[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v4 2/9] libcamera: pipeline: ipa: raspberrypi: Rework drop frame signalling

Kieran Bingham kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com
Tue Jul 21 12:59:53 CEST 2020


Hi Naush,

On 20/07/2020 10:13, Naushir Patuck wrote:
> The IPA now signals up front how many frames it wants the pipeline
> handler to drop. This makes it easier to handle up-coming changes to the
> buffer handling for import/export buffers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com>
> Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund at ragnatech.se>

Looks good to me

Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>

> ---
>  include/libcamera/ipa/raspberrypi.h           |  2 +-
>  src/ipa/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp           | 20 +++++------
>  .../pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp      | 36 +++++++++++--------
>  3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/libcamera/ipa/raspberrypi.h b/include/libcamera/ipa/raspberrypi.h
> index a4937769..0f31b6ea 100644
> --- a/include/libcamera/ipa/raspberrypi.h
> +++ b/include/libcamera/ipa/raspberrypi.h
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ enum RPiConfigParameters {
>  	RPI_IPA_CONFIG_LS_TABLE = (1 << 0),
>  	RPI_IPA_CONFIG_STAGGERED_WRITE = (1 << 1),
>  	RPI_IPA_CONFIG_SENSOR = (1 << 2),
> +	RPI_IPA_CONFIG_DROP_FRAMES = (1 << 3),
>  };
>  
>  enum RPiOperations {
> @@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ enum RPiOperations {
>  	RPI_IPA_ACTION_V4L2_SET_ISP,
>  	RPI_IPA_ACTION_STATS_METADATA_COMPLETE,
>  	RPI_IPA_ACTION_RUN_ISP,
> -	RPI_IPA_ACTION_RUN_ISP_AND_DROP_FRAME,
>  	RPI_IPA_ACTION_EMBEDDED_COMPLETE,
>  	RPI_IPA_EVENT_SIGNAL_STAT_READY,
>  	RPI_IPA_EVENT_SIGNAL_ISP_PREPARE,
> diff --git a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> index 7bd04880..2d9fb9d8 100644
> --- a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> +++ b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class IPARPi : public IPAInterface
>  public:
>  	IPARPi()
>  		: lastMode_({}), controller_(), controllerInit_(false),
> -		  frame_count_(0), check_count_(0), hide_count_(0),
> -		  mistrust_count_(0), lsTable_(nullptr)
> +		  frame_count_(0), check_count_(0), mistrust_count_(0),
> +		  lsTableHandle_(0), lsTable_(nullptr)
>  	{
>  	}
>  
> @@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ private:
>  	uint64_t frame_count_;
>  	/* For checking the sequencing of Prepare/Process calls. */
>  	uint64_t check_count_;
> -	/* How many frames the pipeline handler should hide, or "drop". */
> -	unsigned int hide_count_;
>  	/* How many frames we should avoid running control algos on. */
>  	unsigned int mistrust_count_;
>  	/* LS table allocation passed in from the pipeline handler. */
> @@ -242,14 +240,18 @@ void IPARPi::configure(const CameraSensorInfo &sensorInfo,
>  	 */
>  	frame_count_ = 0;
>  	check_count_ = 0;
> +	int drop_frame = 0;
>  	if (controllerInit_) {
> -		hide_count_ = helper_->HideFramesModeSwitch();
> +		drop_frame = helper_->HideFramesModeSwitch();
>  		mistrust_count_ = helper_->MistrustFramesModeSwitch();
>  	} else {
> -		hide_count_ = helper_->HideFramesStartup();
> +		drop_frame = helper_->HideFramesStartup();
>  		mistrust_count_ = helper_->MistrustFramesStartup();
>  	}
>  
> +	result->data.push_back(drop_frame);
> +	result->operation |= RPI_IPA_CONFIG_DROP_FRAMES;
> +
>  	struct AgcStatus agcStatus;
>  	/* These zero values mean not program anything (unless overwritten). */
>  	agcStatus.shutter_time = 0.0;
> @@ -366,13 +368,11 @@ void IPARPi::processEvent(const IPAOperationData &event)
>  		 * they are "unreliable".
>  		 */
>  		prepareISP(embeddedbufferId);
> +		frame_count_++;
>  
>  		/* Ready to push the input buffer into the ISP. */
>  		IPAOperationData op;
> -		if (++frame_count_ > hide_count_)
> -			op.operation = RPI_IPA_ACTION_RUN_ISP;
> -		else
> -			op.operation = RPI_IPA_ACTION_RUN_ISP_AND_DROP_FRAME;
> +		op.operation = RPI_IPA_ACTION_RUN_ISP;

The bit field flag here looks better to me indeed!

>  		op.data = { bayerbufferId & RPiIpaMask::ID };
>  		queueFrameAction.emit(0, op);
>  		break;
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> index 6630ef57..d3639ce1 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class RPiCameraData : public CameraData
>  public:
>  	RPiCameraData(PipelineHandler *pipe)
>  		: CameraData(pipe), sensor_(nullptr), state_(State::Stopped),
> -		  dropFrame_(false), ispOutputCount_(0)
> +		  dropFrameCount_(0), ispOutputCount_(0)
>  	{
>  	}
>  
> @@ -181,14 +181,15 @@ public:
>  	std::queue<FrameBuffer *> embeddedQueue_;
>  	std::deque<Request *> requestQueue_;
>  
> +	unsigned int dropFrameCount_;
> +
>  private:
>  	void checkRequestCompleted();
>  	void tryRunPipeline();
>  	void tryFlushQueues();
>  	FrameBuffer *updateQueue(std::queue<FrameBuffer *> &q, uint64_t timestamp, V4L2VideoDevice *dev);
>  
> -	bool dropFrame_;
> -	int ispOutputCount_;
> +	unsigned int ispOutputCount_;
>  };
>  
>  class RPiCameraConfiguration : public CameraConfiguration
> @@ -999,6 +1000,7 @@ int RPiCameraData::configureIPA()
>  	ipa_->configure(sensorInfo, streamConfig, entityControls, ipaConfig,
>  			&result);
>  
> +	unsigned int resultIdx = 0;
>  	if (result.operation & RPI_IPA_CONFIG_STAGGERED_WRITE) {
>  		/*
>  		 * Setup our staggered control writer with the sensor default
> @@ -1006,9 +1008,9 @@ int RPiCameraData::configureIPA()
>  		 */
>  		if (!staggeredCtrl_) {
>  			staggeredCtrl_.init(unicam_[Unicam::Image].dev(),
> -					    { { V4L2_CID_ANALOGUE_GAIN, result.data[0] },
> -					      { V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE, result.data[1] } });
> -			sensorMetadata_ = result.data[2];
> +					    { { V4L2_CID_ANALOGUE_GAIN, result.data[resultIdx++] },
> +					      { V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE, result.data[resultIdx++] } });
> +			sensorMetadata_ = result.data[resultIdx++];
>  		}
>  
>  		/* Configure the H/V flip controls based on the sensor rotation. */
> @@ -1025,6 +1027,11 @@ int RPiCameraData::configureIPA()
>  			LOG(RPI, Error) << "V4L2 staggered set failed";
>  	}
>  
> +	if (result.operation & RPI_IPA_CONFIG_DROP_FRAMES) {
> +		/* Configure the number of dropped frames required on startup. */
> +		dropFrameCount_ = result.data[resultIdx++];

I assume given this is about dropping frames on startup, it only occurs
once, and dropFrameCount_ is already zero at this point, so we're not
losing a previous request to drop frames for instance.




> +	}
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1075,7 +1082,6 @@ void RPiCameraData::queueFrameAction(unsigned int frame, const IPAOperationData
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
> -	case RPI_IPA_ACTION_RUN_ISP_AND_DROP_FRAME:
>  	case RPI_IPA_ACTION_RUN_ISP: {
>  		unsigned int bufferId = action.data[0];
>  		FrameBuffer *buffer = unicam_[Unicam::Image].getBuffers()->at(bufferId).get();
> @@ -1084,7 +1090,6 @@ void RPiCameraData::queueFrameAction(unsigned int frame, const IPAOperationData
>  				<< ", timestamp: " << buffer->metadata().timestamp;
>  
>  		isp_[Isp::Input].dev()->queueBuffer(buffer);
> -		dropFrame_ = (action.operation == RPI_IPA_ACTION_RUN_ISP_AND_DROP_FRAME) ? true : false;
>  		ispOutputCount_ = 0;
>  		break;
>  	}
> @@ -1250,7 +1255,7 @@ void RPiCameraData::clearIncompleteRequests()
>  void RPiCameraData::handleStreamBuffer(FrameBuffer *buffer, const RPi::RPiStream *stream)
>  {
>  	if (stream->isExternal()) {
> -		if (!dropFrame_) {
> +		if (!dropFrameCount_) {
>  			Request *request = buffer->request();
>  			pipe_->completeBuffer(camera_, request, buffer);
>  		}
> @@ -1262,7 +1267,7 @@ void RPiCameraData::handleStreamBuffer(FrameBuffer *buffer, const RPi::RPiStream
>  		 * simply memcpy to the Request buffer and requeue back to the
>  		 * device.
>  		 */
> -		if (stream == &unicam_[Unicam::Image] && !dropFrame_) {
> +		if (stream == &unicam_[Unicam::Image] && !dropFrameCount_) {
>  			const Stream *rawStream = static_cast<const Stream *>(&isp_[Isp::Input]);
>  			Request *request = requestQueue_.front();
>  			FrameBuffer *raw = request->findBuffer(const_cast<Stream *>(rawStream));
> @@ -1307,7 +1312,7 @@ void RPiCameraData::checkRequestCompleted()
>  	 * If we are dropping this frame, do not touch the request, simply
>  	 * change the state to IDLE when ready.
>  	 */
> -	if (!dropFrame_) {
> +	if (!dropFrameCount_) {
>  		Request *request = requestQueue_.front();
>  		if (request->hasPendingBuffers())
>  			return;
> @@ -1326,10 +1331,13 @@ void RPiCameraData::checkRequestCompleted()
>  	 * frame.
>  	 */
>  	if (state_ == State::IpaComplete &&
> -	    ((ispOutputCount_ == 3 && dropFrame_) || requestCompleted)) {
> +	    ((ispOutputCount_ == 3 && dropFrameCount_) || requestCompleted)) {
>  		state_ = State::Idle;
> -		if (dropFrame_)
> -			LOG(RPI, Info) << "Dropping frame at the request of the IPA";
> +		if (dropFrameCount_) {
> +			dropFrameCount_--;
> +			LOG(RPI, Info) << "Dropping frame at the request of the IPA ("
> +				       << dropFrameCount_ << " left)";
> +		}
>  	}
>  }
>  
> 

-- 
Regards
--
Kieran


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