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[v8,31/55,media] media: add macros to check if subdev or V4L2 DMA

Message ID a811ed07aab2bf1410ffe4c438fcbd4149581290.1441540862.git.mchehab@osg.samsung.com (mailing list archive)
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab Sept. 6, 2015, 12:02 p.m. UTC
As we'll be removing entity subtypes from the Kernel, we need
to provide a way for drivers and core to check if a given
entity is represented by a V4L2 subdev or if it is an V4L2
I/O entity (typically with DMA).

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>

Comments

Laurent Pinchart Dec. 6, 2015, 2:20 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Mauro,

Thank you for the patch.

On Sunday 06 September 2015 09:02:57 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> As we'll be removing entity subtypes from the Kernel, we need
> to provide a way for drivers and core to check if a given
> entity is represented by a V4L2 subdev or if it is an V4L2
> I/O entity (typically with DMA).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
> 
> diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
> index 4e36b1f2b2d7..220864319d21 100644
> --- a/include/media/media-entity.h
> +++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
> @@ -220,6 +220,39 @@ static inline u32 media_gobj_gen_id(enum
> media_gobj_type type, u32 local_id) return id;
>  }
> 
> +static inline bool is_media_entity_v4l2_io(struct media_entity *entity)
> +{
> +	if (!entity)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	switch (entity->type) {
> +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_VIDEO:
> +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_VBI:
> +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SWRADIO:
> +		return true;
> +	default:
> +		return false;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(struct media_entity *entity)
> +{
> +	if (!entity)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	switch (entity->type) {
> +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_SENSOR:
> +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_FLASH:
> +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_LENS:
> +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_DECODER:
> +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_TUNER:

I'm sorry but this simply won't scale. We need a better way to determine the 
entity type, and this could be a valid use case to actually retain an entity 
type field separate from the function, at least inside the kernel.

> +		return true;
> +
> +	default:
> +		return false;
> +	}
> +}
> +
>  #define MEDIA_ENTITY_ENUM_MAX_DEPTH	16
>  #define MEDIA_ENTITY_ENUM_MAX_ID	64
Mauro Carvalho Chehab Dec. 8, 2015, 3:41 p.m. UTC | #2
Em Sun, 06 Dec 2015 04:20:38 +0200
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> escreveu:

> Hi Mauro,
> 
> Thank you for the patch.
> 
> On Sunday 06 September 2015 09:02:57 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > As we'll be removing entity subtypes from the Kernel, we need
> > to provide a way for drivers and core to check if a given
> > entity is represented by a V4L2 subdev or if it is an V4L2
> > I/O entity (typically with DMA).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
> > index 4e36b1f2b2d7..220864319d21 100644
> > --- a/include/media/media-entity.h
> > +++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
> > @@ -220,6 +220,39 @@ static inline u32 media_gobj_gen_id(enum
> > media_gobj_type type, u32 local_id) return id;
> >  }
> > 
> > +static inline bool is_media_entity_v4l2_io(struct media_entity *entity)
> > +{
> > +	if (!entity)
> > +		return false;
> > +
> > +	switch (entity->type) {
> > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_VIDEO:
> > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_VBI:
> > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SWRADIO:
> > +		return true;
> > +	default:
> > +		return false;
> > +	}
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline bool is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(struct media_entity *entity)
> > +{
> > +	if (!entity)
> > +		return false;
> > +
> > +	switch (entity->type) {
> > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_SENSOR:
> > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_FLASH:
> > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_LENS:
> > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_DECODER:
> > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_TUNER:
> 
> I'm sorry but this simply won't scale. We need a better way to determine the 
> entity type, and this could be a valid use case to actually retain an entity 
> type field separate from the function, at least inside the kernel.

As we're getting rid of a separate range for V4L2 subdevs, several drivers
need some logic to identify if an entity is a subdev or not. So, no matter
how we implement it, we need a is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev() function.

So, I guess you're discussing the actual implementation, not the need of
such function.

With that regards, I'm not sure if this won't scale. The gcc compiler 
optimizer usually uses binary search on switches. So, O(log(n)). 
Even if we had 256 subdev types, that would mean 8 ifs. Doesn't seem
too bad, specially since we have right now only 5 subdev types.

Ok, there's one thing bad on this: we need to update this function every
time a new V4L2 subdev is added. So, it may be a maintainance nightmare,
but I don't see any way to avoid the need of adding the subdevs at both
UAPI and kernelspace.

I'm not opposed to change this to some other method that we would find.
In any case, this is inside an inlined function. So, it is easy to
replace the implementation to any other logic we find better. So,
if you have a better idea, feel free to submit a followup patch
optimizing it.

Regards,
Mauro
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Laurent Pinchart Feb. 16, 2016, 12:34 a.m. UTC | #3
Hi Mauro,

On Tuesday 08 December 2015 13:41:00 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Sun, 06 Dec 2015 04:20:38 +0200 Laurent Pinchart escreveu:
> > On Sunday 06 September 2015 09:02:57 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > As we'll be removing entity subtypes from the Kernel, we need
> > > to provide a way for drivers and core to check if a given
> > > entity is represented by a V4L2 subdev or if it is an V4L2
> > > I/O entity (typically with DMA).
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
> > > index 4e36b1f2b2d7..220864319d21 100644
> > > --- a/include/media/media-entity.h
> > > +++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
> > > @@ -220,6 +220,39 @@ static inline u32 media_gobj_gen_id(enum
> > > media_gobj_type type, u32 local_id) return id;
> > > 
> > >  }
> > > 
> > > +static inline bool is_media_entity_v4l2_io(struct media_entity *entity)
> > > +{
> > > +	if (!entity)
> > > +		return false;
> > > +
> > > +	switch (entity->type) {
> > > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_VIDEO:
> > > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_VBI:
> > > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SWRADIO:
> > > +		return true;
> > > +	default:
> > > +		return false;
> > > +	}
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static inline bool is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(struct media_entity
> > > *entity)
> > > +{
> > > +	if (!entity)
> > > +		return false;
> > > +
> > > +	switch (entity->type) {
> > > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_SENSOR:
> > > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_FLASH:
> > > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_LENS:
> > > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_DECODER:
> > > +	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_TUNER:
> >
> > I'm sorry but this simply won't scale. We need a better way to determine
> > the entity type, and this could be a valid use case to actually retain an
> > entity type field separate from the function, at least inside the kernel.
>
> As we're getting rid of a separate range for V4L2 subdevs, several drivers
> need some logic to identify if an entity is a subdev or not. So, no matter
> how we implement it, we need a is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev() function.
> 
> So, I guess you're discussing the actual implementation, not the need of
> such function.

Correct. On a side note, though, the function should probably be moved to a 
V4L2-specific header file.

> With that regards, I'm not sure if this won't scale. The gcc compiler
> optimizer usually uses binary search on switches. So, O(log(n)).
> Even if we had 256 subdev types, that would mean 8 ifs. Doesn't seem
> too bad, specially since we have right now only 5 subdev types.
> 
> Ok, there's one thing bad on this: we need to update this function every
> time a new V4L2 subdev is added. So, it may be a maintainance nightmare,
> but I don't see any way to avoid the need of adding the subdevs at both
> UAPI and kernelspace.

That's part of my concern, yes. I've tried to add video processing functions 
today and received a WARN_ON() as the is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev() function 
wasn't updated.

> I'm not opposed to change this to some other method that we would find.
> In any case, this is inside an inlined function. So, it is easy to
> replace the implementation to any other logic we find better. So,
> if you have a better idea, feel free to submit a followup patch
> optimizing it.

I was hoping you would propose a solution, as you've introduced the problem 
:-) Any idea ?
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Patch

diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
index 4e36b1f2b2d7..220864319d21 100644
--- a/include/media/media-entity.h
+++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
@@ -220,6 +220,39 @@  static inline u32 media_gobj_gen_id(enum media_gobj_type type, u32 local_id)
 	return id;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_media_entity_v4l2_io(struct media_entity *entity)
+{
+	if (!entity)
+		return false;
+
+	switch (entity->type) {
+	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_VIDEO:
+	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_VBI:
+	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SWRADIO:
+		return true;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
+static inline bool is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(struct media_entity *entity)
+{
+	if (!entity)
+		return false;
+
+	switch (entity->type) {
+	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_SENSOR:
+	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_FLASH:
+	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_LENS:
+	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_DECODER:
+	case MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_TUNER:
+		return true;
+
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
 #define MEDIA_ENTITY_ENUM_MAX_DEPTH	16
 #define MEDIA_ENTITY_ENUM_MAX_ID	64