On Sat May 5 2012 12:25:45 Sakari Ailus wrote: > From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@xxxxxxxxxx> > > V4L2 uses the enum type in IOCTL arguments in IOCTLs that were defined until > the use of enum was considered less than ideal. Recently Rémi Denis-Courmont > brought up the issue by proposing a patch to convert the enums to unsigned: > > <URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg46167.html> > > This sparked a long discussion where another solution to the issue was > proposed: two sets of IOCTL structures, one with __u32 and the other with > enums, and conversion code between the two: > > <URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg47168.html> > > Both approaches implement a complete solution that resolves the problem. The > first one is simple but requires assuming enums and __u32 are the same in > size (so we won't break the ABI) while the second one is more complex and > less clean but does not require making that assumption. > > The issue boils down to whether enums are fundamentally different from __u32 > or not, and can the former be substituted by the latter. During the > discussion it was concluded that the __u32 has the same size as enums on all > archs Linux is supported: it has not been shown that replacing those enums > in IOCTL arguments would break neither source or binary compatibility. If no > such reason is found, just replacing the enums with __u32s is the way to go. > > This is what this patch does. This patch is slightly different from Remi's > first RFC (link above): it uses __u32 instead of unsigned and also changes > the arguments of VIDIOC_G_PRIORITY and VIDIOC_S_PRIORITY. > > Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/videodev2.h | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- > 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/videodev2.h b/include/linux/videodev2.h > index 5a09ac3..585e4b4 100644 > --- a/include/linux/videodev2.h > +++ b/include/linux/videodev2.h > @@ -292,10 +292,10 @@ struct v4l2_pix_format { > __u32 width; > __u32 height; > __u32 pixelformat; > - enum v4l2_field field; > + __u32 field; One suggestion: add a comment like this: __u32 field; /* refer to enum v4l2_field */ This keeps the link between the u32 and the enum values. Note that the DocBook documentation also has to be updated. Looks good to me otherwise. Regards, Hans > __u32 bytesperline; /* for padding, zero if unused */ > __u32 sizeimage; > - enum v4l2_colorspace colorspace; > + __u32 colorspace; > __u32 priv; /* private data, depends on pixelformat */ > }; > > @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ struct v4l2_pix_format { > */ > struct v4l2_fmtdesc { > __u32 index; /* Format number */ > - enum v4l2_buf_type type; /* buffer type */ > + __u32 type; /* buffer type */ > __u32 flags; > __u8 description[32]; /* Description string */ > __u32 pixelformat; /* Format fourcc */ > @@ -573,8 +573,8 @@ struct v4l2_jpegcompression { > */ > struct v4l2_requestbuffers { > __u32 count; > - enum v4l2_buf_type type; > - enum v4l2_memory memory; > + __u32 type; > + __u32 memory; > __u32 reserved[2]; > }; > > @@ -636,16 +636,16 @@ struct v4l2_plane { > */ > struct v4l2_buffer { > __u32 index; > - enum v4l2_buf_type type; > + __u32 type; > __u32 bytesused; > __u32 flags; > - enum v4l2_field field; > + __u32 field; > struct timeval timestamp; > struct v4l2_timecode timecode; > __u32 sequence; > > /* memory location */ > - enum v4l2_memory memory; > + __u32 memory; > union { > __u32 offset; > unsigned long userptr; > @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ struct v4l2_clip { > > struct v4l2_window { > struct v4l2_rect w; > - enum v4l2_field field; > + __u32 field; > __u32 chromakey; > struct v4l2_clip __user *clips; > __u32 clipcount; > @@ -745,14 +745,14 @@ struct v4l2_outputparm { > * I N P U T I M A G E C R O P P I N G > */ > struct v4l2_cropcap { > - enum v4l2_buf_type type; > + __u32 type; > struct v4l2_rect bounds; > struct v4l2_rect defrect; > struct v4l2_fract pixelaspect; > }; > > struct v4l2_crop { > - enum v4l2_buf_type type; > + __u32 type; > struct v4l2_rect c; > }; > > @@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ enum v4l2_ctrl_type { > /* Used in the VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL ioctl for querying controls */ > struct v4l2_queryctrl { > __u32 id; > - enum v4l2_ctrl_type type; > + __u32 type; > __u8 name[32]; /* Whatever */ > __s32 minimum; /* Note signedness */ > __s32 maximum; > @@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ enum v4l2_jpeg_chroma_subsampling { > struct v4l2_tuner { > __u32 index; > __u8 name[32]; > - enum v4l2_tuner_type type; > + __u32 type; > __u32 capability; > __u32 rangelow; > __u32 rangehigh; > @@ -1842,14 +1842,14 @@ struct v4l2_modulator { > > struct v4l2_frequency { > __u32 tuner; > - enum v4l2_tuner_type type; > + __u32 type; > __u32 frequency; > __u32 reserved[8]; > }; > > struct v4l2_hw_freq_seek { > __u32 tuner; > - enum v4l2_tuner_type type; > + __u32 type; > __u32 seek_upward; > __u32 wrap_around; > __u32 spacing; > @@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@ struct v4l2_sliced_vbi_cap { > (equals frame lines 313-336 for 625 line video > standards, 263-286 for 525 line standards) */ > __u16 service_lines[2][24]; > - enum v4l2_buf_type type; > + __u32 type; > __u32 reserved[3]; /* must be 0 */ > }; > > @@ -2150,8 +2150,8 @@ struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane { > __u32 width; > __u32 height; > __u32 pixelformat; > - enum v4l2_field field; > - enum v4l2_colorspace colorspace; > + __u32 field; > + __u32 colorspace; > > struct v4l2_plane_pix_format plane_fmt[VIDEO_MAX_PLANES]; > __u8 num_planes; > @@ -2169,7 +2169,7 @@ struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane { > * @raw_data: placeholder for future extensions and custom formats > */ > struct v4l2_format { > - enum v4l2_buf_type type; > + __u32 type; > union { > struct v4l2_pix_format pix; /* V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE */ > struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane pix_mp; /* V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE */ > @@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ struct v4l2_format { > /* Stream type-dependent parameters > */ > struct v4l2_streamparm { > - enum v4l2_buf_type type; > + __u32 type; > union { > struct v4l2_captureparm capture; > struct v4l2_outputparm output; > @@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@ struct v4l2_dbg_chip_ident { > struct v4l2_create_buffers { > __u32 index; > __u32 count; > - enum v4l2_memory memory; > + __u32 memory; > struct v4l2_format format; > __u32 reserved[8]; > }; > @@ -2360,8 +2360,8 @@ struct v4l2_create_buffers { > #define VIDIOC_TRY_FMT _IOWR('V', 64, struct v4l2_format) > #define VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO _IOWR('V', 65, struct v4l2_audio) > #define VIDIOC_ENUMAUDOUT _IOWR('V', 66, struct v4l2_audioout) > -#define VIDIOC_G_PRIORITY _IOR('V', 67, enum v4l2_priority) > -#define VIDIOC_S_PRIORITY _IOW('V', 68, enum v4l2_priority) > +#define VIDIOC_G_PRIORITY _IOR('V', 67, __u32) > +#define VIDIOC_S_PRIORITY _IOW('V', 68, __u32) > #define VIDIOC_G_SLICED_VBI_CAP _IOWR('V', 69, struct v4l2_sliced_vbi_cap) > #define VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS _IO('V', 70) > #define VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS _IOWR('V', 71, struct v4l2_ext_controls) > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
