Em Fri, 21 Aug 2015 20:51:10 +0300
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> Hi Mauro,
>
> On Friday 21 August 2015 07:09:44 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > Em Fri, 21 Aug 2015 04:10:03 +0300 Laurent Pinchart escreveu:
> > > On Wednesday 19 August 2015 08:01:50 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > >> As entities are graph elements, let's embed media_gobj
> > >> on it. That ensures an unique ID for entities that can be
> > >> global along the entire media controller.
> > >>
> > >> For now, we'll keep the already existing entity ID. Such
> > >> field need to be dropped at some point, but for now, let's
> > >> not do this, to avoid needing to review all drivers and
> > >> the userspace apps.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>
> > >> diff --git a/drivers/media/media-device.c b/drivers/media/media-device.c
> > >> index e429605ca2c3..81d6a130efef 100644
> > >> --- a/drivers/media/media-device.c
> > >> +++ b/drivers/media/media-device.c
> > >> @@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ int __must_check __media_device_register(struct
> > >> media_device *mdev,
> > >> if (WARN_ON(mdev->dev == NULL || mdev->model[0] == 0))
> > >> return -EINVAL;
> > >>
> > >> - mdev->entity_id = 1;
> > >> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdev->entities);
> > >> spin_lock_init(&mdev->lock);
> > >> mutex_init(&mdev->graph_mutex);
> > >> @@ -433,10 +432,8 @@ int __must_check media_device_register_entity(struct
> > >> media_device *mdev,
> > >> entity->parent = mdev;
> > >> spin_lock(&mdev->lock);
> > >>
> > >> - if (entity->id == 0)
> > >> - entity->id = mdev->entity_id++;
> > >> - else
> > >> - mdev->entity_id = max(entity->id + 1, mdev->entity_id);
> > >> + /* Initialize media_gobj embedded at the entity */
> > >> + media_gobj_init(mdev, MEDIA_GRAPH_ENTITY, &entity->graph_obj);
> > >
> > > Graph object initialization should be moved to media_entity_init() to keep
> > > initialization separate from registration.
> >
> > Won't work. I tried. My first RFC patches were doing that.
> >
> > The problem is that media_entity_init() is currently called too early
> > at the V4L2 drivers, before having mdev assigned.
>
> That looks like a problem that should be fixed in the drivers then. The
> initialization of media devices and entities hasn't been thought of correctly,
> let's not carry mistakes forward.
In this particular case, calling media_gobj_init() during
media_entity_register() won't cause any troubles, and moving it latter
to media_entity_init() is a two lines patch, once drivers got fixed
by the drivers maintainers.
> > Also, objects without PADs don't call media_entity_init(). At long
> > term, this function may even disappear, as it only exists today to
> > allocate arrays for pads/links. If we get rid of the pads array, it
> > will make no sense to keep it.
>
> I wouldn't do that, as if we later add a field to media_entity that requires
> an initialization function to be called we would need to go and patch all the
> code that instantiates media_entity to add init calls. I'd prefer keeping the
> media_entity_init function even if all it does is call media_gobj_init.
OK.
>
> > >> list_add_tail(&entity->list, &mdev->entities);
> > >> spin_unlock(&mdev->lock);
> > >>
> > >> @@ -459,6 +456,7 @@ void media_device_unregister_entity(struct
> > >> media_entity *entity)
> > >> return;
> > >>
> > >> spin_lock(&mdev->lock);
> > >> + media_gobj_remove(&entity->graph_obj);
> > >> list_del(&entity->list);
> > >> spin_unlock(&mdev->lock);
> > >> entity->parent = NULL;
> > >> diff --git a/drivers/media/media-entity.c b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > >> index 4834172bf6f8..888cb88e19bf 100644
> > >> --- a/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > >> +++ b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > >> @@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ void media_gobj_init(struct media_device *mdev,
> > >> enum media_gobj_type type,
> > >> struct media_gobj *gobj)
> > >> {
> > >> - /* For now, nothing to do */
> > >> + /* Create a per-type unique object ID */
> > >> + switch (type) {
> > >> + case MEDIA_GRAPH_ENTITY:
> > >> + gobj->id = media_gobj_gen_id(type, ++mdev->entity_id);
> > >> + break;
> > >> + }
> > >> }
> > >>
> > >> /**
> > >> diff --git a/include/media/media-device.h b/include/media/media-device.h
> > >> index a44f18fdf321..f6deef6e5820 100644
> > >> --- a/include/media/media-device.h
> > >> +++ b/include/media/media-device.h
> > >> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct device;
> > >> * @bus_info: Unique and stable device location identifier
> > >> * @hw_revision: Hardware device revision
> > >> * @driver_version: Device driver version
> > >> - * @entity_id: ID of the next entity to be registered
> > >> + * @entity_id: Unique ID used on the last entity registered
> > >> * @entities: List of registered entities
> > >> * @lock: Entities list lock
> > >> * @graph_mutex: Entities graph operation lock
> > >> @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct media_device {
> > >> u32 driver_version;
> > >>
> > >> u32 entity_id;
> > >> +
> > >> struct list_head entities;
> > >>
> > >> /* Protects the entities list */
> > >> diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
> > >> index c1cd4fba051d..9ca366334bcf 100644
> > >> --- a/include/media/media-entity.h
> > >> +++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
> > >> @@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
> > >> /**
> > >> * enum media_gobj_type - type of a graph element
> > >> *
> > >> + * @MEDIA_GRAPH_ENTITY: Identify a media entity
> > >
> > > I think we should explicitly define here what an entity is.
> >
> > I'm happy to add a new text here if you have a better idea.
> >
> > Anyway, for now, I'm more concerned on getting things done than to spend
> > lots of time with the comments. As pointed on patch 1/8, while we're
> > changing a lot the code, those comments tend to become obsolete very
> > quick. The comments there is more like a boilerplate, as, once we finish
> > touching at the core, it makes sense to review the comments at media *.h
> > files, converting all descriptions to kernel-doc-nano format (there are
> > several not using it) and review Documentation/media-framework.txt, adding
> > the missing parts.
>
> Yes, we'll need to update Documentation/media-framework.txt. It doesn't have
> to be done right now, but should be ready by the time patches get merged.
Ok.
> And
> from my experience, even though writing documentation feels like wasting time
> when you develop a patch series such as this one, it gets even more painful if
> you delay it.
>
> > >> */
> > >> enum media_gobj_type {
> > >> - /* FIXME: add the types here, as we embed media_gobj */
> > >> - MEDIA_GRAPH_NONE
> > >> + MEDIA_GRAPH_ENTITY,
> > >> };
>
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