[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v3 4/4] pipeline: raspberrypi: Avoid invalid PixelFormat warning message

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Fri Nov 19 13:13:12 CET 2021


On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 02:12:55PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Naush,
> 
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 08:38:00AM +0000, Naushir Patuck wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 at 19:55, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 04:42:16PM +0000, Naushir Patuck wrote:
> > > > PixelFormatInfo::info() would log a warning message if the PixelFormat was
> > > > invalid when called from the isRaw() function. Add a validity test in isRaw()
> > > > to avoid this warning message.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp | 3 +++
> > > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> > > b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> > > > index 4f6c699a4379..ad526a8be6a2 100644
> > > > --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> > > > +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> > > > @@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ bool isRaw(const PixelFormat &pixFmt)
> > > >        * The isRaw test might be redundant right now the pipeline handler only
> > > >        * supports RAW sensors. Leave it in for now, just as a sanity check.
> > > >        */
> > > > +     if (!pixFmt.isValid())
> > > > +             return false;
> > > > +
> > >
> > > This will only catch some of the issues, as PixelFormat::isValid()
> > > returns false only when the fourcc is zero, while
> > > PixelFormatInfo::info() will warn for every unknown format.
> > >
> > > How did you trigger this issue ?
> > 
> > With the change in patch 3/4, we check if a raw stream is requested
> 
> I assume you meant in 2/4.
> 
> > and use the buffer count value to make up at least 2 internal buffers
> > for unicam.  If no RAW stream is present, the pixelformat is invalid
> > (fourcc == 0).
> > This is the bit of code that triggers it:
> > 
> > for (Stream *s : camera->streams()) {
> >     if (isRaw(s->configuration().pixelFormat)) {
> >         numRawBuffers = s->configuration().bufferCount;
> >         break;
> >     }
> > }
> 
> Ah yes, I had misread the code and thought this was looping over the
> configuration, not over the stream. It makes sense now.
> 
> I think there's one issue though. Camera::configure() stores the
> configuration of each stream in Stream::configuration_, which is
> accessible through Stream::configuration(), but it won't reset the
> configuration of other streams. If you configure the camera with a raw
> stream, and then reconfigure it with a YUV stream only, the above loop
> will find a raw stream.
> 
> This issue isn't introduced by your patch series, but I believe it
> affects it. Would you be able to test that ?

And for this patch,

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>

> > This change may not pick up all invalid formats where fourcc !=0, but should
> > be sufficient for this particular usage.
> > 
> > > >       const PixelFormatInfo &info = PixelFormatInfo::info(pixFmt);
> > > >       if (!info.isValid())
> > > >               return false;

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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