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE,
> >>>>>   };
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>   static void print_version()
> >>>>> @@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ static void usage(const char *argv0)
> >>>>>   	printf("-r, --reset		Reset all links to inactive\n");
> >>>>>   	printf("-v, --verbose		Be verbose\n");
> >>>>>   	printf("    --version		Show version information\n");
> >>>>> +	printf("-W, --which which	Select the subdev state to operate on\n");
> >>>>>   	printf("\n");
> >>>>>   	printf("Links and formats are defined as\n");
> >>>>>   	printf("\tlinks           = link { ',' link } ;\n");
> >>>>> @@ -140,6 +142,8 @@ static void usage(const char *argv0)
> >>>>>   	for (i = V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_DEFAULT; i <= V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_SMPTE240M; i++)
> >>>>>   		printf("\t                %s\n",
> >>>>>   		       v4l2_subdev_ycbcr_encoding_to_string(i));
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +	printf("\twhich           Subdev state ('ACTIVE' or 'TRY')\n");
> >>>>>   }
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>   #define OPT_PRINT_DOT			256
> >>>>> @@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ static struct option opts[] = {
> >>>>>   	{"reset", 0, 0, 'r'},
> >>>>>   	{"verbose", 0, 0, 'v'},
> >>>>>   	{"version", 0, 0, OPT_VERSION},
> >>>>> +	{"which", 1, 0, 'W'},
> >>>>>   	{ },
> >>>>>   };
> >>>>>   
> >>>>> @@ -244,7 +249,7 @@ int parse_cmdline(int argc, char **argv)
> >>>>>   	}
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>   	/* parse options */
> >>>>> -	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:e:f:hil:prvV:R:",
> >>>>> +	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:e:f:hil:prvV:R:W:",
> >>>>>   				  opts, NULL)) != -1) {
> >>>>>   		switch (opt) {
> >>>>>   		case 'd':
> >>>>> @@ -294,6 +299,17 @@ int parse_cmdline(int argc, char **argv)
> >>>>>   			media_opts.routes = optarg;
> >>>>>   			break;
> >>>>>   
> >>>>> +		case 'W':
> >>>>> +			if (!strcmp(optarg, "ACTIVE"))
> >>>>> +				media_opts.which = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE;
> >>>>> +			else if (!strcmp(optarg, "TRY"))
> >>>>> +				media_opts.which = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY;
> >>
> >> I very much prefer lower case here since it is a pain to type otherwise.
> >> Alternatively, make this a case-insensitive string compare, that's fine as well.
> > 
> > I've tried to stick to the kernel API, the same way we use upper-case
> > media bus codes. If it's generally preferred to use lower-case strings,
> > or make the comparison case-insensitive, I can do that too. I generally
> > dislike case-insensitivity though, it can easily lead to confusion.
> 
> Looking at 'media-ctl -h' it uses lower-case for pretty much everything,
> including v4l2-field, v4l2-colorspace, etc. So if this is suddenly uppercase,
> then that is inconsistent with the other options of this utility.
> 
> Note that I keep everything lowercase in v4l2-ctl/compliance as well.

Those are good points. I'll switch to lowercase. Would you like a v2 on
the list, or can I push with this change ?

> >>>>> +			else {
> >>>>> +				printf("Invalid 'which' value '%s'\n", optarg);
> >>>>> +				return 1;
> >>>>> +			}
> >>>>> +			break;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>>   		case OPT_PRINT_DOT:
> >>>>>   			media_opts.print_dot = 1;
> >>>>>   			break;
> >>>>> diff --git a/utils/media-ctl/options.h b/utils/media-ctl/options.h
> >>>>> index 753d09347585..095729b98014 100644
> >>>>> --- a/utils/media-ctl/options.h
> >>>>> +++ b/utils/media-ctl/options.h
> >>>>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct media_options
> >>>>>   	const char *get_dv_pad;
> >>>>>   	const char *dv_pad;
> >>>>>   	const char *routes;
> >>>>> +	enum v4l2_subdev_format_whence which;
> >>>>>   };
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>   extern struct media_options media_opts;

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart




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