Re: [PATCH v4 5/8] [Media] vcodec: mediatek: Add Mediatek V4L2 Video Encoder Driver

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On Tue, 2016-02-16 at 08:44 +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 02/16/2016 07:37 AM, tiffany lin wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >>> +static int vidioc_venc_s_parm(struct file *file, void *priv,
> >>> +			      struct v4l2_streamparm *a)
> >>> +{
> >>> +	struct mtk_vcodec_ctx *ctx = fh_to_ctx(priv);
> >>> +
> >>> +	if (a->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE) {
> >>> +		ctx->enc_params.framerate_num =
> >>> +			a->parm.output.timeperframe.denominator;
> >>> +		ctx->enc_params.framerate_denom =
> >>> +			a->parm.output.timeperframe.numerator;
> >>> +		ctx->param_change |= MTK_ENCODE_PARAM_FRAMERATE;
> >>> +	} else {
> >>> +		return -EINVAL;
> >>> +	}
> >>
> >> I'd invert the test:
> >>
> >> 	if (a->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE)
> >> 		return -EINVAL;
> >>
> >> and now you can just set ctx->enc_params.
> >>
> > We will fix this in next version.
> > 
> > 
> >>> +	return 0;
> >>> +}
> >>
> >> And if there is an s_parm, then there should be a g_parm as well!
> >>
> > Now our driver does not support g_parm, our use cases do not use g_parm
> > too. 
> > Do we need to add g_parm at this moment? Or we could add it when we need
> > g_parm?
> 
> No, you need it. You can see why if you look at the v4l2-compliance output:
> 
>                  test VIDIOC_G/S_PARM: OK (Not Supported)
> 
> Why does it think it is unsupported? Because (just like most applications) it
> tries to call G_PARM first, and if that succeeds it tries to call S_PARM with
> the value it got from G_PARM. Thus ensuring the application doesn't change the
> driver state. So you can have a 'get' ioctl without the 'set' ioctl, but if
> there is a 'set' ioctl there must always be a 'get' ioctl.
> 
Got it. We will add g_parm in next version.

> <snip>
> 
> >>> +static int vidioc_venc_g_s_selection(struct file *file, void *priv,
> >>> +                                struct v4l2_selection *s)
> >>
> >> Why support s_selection if you can only return the current width and height?
> >> And why support g_selection if you can't change the selection?
> >>
> >> In other words, why implement this at all?
> >>
> >> Unless I am missing something here, I would just drop this.
> >>
> > Now our driver do not support these capabilities, but userspace app will
> > check whether g/s_crop are implemented when using encoder.
> > Because g/s_crop are deprecated as you mentioned in previous v2 review
> > comments. We change to use g_s_selection.
> > We will check if we could add this capability.
> 
> It's true that you should use g/s_selection instead of g/s_crop, but only if
> there is actually something to select. As long as you don't offer this capability,
> just drop this for now.
> 
> When you add the capability later you can just add the g/s_selection functions.
> 
> Getting selection right can be tricky. I wouldn't mind if this is done later in a
> separate patch.
> 
Got it. We will add the capability later.


> > 
> >>> +{
> >>> +	struct mtk_vcodec_ctx *ctx = fh_to_ctx(priv);
> >>> +	struct mtk_q_data *q_data;
> >>> +
> >>> +	if (V4L2_TYPE_IS_OUTPUT(s->type)) {
> >>> +		if (s->target !=  V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE)
> >>> +			return -EINVAL;
> >>> +	} else {
> >>> +		if (s->target != V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP)
> >>> +			return -EINVAL;
> >>> +	}
> >>> +
> >>> +	if (s->r.left || s->r.top)
> >>> +		return -EINVAL;
> >>> +
> >>> +	q_data = mtk_venc_get_q_data(ctx, s->type);
> >>> +	if (!q_data)
> >>> +		return -EINVAL;
> >>> +
> >>> +	s->r.width = q_data->width;
> >>> +	s->r.height = q_data->height;
> >>> +
> >>> +	return 0;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +
> >>> +static int vidioc_venc_qbuf(struct file *file, void *priv,
> >>> +			    struct v4l2_buffer *buf)
> >>> +{
> >>> +
> >>> +	struct mtk_vcodec_ctx *ctx = fh_to_ctx(priv);
> >>> +
> >>> +	if (ctx->state == MTK_STATE_ABORT) {
> >>> +		mtk_v4l2_err("[%d] Call on QBUF after unrecoverable error\n", ctx->idx);
> >>> +		return -EIO;
> >>> +	}
> >>> +
> >>> +	return v4l2_m2m_qbuf(file, ctx->m2m_ctx, buf);
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +static int vidioc_venc_dqbuf(struct file *file, void *priv,
> >>> +			     struct v4l2_buffer *buf)
> >>> +{
> >>> +	struct mtk_vcodec_ctx *ctx = fh_to_ctx(priv);
> >>> +	if (ctx->state == MTK_STATE_ABORT) {
> >>> +		mtk_v4l2_err("[%d] Call on QBUF after unrecoverable error\n", ctx->idx);
> >>> +		return -EIO;
> >>> +	}
> >>> +
> >>> +	return v4l2_m2m_dqbuf(file, ctx->m2m_ctx, buf);
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +
> >>> +const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops mtk_venc_ioctl_ops = {
> >>> +	.vidioc_streamon		= v4l2_m2m_ioctl_streamon,
> >>> +	.vidioc_streamoff		= v4l2_m2m_ioctl_streamoff,
> >>> +
> >>> +	.vidioc_reqbufs			= v4l2_m2m_ioctl_reqbufs,
> >>> +	.vidioc_querybuf		= v4l2_m2m_ioctl_querybuf,
> >>> +	.vidioc_qbuf			= vidioc_venc_qbuf,
> >>> +	.vidioc_dqbuf			= vidioc_venc_dqbuf,
> >>> +
> >>> +	.vidioc_querycap		= vidioc_venc_querycap,
> >>> +	.vidioc_enum_fmt_vid_cap_mplane = vidioc_enum_fmt_vid_cap_mplane,
> >>> +	.vidioc_enum_fmt_vid_out_mplane = vidioc_enum_fmt_vid_out_mplane,
> >>> +	.vidioc_enum_framesizes		= vidioc_enum_framesizes,
> >>> +
> >>> +	.vidioc_try_fmt_vid_cap_mplane	= vidioc_try_fmt_vid_cap_mplane,
> >>> +	.vidioc_try_fmt_vid_out_mplane	= vidioc_try_fmt_vid_out_mplane,
> >>> +	.vidioc_expbuf			= v4l2_m2m_ioctl_expbuf,
> >>
> >> Please add vidioc_create_bufs and vidioc_prepare_buf as well.
> >>
> > 
> > Currently we do not support these use cases, do we need to add
> > vidioc_create_bufs and vidioc_prepare_buf now?
> 
> I would suggest you do. The vb2 framework gives it (almost) for free.
> prepare_buf is completely free (just add the helper) and create_bufs
> needs a few small changes in the queue_setup function, that's all.
> 
Got it. We will add these in next version.

> > 
> > 
> >>> +	.vidioc_subscribe_event		= v4l2_ctrl_subscribe_event,
> >>> +	.vidioc_unsubscribe_event	= v4l2_event_unsubscribe,
> >>> +
> >>> +	.vidioc_s_parm			= vidioc_venc_s_parm,
> >>> +
> >>> +	.vidioc_s_fmt_vid_cap_mplane	= vidioc_venc_s_fmt,
> >>> +	.vidioc_s_fmt_vid_out_mplane	= vidioc_venc_s_fmt,
> >>> +
> >>> +	.vidioc_g_fmt_vid_cap_mplane	= vidioc_venc_g_fmt,
> >>> +	.vidioc_g_fmt_vid_out_mplane	= vidioc_venc_g_fmt,
> >>> +
> >>> +	.vidioc_g_selection		= vidioc_venc_g_s_selection,
> >>> +	.vidioc_s_selection		= vidioc_venc_g_s_selection,
> >>> +};
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >>> +int mtk_vcodec_enc_queue_init(void *priv, struct vb2_queue *src_vq,
> >>> +			   struct vb2_queue *dst_vq)
> >>> +{
> >>> +	struct mtk_vcodec_ctx *ctx = priv;
> >>> +	int ret;
> >>> +
> >>> +	src_vq->type		= V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE;
> >>> +	src_vq->io_modes	= VB2_DMABUF | VB2_MMAP | VB2_USERPTR;
> >>
> >> I recomment dropping VB2_USERPTR. That only makes sense for scatter-gather dma,
> >> and you use physically contiguous DMA.
> >>
> > Now our userspace app use VB2_USERPTR. I need to check if we could drop
> > VB2_USERPTR.
> > We use src_vq->mem_ops = &vb2_dma_contig_memops;
> > And there are
> > 	.get_userptr	= vb2_dc_get_userptr,
> > 	.put_userptr	= vb2_dc_put_userptr,
> > I was confused why it only make sense for scatter-gather.
> > Could you kindly explain more?
> 
> VB2_USERPTR indicates that the application can use malloc to allocate buffers
> and pass those to the driver. Since malloc uses virtual memory the physical
> memory is scattered all over. And the first page typically does not start at
> the beginning of the page but at a random offset.
> 
> To support that the DMA generally has to be able to do scatter-gather.
> 
> Now, where things get ugly is that a hack was added to the USERPTR support where
> apps could pass a pointer to physically contiguous memory as a user pointer. This
> was a hack for embedded systems that preallocated a pool of buffers and needed to
> pass those pointers around somehow. So the dma-contig USERPTR support is for that
> 'feature'. If you try to pass a malloc()ed buffer to a dma-contig driver it will
> reject it. One big problem is that this specific hack isn't signaled anywhere, so
> applications have no way of knowing if the USERPTR support is the proper version
> or the hack where physically contiguous memory is expected.
> 
> This hack has been replaced with DMABUF which is the proper way of passing buffers
> around.
> 
> New dma-contig drivers should not use that old hack anymore. Use dmabuf to pass
> external buffers around.
> 
> How do you use it in your app? With malloc()ed buffers? Or with 'special' pointers
> to physically contiguous buffers?
> 
Understood now. Thanks for your explanation.
Now our app use malloc()ed buffers and we hook vb2_dma_contig_memops. 
I don't know why that dma-contig driver do not reject it.
I will try to figure it out.

> > 
> >>> +	src_vq->drv_priv	= ctx;
> >>> +	src_vq->buf_struct_size = sizeof(struct mtk_video_enc_buf);
> >>> +	src_vq->ops		= &mtk_venc_vb2_ops;
> >>> +	src_vq->mem_ops		= &vb2_dma_contig_memops;
> >>> +	src_vq->timestamp_flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_COPY;
> >>> +	src_vq->lock = &ctx->dev->dev_mutex;
> >>> +
> >>> +	ret = vb2_queue_init(src_vq);
> >>> +	if (ret)
> >>> +		return ret;
> >>> +
> >>> +	dst_vq->type		= V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE;
> >>> +	dst_vq->io_modes	= VB2_DMABUF | VB2_MMAP | VB2_USERPTR;
> >>> +	dst_vq->drv_priv	= ctx;
> >>> +	dst_vq->buf_struct_size = sizeof(struct v4l2_m2m_buffer);
> >>> +	dst_vq->ops		= &mtk_venc_vb2_ops;
> >>> +	dst_vq->mem_ops		= &vb2_dma_contig_memops;
> >>> +	dst_vq->timestamp_flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_COPY;
> >>> +	dst_vq->lock = &ctx->dev->dev_mutex;
> >>> +
> >>> +	return vb2_queue_init(dst_vq);
> >>> +}
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Hans
> 


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