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 Sylwester,

Thanks for the comments!

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:12:09PM +0200, Sylwester Nawrocki wrote:
> Hi Sakari,
> 
> On 09/06/2013 07:10 PM, 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
> >>>@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ __must_check int media_entity_pipeline_start(struct
> >>>media_entity *entity, media_entity_graph_walk_start(&graph, entity);
> >>>
> >>>  	while ((entity = media_entity_graph_walk_next(&graph))) {
> >>>+		DECLARE_BITMAP(active, entity->num_pads);
> >>>+		DECLARE_BITMAP(has_no_links, entity->num_pads);
> >>>  		unsigned int i;
> >>>
> >>>  		entity->stream_count++;
> >>>@@ -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 agree with Laurent here, I feel such formatting with operator at end of
> line is more common in the kernel. But that's certainly not something
> I would be going to die for ;)
> 
> >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>
> >
> >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/>
> >
> >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.
> 
> Patches 1, 2 look good to me. Feel free to add my Acked-by for patch 1/4 and
> Tested-by for 2/4.
> 
> I'm just wondering whether we shouldn't put something what you just said
> above:
> 
> "There could be other reasons for the pad to need connecting;
>  the absence of the flag won't say there aren't."
> 
> in the DocBook, to make definition of the MEDIA_PAD_FL_MUST_CONNECT flags
> more clear ?

Thanks; I added a note saying essentially that in the first patch. I'll
resend the set.

-- 
Sakari Ailus
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