[libcamera-devel] [PATCH 3/3] libcamera: framebuffer: Make FrameBuffer class Extensible

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Wed Jul 7 13:52:22 CEST 2021


Hi Kieran,

On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 09:41:40AM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> On 05/07/2021 00:28, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > Implement the D-Pointer design pattern in the FrameBuffer class to allow
> > changing internal data without affecting the public ABI.
> > 
> > Move the request_ field and the setRequest() function to the
> > FrameBuffer::Private class. This allows hiding the setRequest() function
> > from the public API, removing one todo item. More fields may be moved
> > later.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
> > ---
> >  include/libcamera/framebuffer.h          |  8 +++---
> >  include/libcamera/internal/framebuffer.h | 13 +++++++++
> >  src/libcamera/framebuffer.cpp            | 34 +++++++++++++++---------
> >  src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/cio2.cpp     |  3 ++-
> >  src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/frames.cpp   |  5 ++--
> >  src/libcamera/request.cpp                |  7 ++---
> >  6 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/libcamera/framebuffer.h b/include/libcamera/framebuffer.h
> > index baf22a466907..7265e816b036 100644
> > --- a/include/libcamera/framebuffer.h
> > +++ b/include/libcamera/framebuffer.h
> > @@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ struct FrameMetadata {
> >  	std::vector<Plane> planes;
> >  };
> >  
> > -class FrameBuffer final
> > +class FrameBuffer final : public Extensible
> >  {
> > +	LIBCAMERA_DECLARE_PRIVATE();
> > +
> >  public:
> >  	struct Plane {
> >  		FileDescriptor fd;
> > @@ -47,8 +49,7 @@ public:
> >  
> >  	const std::vector<Plane> &planes() const { return planes_; }
> >  
> > -	Request *request() const { return request_; }
> > -	void setRequest(Request *request) { request_ = request; }
> > +	Request *request() const;
> >  	const FrameMetadata &metadata() const { return metadata_; }
> >  
> >  	unsigned int cookie() const { return cookie_; }
> > @@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ private:
> >  
> >  	std::vector<Plane> planes_;
> >  
> > -	Request *request_;
> >  	FrameMetadata metadata_;
> >  
> >  	unsigned int cookie_;
> > diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/framebuffer.h b/include/libcamera/internal/framebuffer.h
> > index 0c76fc62af1d..a11e895d9b88 100644
> > --- a/include/libcamera/internal/framebuffer.h
> > +++ b/include/libcamera/internal/framebuffer.h
> > @@ -47,6 +47,19 @@ public:
> >  	MappedFrameBuffer(const FrameBuffer *buffer, int flags);
> >  };
> >  
> > +class FrameBuffer::Private : public Extensible::Private
> > +{
> > +	LIBCAMERA_DECLARE_PUBLIC(FrameBuffer)
> > +
> > +public:
> > +	Private(FrameBuffer *buffer);
> > +
> > +	void setRequest(Request *request) { request_ = request; }
> > +
> > +private:
> > +	Request *request_;
> > +};
> > +
> >  } /* namespace libcamera */
> >  
> >  #endif /* __LIBCAMERA_INTERNAL_FRAMEBUFFER_H__ */
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/framebuffer.cpp b/src/libcamera/framebuffer.cpp
> > index 4bde556c4013..5e13e281fb8c 100644
> > --- a/src/libcamera/framebuffer.cpp
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/framebuffer.cpp
> > @@ -100,6 +100,21 @@ LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(Buffer)
> >   * \brief Array of per-plane metadata
> >   */
> >  
> > +FrameBuffer::Private::Private(FrameBuffer *buffer)
> > +	: Extensible::Private(buffer), request_(nullptr)
> > +{
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * \fn FrameBuffer::Private::setRequest()
> > + * \brief Set the request this buffer belongs to
> > + * \param[in] request Request to set
> > + *
> > + * For buffers added to requests by applications, this method is called by
> > + * Request::addBuffer() or Request::reuse(). For buffers internal to pipeline
> > + * handlers, it is called by the pipeline handlers themselves.
> > + */
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * \class FrameBuffer
> >   * \brief Frame buffer data and its associated dynamic metadata
> > @@ -161,7 +176,7 @@ LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(Buffer)
> >   * \param[in] cookie Cookie
> >   */
> >  FrameBuffer::FrameBuffer(const std::vector<Plane> &planes, unsigned int cookie)
> > -	: planes_(planes), request_(nullptr), cookie_(cookie)
> > +	: Extensible(new Private(this)), planes_(planes), cookie_(cookie)
> >  {
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -172,7 +187,6 @@ FrameBuffer::FrameBuffer(const std::vector<Plane> &planes, unsigned int cookie)
> >   */
> >  
> >  /**
> > - * \fn FrameBuffer::request()
> >   * \brief Retrieve the request this buffer belongs to
> >   *
> >   * The intended callers of this method are buffer completion handlers that
> > @@ -185,18 +199,12 @@ FrameBuffer::FrameBuffer(const std::vector<Plane> &planes, unsigned int cookie)
> >   * \return The Request the FrameBuffer belongs to, or nullptr if the buffer is
> >   * not associated with a request
> >   */
> > +Request *FrameBuffer::request() const
> > +{
> > +	const Private *const d = LIBCAMERA_D_PTR();
> 
> so internally in a class with a Private, it uses LIBCAMERA_D_PTR(),
> 
> >  
> > -/**
> > - * \fn FrameBuffer::setRequest()
> > - * \brief Set the request this buffer belongs to
> > - * \param[in] request Request to set
> > - *
> > - * For buffers added to requests by applications, this method is called by
> > - * Request::addBuffer() or Request::reuse(). For buffers internal to pipeline
> > - * handlers, it is called by the pipeline handlers themselves.
> > - *
> > - * \todo Shall be hidden from applications with a d-pointer design.
> > - */
> > +	return d->request_;
> > +}
> >  
> >  /**
> >   * \fn FrameBuffer::metadata()
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/cio2.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/cio2.cpp
> > index 1be2cbcd5cac..1bcd580e251c 100644
> > --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/cio2.cpp
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/cio2.cpp
> > @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
> >  #include <libcamera/stream.h>
> >  
> >  #include "libcamera/internal/camera_sensor.h"
> > +#include "libcamera/internal/framebuffer.h"
> >  #include "libcamera/internal/media_device.h"
> >  #include "libcamera/internal/v4l2_subdevice.h"
> >  
> > @@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ FrameBuffer *CIO2Device::queueBuffer(Request *request, FrameBuffer *rawBuffer)
> >  
> >  		buffer = availableBuffers_.front();
> >  		availableBuffers_.pop();
> > -		buffer->setRequest(request);
> > +		buffer->_d()->setRequest(request);
> 
> But anywhere else, is through the _d()?
> 
> Is LIBCAMERA_D_PTR now redundant, that even internally the access could
> be done through _d()?
> 
> Though I find
> 
> 	buffer->_d()->setRequest(request);
> 
> A bit more ugly to read... and now the read has to know which parts of
> the object are accessible through buffer-> and which ones have to be
> indirected - but I guess that's not really an issue. Just an adjustment
> required on the developers.

And that's also the whole point of the D-Pointer pattern, if we added
FrameBuffer::setRequest() as a wrapper around _d()->setRequest(), it
wouldn't make much sense :-)

> Does _d convey the right meaning to everyone for that? Or would the
> accessor be better named as
> 
> 	buffer->internal()->setRequest(request) ?

I'd like to keep the name as short as possible.

> I see that LIBCAMERA_D_PTR does now indeed simply call _d() so it's
> there to maintain the existing functionality anyway, but my question is
> more on the "Do we want two ways to access the same data"

We could drop LIBCAMERA_D_PTR() as it's easy to type _d(). It was there
originally to hide the <Private> template argument, but now that it's
gone, I think it makes sense to drop the macro.

> >  	}
> >  
> >  	int ret = output_->queueBuffer(buffer);
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/frames.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/frames.cpp
> > index ce5ccbf18e41..a4c3477cd9ef 100644
> > --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/frames.cpp
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/frames.cpp
> > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> >  #include <libcamera/framebuffer.h>
> >  #include <libcamera/request.h>
> >  
> > +#include "libcamera/internal/framebuffer.h"
> >  #include "libcamera/internal/pipeline_handler.h"
> >  #include "libcamera/internal/v4l2_videodevice.h"
> >  
> > @@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ IPU3Frames::Info *IPU3Frames::create(Request *request)
> >  	FrameBuffer *paramBuffer = availableParamBuffers_.front();
> >  	FrameBuffer *statBuffer = availableStatBuffers_.front();
> >  
> > -	paramBuffer->setRequest(request);
> > -	statBuffer->setRequest(request);
> > +	paramBuffer->_d()->setRequest(request);
> > +	statBuffer->_d()->setRequest(request);
> >  
> >  	availableParamBuffers_.pop();
> >  	availableStatBuffers_.pop();
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/request.cpp b/src/libcamera/request.cpp
> > index 5faf3c71ff02..c095c9f45b09 100644
> > --- a/src/libcamera/request.cpp
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/request.cpp
> > @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
> >  #include <libcamera/stream.h>
> >  
> >  #include "libcamera/internal/camera_controls.h"
> > +#include "libcamera/internal/framebuffer.h"
> >  #include "libcamera/internal/tracepoints.h"
> >  
> >  /**
> > @@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ void Request::reuse(ReuseFlag flags)
> >  	if (flags & ReuseBuffers) {
> >  		for (auto pair : bufferMap_) {
> >  			FrameBuffer *buffer = pair.second;
> > -			buffer->setRequest(this);
> > +			buffer->_d()->setRequest(this);
> >  			pending_.insert(buffer);
> >  		}
> >  	} else {
> > @@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ int Request::addBuffer(const Stream *stream, FrameBuffer *buffer)
> >  		return -EEXIST;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	buffer->setRequest(this);
> > +	buffer->_d()->setRequest(this);
> >  	pending_.insert(buffer);
> >  	bufferMap_[stream] = buffer;
> >  
> > @@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ bool Request::completeBuffer(FrameBuffer *buffer)
> >  	int ret = pending_.erase(buffer);
> >  	ASSERT(ret == 1);
> >  
> > -	buffer->setRequest(nullptr);
> > +	buffer->_d()->setRequest(nullptr);
> >  
> >  	if (buffer->metadata().status == FrameMetadata::FrameCancelled)
> >  		cancelled_ = true;
> > 

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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