[libcamera-devel] [RFC PATCH v5] gstreamer: Added virtual functions needed to support request pads

Nicolas Dufresne nicolas at ndufresne.ca
Fri Jun 18 19:40:15 CEST 2021


Le samedi 12 juin 2021 à 13:52 +0530, Vedant Paranjape a écrit :
> Using request pads needs virtual functions to create new request pads and
> release the allocated pads. Added way to generate unique stream_id in
> gst_libcamera_src_task_enter(). It failed to execute when more than one
> pad was added.
> 
> This patch defines the functions gst_libcamera_src_request_new_pad() and
> gst_libcamera_src_release_pad() which handle, creating and releasing
> request pads. Also assigns these functions to their callback
> handlers in GstLibcameraSrcClass.
> 
> gst_pad_create_stream_id() failed as this gstreamer element has more than 2
> source pads, and a nullptr was passed to it's stream_id argument.
> This function fails to auto generate a stream id for scenario of more
> than one source pad present.
> 
> Used a gint which increments everytime new stream_id is requested and
> group_id to generate an unique stream_id by appending them togther as
> %i%i.
> 
> This doesn't enable request pad support in gstreamer element. This is
> one of the series of changes needed to make it work.

I would suggest to rework the commit message, and focus on what feature this
adds and how to use it.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Vedant Paranjape <vedantparanjape160201 at gmail.com>

The code looks fine, I'll let you send the final one before adding by R-b. Note
that when importing this patch:

.git/rebase-apply/patch:58: trailing whitespace.
		return NULL;		
.git/rebase-apply/patch:60: trailing whitespace.
	
.git/rebase-apply/patch:68: trailing whitespace.
	
.git/rebase-apply/patch:85: trailing whitespace.
}	

And also, running checkstyle.py shows some more issues:


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0e4fbbad9ffaed512593848212facffed0f4620f gstreamer: Added virtual functions needed to support request pads
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
+++ src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
@@ -642,9 +641,9 @@
 	self->state = state;
 }
 
-static GstPad*
+static GstPad *
 gst_libcamera_src_request_new_pad(GstElement *element, GstPadTemplate *templ,
-					const gchar *name, [[maybe_unused]] const GstCaps *caps)
+				  const gchar *name, [[maybe_unused]] const GstCaps *caps)
 {
 	GstLibcameraSrc *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_SRC(element);
 	g_autoptr(GstPad) pad = NULL;
@@ -654,44 +653,40 @@
 	pad = gst_pad_new_from_template(templ, name);
 	g_object_ref_sink(pad);
 
-	if (gst_element_add_pad(element, pad))
+	if (gst_element_add_pad(element, pad)) {
+		GLibLocker lock(GST_OBJECT(self));
+		self->state->srcpads_.push_back(reinterpret_cast<GstPad *>(g_object_ref(pad)));
+	} else {
+		GST_ELEMENT_ERROR(element, STREAM, FAILED,
+				  ("Internal data stream error."),
+				  ("Could not add pad to element"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return reinterpret_cast<GstPad *>(g_steal_pointer(&pad));
+}
+
+static void
+gst_libcamera_src_release_pad(GstElement *element, GstPad *pad)
+{
+	GstLibcameraSrc *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_SRC(element);
+
+	GST_DEBUG_OBJECT(self, "Pad %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " being released", pad);
+
 	{
 		GLibLocker lock(GST_OBJECT(self));
-		self->state->srcpads_.push_back(reinterpret_cast<GstPad*>(g_object_ref(pad)));
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (element, STREAM, FAILED,
-					("Internal data stream error."),
-					("Could not add pad to element"));
-		return NULL;		
-	}
-	
-	return reinterpret_cast<GstPad*>(g_steal_pointer(&pad));
-}
-
-static void
-gst_libcamera_src_release_pad(GstElement *element, GstPad *pad)
-{
-	GstLibcameraSrc *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_SRC(element);
-	
-	GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "Pad %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " being released", pad);
-
-	{
-		GLibLocker lock(GST_OBJECT(self));
-		std::vector<GstPad*> &pads = self->state->srcpads_;
+		std::vector<GstPad *> &pads = self->state->srcpads_;
 		auto begin_iterator = pads.begin();
 		auto end_iterator = pads.end();
 		auto pad_iterator = std::find(begin_iterator, end_iterator, pad);
 
-		if (pad_iterator != end_iterator)
-		{
+		if (pad_iterator != end_iterator) {
 			g_object_unref(*pad_iterator);
 			pads.erase(pad_iterator);
 		}
 	}
 	gst_element_remove_pad(element, pad);
-}	
+}
 
 static void
 gst_libcamera_src_class_init(GstLibcameraSrcClass *klass)
---
2 potential issues detected, please review


> ---
> In _request_new_pad and _release_pad, a GLibLock is taken on
> self->state. But since self->state is a C++ object,
> GST_OBJECT(self->state) fails and returns null, so GLibLocker throws a
> warning "invalid cast from '(null)' to 'GstObject'. This means that it
> actually fails to get lock the resource that needs to be protected,
> i.e., the srcpads_ vector.
> 
> The following changes were tested using the following test code: https://pastebin.com/gNDF1cyG
> 
>  src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
> index ccc61590..1614971d 100644
> --- a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
> +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
> @@ -361,10 +361,12 @@ gst_libcamera_src_task_enter(GstTask *task, [[maybe_unused]] GThread *thread,
>  	GST_DEBUG_OBJECT(self, "Streaming thread has started");
>  
>  	guint group_id = gst_util_group_id_next();
> +	gint stream_id_num = 0;
>  	StreamRoles roles;
>  	for (GstPad *srcpad : state->srcpads_) {
>  		/* Create stream-id and push stream-start. */
> -		g_autofree gchar *stream_id = gst_pad_create_stream_id(srcpad, GST_ELEMENT(self), nullptr);
> +		g_autofree gchar *stream_id_intermediate = g_strdup_printf("%i%i", group_id, stream_id_num++);
> +		g_autofree gchar *stream_id = gst_pad_create_stream_id(srcpad, GST_ELEMENT(self), stream_id_intermediate);
>  		GstEvent *event = gst_event_new_stream_start(stream_id);
>  		gst_event_set_group_id(event, group_id);
>  		gst_pad_push_event(srcpad, event);
> @@ -640,6 +642,57 @@ gst_libcamera_src_init(GstLibcameraSrc *self)
>  	self->state = state;
>  }
>  
> +static GstPad*
> +gst_libcamera_src_request_new_pad(GstElement *element, GstPadTemplate *templ,
> +					const gchar *name, [[maybe_unused]] const GstCaps *caps)
> +{
> +	GstLibcameraSrc *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_SRC(element);
> +	g_autoptr(GstPad) pad = NULL;
> +
> +	GST_DEBUG_OBJECT(self, "new request pad created");
> +
> +	pad = gst_pad_new_from_template(templ, name);
> +	g_object_ref_sink(pad);
> +
> +	if (gst_element_add_pad(element, pad))
> +	{
> +		GLibLocker lock(GST_OBJECT(self));
> +		self->state->srcpads_.push_back(reinterpret_cast<GstPad*>(g_object_ref(pad)));
> +	}
> +	else
> +	{
> +		GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (element, STREAM, FAILED,
> +					("Internal data stream error."),
> +					("Could not add pad to element"));
> +		return NULL;		
> +	}
> +	
> +	return reinterpret_cast<GstPad*>(g_steal_pointer(&pad));
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +gst_libcamera_src_release_pad(GstElement *element, GstPad *pad)
> +{
> +	GstLibcameraSrc *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_SRC(element);
> +	
> +	GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "Pad %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " being released", pad);
> +
> +	{
> +		GLibLocker lock(GST_OBJECT(self));
> +		std::vector<GstPad*> &pads = self->state->srcpads_;
> +		auto begin_iterator = pads.begin();
> +		auto end_iterator = pads.end();
> +		auto pad_iterator = std::find(begin_iterator, end_iterator, pad);
> +
> +		if (pad_iterator != end_iterator)
> +		{
> +			g_object_unref(*pad_iterator);
> +			pads.erase(pad_iterator);
> +		}
> +	}
> +	gst_element_remove_pad(element, pad);
> +}	
> +
>  static void
>  gst_libcamera_src_class_init(GstLibcameraSrcClass *klass)
>  {
> @@ -650,6 +703,8 @@ gst_libcamera_src_class_init(GstLibcameraSrcClass *klass)
>  	object_class->get_property = gst_libcamera_src_get_property;
>  	object_class->finalize = gst_libcamera_src_finalize;
>  
> +	element_class->request_new_pad = gst_libcamera_src_request_new_pad;
> +	element_class->release_pad = gst_libcamera_src_release_pad;
>  	element_class->change_state = gst_libcamera_src_change_state;
>  
>  	gst_element_class_set_metadata(element_class,




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