Re: [PATCH v8 48/55] [media] media_device: add a topology version field

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Em Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:29:28 +0200
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> On 08/30/2015 05:06 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > Every time a graph object is added or removed, the version
> > of the topology changes. That's a requirement for the new
> > MEDIA_IOC_G_TOPOLOGY, in order to allow userspace to know
> > that the topology has changed after a previous call to it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I think this should be postponed until we actually have dynamic reconfigurable
> graphs.

So far, we're using the term "dynamic" to mean partial graph object
removal.

But even today, MC does support "dynamic" in the sense of graph
object additions.

You should notice that having a topology_version is something that
IMHO, it is needed since the beginning, even without dynamic
reconfigurable graphs, because the graph may grow in runtime.

That will happen, for example, if usb-snd-audio is blacklisted
at /etc/modprobe*, and someone connects an au0828.

New entities/links will be created (after Shuah patches) if one would
modprobe latter snd-usb-audio.

> 
> I would also like to reserve version 0: if 0 is returned, then the graph is
> static.

Why? Implementing this would be really hard, as that would mean that
G_TOPOLOGY would need to be blocked until all drivers and subdevices
get probed.

In order to implement that, some logic would be needed at the drivers
to identify if everything was set and unlock G_TOPOLOGY.

What would be the gain for that? I fail to see any.

On the other hand, the patch below offers a simple way to detect if topology
changes, as, no matter if an object was added or removed, the topology
version will be increased.

Btw, I added a logic at the mc_nextgen_test program to identify if the
topology changes between the two calls:
	http://git.linuxtv.org/cgit.cgi/mchehab/experimental-v4l-utils.git/tree/contrib/test/mc_nextgen_test.c?h=mc-next-gen&id=fdc16ece9732c94cfa76eee86978158c5976c00a#n504

Regards,
Mauro

> 
> In G_TOPOLOGY we'd return always 0 for now.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Hans
> 
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/media-entity.c b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > index c89f51bc688d..c18f4af52771 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > @@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ void media_gobj_init(struct media_device *mdev,
> >  		list_add_tail(&gobj->list, &mdev->interfaces);
> >  		break;
> >  	}
> > +
> > +	mdev->topology_version++;
> > +
> >  	dev_dbg_obj(__func__, gobj);
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -199,6 +202,8 @@ void media_gobj_remove(struct media_gobj *gobj)
> >  {
> >  	dev_dbg_obj(__func__, gobj);
> >  
> > +	gobj->mdev->topology_version++;
> > +
> >  	/* Remove the object from mdev list */
> >  	list_del(&gobj->list);
> >  }
> > diff --git a/include/media/media-device.h b/include/media/media-device.h
> > index 0d1b9c687454..1b12774a9ab4 100644
> > --- a/include/media/media-device.h
> > +++ b/include/media/media-device.h
> > @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ struct device;
> >   * @bus_info:	Unique and stable device location identifier
> >   * @hw_revision: Hardware device revision
> >   * @driver_version: Device driver version
> > + * @topology_version: Monotonic counter for storing the version of the graph
> > + *		topology. Should be incremented each time the topology changes.
> >   * @entity_id:	Unique ID used on the last entity registered
> >   * @pad_id:	Unique ID used on the last pad registered
> >   * @link_id:	Unique ID used on the last link registered
> > @@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ struct media_device {
> >  	u32 hw_revision;
> >  	u32 driver_version;
> >  
> > +	u32 topology_version;
> > +
> >  	u32 entity_id;
> >  	u32 pad_id;
> >  	u32 link_id;
> > 
> 
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