[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v2 10/12] android: Remove CameraWorker

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Sat Nov 27 00:13:10 CET 2021


Hi Jacopo,

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 01:25:29PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 09:00:00PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 12:13:11PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > > The CameraWorker class purpose was to handle acquire fences for incoming
> > > capture requests directed to libcamera.
> > >
> > > Now that fences are handled by the core library, it is not required to
> > > handle them in the HAL and the CameraWorker and CaptureRequest classes
> > > can be dropped.
> > >
> > > Update the core in CameraDevice class accordingly to queue Requests
> > > directly to the libcamera::Camera and set the release_fence to the
> > > value of the FrameBuffer::fence() for streams of type ::Direct.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo at jmondi.org>
> > > ---
> > >  src/android/camera_device.cpp  |  43 +++++------
> > >  src/android/camera_device.h    |   3 -
> > >  src/android/camera_request.cpp |   3 +-
> > >  src/android/camera_request.h   |   3 +-
> > >  src/android/camera_worker.cpp  | 129 ---------------------------------
> > >  src/android/camera_worker.h    |  72 ------------------
> > >  src/android/meson.build        |   1 -
> > >  7 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 230 deletions(-)
> > >  delete mode 100644 src/android/camera_worker.cpp
> > >  delete mode 100644 src/android/camera_worker.h
> > >
> > > diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.cpp b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
> > > index f2e0bdbdbbf6..29f0abd96ba9 100644
> > > --- a/src/android/camera_device.cpp
> > > +++ b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
> > > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
> > >
> > >  #include <libcamera/control_ids.h>
> > >  #include <libcamera/controls.h>
> > > +#include <libcamera/fence.h>
> > >  #include <libcamera/formats.h>
> > >  #include <libcamera/property_ids.h>
> > >
> > > @@ -406,7 +407,6 @@ void CameraDevice::flush()
> > >  		state_ = State::Flushing;
> > >  	}
> > >
> > > -	worker_.stop();
> > >  	camera_->stop();
> > >
> > >  	MutexLocker stateLock(stateMutex_);
> > > @@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ void CameraDevice::stop()
> > >  	if (state_ == State::Stopped)
> > >  		return;
> > >
> > > -	worker_.stop();
> > >  	camera_->stop();
> > >
> > >  	descriptors_ = {};
> > > @@ -912,13 +911,10 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
> > >
> > >  		/*
> > >  		 * Inspect the camera stream type, create buffers opportunely
> > > -		 * and add them to the Request if required. Only acquire fences
> > > -		 * for streams of type Direct are handled by the CameraWorker,
> > > -		 * while fences for streams of type Internal and Mapped are
> > > -		 * handled at post-processing time.
> > > +		 * and add them to the Request if required.
> > >  		 */
> > > +		FileDescriptor fenceFd;
> > >  		FrameBuffer *frameBuffer = nullptr;
> > > -		int acquireFence = -1;
> > >  		switch (cameraStream->type()) {
> > >  		case CameraStream::Type::Mapped:
> > >  			/*
> > > @@ -943,7 +939,7 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
> > >  						  cameraStream->configuration().pixelFormat,
> > >  						  cameraStream->configuration().size);
> > >  			frameBuffer = buffer.frameBuffer.get();
> > > -			acquireFence = buffer.fence;
> > > +			fenceFd = FileDescriptor(std::move(buffer.fence));
> 
> This also is a concern for me: the FileDescriptor that is passed to
> the Fence should be created by moving the file descriptor, in order
> not to duplicate it. There's no way I found to enforce that through
> the Fence API.

Going for a unique fd could fix that (assuming it would only have a
constructor that takes ownership of the int fd).

> > >  			LOG(HAL, Debug) << ss.str() << " (direct)";
> > >  			break;
> > >
> > > @@ -969,13 +965,14 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
> > >  			return -ENOMEM;
> > >  		}
> > >
> > > +		std::unique_ptr<Fence> fence = std::make_unique<Fence>(fenceFd);
> > >  		descriptor->request_->addBuffer(cameraStream->stream(),
> > > -						frameBuffer, acquireFence);
> > > +						frameBuffer, std::move(fence));
> >
> > 						frameBuffer,
> > 						std::make_unique<Fence>(fenceFd));
> >
> > could work too, up to you.
> 
> Better indeed, thanks
> 
> >
> > >  	}
> > >
> > >  	/*
> > >  	 * Translate controls from Android to libcamera and queue the request
> > > -	 * to the CameraWorker thread.
> > > +	 * to the camera.
> > >  	 */
> > >  	int ret = processControls(descriptor.get());
> > >  	if (ret)
> > > @@ -1001,26 +998,23 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
> > >  	}
> > >
> > >  	if (state_ == State::Stopped) {
> > > -		worker_.start();
> > > -
> > >  		ret = camera_->start();
> > >  		if (ret) {
> > >  			LOG(HAL, Error) << "Failed to start camera";
> > > -			worker_.stop();
> > >  			return ret;
> > >  		}
> > >
> > >  		state_ = State::Running;
> > >  	}
> > >
> > > -	CaptureRequest *request = descriptor->request_.get();
> > > +	Request *request = descriptor->request_.get();
> > >
> > >  	{
> > >  		MutexLocker descriptorsLock(descriptorsMutex_);
> > >  		descriptors_.push(std::move(descriptor));
> > >  	}
> > >
> > > -	worker_.queueRequest(request);
> > > +	camera_->queueRequest(request);
> > >
> > >  	return 0;
> > >  }
> > > @@ -1042,16 +1036,23 @@ void CameraDevice::requestComplete(Request *request)
> > >  		/*
> > >  		 * Streams of type Direct have been queued to the
> > >  		 * libcamera::Camera and their acquire fences have
> > > -		 * already been waited on by the CameraWorker.
> > > +		 * been handled by the library.
> > > +		 *
> > > +		 * If the fence has been signalled correctly it will be -1 and
> > > +		 * closed, otherwise it is set to the 'acquire_fence' value and
> > > +		 * the framework will have to close it.
> > >  		 *
> > >  		 * Acquire fences of streams of type Internal and Mapped
> > >  		 * will be handled during post-processing.
> > > -		 *
> > > -		 * \todo Instrument the CameraWorker to set the acquire
> > > -		 * fence to -1 once it has handled it and remove this check.
> > >  		 */
> > > -		if (stream->type() == CameraStream::Type::Direct)
> > > -			buffer.fence = -1;
> > > +		if (stream->type() == CameraStream::Type::Direct) {
> > > +			Fence *fence = buffer.frameBuffer->fence();
> > > +			if (!fence)
> > > +				break;
> >
> > Can this happen ? If not I'd ASSERT(), if it can we need better error
> > handling.
> 
> Yes it does. If the fence has correctly been signalled it has been
> reset by the core.
> 
> > > +
> > > +			FileDescriptor fenceFd = std::move(fence->fd());
> >
> > This won't work as you expect. fence is a Fence *, and Fence::fd()
> > returns a const FileDescriptor &. std::move() will thus return a const
> > FileDescriptor &&. FileDescriptor has no assignment operator=() that
> > takes a *const* rvalue reference, so the copy assignment operator will
> > be called, creating a copy of FileDescriptor.
> >
> > This in itself isn't a big issue, as copying a FileDescriptor won't
> > duplicate the underlying fd. The construct is however misleading, so I'd
> > drop the std::move.
> 
> Right, misleading indeed
> 
> > > +			buffer.fence = fenceFd.fd();
> >
> > This will also not work as expected, and it's a problem. The value
> > returned by fd() is valid, but only until the last FileDescriptor
> > instance referencing the same fd gets destroyed. Due to the copy above,
> > this happens when the FrameBuffer is destroyed (or added to a new
> > request for applications that reuse FrameBuffer instances, as you call
> > closeFence() in addRequest()). The fd you send back to the camera
> > service will thus not be valid.
> >
> > To fix this, I think we need
> >
> > - A FrameBuffer::resetFence() that returns a unique pointer to the
> >   fence, to make the lifetime of the fence deterministric when requests
> >   complete.
> >
> > - A way to extract the file descriptor from the fence without closing
> >   it. This requires a new function in the FileDescriptor class, which
> >   would be dangerous to call if there are multiple copies of the
> >   FileDescriptor. This is where a unique fd class could help.
> >
> >   We could also have a Fence::resetFileDescriptor() function to extract
> >   the FileDescriptor from the Fence object, but we can call the new
> >   function to extract the numerical fd from the FileDescriptor directly
> >   on Fence::fd(), which should I think be good enough.
> 
> Ouch.
> 
> Would something like this be better?
> 
> include/libcamera/file_descriptor.h
> 
>                         int fd() const { return fd_; }
> 
>         -       private:
>                         int fd_;
>                 };
> 
> 
> src/libcamera/file_descriptor.cpp
> 
>         int FileDescriptor::reset()
>         {
>                 int fd = fd_->fd();
> 
>                 fd_->fd_ = -1;
>                 fd_.reset();
> 
>                 return fd;
>         }

The FileDescriptor function should be called release() to match the
std::unique_ptr<> nomenclature.

> src/android/camera_device.cpp
> 
>         std::unique_ptr<Fence> fence =
>                 buffer.frameBuffer->resetFence();
>         if (!fence)
>                 break;
> 
>         buffer.fence = fence->fd().reset();

It would work, but I don't think it's a good idea I'm afraid.
FileDescriptor is analog to std::shared_ptr<>, and there's a reason why
shared_ptr has no release() function. Its behaviour would be ill-defined
when multiple instances of shared_ptr point to the same object.

To solve this, I think we'll need a std::unique_ptr<>-like wrapper for
file descriptors. If you don't beat me to it, I'll have a look at that
over the weekend, based on the ScopedFD class that Hiro has proposed a
while ago (possibly renamed to UniqueFD, or to something else, I'm not
sure yet).

> > > +		}
> > >  		buffer.status = Camera3RequestDescriptor::Status::Success;
> > >  	}
> > >
> > > diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.h b/src/android/camera_device.h
> > > index 2a414020f1ad..c8cc78688bec 100644
> > > --- a/src/android/camera_device.h
> > > +++ b/src/android/camera_device.h
> > > @@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
> > >  #include "camera_capabilities.h"
> > >  #include "camera_metadata.h"
> > >  #include "camera_stream.h"
> > > -#include "camera_worker.h"
> > >  #include "jpeg/encoder.h"
> > >
> > >  class Camera3RequestDescriptor;
> > > @@ -105,8 +104,6 @@ private:
> > >  	unsigned int id_;
> > >  	camera3_device_t camera3Device_;
> > >
> > > -	CameraWorker worker_;
> > > -
> > >  	libcamera::Mutex stateMutex_; /* Protects access to the camera state. */
> > >  	State state_;
> > >
> > > diff --git a/src/android/camera_request.cpp b/src/android/camera_request.cpp
> > > index 8162aa78e953..917769070cd9 100644
> > > --- a/src/android/camera_request.cpp
> > > +++ b/src/android/camera_request.cpp
> > > @@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ Camera3RequestDescriptor::Camera3RequestDescriptor(
> > >  	 * Create the CaptureRequest, stored as a unique_ptr<> to tie its
> > >  	 * lifetime to the descriptor.
> > >  	 */
> > > -	request_ = std::make_unique<CaptureRequest>(camera,
> > > -						    reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(this));
> > > +	request_ = camera->createRequest(reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(this));
> > >  }
> > >
> > >  Camera3RequestDescriptor::~Camera3RequestDescriptor() = default;
> > > diff --git a/src/android/camera_request.h b/src/android/camera_request.h
> > > index 8d1204e5590b..69e1fe9fc379 100644
> > > --- a/src/android/camera_request.h
> > > +++ b/src/android/camera_request.h
> > > @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
> > >  #include <hardware/camera3.h>
> > >
> > >  #include "camera_metadata.h"
> > > -#include "camera_worker.h"
> > >
> > >  class CameraBuffer;
> > >  class CameraStream;
> > > @@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ public:
> > >  	std::vector<StreamBuffer> buffers_;
> > >
> > >  	CameraMetadata settings_;
> > > -	std::unique_ptr<CaptureRequest> request_;
> > > +	std::unique_ptr<libcamera::Request> request_;
> > >  	std::unique_ptr<CameraMetadata> resultMetadata_;
> > >
> > >  	bool complete_ = false;
> > > diff --git a/src/android/camera_worker.cpp b/src/android/camera_worker.cpp
> > > deleted file mode 100644
> > > index dabb305407a2..000000000000
> > > --- a/src/android/camera_worker.cpp
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
> > > -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
> > > -/*
> > > - * Copyright (C) 2020, Google Inc.
> > > - *
> > > - * camera_worker.cpp - Process capture requests on behalf of the Camera HAL
> > > - */
> > > -
> > > -#include "camera_worker.h"
> > > -
> > > -#include <errno.h>
> > > -#include <string.h>
> > > -#include <sys/poll.h>
> > > -#include <unistd.h>
> > > -
> > > -#include "camera_device.h"
> > > -
> > > -using namespace libcamera;
> > > -
> > > -LOG_DECLARE_CATEGORY(HAL)
> > > -
> > > -/*
> > > - * \class CaptureRequest
> > > - * \brief Wrap a libcamera::Request associated with buffers and fences
> > > - *
> > > - * A CaptureRequest is constructed by the CameraDevice, filled with
> > > - * buffers and fences provided by the camera3 framework and then processed
> > > - * by the CameraWorker which queues it to the libcamera::Camera after handling
> > > - * fences.
> > > - */
> > > -CaptureRequest::CaptureRequest(Camera *camera, uint64_t cookie)
> > > -	: camera_(camera)
> > > -{
> > > -	request_ = camera_->createRequest(cookie);
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -void CaptureRequest::addBuffer(Stream *stream, FrameBuffer *buffer, int fence)
> > > -{
> > > -	request_->addBuffer(stream, buffer);
> > > -	acquireFences_.push_back(fence);
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -void CaptureRequest::queue()
> > > -{
> > > -	camera_->queueRequest(request_.get());
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -/*
> > > - * \class CameraWorker
> > > - * \brief Process a CaptureRequest on an internal thread
> > > - *
> > > - * The CameraWorker class wraps a Worker that runs on an internal thread
> > > - * and schedules processing of CaptureRequest through it.
> > > - */
> > > -CameraWorker::CameraWorker()
> > > -{
> > > -	worker_.moveToThread(this);
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -void CameraWorker::start()
> > > -{
> > > -	Thread::start();
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -void CameraWorker::stop()
> > > -{
> > > -	exit();
> > > -	wait();
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -void CameraWorker::run()
> > > -{
> > > -	exec();
> > > -	dispatchMessages(Message::Type::InvokeMessage);
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -void CameraWorker::queueRequest(CaptureRequest *request)
> > > -{
> > > -	/* Async process the request on the worker which runs its own thread. */
> > > -	worker_.invokeMethod(&Worker::processRequest, ConnectionTypeQueued,
> > > -			     request);
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -/*
> > > - * \class CameraWorker::Worker
> > > - * \brief Process a CaptureRequest handling acquisition fences
> > > - */
> > > -int CameraWorker::Worker::waitFence(int fence)
> > > -{
> > > -	/*
> > > -	 * \todo Better characterize the timeout. Currently equal to the one
> > > -	 * used by the Rockchip Camera HAL on ChromeOS.
> > > -	 */
> > > -	constexpr unsigned int timeoutMs = 300;
> > > -	struct pollfd fds = { fence, POLLIN, 0 };
> > > -
> > > -	do {
> > > -		int ret = poll(&fds, 1, timeoutMs);
> > > -		if (ret == 0)
> > > -			return -ETIME;
> > > -
> > > -		if (ret > 0) {
> > > -			if (fds.revents & (POLLERR | POLLNVAL))
> > > -				return -EINVAL;
> > > -
> > > -			return 0;
> > > -		}
> > > -	} while (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN);
> > > -
> > > -	return -errno;
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > -void CameraWorker::Worker::processRequest(CaptureRequest *request)
> > > -{
> > > -	/* Wait on all fences before queuing the Request. */
> > > -	for (int fence : request->fences()) {
> > > -		if (fence == -1)
> > > -			continue;
> > > -
> > > -		int ret = waitFence(fence);
> > > -		close(fence);
> > > -		if (ret < 0) {
> > > -			LOG(HAL, Error) << "Failed waiting for fence: "
> > > -					<< fence << ": " << strerror(-ret);
> > > -			return;
> > > -		}
> > > -	}
> > > -
> > > -	request->queue();
> > > -}
> > > diff --git a/src/android/camera_worker.h b/src/android/camera_worker.h
> > > deleted file mode 100644
> > > index c94f16325925..000000000000
> > > --- a/src/android/camera_worker.h
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
> > > -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
> > > -/*
> > > - * Copyright (C) 2020, Google Inc.
> > > - *
> > > - * camera_worker.h - Process capture requests on behalf of the Camera HAL
> > > - */
> > > -#ifndef __ANDROID_CAMERA_WORKER_H__
> > > -#define __ANDROID_CAMERA_WORKER_H__
> > > -
> > > -#include <memory>
> > > -#include <stdint.h>
> > > -
> > > -#include <libcamera/base/object.h>
> > > -#include <libcamera/base/thread.h>
> > > -
> > > -#include <libcamera/camera.h>
> > > -#include <libcamera/framebuffer.h>
> > > -#include <libcamera/request.h>
> > > -#include <libcamera/stream.h>
> > > -
> > > -class CameraDevice;
> > > -
> > > -class CaptureRequest
> > > -{
> > > -public:
> > > -	CaptureRequest(libcamera::Camera *camera, uint64_t cookie);
> > > -
> > > -	const std::vector<int> &fences() const { return acquireFences_; }
> > > -	libcamera::ControlList &controls() { return request_->controls(); }
> > > -	const libcamera::ControlList &metadata() const
> > > -	{
> > > -		return request_->metadata();
> > > -	}
> > > -	unsigned long cookie() const { return request_->cookie(); }
> > > -
> > > -	void addBuffer(libcamera::Stream *stream,
> > > -		       libcamera::FrameBuffer *buffer, int fence);
> > > -	void queue();
> > > -
> > > -private:
> > > -	libcamera::Camera *camera_;
> > > -	std::vector<int> acquireFences_;
> > > -	std::unique_ptr<libcamera::Request> request_;
> > > -};
> > > -
> > > -class CameraWorker : private libcamera::Thread
> > > -{
> > > -public:
> > > -	CameraWorker();
> > > -
> > > -	void start();
> > > -	void stop();
> > > -
> > > -	void queueRequest(CaptureRequest *request);
> > > -
> > > -protected:
> > > -	void run() override;
> > > -
> > > -private:
> > > -	class Worker : public libcamera::Object
> > > -	{
> > > -	public:
> > > -		void processRequest(CaptureRequest *request);
> > > -
> > > -	private:
> > > -		int waitFence(int fence);
> > > -	};
> > > -
> > > -	Worker worker_;
> > > -};
> > > -
> > > -#endif /* __ANDROID_CAMERA_WORKER_H__ */
> > > diff --git a/src/android/meson.build b/src/android/meson.build
> > > index 332b177ca805..75b4bf207085 100644
> > > --- a/src/android/meson.build
> > > +++ b/src/android/meson.build
> > > @@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ android_hal_sources = files([
> > >      'camera_ops.cpp',
> > >      'camera_request.cpp',
> > >      'camera_stream.cpp',
> > > -    'camera_worker.cpp',
> > >      'jpeg/encoder_libjpeg.cpp',
> > >      'jpeg/exif.cpp',
> > >      'jpeg/post_processor_jpeg.cpp',

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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