[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v3 4/6] libcamera: camera: extend camera object to support streams

Niklas Söderlund niklas.soderlund at ragnatech.se
Tue Jan 29 02:35:21 CET 2019


Hi Laurent,

Thanks for your feedback.

On 2019-01-28 01:17:44 +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Niklas,
> 
> Thank you for the patch.
> 
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 01:22:06AM +0100, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> > A camera consist of one or more video streams origination from the same
> 
> s/consist/consists/
> 
> > video source. The different streams could for example have access to
> > different hardware blocks in the video pipeline and therefor be able to
> > process the video source in different ways.
> > 
> > All static information describing each streams needs to be recorded at
> 
> Information is plural, so s/needs/need/
> 
> > camera creation. After a camera is created an application can retrieve
> > the static information about its stream at any time.
> > 
> > Update all pipeline handlers to register one stream per camera, this
> > might be extended in the future for some of the pipelines.
> 
> Maybe s/might/will/ :-)

Thanks!

> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund at ragnatech.se>
> > ---
> >  include/libcamera/camera.h           | 10 ++++-
> >  src/libcamera/camera.cpp             | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp |  4 +-
> >  src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp  |  4 +-
> >  src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp      |  4 +-
> >  5 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/libcamera/camera.h b/include/libcamera/camera.h
> > index 7e358f8c0aa093cf..786d4d7d66bed5b2 100644
> > --- a/include/libcamera/camera.h
> > +++ b/include/libcamera/camera.h
> > @@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
> >  namespace libcamera {
> >  
> >  class PipelineHandler;
> > +class Stream;
> >  
> >  class Camera final
> >  {
> >  public:
> >  	static std::shared_ptr<Camera> create(PipelineHandler *pipe,
> > -					      const std::string &name);
> > +					      const std::string &name,
> > +					      const std::vector<Stream> &streams);
> >  
> >  	Camera(const Camera &) = delete;
> >  	void operator=(const Camera &) = delete;
> > @@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ public:
> >  	int acquire();
> >  	void release();
> >  
> > +	std::vector<Stream> streams() const;
> 
> Do we need to return a copy, or could we return a const
> std::vector<Stream> & ?

I think we need to return a copy to make life easier for the 
application. Consider the use-case

std::vector<Stream *> streams = camera->streams();

for (Stream *stream : streams)
    if (stream->isViewfinder())
        streams.erase(stream);

std::map<Stream *, StreamConfiguration> config = camera->streamConfiguration(streams);


I use Stream * instead of Stream in this example as it is what will be 
used in v4.

> 
> > +
> >  private:
> >  	Camera(PipelineHandler *pipe, const std::string &name);
> >  	~Camera();
> > @@ -39,10 +43,14 @@ private:
> >  	friend class PipelineHandler;
> >  	void disconnect();
> >  
> > +	bool haveStreamID(unsigned int id) const;
> 
> I'd name this hasStreamID, or possibly even hasStreamId.

This is removed in v4.

> 
> > +
> >  	std::shared_ptr<PipelineHandler> pipe_;
> >  	std::string name_;
> > +	std::vector<Stream> streams_;
> >  
> >  	bool acquired_;
> > +	bool disconnected_;
> >  };
> >  
> >  } /* namespace libcamera */
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
> > index 500976b237bcbd2d..3b2c00d0a4bb45d1 100644
> > --- a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
> > @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
> >   */
> >  
> >  #include <libcamera/camera.h>
> > +#include <libcamera/stream.h>
> >  
> >  #include "log.h"
> >  #include "pipeline_handler.h"
> > @@ -56,13 +57,15 @@ LOG_DECLARE_CATEGORY(Camera)
> >   * \brief Create a camera instance
> >   * \param[in] name The name of the camera device
> >   * \param[in] pipe The pipeline handler responsible for the camera device
> > + * \param[in] streams Array of streams the camera shall provide
> 
> s/shall provide/provides/ ?

Thanks.

> 
> >   *
> >   * The caller is responsible for guaranteeing unicity of the camera name.
> >   *
> >   * \return A shared pointer to the newly created camera object
> >   */
> >  std::shared_ptr<Camera> Camera::create(PipelineHandler *pipe,
> > -				       const std::string &name)
> > +				       const std::string &name,
> > +				       const std::vector<Stream> &streams)
> >  {
> >  	struct Allocator : std::allocator<Camera> {
> >  		void construct(void *p, PipelineHandler *pipe,
> > @@ -76,7 +79,19 @@ std::shared_ptr<Camera> Camera::create(PipelineHandler *pipe,
> >  		}
> >  	};
> >  
> > -	return std::allocate_shared<Camera>(Allocator(), pipe, name);
> > +	std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera =
> > +		std::allocate_shared<Camera>(Allocator(), pipe, name);
> > +
> > +	for (const Stream &stream : streams) {
> > +		if (camera->haveStreamID(stream.id())) {
> > +			LOG(Camera, Error) << "Duplication of stream ID";
> > +			camera.reset();
> > +			break;
> > +		}
> 
> I think we can do better. Instead of returning a null pointer (which by
> the way you don't check for in the pipeline handlers, so I expect
> third-party pipeline handlers not to handle that error correctly
> either), we should make an API that can't be used incorrectly. For
> instance you could pass a vector of streams without any ID assign, and
> assign IDs incrementally starting from 0 in this function. The
> haveStreamID() method won't be needed anymore.

Good point. This is removed in v4 for a design which makes the issue 
impossible. Thanks for motivating me to have another go at this!

> 
> > +		camera->streams_.push_back(stream);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return camera;
> >  }
> >  
> >  /**
> > @@ -102,7 +117,8 @@ const std::string &Camera::name() const
> >   */
> >  
> >  Camera::Camera(PipelineHandler *pipe, const std::string &name)
> > -	: pipe_(pipe->shared_from_this()), name_(name), acquired_(false)
> > +	: pipe_(pipe->shared_from_this()), name_(name), acquired_(false),
> > +	  disconnected_(false)
> >  {
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -125,10 +141,24 @@ void Camera::disconnect()
> >  {
> >  	LOG(Camera, Debug) << "Disconnecting camera " << name_;
> >  
> > -	/** \todo Block API calls when they will be implemented. */
> > +	disconnected_ = true;
> >  	disconnected.emit(this);
> >  }
> >  
> > +/**
> > + * \brief Check if camera have a stream ID
> > + * \param[in] id Stream ID to check for
> > + * \return ture if stream ID exists, else false
> > + */
> > +bool Camera::haveStreamID(unsigned int id) const
> > +{
> > +	for (const Stream &stream : streams_)
> > +		if (stream.id() == id)
> > +			return true;
> > +
> > +	return false;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * \brief Acquire the camera device for exclusive access
> >   *
> > @@ -164,4 +194,21 @@ void Camera::release()
> >  	acquired_ = false;
> >  }
> >  
> > +/**
> > + * \brief Retrieve all the camera's stream information
> > + *
> > + * Retrieve all of the camera's static stream information. The static
> > + * information describes among other things how many streams the camera support
> 
> Let's wrap documentation at 80 columns by default if not very
> impractical.

In my editor it's exactly 80 columns wide. I do agree it looks odd 
anyhow and have changed it for style.

> 
> > + * and each streams capabilities.
> > + *
> > + * \return An array of all the camera's streams or an empty list on error.
> > + */
> > +std::vector<Stream> Camera::streams() const
> > +{
> > +	if (disconnected_)
> > +		return std::vector<Stream>{};
> 
> As this is static information I'm not sure we should fail the call.
> Could there be cases where the application might want to get information
> from the streams to clean up when the camera gets disconnected ?

I have keep this for v4 as in the new design the Stream objects are 
owned by the pipeline handler. We should always have a pipeline handler 
as we keep a shard_ptr<> to it. So I'm open to discuss the removal of 
this check in v4.

> 
> > +
> > +	return streams_;
> > +}
> > +
> >  } /* namespace libcamera */
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
> > index d74655d037728feb..dbb2a89163c36cbc 100644
> > --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
> > @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> >  #include <vector>
> >  
> >  #include <libcamera/camera.h>
> > +#include <libcamera/stream.h>
> >  
> >  #include "device_enumerator.h"
> >  #include "log.h"
> > @@ -197,7 +198,8 @@ void PipelineHandlerIPU3::registerCameras()
> >  			continue;
> >  
> >  		std::string cameraName = sensor->name() + " " + std::to_string(id);
> > -		std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera = Camera::create(this, cameraName);
> > +		std::vector<Stream> streams{ Stream(0) };
> > +		std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera = Camera::create(this, cameraName, streams);
> 
> I think this will become a bit cumbersome to use when the Stream class
> will gain more fields, but we can improve the API then.

Lets improve the API over time.

> 
> >  
> >  		/*
> >  		 * If V4L2 device creation fails, the Camera instance won't be
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp
> > index c51e8bc1f2c2bf25..bc4a8d7236be589d 100644
> > --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp
> > @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
> >   */
> >  
> >  #include <libcamera/camera.h>
> > +#include <libcamera/stream.h>
> >  
> >  #include "device_enumerator.h"
> >  #include "media_device.h"
> > @@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ bool PipelineHandlerUVC::match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator)
> >  		return false;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera = Camera::create(this, media_->model());
> > +	std::vector<Stream> streams{ Stream(0) };
> > +	std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera = Camera::create(this, media_->model(), streams);
> >  	registerCamera(std::move(camera));
> >  	hotplugMediaDevice(media_.get());
> >  
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp
> > index f58a97d51619515d..c426a953aea1b3dd 100644
> > --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp
> > @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
> >   */
> >  
> >  #include <libcamera/camera.h>
> > +#include <libcamera/stream.h>
> >  
> >  #include "device_enumerator.h"
> >  #include "media_device.h"
> > @@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ bool PipeHandlerVimc::match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator)
> >  
> >  	media_->acquire();
> >  
> > -	std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera = Camera::create(this, "Dummy VIMC Camera");
> > +	std::vector<Stream> streams{ Stream(0) };
> > +	std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera = Camera::create(this, "Dummy VIMC Camera", streams);
> >  	registerCamera(std::move(camera));
> >  
> >  	return true;
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Laurent Pinchart

-- 
Regards,
Niklas Söderlund


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