[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v2 1/7] ipa: Move core IPA interface documentation to a .cpp file

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Fri May 21 11:27:10 CEST 2021


Hi Kieran,

On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 10:19:59AM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> On 21/05/2021 10:15, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 10:10:41AM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> >> On 20/05/2021 04:14, paul.elder at ideasonboard.com wrote:
> >>> On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 08:26:02AM +0530, Umang Jain wrote:
> >>>> On 5/20/21 7:58 AM, paul.elder at ideasonboard.com wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 06:55:11PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> >>>>>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:11:53PM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> >>>>>>> On 19/05/2021 11:19, Umang Jain wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Moving the core.mojom documentation to its corresponding .cpp file
> >>>>>>>> (core_ipa_interface.cpp). This will allow Doxygen to generate the
> >>>>>>>> documentation for IPABuffer, IPASettings and IPAStream structures.
> >>>>>>>> Since the .mojom files are placed in include/ directory, the .cpp file
> >>>>>>>> will live in $sourcedir/src/libcamera/ipa/ - which can also contain
> >>>>>>>> documentation for other mojom generated IPA interfaces in subsequent
> >>>>>>>> commit.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Also, fix the Doxygen warning for the above IPA structs regarding their
> >>>>>>>> constructors not being documented.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain at ideasonboard.com>
> >>>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>>>   Documentation/Doxyfile.in                |   8 +-
> >>>>>>>>   Documentation/meson.build                |   1 +
> >>>>>>>>   include/libcamera/ipa/core.mojom         |  72 ----------------
> >>>>>>>>   src/libcamera/ipa/core_ipa_interface.cpp | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>>>>>   src/libcamera/ipa/meson.build            |   5 ++
> >>>>>>>>   src/libcamera/meson.build                |   1 +
> >>>>>>>>   6 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
> >>>>>>>>   create mode 100644 src/libcamera/ipa/core_ipa_interface.cpp
> >>>>>>>>   create mode 100644 src/libcamera/ipa/meson.build
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/Doxyfile.in b/Documentation/Doxyfile.in
> >>>>>>>> index af006724..f4d578fa 100644
> >>>>>>>> --- a/Documentation/Doxyfile.in
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/Doxyfile.in
> >>>>>>>> @@ -844,7 +844,6 @@ EXCLUDE                = @TOP_SRCDIR@/include/libcamera/span.h \
> >>>>>>>>   			 @TOP_SRCDIR@/src/libcamera/pipeline/ \
> >>>>>>>>   			 @TOP_SRCDIR@/src/libcamera/tracepoints.cpp \
> >>>>>>>>   			 @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/internal/tracepoints.h \
> >>>>>>>> -			 @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/ \
> >>>>>>>>   			 @TOP_BUILDDIR@/src/libcamera/proxy/
> >>>>>>>>   # The EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS tag can be used to select whether or not files or
> >>>>>>>> @@ -861,7 +860,12 @@ EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS       = NO
> >>>>>>>>   # Note that the wildcards are matched against the file with absolute path, so to
> >>>>>>>>   # exclude all test directories for example use the pattern */test/*
> >>>>>>>> -EXCLUDE_PATTERNS       =
> >>>>>>>> +EXCLUDE_PATTERNS       = @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/*_serializer.h \
> >>>>>>>> +                         @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/*_proxy.h \
> >>>>>>>> +                         @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/raspberrypi_*.h \
> >>>>>>>> +                         @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/vimc_*.h \
> >>>>>>>> +                         @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/rkisp1_*.h \
> >>>>>>>> +                         @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/ipu3_*.h \
> >>>>>>> I was going to suggest that perhaps this should be
> >>>>>>> 	@TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/*_interface.h ?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> But that would exclude the core_ipa_interface.h too, which I presume we
> >>>>>>> need to include for Doxygen to map the documentation to.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I wonder if there's a way to include only the files we need under
> >>>>>>> include/libcamera/ipa if that list is smaller, rather than trying to
> >>>>>>> exclude lots of combinations which would need to be updated with every
> >>>>>>> new platform supported.
> >>>>>> I'd rather go for a method that would scale indeed :-) One option is to
> >>>>>> modify the naming scheme of generated files to be able to match them by
> >>>>>> pattern more easily.
> >>>>> {raspberrypi,vimc,rkisp1,ipu3}_ipa_interface.h should all be documented
> >>>>> anyway, so we could add their documentation (in
> >>>>> {raspberrypi,vimc,rkisp1,ipu3}_ipa_interface.cpp) first, and then enable
> >>>>> it in doxygen and meson.
> >>>> Yes, documenting all those IPA modules first might be ideal but not sure if
> >>>> may happen all at once. The way I saw, how would this work would be
> >>>> addressed is, document one of the modules & exclude it from the
> >>>> EXCLUDE_PATTERNS for it's generation.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Then the exclude pattern would just be the first two lines.
> >>>> When all modules are documented we will have this state of exclude pattern
> >>>> again. For new IPA (in-tree) modules appearing meanwhile, I think we should
> >>>> only merge them, if they are documented as per the [2/7] precedence.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also want to mention that we can file it as a task and thing it's a good
> >>>> first-comers task to work on.
> >>>
> >>> Ah, I see, remove them from the exclude patterns as they're added. Yeah
> >>> that would be a good first-comer task too.
> >>>
> >>> In that case I think a todo comment (either here or in each mojom file?
> >>> in the mojo file it won't be picked up by doxygen though... what about
> >>> in dummy interface cpp files?) would be useful.
> >>
> >> I'm curious - do we have faults if we don't exclude these now?
> >> What is needed to be able to simply remove these platform specifics as
> >> they are?
> >>
> >> Presumably it would introduce some doxygen warnings?
> >>
> >> If that's what would happen - I would actually prefer to remove the
> >> lines - and have the doxygen warnigns printed - providing clear
> >> motivation to get them fixed as soon as possible (rather even than a todo)
> >>
> >> Doxygen warnings aren't fatal - but they are annoying, and that annoying
> >> would help drive getting it fixed.
> > 
> > We currently build the documentation without warnings, so I'd consider
> > any warning as a regression that would need to be fixed with the highest
> > priority, as any other build breakage.
> 
> That's sort of my point - the question is ... can we knowingly introduce
> those warnings, or should we paper over them by excluding the files
> until the documentation is moved over as is done in this patch.

Same answer as for knowingly introducing any other build breakage :-) If
it has to be fixed with the highest priority, it can as well be done as
part of the series.

> If we remove the lines:
>                @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/raspberrypi_*.h \
>                @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/vimc_*.h \
>                @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/rkisp1_*.h \
>                @TOP_BUILDDIR@/include/libcamera/ipa/ipu3_*.h \
> 
> from above, I think what will happen is some warnings will be
> introduced, which will mean we must then handle the documentation for
> RPi/Vimc/RKISP/IPU3 as a priority.
> 
> Either way, as long as it all gets done is what matters.
> 
> >> Anyway, With a solution chosen..., for getting this into the .cpp file
> >> now to progress this series...
> >>
> >> Acked-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>
> >>
> >>>>>>>>   # The EXCLUDE_SYMBOLS tag can be used to specify one or more symbol names
> >>>>>>>>   # (namespaces, classes, functions, etc.) that should be excluded from the
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/meson.build b/Documentation/meson.build
> >>>>>>>> index c8521574..9ecf4dfc 100644
> >>>>>>>> --- a/Documentation/meson.build
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/meson.build
> >>>>>>>> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ if doxygen.found() and dot.found()
> >>>>>>>>                         doxyfile,
> >>>>>>>>                         libcamera_internal_headers,
> >>>>>>>>                         libcamera_ipa_headers,
> >>>>>>>> +                      libcamera_ipa_interfaces,
> >>>>>>>>                         libcamera_public_headers,
> >>>>>>>>                         libcamera_sources,
> >>>>>>>>                         libipa_headers,
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/include/libcamera/ipa/core.mojom b/include/libcamera/ipa/core.mojom
> >>>>>>>> index 6caaa63e..e49815d8 100644
> >>>>>>>> --- a/include/libcamera/ipa/core.mojom
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/include/libcamera/ipa/core.mojom
> >>>>>>>> @@ -94,88 +94,16 @@ module libcamera;
> >>>>>>>>   	uint32 maxFrameLength;
> >>>>>>>>   };
> >>>>>>>> -/**
> >>>>>>>> - * \struct IPABuffer
> >>>>>>>> - * \brief Buffer information for the IPA interface
> >>>>>>>> - *
> >>>>>>>> - * The IPABuffer structure associates buffer memory with a unique ID. It is
> >>>>>>>> - * used to map buffers to the IPA with IPAInterface::mapBuffers(), after which
> >>>>>>>> - * buffers will be identified by their ID in the IPA interface.
> >>>>>>>> - */
> >>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>> -/**
> >>>>>>>> - * \var IPABuffer::id
> >>>>>>>> - * \brief The buffer unique ID
> >>>>>>>> - *
> >>>>>>>> - * Buffers mapped to the IPA are identified by numerical unique IDs. The IDs
> >>>>>>>> - * are chosen by the pipeline handler to fulfil the following constraints:
> >>>>>>>> - *
> >>>>>>>> - * - IDs shall be positive integers different than zero
> >>>>>>>> - * - IDs shall be unique among all mapped buffers
> >>>>>>>> - *
> >>>>>>>> - * When buffers are unmapped with IPAInterface::unmapBuffers() their IDs are
> >>>>>>>> - * freed and may be reused for new buffer mappings.
> >>>>>>>> - */
> >>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>> -/**
> >>>>>>>> - * \var IPABuffer::planes
> >>>>>>>> - * \brief The buffer planes description
> >>>>>>>> - *
> >>>>>>>> - * Stores the dmabuf handle and length for each plane of the buffer.
> >>>>>>>> - */
> >>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>>   struct IPABuffer {
> >>>>>>>>   	uint32 id;
> >>>>>>>>   	[hasFd] array<FrameBuffer.Plane> planes;
> >>>>>>>>   };
> >>>>>>>> -/**
> >>>>>>>> - * \struct IPASettings
> >>>>>>>> - * \brief IPA interface initialization settings
> >>>>>>>> - *
> >>>>>>>> - * The IPASettings structure stores data passed to the IPAInterface::init()
> >>>>>>>> - * function. The data contains settings that don't depend on a particular camera
> >>>>>>>> - * or pipeline configuration and are valid for the whole life time of the IPA
> >>>>>>>> - * interface.
> >>>>>>>> - */
> >>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>> -/**
> >>>>>>>> - * \var IPASettings::configurationFile
> >>>>>>>> - * \brief The name of the IPA configuration file
> >>>>>>>> - *
> >>>>>>>> - * This field may be an empty string if the IPA doesn't require a configuration
> >>>>>>>> - * file.
> >>>>>>>> - */
> >>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>> - /**
> >>>>>>>> - * \var IPASettings::sensorModel
> >>>>>>>> - * \brief The sensor model name
> >>>>>>>> - *
> >>>>>>>> - * Provides the sensor model name to the IPA.
> >>>>>>>> - */
> >>>>>>>>   struct IPASettings {
> >>>>>>>>   	string configurationFile;
> >>>>>>>>   	string sensorModel;
> >>>>>>>>   };
> >>>>>>>> -/**
> >>>>>>>> - * \struct IPAStream
> >>>>>>>> - * \brief Stream configuration for the IPA interface
> >>>>>>>> - *
> >>>>>>>> - * The IPAStream structure stores stream configuration parameters needed by the
> >>>>>>>> - * IPAInterface::configure() method. It mirrors the StreamConfiguration class
> >>>>>>>> - * that is not suitable for this purpose due to not being serializable.
> >>>>>>>> - */
> >>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>> -/**
> >>>>>>>> - * \var IPAStream::pixelFormat
> >>>>>>>> - * \brief The stream pixel format
> >>>>>>>> - */
> >>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>> -/**
> >>>>>>>> - * \var IPAStream::size
> >>>>>>>> - * \brief The stream size in pixels
> >>>>>>>> - */
> >>>>>>>>   struct IPAStream {
> >>>>>>>>   	uint32 pixelFormat;
> >>>>>>>>   	Size size;
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/src/libcamera/ipa/core_ipa_interface.cpp b/src/libcamera/ipa/core_ipa_interface.cpp
> >>>>>>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>>>>>> index 00000000..fe1ecce6
> >>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/src/libcamera/ipa/core_ipa_interface.cpp
> >>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
> >>>>>>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
> >>>>>>>> +/*
> >>>>>>>> + * Copyright (C) 2021, Google Inc.
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * core_ipa_interface.cpp - Docs file for core.mojom generated header
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +namespace libcamera {
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \struct IPABuffer
> >>>>>>>> + * \brief Buffer information for the IPA interface
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * The IPABuffer structure associates buffer memory with a unique ID. It is
> >>>>>>>> + * used to map buffers to the IPA with IPAInterface::mapBuffers(), after which
> >>>>>>>> + * buffers will be identified by their ID in the IPA interface.
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \fn IPABuffer::IPABuffer(uint32_t id, const std::vector<FrameBuffer::Plane> &planes)
> >>>>>>>> + * \param[in] id
> >>>>>>>> + * \param[in] planes
> >>>>>>>> + * \sa id and planes
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \var IPABuffer::id
> >>>>>>>> + * \brief The buffer unique ID
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * Buffers mapped to the IPA are identified by numerical unique IDs. The IDs
> >>>>>>>> + * are chosen by the pipeline handler to fulfil the following constraints:
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * - IDs shall be positive integers different than zero
> >>>>>>>> + * - IDs shall be unique among all mapped buffers
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * When buffers are unmapped with IPAInterface::unmapBuffers() their IDs are
> >>>>>>>> + * freed and may be reused for new buffer mappings.
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \var IPABuffer::planes
> >>>>>>>> + * \brief The buffer planes description
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * Stores the dmabuf handle and length for each plane of the buffer.
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \struct IPASettings
> >>>>>>>> + * \brief IPA interface initialization settings
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * The IPASettings structure stores data passed to the IPAInterface::init()
> >>>>>>>> + * function. The data contains settings that don't depend on a particular camera
> >>>>>>>> + * or pipeline configuration and are valid for the whole life time of the IPA
> >>>>>>>> + * interface.
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \fn IPASettings::IPASettings(const std::string &configurationFile, const std::string &sensorModel)
> >>>>>>>> + * \param[in] configurationFile
> >>>>>>>> + * \param[in] sensorModel
> >>>>>>>> + * \sa configurationFile and sensorModel
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \var IPASettings::configurationFile
> >>>>>>>> + * \brief The name of the IPA configuration file
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * This field may be an empty string if the IPA doesn't require a configuration
> >>>>>>>> + * file.
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \var IPASettings::sensorModel
> >>>>>>>> + * \brief The sensor model name
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * Provides the sensor model name to the IPA.
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \struct IPAStream
> >>>>>>>> + * \brief Stream configuration for the IPA interface
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * The IPAStream structure stores stream configuration parameters needed by the
> >>>>>>>> + * IPAInterface::configure() method. It mirrors the StreamConfiguration class
> >>>>>>>> + * that is not suitable for this purpose due to not being serializable.
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \fn IPAStream::IPAStream(uint32_t pixelFormat, const Size &size)
> >>>>>>>> + * \param[in] pixelFormat
> >>>>>>>> + * \param[in] size
> >>>>>>>> + * \sa pixelFormat and size
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \var IPAStream::pixelFormat
> >>>>>>>> + * \brief The stream pixel format
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>>> + * \var IPAStream::size
> >>>>>>>> + * \brief The stream size in pixels
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +} /* namespace libcamera */
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/src/libcamera/ipa/meson.build b/src/libcamera/ipa/meson.build
> >>>>>>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>>>>>> index 00000000..0a16d197
> >>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/src/libcamera/ipa/meson.build
> >>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> >>>>>>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +libcamera_ipa_interfaces = files([
> >>>>>>>> +    'core_ipa_interface.cpp',
> >>>>>>>> +])
> >>>>>>> I'm sure someone will disagree with me, but I almost feel like this .cpp
> >>>>>>> file should get run through a compiler, and therefore just added to the
> >>>>>>> libcamera sources as normal (which I think would then already get picked
> >>>>>>> up by doxygen).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> That way the syntax of the file is maintained too, given that it is a
> >>>>>>> C++ file.
> >>>>>> What's the point if it only contains comments though ? Ideally we
> >>>>>> shouldn't have this .cpp file in the first place, it should be generated
> >>>>>> automatically, or the documentation comments should be added to the
> >>>>>> genearated headers by mojo. We can't do so now so we need this kind of
> >>>>>> hack, but I'd rather keep the scope of the hack as small as possible.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
> >>>>>>>> index 7bc59b84..61b5fe21 100644
> >>>>>>>> --- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
> >>>>>>>> @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ includes = [
> >>>>>>>>       libcamera_includes,
> >>>>>>>>   ]
> >>>>>>>> +subdir('ipa')
> >>>>>>>>   subdir('pipeline')
> >>>>>>>>   subdir('proxy')

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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