Re: [RFC v1.2 2/4] media: Check for active links on pads with MEDIA_PAD_FL_MUST_CONNECT flag

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Hi Sakari,

On Friday 06 September 2013 20:10:12 Sakari Ailus wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 06:30:47PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 September 2013 03:09:42 Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > > Do not allow streaming if a pad with MEDIA_PAD_FL_MUST_CONNECT flag is
> > > connected by links that are all inactive.
> > > 
> > > This patch makes it possible to avoid drivers having to check for the
> > > most common case of link state validation: a sink pad that must be
> > > connected.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > 
> > >  drivers/media/media-entity.c |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > >  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/media-entity.c b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > > index 2c286c3..567a171 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/media-entity.c

[snip]

> > > @@ -248,21 +250,46 @@ __must_check int
> > > media_entity_pipeline_start(struct
> > > media_entity *entity,
> > > 		if (!entity->ops || !entity->ops->link_validate)
> > >  			continue;
> > > 
> > > +		bitmap_zero(active, entity->num_pads);
> > > +		bitmap_fill(has_no_links, entity->num_pads);
> > > +
> > >  		for (i = 0; i < entity->num_links; i++) {
> > >  			struct media_link *link = &entity->links[i];
> > > -
> > > -			/* Is this pad part of an enabled link? */
> > > -			if (!(link->flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED))
> > > -				continue;
> > > -
> > > -			/* Are we the sink or not? */
> > > -			if (link->sink->entity != entity)
> > > +			struct media_pad *pad = link->sink->entity == entity
> > > +				? link->sink : link->source;
> > > +
> > > +			/* Mark that a pad is connected by a link. */
> > > +			bitmap_clear(has_no_links, pad->index, 1);
> > > +
> > > +			/*
> > > +			 * Pads that either do not need to connect or
> > > +			 * are connected through an enabled link are
> > > +			 * fine.
> > > +			 */
> > > +			if (!(pad->flags & MEDIA_PAD_FL_MUST_CONNECT)
> > > +			    || link->flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED)
> > 
> > With the || moved on the previous line (here and below),
> 
> I'd like to claim the above is more clear and conforms to GNU coding
> standards whereas the kernel CodingStyle doesn't suggest either way:
> 
> <URL:http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Formatting>

Quoting Documentation/CodingStyle:

"First off, I'd suggest printing out a copy of the GNU coding standards,
and NOT read it.  Burn them, it's a great symbolic gesture."

:-)

> I feel we've had this discussion before. :-)
> 
> I have to admit I disagree with Stallman's liberal use of parentheses and a
> funny habit of having a space between a function name and the parentheses
> enclosing its arguments. ;-)
> 
> > Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > If that's fine with you there's no need to resent, I'll take the patch in
> > my tree with that modification.
> 
> I won't say no, but I would prefer getting an ack from someone else, too,
> for the two first patches. A less permissive variant of this was dismissed
> around a year ago, potentially perhaps there was no pressing need for that
> kind of a change. The earlier set required all sink pads must have a
> connected link (which indeed was too restrictive, I agree).
> 
> <URL:https://linuxtv.org/patch/15205/>

I'm fine with waiting for other ack's. I'll let you handle the required 
pinging and poking though :-)

> As seen in the fourth patch of this set, this makes it possible to avoid
> another loop (done in the driver) over the pipeline, which was my motivation
> for this patch --- so I think this is the right thing to do.
> 
> Other drivers could be changed the same way but I think this is up to the
> driver authors. There could be other reasons for the pad to need connecting;
> tha absence of the flag won't say there aren't.
> 
> > > +				bitmap_set(active, pad->index, 1);
> > > +
> > > +			/*
> > > +			 * Link validation will only take place for
> > > +			 * sink ends of the link that are enabled.
> > > +			 */
> > > +			if (link->sink != pad
> > > +			    || !(link->flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED))
> > >  				continue;
> > >  			
> > >  			ret = entity->ops->link_validate(link);
> > >  			if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOIOCTLCMD)
> > >  				goto error;
> > >  		}
> > > +
> > > +		/* Either no links or validated links are fine. */
> > > +		bitmap_or(active, active, has_no_links, entity->num_pads);
> > > +
> > > +		if (!bitmap_full(active, entity->num_pads)) {
> > > +			ret = -EPIPE;
> > > +			goto error;
> > > +		}
> > >  	}
> > >  	
> > >  	mutex_unlock(&mdev->graph_mutex);

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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