[libcamera-devel] [PATCH 6/6] ipa: raspberrypi: Generalise the SMIA metadata parser

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Tue Jun 15 11:53:45 CEST 2021


Hi Naush,

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 10:46:44AM +0100, Naushir Patuck wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 04:09, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 10:53:40AM +0100, Naushir Patuck wrote:
> > > Instead of having each CamHelper subclass the MdParserSmia, change the
> > > implementation of MdParserSmia to be more generic. The MdParserSmia now gets
> > > given a list of registers to search for and helper functions are used to compute
> > > exposure lines and gain codes from these registers.
> > >
> > > Update the imx219 and imx477 CamHelpers by using this new mechanism.
> > >
> > > As a drive-by change, fixup a possible buffer overrun in the parsing code.
> >
> > Could that be split to a separate patch ?
> 
> Sure, will do.
> 
> > > Signed-off-by: Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com>
> > > ---
> > >  src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx219.cpp | 117 ++++----------------
> > >  src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx477.cpp | 125 ++++------------------
> > >  src/ipa/raspberrypi/md_parser.hpp         |  42 ++++++--
> > >  src/ipa/raspberrypi/md_parser_smia.cpp    |  89 ++++++++++++---
> > >  4 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 220 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx219.cpp b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx219.cpp
> > > index 36dbe8cd941a..72c1042ad6be 100644
> > > --- a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx219.cpp
> > > +++ b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx219.cpp
> > > @@ -23,21 +23,13 @@
> > >
> > >  using namespace RPiController;
> > >
> > > -/* Metadata parser implementation specific to Sony IMX219 sensors. */
> > > -
> > > -class MdParserImx219 : public MdParserSmia
> > > -{
> > > -public:
> > > -     MdParserImx219();
> > > -     Status Parse(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer) override;
> > > -     Status GetExposureLines(unsigned int &lines) override;
> > > -     Status GetGainCode(unsigned int &gain_code) override;
> > > -private:
> > > -     /* Offset of the register's value in the metadata block. */
> > > -     int reg_offsets_[3];
> > > -     /* Value of the register, once read from the metadata block. */
> > > -     int reg_values_[3];
> > > -};
> > > +/*
> > > + * We care about one gain register and a pair of exposure registers. Their I2C
> > > + * addresses from the Sony IMX219 datasheet:
> > > + */
> > > +constexpr uint32_t gainReg = 0x157;
> > > +constexpr uint32_t expHiReg = 0x15A;
> >
> > Lowercase for hex constants please.
> 
> Ack.
> 
> > > +constexpr uint32_t expLoReg = 0x15B;
> > >
> > >  class CamHelperImx219 : public CamHelper
> > >  {
> > > @@ -55,11 +47,23 @@ private:
> > >        */
> > >       static constexpr int frameIntegrationDiff = 4;
> > >
> > > -     MdParserImx219 imx219_parser;
> > > +     MdParserSmia imx219_parser;
> > > +
> > > +     static uint32_t ParseExposureLines(const MdParserSmia::RegMap &map)
> > > +     {
> > > +             return map.at(expHiReg).value * 256 + map.at(expLoReg).value;
> > > +     }
> > > +
> > > +     static uint32_t ParseGainCode(const MdParserSmia::RegMap &map)
> > > +     {
> > > +             return map.at(gainReg).value;
> > > +     }
> > >  };
> > >
> > >  CamHelperImx219::CamHelperImx219()
> > > -     : CamHelper(frameIntegrationDiff)
> > > +     : CamHelper(frameIntegrationDiff),
> > > +       imx219_parser({ expHiReg, expLoReg, gainReg },
> > > +                     ParseGainCode, ParseExposureLines)
> >
> > I'm not thrilled by this to be honest, as we'll have to add more
> > functions when we'll want to parse more than just the exposure time and
> > gain. Could we use a mechanism that would scale better ? Decoupling the
> > data parser from the data interpreter would be one way to achieve this.
> > You could pass the list of registers you're interested in to the
> > MdParserSmia constructor. It would the parse the embedded data in
> > findRegs() (which should be renamed) and return a map of register
> > address to register value. The CamHelper would then be responsible for
> > extracting the register values and converting them.
> 
> Yes, I do agree that this is somewhat restrictive.  Here's a way to decouple
> the parsing and supplying values:
> 
> 1) MdParser::Parse and MdParserSmia::Parse now return the register to offset
> map, instead of keeping this internal:
> 
> Status Parse(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer, RegMap &map);
> 
> 2) CamHelper::parseEmbeddedData calls MdParser::Parse() as it currently does,
> and this will now call a new virtual method CamHelper::fillMetadata() that will
> fill our metadata buffer with whatever embedded data bits we think useful.
> This way, all the sensor specific dealing is hidden behind the sensor derived
> CamHelper class.
> 
> I did not get your point about renaming findRegs(), could you elaborate on that
> a bit?

Given that storing an offset won't take less space than storing a
register value, I was thinking of replacing the register address to
offset map by a register address to value map. findRegs() wouldn't be a
great name anymore.

> I'll prepare this change and we can discuss further once I have some code
> written.
> 
> > >  {
> > >  #if ENABLE_EMBEDDED_DATA
> > >       parser_ = &imx219_parser;
> > > @@ -97,82 +101,3 @@ static CamHelper *Create()
> > >  }
> > >
> > >  static RegisterCamHelper reg("imx219", &Create);
> > > -
> > > -/*
> > > - * We care about one gain register and a pair of exposure registers. Their I2C
> > > - * addresses from the Sony IMX219 datasheet:
> > > - */
> > > -#define GAIN_REG 0x157
> > > -#define EXPHI_REG 0x15A
> > > -#define EXPLO_REG 0x15B
> > > -
> > > -/*
> > > - * Index of each into the reg_offsets and reg_values arrays. Must be in
> > > - * register address order.
> > > - */
> > > -#define GAIN_INDEX 0
> > > -#define EXPHI_INDEX 1
> > > -#define EXPLO_INDEX 2
> > > -
> > > -MdParserImx219::MdParserImx219()
> > > -{
> > > -     reg_offsets_[0] = reg_offsets_[1] = reg_offsets_[2] = -1;
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -MdParser::Status MdParserImx219::Parse(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer)
> > > -{
> > > -     bool try_again = false;
> > > -
> > > -     if (reset_) {
> > > -             /*
> > > -              * Search again through the metadata for the gain and exposure
> > > -              * registers.
> > > -              */
> > > -             assert(bits_per_pixel_);
> > > -             /* Need to be ordered */
> > > -             uint32_t regs[3] = { GAIN_REG, EXPHI_REG, EXPLO_REG };
> > > -             reg_offsets_[0] = reg_offsets_[1] = reg_offsets_[2] = -1;
> > > -             int ret = static_cast<int>(findRegs(buffer,
> > > -                                                 regs, reg_offsets_, 3));
> > > -             /*
> > > -              * > 0 means "worked partially but parse again next time",
> > > -              * < 0 means "hard error".
> > > -              */
> > > -             if (ret > 0)
> > > -                     try_again = true;
> > > -             else if (ret < 0)
> > > -                     return ERROR;
> > > -     }
> > > -
> > > -     for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
> > > -             if (reg_offsets_[i] == -1)
> > > -                     continue;
> > > -
> > > -             reg_values_[i] = buffer[reg_offsets_[i]];
> > > -     }
> > > -
> > > -     /* Re-parse next time if we were unhappy in some way. */
> > > -     reset_ = try_again;
> > > -
> > > -     return OK;
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -MdParser::Status MdParserImx219::GetExposureLines(unsigned int &lines)
> > > -{
> > > -     if (reg_offsets_[EXPHI_INDEX] == -1 || reg_offsets_[EXPLO_INDEX] == -1)
> > > -             return NOTFOUND;
> > > -
> > > -     lines = reg_values_[EXPHI_INDEX] * 256 + reg_values_[EXPLO_INDEX];
> > > -
> > > -     return OK;
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -MdParser::Status MdParserImx219::GetGainCode(unsigned int &gain_code)
> > > -{
> > > -     if (reg_offsets_[GAIN_INDEX] == -1)
> > > -             return NOTFOUND;
> > > -
> > > -     gain_code = reg_values_[GAIN_INDEX];
> > > -
> > > -     return OK;
> > > -}
> > > diff --git a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx477.cpp b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx477.cpp
> > > index 038a8583d311..7a1100c25afc 100644
> > > --- a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx477.cpp
> > > +++ b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/cam_helper_imx477.cpp
> > > @@ -15,21 +15,14 @@
> > >
> > >  using namespace RPiController;
> > >
> > > -/* Metadata parser implementation specific to Sony IMX477 sensors. */
> > > -
> > > -class MdParserImx477 : public MdParserSmia
> > > -{
> > > -public:
> > > -     MdParserImx477();
> > > -     Status Parse(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer) override;
> > > -     Status GetExposureLines(unsigned int &lines) override;
> > > -     Status GetGainCode(unsigned int &gain_code) override;
> > > -private:
> > > -     /* Offset of the register's value in the metadata block. */
> > > -     int reg_offsets_[4];
> > > -     /* Value of the register, once read from the metadata block. */
> > > -     int reg_values_[4];
> > > -};
> > > +/*
> > > + * We care about two gain registers and a pair of exposure registers. Their
> > > + * I2C addresses from the Sony IMX477 datasheet:
> > > + */
> > > +constexpr uint32_t expHiReg = 0x0202;
> > > +constexpr uint32_t expLoReg = 0x0203;
> > > +constexpr uint32_t gainHiReg = 0x0204;
> > > +constexpr uint32_t gainLoReg = 0x0205;
> > >
> > >  class CamHelperImx477 : public CamHelper
> > >  {
> > > @@ -48,11 +41,23 @@ private:
> > >        */
> > >       static constexpr int frameIntegrationDiff = 22;
> > >
> > > -     MdParserImx477 imx477_parser;
> > > +     MdParserSmia imx477_parser;
> > > +
> > > +     static uint32_t ParseExposureLines(const MdParserSmia::RegMap &map)
> > > +     {
> > > +             return map.at(expHiReg).value * 256 + map.at (expLoReg).value;
> > > +     }
> > > +
> > > +     static uint32_t ParseGainCode(const MdParserSmia::RegMap &map)
> > > +     {
> > > +             return map.at(gainHiReg).value * 256 + map.at (gainLoReg).value;
> > > +     }
> > >  };
> > >
> > >  CamHelperImx477::CamHelperImx477()
> > > -     : CamHelper(frameIntegrationDiff)
> > > +     : CamHelper(frameIntegrationDiff),
> > > +       imx477_parser({ expHiReg, expLoReg, gainHiReg, gainLoReg },
> > > +                     ParseGainCode, ParseExposureLines)
> > >  {
> > >       parser_ = &imx477_parser;
> > >  }
> > > @@ -86,89 +91,3 @@ static CamHelper *Create()
> > >  }
> > >
> > >  static RegisterCamHelper reg("imx477", &Create);
> > > -
> > > -/*
> > > - * We care about two gain registers and a pair of exposure registers. Their
> > > - * I2C addresses from the Sony IMX477 datasheet:
> > > - */
> > > -#define EXPHI_REG 0x0202
> > > -#define EXPLO_REG 0x0203
> > > -#define GAINHI_REG 0x0204
> > > -#define GAINLO_REG 0x0205
> > > -
> > > -/*
> > > - * Index of each into the reg_offsets and reg_values arrays. Must be in register
> > > - * address order.
> > > - */
> > > -#define EXPHI_INDEX 0
> > > -#define EXPLO_INDEX 1
> > > -#define GAINHI_INDEX 2
> > > -#define GAINLO_INDEX 3
> > > -
> > > -MdParserImx477::MdParserImx477()
> > > -{
> > > -     reg_offsets_[0] = reg_offsets_[1] = reg_offsets_[2] = reg_offsets_[3] = -1;
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -MdParser::Status MdParserImx477::Parse(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer)
> > > -{
> > > -     bool try_again = false;
> > > -
> > > -     if (reset_) {
> > > -             /*
> > > -              * Search again through the metadata for the gain and exposure
> > > -              * registers.
> > > -              */
> > > -             assert(bits_per_pixel_);
> > > -             /* Need to be ordered */
> > > -             uint32_t regs[4] = {
> > > -                     EXPHI_REG,
> > > -                     EXPLO_REG,
> > > -                     GAINHI_REG,
> > > -                     GAINLO_REG
> > > -             };
> > > -             reg_offsets_[0] = reg_offsets_[1] = reg_offsets_[2] = reg_offsets_[3] = -1;
> > > -             int ret = static_cast<int>(findRegs(buffer,
> > > -                                                 regs, reg_offsets_, 4));
> > > -             /*
> > > -              * > 0 means "worked partially but parse again next time",
> > > -              * < 0 means "hard error".
> > > -              */
> > > -             if (ret > 0)
> > > -                     try_again = true;
> > > -             else if (ret < 0)
> > > -                     return ERROR;
> > > -     }
> > > -
> > > -     for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
> > > -             if (reg_offsets_[i] == -1)
> > > -                     continue;
> > > -
> > > -             reg_values_[i] = buffer[reg_offsets_[i]];
> > > -     }
> > > -
> > > -     /* Re-parse next time if we were unhappy in some way. */
> > > -     reset_ = try_again;
> > > -
> > > -     return OK;
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -MdParser::Status MdParserImx477::GetExposureLines(unsigned int &lines)
> > > -{
> > > -     if (reg_offsets_[EXPHI_INDEX] == -1 || reg_offsets_[EXPLO_INDEX] == -1)
> > > -             return NOTFOUND;
> > > -
> > > -     lines = reg_values_[EXPHI_INDEX] * 256 + reg_values_[EXPLO_INDEX];
> > > -
> > > -     return OK;
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -MdParser::Status MdParserImx477::GetGainCode(unsigned int &gain_code)
> > > -{
> > > -     if (reg_offsets_[GAINHI_INDEX] == -1 || reg_offsets_[GAINLO_INDEX] == -1)
> > > -             return NOTFOUND;
> > > -
> > > -     gain_code = reg_values_[GAINHI_INDEX] * 256 + reg_values_[GAINLO_INDEX];
> > > -
> > > -     return OK;
> > > -}
> > > diff --git a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/md_parser.hpp b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/md_parser.hpp
> > > index 25ba0e7c9400..6bbcdec0830b 100644
> > > --- a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/md_parser.hpp
> > > +++ b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/md_parser.hpp
> > > @@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
> > >   */
> > >  #pragma once
> > >
> > > +#include <functional>
> > > +#include <map>
> > > +#include <vector>
> > > +
> > >  #include <libcamera/span.h>
> > >
> > >  /* Camera metadata parser class. Usage as shown below.
> > > @@ -16,7 +20,8 @@
> > >   * application code doesn't have to worry which to kind to instantiate. But for
> > >   * the sake of example let's suppose we're parsing imx219 metadata.
> > >   *
> > > - * MdParser *parser = new MdParserImx219();  // for example
> > > + * MdParser *parser = new MdParserSmia({ expHiReg, expLoReg, gainReg },
> > > +                                    ParseGainCode, ParseExposureLines));
> > >   * parser->SetBitsPerPixel(bpp);
> > >   * parser->SetLineLengthBytes(pitch);
> > >   * parser->SetNumLines(2);
> > > @@ -113,14 +118,32 @@ protected:
> > >   * md_parser_imx219.cpp for an example).
> > >   */
> > >
> > > -class MdParserSmia : public MdParser
> > > +class MdParserSmia final : public MdParser
> > >  {
> > >  public:
> > > -     MdParserSmia() : MdParser()
> > > -     {
> > > -     }
> > > +     struct Register {
> > > +             Register()
> > > +                     : offset(0), value(0), found(false)
> > > +             {
> > > +             }
> > > +
> > > +             uint32_t offset;
> > > +             uint32_t value;
> > > +             bool found;
> > > +     };
> > >
> > > -protected:
> > > +     /* Maps register address to offset in the buffer. */
> > > +     using RegMap = std::map<uint32_t, Register>;
> > > +     using GetFn = std::function<uint32_t(const RegMap&)>;
> > > +
> > > +     MdParserSmia(const std::vector<uint32_t> &regs, GetFn gain_fn,
> > > +                  GetFn exposureFn);
> > > +
> > > +     MdParser::Status Parse(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer) override;
> > > +     Status GetExposureLines(unsigned int &lines) override;
> > > +     Status GetGainCode(unsigned int &gain_code) override;
> > > +
> > > +private:
> > >       /*
> > >        * Note that error codes > 0 are regarded as non-fatal; codes < 0
> > >        * indicate a bad data buffer. Status codes are:
> > > @@ -138,8 +161,11 @@ protected:
> > >               BAD_PADDING   = -5
> > >       };
> > >
> > > -     ParseStatus findRegs(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer, uint32_t regs[],
> > > -                          int offsets[], unsigned int num_regs);
> > > +     ParseStatus findRegs(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer);
> > > +
> > > +     RegMap map_;
> > > +     GetFn gain_fn_;
> > > +     GetFn exposure_fn_;
> > >  };
> > >
> > >  } // namespace RPi
> > > diff --git a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/md_parser_smia.cpp b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/md_parser_smia.cpp
> > > index 65ffbe00c76e..f4748dd535d0 100644
> > > --- a/src/ipa/raspberrypi/md_parser_smia.cpp
> > > +++ b/src/ipa/raspberrypi/md_parser_smia.cpp
> > > @@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
> > >  #include <map>
> > >  #include <string>
> > >
> > > +#include "libcamera/internal/log.h"
> > >  #include "md_parser.hpp"
> > >
> > >  using namespace RPiController;
> > > +using namespace libcamera;
> > >
> > >  /*
> > >   * This function goes through the embedded data to find the offsets (not
> > > @@ -28,18 +30,79 @@ constexpr unsigned int REG_LOW_BITS = 0xa5;
> > >  constexpr unsigned int REG_VALUE = 0x5a;
> > >  constexpr unsigned int REG_SKIP = 0x55;
> > >
> > > -MdParserSmia::ParseStatus MdParserSmia::findRegs(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer,
> > > -                                              uint32_t regs[], int offsets[],
> > > -                                              unsigned int num_regs)
> > > +MdParserSmia::MdParserSmia(const std::vector<uint32_t> &registers,
> > > +                        GetFn gain_fn, GetFn exposure_fn)
> > > +     : gain_fn_(gain_fn), exposure_fn_(exposure_fn)
> > >  {
> > > -     assert(num_regs > 0);
> > > +     for (auto r : registers)
> > > +             map_[r] = {};
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +MdParser::Status MdParserSmia::Parse(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer)
> > > +{
> > > +     if (reset_) {
> > > +             /*
> > > +              * Search again through the metadata for the gain and exposure
> > > +              * registers.
> > > +              */
> > > +             ASSERT(bits_per_pixel_);
> > > +
> > > +             ParseStatus ret = findRegs(buffer);
> > > +             /*
> > > +              * > 0 means "worked partially but parse again next time",
> > > +              * < 0 means "hard error".
> > > +              *
> > > +              * In either case, we retry parsing on the next frame.
> > > +              */
> > > +             if (ret != PARSE_OK)
> > > +                     return ERROR;
> > > +
> > > +             reset_ = false;
> > > +     }
> > > +
> > > +     /* Populate the register values requested. */
> > > +     for (auto &kv : map_) {
> > > +             Register &reg = kv.second;
> > > +
> > > +             if (!reg.found) {
> > > +                     reset_ = true;
> > > +                     return NOTFOUND;
> > > +             }
> > > +
> > > +             reg.value = buffer[reg.offset];
> > > +     }
> > > +
> > > +     return OK;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +MdParser::Status MdParserSmia::GetExposureLines(unsigned int &lines)
> > > +{
> > > +     if (reset_)
> > > +             return NOTFOUND;
> > > +
> > > +     lines = exposure_fn_(map_);
> > > +     return OK;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +MdParser::Status MdParserSmia::GetGainCode(unsigned int &gain_code)
> > > +{
> > > +     if (reset_)
> > > +             return NOTFOUND;
> > > +
> > > +     gain_code = gain_fn_(map_);
> > > +     return OK;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +MdParserSmia::ParseStatus MdParserSmia::findRegs(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t> buffer)
> > > +{
> > > +     ASSERT(map_.size());
> > >
> > >       if (buffer[0] != LINE_START)
> > >               return NO_LINE_START;
> > >
> > >       unsigned int current_offset = 1; /* after the LINE_START */
> > >       unsigned int current_line_start = 0, current_line = 0;
> > > -     unsigned int reg_num = 0, first_reg = 0;
> > > +     unsigned int reg_num = 0, regs_done = 0;
> > >
> > >       while (1) {
> > >               int tag = buffer[current_offset++];
> > > @@ -73,8 +136,8 @@ MdParserSmia::ParseStatus MdParserSmia::findRegs(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t>
> > >                                       return NO_LINE_START;
> > >                       } else {
> > >                               /* allow a zero line length to mean "hunt for the next line" */
> > > -                             while (buffer[current_offset] != LINE_START &&
> > > -                                    current_offset < buffer.size())
> > > +                             while (current_offset < buffer.size() &&
> > > +                                    buffer[current_offset] != LINE_START)
> > >                                       current_offset++;
> > >
> > >                               if (current_offset == buffer.size())
> > > @@ -91,13 +154,13 @@ MdParserSmia::ParseStatus MdParserSmia::findRegs(libcamera::Span<const uint8_t>
> > >                       else if (tag == REG_SKIP)
> > >                               reg_num++;
> > >                       else if (tag == REG_VALUE) {
> > > -                             while (reg_num >=
> > > -                                    /* assumes registers are in order... */
> > > -                                    regs[first_reg]) {
> > > -                                     if (reg_num == regs[first_reg])
> > > -                                             offsets[first_reg] = current_offset - 1;
> > > +                             auto reg = map_.find(reg_num);
> > > +
> > > +                             if (reg != map_.end()) {
> > > +                                     map_[reg_num].offset = current_offset - 1;
> > > +                                     map_[reg_num].found = true;
> > >
> > > -                                     if (++first_reg == num_regs)
> > > +                                     if (++regs_done == map_.size())
> > >                                               return PARSE_OK;
> > >                               }
> > >                               reg_num++;

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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