[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v3 1/4] libcamera: utils: Add helper class for std::chrono::duration

Naushir Patuck naush at raspberrypi.com
Fri May 21 13:44:26 CEST 2021


Hi Kieran,

On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 12:14, Kieran Bingham <
kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com> wrote:

> Hi Naush, David,
>
> On 21/05/2021 11:53, Naushir Patuck wrote:
> > Hi David,
> >
> > Thank you for your feedback.
> >
> > On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 11:20, David Plowman
> > <david.plowman at raspberrypi.com <mailto:david.plowman at raspberrypi.com>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Naush
> >
> >     Thanks for the updated patch!
> >
> >     On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 09:05, Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com
> >     <mailto:naush at raspberrypi.com>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     > A new utils::Duration class is defined to represent a
> >     > std::chrono::duration type with double precision nanosecond
> timebase.
> >     > Using a double minimises the loss of precision when converting
> >     timebases.
> >     > This helper class may be used by IPAs to represent variables such
> >     as frame
> >     > durations and exposure times.
> >     >
> >     > An operator << overload is define to help with displaying
> >     > utils::Duration value in stream objects. Currently, this will
> display
> >     > the duration value in microseconds.
> >     >
> >     > Signed-off-by: Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com
> >     <mailto:naush at raspberrypi.com>>
> >     > ---
> >     >  include/libcamera/internal/utils.h | 42
> >     ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >     >  src/libcamera/utils.cpp            | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >     >  2 files changed, 78 insertions(+)
> >     >
> >     > diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/utils.h
> >     b/include/libcamera/internal/utils.h
> >     > index 83dada7cc16c..a377d4ea07ab 100644
> >     > --- a/include/libcamera/internal/utils.h
> >     > +++ b/include/libcamera/internal/utils.h
> >     > @@ -316,6 +316,48 @@ auto enumerate(T (&iterable)[N]) ->
> >     details::enumerate_adapter<T *>
> >     >  }
> >     >  #endif
> >     >
> >     > +using BaseDuration = std::chrono::duration<double, std::nano>;
> >     > +
> >     > +class Duration : public BaseDuration
> >     > +{
> >     > +public:
> >     > +       Duration() = default;
> >     > +
> >     > +       template<typename Rep, typename Period>
> >     > +       constexpr Duration(const std::chrono::duration<Rep,
> >     Period> &d)
> >     > +               : BaseDuration(d)
> >     > +       {
> >     > +       }
> >     > +
> >     > +       template<typename Period>
> >     > +       double get() const
> >     > +       {
> >     > +               auto const c =
> >     std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::duration<double,
> >     Period>>(*this);
> >     > +               return c.count();
> >     > +       }
> >     > +
> >     > +       explicit constexpr operator bool() const
> >     > +       {
> >     > +               return *this != BaseDuration::zero();
> >     > +       }
> >     > +};
> >     > +
> >     > +#ifndef __DOXYGEN__
> >     > +template<class CharT, class Traits>
> >     > +static inline std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>
> >     &operator<<(std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits> &os,
> >     > +                                                           const
> >     Duration &d)
> >     > +{
> >     > +       std::basic_ostringstream<CharT, Traits> s;
> >     > +
> >     > +       s.flags(os.flags());
> >     > +       s.imbue(os.getloc());
> >     > +       s.setf(std::ios_base::fixed, std::ios_base::floatfield);
> >     > +       s.precision(2);
> >     > +       s << d.get<std::micro>() << "us";
> >     > +       return os << s.str();
> >     > +}
> >     > +#endif
> >
> >     One small thing I wonder about is that many classes have a toString
> >     method. Do we want one here? It could even take an optional argument
> >     to allow you to format the output differently... but I think that's
> >     overkill and best left for now!
> >
> >
> > Did you mean that we should do something like:
> >
> > LOG(IPA, Debug) << "Exposure time is " << exposure.toString();
> >
> > over
> >
> > LOG(IPA, Debug) << "Exposure time is " << exposure;
> >
> > I chose the later way with the overload <<() operator as that is more
> > similar
> > to what C++20 will eventually allow with std::chrono::duration
> formatting.
> > What do others think?
>
> I think the main reason we've used toString() is so that we don't have
> to override operator<< outside of the libcamera namespace, so we've been
> more explicit with the toString().
>

> I don't mind the override or the explicit, but I think that's the
> reasoning.
>
> Would it be cleaner to implement a toString() which doesn't have to
> track the outputstream state, using a local stringstream perhaps and as
> that returns a string, the override operator<< can simply return that
> pre-prepared string?
>

I don't think it makes much of a difference in the implementation, as this
is exactly
what the operator<< overload does right now.  There is an awkwardness in
having
to remember to do a "using libcamera::utils::operator<<" in every source
file
that wants to use the overload.  Te toString() usage could eliminate that,
but then
it means typing more characters in your logging statement :-)

I do like the overload usage (apart from the using.. directive) in that it
sort of mirrors
what C++20 will allow.

Naush


>
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Naush
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     > +
> >     >  } /* namespace utils */
> >     >
> >     >  } /* namespace libcamera */
> >     > diff --git a/src/libcamera/utils.cpp b/src/libcamera/utils.cpp
> >     > index 826144d3c837..3131aa2d6666 100644
> >     > --- a/src/libcamera/utils.cpp
> >     > +++ b/src/libcamera/utils.cpp
> >     > @@ -506,6 +506,42 @@ std::string libcameraSourcePath()
> >     >   * loop, iterates over an indexed view of the \a iterable
> >     >   */
> >     >
> >     > +/**
> >     > + * \class Duration
> >     > + * \brief Helper for std::chrono::duration types. Derived from \a
> >     BaseDuration
> >     > + */
> >     > +
> >     > +/**
> >     > + * \fn Duration::Duration(const std::chrono::duration<Rep,
> >     Period> &d)
> >     > + * \brief Copy constructor from a \a std::chrono::duration type.
> >     > + * \param[in] d The std::chrono::duration object to convert from.
> >     > + *
> >     > + * Constructs a \a Duration object from a \a
> >     std::chrono::duration object,
> >     > + * converting the representation to \a BaseDuration type.
> >     > + */
> >     > +
> >     > +/**
> >     > + * \fn Duration::get<Period>()
> >     > + * \brief Retrieve the tick count, coverted to the timebase
> >     provided by the
> >
> >     s/coverted/converted/
> >
> >     With this tiny fix:
> >
> >     Reviewed-by: David Plowman <david.plowman at raspberrypi.com
> >     <mailto:david.plowman at raspberrypi.com>>
> >
> >     Thanks!
> >     David
> >
> >     > + * template argument Period of type \a std::ratio.
> >     > + *
> >     > + * A typical usage example is given below:
> >     > + *
> >     > + * \code{.cpp}
> >     > + * utils::Duration d = 5s;
> >     > + * double d_in_ms = d.get<std::milli>();
> >     > + * \endcode
> >     > + *
> >     > + * \return Tick count
> >     > + */
> >     > +
> >     > +/**
> >     > + * \fn Duration::operator bool()
> >     > + * \brief Boolean operator to test if a \a Duration holds a
> >     non-zero time value.
> >     > + *
> >     > + * \return True if \a Duration is a non-zero time value, False
> >     otherwise.
> >     > + */
> >     > +
> >     >  } /* namespace utils */
> >     >
> >     >  } /* namespace libcamera */
> >     > --
> >     > 2.25.1
> >     >
> >
>
> --
> Regards
> --
> Kieran
>
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