[libcamera-devel] [PATCH] ipa: ipu3: Replace ipa::ipu3::algorithms::Ipu3AwbCell

Jean-Michel Hautbois jeanmichel.hautbois at ideasonboard.com
Thu Sep 2 18:08:00 CEST 2021


Hi Kieran,

On 02/09/2021 17:46, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> On 02/09/2021 14:29, Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
>> This patch was proposed in:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20210831185140.77400-1-jeanmichel.hautbois@ideasonboard.com/
> 
> That's not accurate, and it dives off to an external reference without
> explaining why. /This/ patch is not proposed for linux-media.
> 
> 
> Try to introduce your patches, and think about your commit message in
> distinct sections such as:
> 
>  - Describe the issue
>  - Describe any context
>  - Describe solution
> 
> 
>  - the issue
> """
> The intel-ipu3.h public interface from the kernel does not define how to
> parse the statistics for a cell. This had to be identified by a process
> of reverse engineering, and later identifying the structures from
> https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/arc-camera/+/refs/heads/master/hal/intel/include/ia_imaging/awb_public.h
> leading to our custom definition of struct Ipu3AwbCell.
> 
> """
> 
> 
>  - context
> """
> To improve the kernel interface, a proposal has been made to the
> linux-kernel [0] to incorporate the memory layout for each cell into the
> intel-ipu3 header directly.
> 
> [0]
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20210831185140.77400-1-jeanmichel.hautbois@ideasonboard.com/
> """
> 
> 
>  - solution / What this patch does
> """
> Update our local copy of the intel-ipu3.h to match the proposal and
> change the AGC and AWB algorithms to reference that structure directly,
> allowing us to remove the deprecated custom Ipu3AwbCell definition.
> """
> 
> The only issue is that the proposal to linux-media has not yet been
> reviewed or approved/integrated, so until then this patch would cause us
> to diverge from the kernel version of the header and would require
> special attention.
> 
> That may not be an issue in this case, as we can track the progress
> upstream - but normally we would expect to keep our linux headers
> matching the kernel unmodified.
> 

Thanks a lot for this really better description, I sent a v2 with it.
I know we would normally keep the headers matching the kernel, but it
could take some time before we can do that, can we afford it ?

> 
> 
> 
>> It introduces the AWB metadata layout as a structure in the kernel
>> header, to make it clear for userspace applications. As intel-ipu3.h now
>> has a defined AWB layout, use that one instead of the
>> ipa::ipu3::algorithms::Ipu3AwbCell.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jean-Michel Hautbois <jeanmichel.hautbois at ideasonboard.com>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/intel-ipu3.h      | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>>  src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp |  7 +++---
>>  src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.cpp | 10 ++++-----
>>  src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.h   | 10 ---------
>>  4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/intel-ipu3.h b/include/linux/intel-ipu3.h
>> index ee0e6d0e..0633e04e 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/intel-ipu3.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/intel-ipu3.h
>> @@ -59,20 +59,40 @@ struct ipu3_uapi_grid_config {
>>  	__u16 y_end;
>>  } __attribute__((packed));
>>  
>> +/**
>> + * struct ipu3_uapi_awb_set_item - Memory layout for each cell in AWB
>> + *
>> + * @Gr_avg:	Green average for red lines in the cell.
>> + * @R_avg:	Red average in the cell.
>> + * @B_avg:	Blue average in the cell.
>> + * @Gb_avg:	Green average for blue lines in the cell.
>> + * @sat_ratio:  Saturation ratio in the cell.
>> + * @padding0:   Unused byte for padding.
>> + * @padding1:   Unused byte for padding.
>> + * @padding2:   Unused byte for padding.
>> + */
>> +struct ipu3_uapi_awb_set_item {
>> +	unsigned char Gr_avg;
>> +	unsigned char R_avg;
>> +	unsigned char B_avg;
>> +	unsigned char Gb_avg;
>> +	unsigned char sat_ratio;
>> +	unsigned char padding0;
>> +	unsigned char padding1;
>> +	unsigned char padding2;
>> +} __attribute__((packed));
>> +
>>  /*
>>   * The grid based data is divided into "slices" called set, each slice of setX
>>   * refers to ipu3_uapi_grid_config width * height_per_slice.
>>   */
>>  #define IPU3_UAPI_AWB_MAX_SETS				60
>> -/* Based on grid size 80 * 60 and cell size 16 x 16 */
>> -#define IPU3_UAPI_AWB_SET_SIZE				1280
>> -#define IPU3_UAPI_AWB_MD_ITEM_SIZE			8
>> -#define IPU3_UAPI_AWB_SPARE_FOR_BUBBLES \
>> -	(IPU3_UAPI_MAX_BUBBLE_SIZE * IPU3_UAPI_MAX_STRIPES * \
>> -	 IPU3_UAPI_AWB_MD_ITEM_SIZE)
>> +#define AWB_PUBLIC_NUM_OF_ITEMS_IN_SET			160
>> +/* Based on max grid height + Spare for bubbles */
>> +#define AWB_PUBLIC_NUM_OF_SETS_IN_BUFFER IPU3_UAPI_AWB_MAX_SETS + \
>> +	(IPU3_UAPI_MAX_BUBBLE_SIZE * IPU3_UAPI_MAX_STRIPES)
>>  #define IPU3_UAPI_AWB_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE \
>> -	(IPU3_UAPI_AWB_MAX_SETS * \
>> -	 (IPU3_UAPI_AWB_SET_SIZE + IPU3_UAPI_AWB_SPARE_FOR_BUBBLES))
>> +        AWB_PUBLIC_NUM_OF_SETS_IN_BUFFER * AWB_PUBLIC_NUM_OF_ITEMS_IN_SET
>>  
>>  
>>  /**
>> @@ -82,7 +102,7 @@ struct ipu3_uapi_grid_config {
>>   *		the average values for each color channel.
>>   */
>>  struct ipu3_uapi_awb_raw_buffer {
>> -	__u8 meta_data[IPU3_UAPI_AWB_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE]
>> +	struct ipu3_uapi_awb_set_item meta_data[IPU3_UAPI_AWB_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE]
>>  		__attribute__((aligned(32)));
>>  } __attribute__((packed));
>>  
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
>> index 5ff50f4a..36f648be 100644
>> --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
>> +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
>> @@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ void Agc::processBrightness(const ipu3_uapi_stats_3a *stats,
>>  			 * We observed a bit shift which makes the value 160 to be 32 in the stats grid.
>>  			 * Use the one passed at init time.
>>  			 */
>> -			if (stats->awb_raw_buffer.meta_data[i + 4 + j * grid.width] == 0) {
>> -				uint8_t Gr = stats->awb_raw_buffer.meta_data[i + 0 + j * grid.width];
>> -				uint8_t Gb = stats->awb_raw_buffer.meta_data[i + 3 + j * grid.width];
>> +			const ipu3_uapi_awb_set_item *currentCell = &stats->awb_raw_buffer.meta_data[i + 4 + j * grid.width];
>> +			if (currentCell->sat_ratio == 0) {
>> +				uint8_t Gr = currentCell->Gr_avg;
>> +				uint8_t Gb = currentCell->Gb_avg;
>>  				hist[(Gr + Gb) / 2]++;
>>  				count++;
>>  			}
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.cpp b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.cpp
>> index ea567f96..db0a22d3 100644
>> --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.cpp
>> +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.cpp
>> @@ -207,14 +207,14 @@ void Awb::generateAwbStats(const ipu3_uapi_stats_3a *stats,
>>  			cellPosition *= 8;
>>  
>>  			/* Cast the initial IPU3 structure to simplify the reading */
>> -			Ipu3AwbCell *currentCell = reinterpret_cast<Ipu3AwbCell *>(const_cast<uint8_t *>(&stats->awb_raw_buffer.meta_data[cellPosition]));
>> -			if (currentCell->satRatio == 0) {
>> +			const ipu3_uapi_awb_set_item *currentCell = &stats->awb_raw_buffer.meta_data[cellPosition];
>> +			if (currentCell->sat_ratio == 0) {
>>  				/* The cell is not saturated, use the current cell */
>>  				awbStats_[awbRegionPosition].counted++;
>> -				uint32_t greenValue = currentCell->greenRedAvg + currentCell->greenBlueAvg;
>> +				uint32_t greenValue = currentCell->Gr_avg + currentCell->Gb_avg;
>>  				awbStats_[awbRegionPosition].sum.green += greenValue / 2;
>> -				awbStats_[awbRegionPosition].sum.red += currentCell->redAvg;
>> -				awbStats_[awbRegionPosition].sum.blue += currentCell->blueAvg;
>> +				awbStats_[awbRegionPosition].sum.red += currentCell->R_avg;
>> +				awbStats_[awbRegionPosition].sum.blue += currentCell->B_avg;
>>  			}
>>  		}
>>  	}
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.h b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.h
>> index 23f3e872..a9320b4c 100644
>> --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.h
>> +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.h
>> @@ -23,16 +23,6 @@ namespace ipa::ipu3::algorithms {
>>  static constexpr uint32_t kAwbStatsSizeX = 16;
>>  static constexpr uint32_t kAwbStatsSizeY = 12;
>>  
>> -/* \todo Move the cell layout into intel-ipu3.h kernel header */
>> -struct Ipu3AwbCell {
>> -	unsigned char greenRedAvg;
>> -	unsigned char redAvg;
>> -	unsigned char blueAvg;
>> -	unsigned char greenBlueAvg;
>> -	unsigned char satRatio;
>> -	unsigned char padding[3];
>> -} __attribute__((packed));
>> -
>>  struct Accumulator {
>>  	unsigned int counted;
>>  	unsigned int total;
>>


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