On 07/17/2014 11:22 PM, Hans Verkuil wrote: > And another thing that I found while implementing this in v4l2-ctl: > > On 06/24/2014 01:54 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >> The v4l2_pix_format structure has no reserved field. It is embedded in >> the v4l2_framebuffer structure which has no reserved fields either, and >> in the v4l2_format structure which has reserved fields that were not >> previously required to be zeroed out by applications. >> >> To allow extending v4l2_pix_format, inline it in the v4l2_framebuffer >> structure, and use the priv field as a magic value to indicate that the >> application has set all v4l2_pix_format extended fields and zeroed all >> reserved fields following the v4l2_pix_format field in the v4l2_format >> structure. >> >> The availability of this API extension is reported to userspace through >> the new V4L2_CAP_EXT_PIX_FORMAT capability flag. Just checking that the >> priv field is still set to the magic value at [GS]_FMT return wouldn't >> be enough, as older kernels don't zero the priv field on return. >> >> To simplify the internal API towards drivers zero the extended fields >> and set the priv field to the magic value for applications not aware of >> the extensions. >> >> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c >> index 16bffd8..01b4588 100644 >> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c >> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c >> @@ -959,13 +959,48 @@ static int check_fmt(struct file *file, enum v4l2_buf_type type) >> return -EINVAL; >> } >> >> +static void v4l_sanitize_format(struct v4l2_format *fmt) >> +{ >> + unsigned int offset; >> + >> + /* >> + * The v4l2_pix_format structure has been extended with fields that were >> + * not previously required to be set to zero by applications. The priv >> + * field, when set to a magic value, indicates the the extended fields >> + * are valid. Otherwise they will contain undefined values. To simplify >> + * the API towards drivers zero the extended fields and set the priv >> + * field to the magic value when the extended pixel format structure >> + * isn't used by applications. >> + */ >> + >> + if (fmt->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE && >> + fmt->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT) >> + return; >> + >> + if (fmt->fmt.pix.priv == V4L2_PIX_FMT_PRIV_MAGIC) >> + return; >> + >> + fmt->fmt.pix.priv = V4L2_PIX_FMT_PRIV_MAGIC; >> + >> + offset = offsetof(struct v4l2_pix_format, priv) >> + + sizeof(fmt->fmt.pix.priv); >> + memset(((void *)&fmt->fmt.pix) + offset, 0, >> + sizeof(fmt->fmt.pix) - offset); >> +} >> + >> static int v4l_querycap(const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops *ops, >> struct file *file, void *fh, void *arg) >> { >> struct v4l2_capability *cap = (struct v4l2_capability *)arg; >> + int ret; >> >> cap->version = LINUX_VERSION_CODE; >> - return ops->vidioc_querycap(file, fh, cap); >> + >> + ret = ops->vidioc_querycap(file, fh, cap); >> + >> + cap->capabilities |= V4L2_CAP_EXT_PIX_FORMAT; > > It should be ORed to cap->device_caps as well. But only if cap->capabilities sets V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS. Should we unconditionally add this flag or only if CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE or CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT is set? So we could do this: if (cap->capabilities & (V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE | V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT)) cap->capabilities |= V4L2_CAP_EXT_PIX_FORMAT; if ((cap->capabilities & V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS) && (cap->device_caps & (V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE | V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT)) cap->device_caps |= V4L2_CAP_EXT_PIX_FORMAT; I can argue either direction: on the one hand ext_pix_format handling is part of the v4l2 core, so it is valid for all that use it, on the other hand it makes no sense for a non-video device. My preference would be to set it only in combination with video capture/output since it just looks peculiar otherwise. Regards, Hans -- 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