[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v5 3/4] android: post_processor: Make post processing async

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Thu Oct 21 15:10:11 CEST 2021


Hi Umang,

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 01:07:50PM +0530, Umang Jain wrote:
> On 10/20/21 4:12 PM, Umang Jain wrote:
> > Introduce a dedicated worker class derived from libcamera::Thread.
> > The worker class maintains a queue for post-processing requests
> > and waits for a post-processing request to become available.
> > It will process them as per FIFO before de-queuing it from the
> > queue.
> >
> > To get access to the source and destination buffers in the worker
> > thread, we also need to save a pointer to them in the
> > Camera3RequestDescriptor.
> >
> > This patch also implements a flush() for the PostProcessorWorker
> > class which is responsible to purge post-processing requests
> > queued up while a camera is stopping/flushing. It is hooked with
> > CameraStream::flush(), which isn't used currently but will be
> > used when we handle flush/stop scnearios in greater detail
> > subsequently (in a different patchset).
> >
> > The libcamera request completion handler CameraDevice::requestComplete()
> > assumes that the request that has just completed is at the front of the
> > queue. Now that the post-processor runs asynchronously, this isn't true
> > anymore, a request being post-processed will stay in the queue and a new
> > libcamera request may complete. Remove that assumption, and use the
> > request cookie to obtain the Camera3RequestDescriptor.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain at ideasonboard.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
> > ---
> >   src/android/camera_device.cpp |  46 +++++----------
> >   src/android/camera_request.h  |   4 ++
> >   src/android/camera_stream.cpp | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> >   src/android/camera_stream.h   |  38 +++++++++++-
> >   4 files changed, 156 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.cpp b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
> > index 541c2c81..b14416ce 100644
> > --- a/src/android/camera_device.cpp
> > +++ b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
> > @@ -1020,29 +1020,8 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
> >   
> >   void CameraDevice::requestComplete(Request *request)
> >   {
> > -	Camera3RequestDescriptor *descriptor;
> > -	{
> > -		MutexLocker descriptorsLock(descriptorsMutex_);
> > -		ASSERT(!descriptors_.empty());
> > -		descriptor = descriptors_.front().get();
> > -	}
> > -
> > -	if (descriptor->request_->cookie() != request->cookie()) {
> > -		/*
> > -		 * \todo Clarify if the Camera has to be closed on
> > -		 * ERROR_DEVICE.
> > -		 */
> > -		LOG(HAL, Error)
> > -			<< "Out-of-order completion for request "
> > -			<< utils::hex(request->cookie());
> > -
> > -		MutexLocker descriptorsLock(descriptorsMutex_);
> > -		descriptors_.pop();
> > -
> > -		notifyError(0, nullptr, CAMERA3_MSG_ERROR_DEVICE);
> > -
> > -		return;
> > -	}
> > +	Camera3RequestDescriptor *descriptor =
> > +		reinterpret_cast<Camera3RequestDescriptor *>(request->cookie());
> >   
> >   	/*
> >   	 * Prepare the capture result for the Android camera stack.
> > @@ -1120,12 +1099,7 @@ void CameraDevice::requestComplete(Request *request)
> >   	bool needsPostProcessing = false;
> >   	Camera3RequestDescriptor::Status processingStatus =
> >   		Camera3RequestDescriptor::Status::Pending;
> > -	/*
> > -	 * \todo Apply streamsProcessMutex_ when post-processing is adapted to run
> > -	 * asynchronously. If we introduce the streamsProcessMutex_ right away, the
> > -	 * lock will be held forever since it is synchronous at this point
> > -	 * (see streamProcessingComplete).
> > -	 */
> > +
> >   	for (auto &buffer : descriptor->buffers_) {
> >   		CameraStream *stream = buffer.stream;
> >   
> > @@ -1145,7 +1119,13 @@ void CameraDevice::requestComplete(Request *request)
> >   			buffer.internalBuffer = src;
> >   
> >   		needsPostProcessing = true;
> > -		int ret = stream->process(*src, buffer, descriptor);
> > +
> > +		int ret;
> > +		{
> > +			MutexLocker locker(descriptor->streamsProcessMutex_);
> > +			ret = stream->process(*src, buffer, descriptor);
> > +		}
> > +
> >   		if (ret) {
> >   			setBufferStatus(stream, buffer, descriptor,
> >   					Camera3RequestDescriptor::Status::Error);
> > @@ -1156,6 +1136,12 @@ void CameraDevice::requestComplete(Request *request)
> >   	if (needsPostProcessing) {
> >   		if (processingStatus == Camera3RequestDescriptor::Status::Error) {
> >   			descriptor->status_ = processingStatus;
> > +			/*
> > +			 * \todo This is problematic when some streams are
> > +			 * queued successfully, but some fail to get queued.
> > +			 * We might end up with use-after-free situation for
> > +			 * descriptor in streamProcessingComplete().
> > +			 */
> >   			sendCaptureResults();
> >   		}
> >   
> > diff --git a/src/android/camera_request.h b/src/android/camera_request.h
> > index 3a2774e0..85274414 100644
> > --- a/src/android/camera_request.h
> > +++ b/src/android/camera_request.h
> > @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
> >   
> >   #include <hardware/camera3.h>
> >   
> > +#include "camera_buffer.h"
> >   #include "camera_metadata.h"
> >   #include "camera_worker.h"
> >   
> > @@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ public:
> >   		int fence;
> >   		Status status;
> >   		libcamera::FrameBuffer *internalBuffer = nullptr;
> > +		std::unique_ptr<CameraBuffer> destBuffer;
> > +		const libcamera::FrameBuffer *srcBuffer;
> > +		Camera3RequestDescriptor *request = nullptr;
> >   	};
> >   
> >   	Camera3RequestDescriptor(libcamera::Camera *camera,
> > diff --git a/src/android/camera_stream.cpp b/src/android/camera_stream.cpp
> > index b3cb06a2..a29ce33b 100644
> > --- a/src/android/camera_stream.cpp
> > +++ b/src/android/camera_stream.cpp
> > @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ int CameraStream::configure()
> >   		if (ret)
> >   			return ret;
> >   
> > +		worker_ = std::make_unique<PostProcessorWorker>(postProcessor_.get());
> >   		postProcessor_->processComplete.connect(
> >   			this, [&](Camera3RequestDescriptor *request, PostProcessor::Status status) {
> >   				Camera3RequestDescriptor::Status bufferStatus =
> > @@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ int CameraStream::configure()
> >   				cameraDevice_->streamProcessingComplete(this, request,
> >   									bufferStatus);
> >   			});
> > +		worker_->start();
> >   	}
> >   
> >   	if (type_ == Type::Internal) {
> > @@ -179,23 +181,31 @@ int CameraStream::process(const FrameBuffer &source,
> >   	if (!postProcessor_)
> >   		return 0;
> >   
> > -	/*
> > -	 * \todo Buffer mapping and processing should be moved to a
> > -	 * separate thread.
> > -	 */
> >   	const StreamConfiguration &output = configuration();
> > -	CameraBuffer destBuffer(*dest.camera3Buffer, output.pixelFormat,
> > -				output.size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE);
> > -	if (!destBuffer.isValid()) {
> > +	dest.destBuffer = std::make_unique<CameraBuffer>(
> > +		*dest.camera3Buffer, output.pixelFormat, output.size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE);
> > +	if (!dest.destBuffer->isValid()) {
> >   		LOG(HAL, Error) << "Failed to create destination buffer";
> >   		return -EINVAL;
> >   	}
> >   
> > -	postProcessor_->process(source, &destBuffer, request);
> > +	dest.srcBuffer = &source;
> > +	dest.request = request;
> > +
> > +	/* Push the postProcessor request to the worker queue. */
> > +	worker_->queueRequest(&dest);
> >   
> >   	return 0;
> >   }
> >   
> > +void CameraStream::flush()
> > +{
> > +	if (!postProcessor_)
> > +		return;
> > +
> > +	worker_->flush();
> > +}
> > +
> >   FrameBuffer *CameraStream::getBuffer()
> >   {
> >   	if (!allocator_)
> > @@ -223,3 +233,84 @@ void CameraStream::putBuffer(FrameBuffer *buffer)
> >   
> >   	buffers_.push_back(buffer);
> >   }
> > +
> > +CameraStream::PostProcessorWorker::PostProcessorWorker(PostProcessor *postProcessor)
> > +	: postProcessor_(postProcessor)
> > +{
> > +}
> > +
> > +CameraStream::PostProcessorWorker::~PostProcessorWorker()
> > +{
> > +	{
> > +		libcamera::MutexLocker lock(mutex_);
> > +		state_ = State::Stopped;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	cv_.notify_one();
> > +	wait();
> > +}
> > +
> > +void CameraStream::PostProcessorWorker::start()
> > +{
> > +	{
> > +		libcamera::MutexLocker lock(mutex_);
> > +		state_ = State::Running;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	Thread::start();
> > +}
> > +
> > +void CameraStream::PostProcessorWorker::queueRequest(Camera3RequestDescriptor::StreamBuffer *dest)
> > +{
> > +	{
> > +		MutexLocker lock(mutex_);
> > +		ASSERT(state_ == State::Running);
> > +		requests_.push(dest);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	cv_.notify_one();
> > +}
> > +
> > +void CameraStream::PostProcessorWorker::run()
> > +{
> > +	MutexLocker locker(mutex_);
> > +
> > +	while (1) {
> > +		cv_.wait(locker, [&] {
> > +			return state_ != State::Running || !requests_.empty();
> > +		});
> > +
> > +		if (state_ != State::Running)
> > +			break;
> > +
> > +		Camera3RequestDescriptor::StreamBuffer *stream = requests_.front();
> > +		requests_.pop();
> > +		locker.unlock();
> > +
> > +		postProcessor_->process(*stream->srcBuffer, stream->destBuffer.get(),
> > +					stream->request);
> 
> As I have received in reviews, processComplete should emit a 
> Camera3RequestDescriptor::StreamBuffer pointer, instead of having 
> emitted currently a pointer to Camera3RequestDescriptor
> 
> Now looking postProcessor_->process() call above, I think I should 
> further migrate its signature to:
> 
>      PostProcessor::process(Camera3RequestDescriptor::StreamBuffer *stream)
> 
> and all the three elements can be accessed from there.
> 
> Laurent, do you agree with the design decision?

Yes, that looks good to me. Maybe the variable could also be renamed to
streamBuffer here, to avoid confusing it with a stream.

> > +
> > +		locker.lock();
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	if (state_ == State::Flushing) {
> > +		while (!requests_.empty()) {
> > +			postProcessor_->processComplete.emit(
> > +				requests_.front()->request,
> > +				PostProcessor::Status::Error);
> > +			requests_.pop();
> > +		}
> > +
> > +		state_ = State::Stopped;
> > +		locker.unlock();
> > +	}
> > +}
> > +
> > +void CameraStream::PostProcessorWorker::flush()
> > +{
> > +	libcamera::MutexLocker lock(mutex_);
> > +	state_ = State::Flushing;
> > +	lock.unlock();
> > +
> > +	cv_.notify_one();
> > +}
> > diff --git a/src/android/camera_stream.h b/src/android/camera_stream.h
> > index f242336e..64e32c77 100644
> > --- a/src/android/camera_stream.h
> > +++ b/src/android/camera_stream.h
> > @@ -7,12 +7,16 @@
> >   #ifndef __ANDROID_CAMERA_STREAM_H__
> >   #define __ANDROID_CAMERA_STREAM_H__
> >   
> > +#include <condition_variable>
> >   #include <memory>
> >   #include <mutex>
> > +#include <queue>
> >   #include <vector>
> >   
> >   #include <hardware/camera3.h>
> >   
> > +#include <libcamera/base/thread.h>
> > +
> >   #include <libcamera/camera.h>
> >   #include <libcamera/framebuffer.h>
> >   #include <libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.h>
> > @@ -20,9 +24,9 @@
> >   #include <libcamera/pixel_format.h>
> >   
> >   #include "camera_request.h"
> > +#include "post_processor.h"
> >   
> >   class CameraDevice;
> > -class PostProcessor;
> >   
> >   class CameraStream
> >   {
> > @@ -126,8 +130,38 @@ public:
> >   		    Camera3RequestDescriptor *request);
> >   	libcamera::FrameBuffer *getBuffer();
> >   	void putBuffer(libcamera::FrameBuffer *buffer);
> > +	void flush();
> >   
> >   private:
> > +	class PostProcessorWorker : public libcamera::Thread
> > +	{
> > +	public:
> > +		enum class State {
> > +			Stopped,
> > +			Running,
> > +			Flushing,
> > +		};
> > +
> > +		PostProcessorWorker(PostProcessor *postProcessor);
> > +		~PostProcessorWorker();
> > +
> > +		void start();
> > +		void queueRequest(Camera3RequestDescriptor::StreamBuffer *request);
> > +		void flush();
> > +
> > +	protected:
> > +		void run() override;
> > +
> > +	private:
> > +		PostProcessor *postProcessor_;
> > +
> > +		libcamera::Mutex mutex_;
> > +		std::condition_variable cv_;
> > +
> > +		std::queue<Camera3RequestDescriptor::StreamBuffer *> requests_;
> > +		State state_;
> > +	};
> > +
> >   	int waitFence(int fence);
> >   
> >   	CameraDevice *const cameraDevice_;
> > @@ -144,6 +178,8 @@ private:
> >   	 */
> >   	std::unique_ptr<std::mutex> mutex_;
> >   	std::unique_ptr<PostProcessor> postProcessor_;
> > +
> > +	std::unique_ptr<PostProcessorWorker> worker_;
> >   };
> >   
> >   #endif /* __ANDROID_CAMERA_STREAM__ */

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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