[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v3 3/5] libcamera: converter: make using MediaDevice optional for the Converter

Mattijs Korpershoek mkorpershoek at baylibre.com
Sat Sep 30 10:59:46 CEST 2023


Hi Andrey,

Thank you for the patch

On jeu., sept. 28, 2023 at 21:55, Andrey Konovalov <andrey.konovalov at linaro.org> wrote:

> Make Converter a bit more generic by making pointer to MediaDevice
> an optional argument for Converter::Converter(),
> ConverterFactoryBase::create(), ConverterFactoryBase::createInstance(),
> and ConverterFactory::createInstance() functions to prepare for
> adding support for coverters not backed by a media device.

nit: s/coverters/converters

>
> Instead of the MediaDevice driver name, use a generic string to match
> against the converter factory name and its compatibles list. For
> MediaDevice based converters this string will be the MediaDevice driver
> name as before.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andrey.konovalov at linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek at baylibre.com>

> ---
>  include/libcamera/internal/converter.h   |  9 +++---
>  src/libcamera/converter.cpp              | 40 +++++++++++++++---------
>  src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp | 39 ++++++++++++++++-------
>  3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/converter.h b/include/libcamera/internal/converter.h
> index 834ec5ab..d0c70296 100644
> --- a/include/libcamera/internal/converter.h
> +++ b/include/libcamera/internal/converter.h
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>  /*
>   * Copyright (C) 2020, Laurent Pinchart
>   * Copyright 2022 NXP
> + * Copyright 2023, Linaro Ltd
>   *
>   * converter.h - Generic format converter interface
>   */
> @@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ struct StreamConfiguration;
>  class Converter
>  {
>  public:
> -	Converter(MediaDevice *media);
> +	Converter(MediaDevice *media = nullptr);
>  	virtual ~Converter();
>  
>  	virtual int loadConfiguration(const std::string &filename) = 0;
> @@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ public:
>  
>  	const std::vector<std::string> &compatibles() const { return compatibles_; }
>  
> -	static std::unique_ptr<Converter> create(MediaDevice *media);
> +	static std::unique_ptr<Converter> create(std::string name, MediaDevice *media = nullptr);
>  	static std::vector<ConverterFactoryBase *> &factories();
>  	static std::vector<std::string> names();
>  
> @@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ private:
>  
>  	static void registerType(ConverterFactoryBase *factory);
>  
> -	virtual std::unique_ptr<Converter> createInstance(MediaDevice *media) const = 0;
> +	virtual std::unique_ptr<Converter> createInstance(MediaDevice *media = nullptr) const = 0;
>  
>  	std::string name_;
>  	std::vector<std::string> compatibles_;
> @@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ public:
>  	{
>  	}
>  
> -	std::unique_ptr<Converter> createInstance(MediaDevice *media) const override
> +	std::unique_ptr<Converter> createInstance(MediaDevice *media = nullptr) const override
>  	{
>  		return std::make_unique<_Converter>(media);
>  	}
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/converter.cpp b/src/libcamera/converter.cpp
> index aca4fbc7..fe073bf2 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/converter.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/converter.cpp
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>  /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
>  /*
>   * Copyright 2022 NXP
> + * Copyright 2023 Linaro Ltd
>   *
>   * converter.cpp - Generic format converter interface
>   */
> @@ -36,13 +37,16 @@ LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(Converter)
>  
>  /**
>   * \brief Construct a Converter instance
> - * \param[in] media The media device implementing the converter
> + * \param[in] media The media device implementing the converter (optional)
>   *
>   * This searches for the entity implementing the data streaming function in the
>   * media graph entities and use its device node as the converter device node.
>   */
>  Converter::Converter(MediaDevice *media)
>  {
> +	if (!media)
> +		return;
> +
>  	const std::vector<MediaEntity *> &entities = media->entities();
>  	auto it = std::find_if(entities.begin(), entities.end(),
>  			       [](MediaEntity *entity) {
> @@ -160,7 +164,8 @@ Converter::~Converter()
>  /**
>   * \fn Converter::deviceNode()
>   * \brief The converter device node attribute accessor
> - * \return The converter device node string
> + * \return The converter device node string. If there is no device node for
> + * the converter returns an empty string.
>   */
>  
>  /**
> @@ -201,32 +206,37 @@ ConverterFactoryBase::ConverterFactoryBase(const std::string name, std::initiali
>   */
>  
>  /**
> - * \brief Create an instance of the converter corresponding to the media device
> - * \param[in] media The media device to create the converter for
> + * \brief Create an instance of the converter corresponding to the converter
> + * name
> + * \param[in] name The name of the converter to create
> + * \param[in] media The media device to create the converter for (optional)
> + *
> + * The converter \a name must match the name of the converter factory, or one
> + * of its compatibles. For media device based converters the converter \a name
> + * is the media device driver name.
> + *
> + * \return A unique pointer to a new instance of the converter subclass.
> + * The converter is created by matching the factory name or any of its
> + * compatible aliases with the converter name.
>   *
> - * \return A unique pointer to a new instance of the converter subclass
> - * corresponding to the media device. The converter is created by matching
> - * the factory name or any of its compatible aliases with the media device
> - * driver name.
> - * If the media device driver name doesn't match anything a null pointer is
> - * returned.
> + * If the converter name doesn't match anything a null pointer is returned.
>   */
> -std::unique_ptr<Converter> ConverterFactoryBase::create(MediaDevice *media)
> +std::unique_ptr<Converter> ConverterFactoryBase::create(std::string name, MediaDevice *media)
>  {
>  	const std::vector<ConverterFactoryBase *> &factories =
>  		ConverterFactoryBase::factories();
>  
>  	for (const ConverterFactoryBase *factory : factories) {
>  		const std::vector<std::string> &compatibles = factory->compatibles();
> -		auto it = std::find(compatibles.begin(), compatibles.end(), media->driver());
> +		auto it = std::find(compatibles.begin(), compatibles.end(), name);
>  
> -		if (it == compatibles.end() && media->driver() != factory->name_)
> +		if (it == compatibles.end() && name != factory->name_)
>  			continue;
>  
>  		LOG(Converter, Debug)
>  			<< "Creating converter from "
>  			<< factory->name_ << " factory with "
> -			<< (it == compatibles.end() ? "no" : media->driver()) << " alias.";
> +			<< (it == compatibles.end() ? "no" : name) << " alias.";
>  
>  		std::unique_ptr<Converter> converter = factory->createInstance(media);
>  		if (converter->isValid())
> @@ -317,7 +327,7 @@ std::vector<ConverterFactoryBase *> &ConverterFactoryBase::factories()
>  /**
>   * \fn ConverterFactory::createInstance() const
>   * \brief Create an instance of the Converter corresponding to the factory
> - * \param[in] media Media device pointer
> + * \param[in] media Media device pointer (optional)
>   * \return A unique pointer to a newly constructed instance of the Converter
>   * subclass corresponding to the factory
>   */
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
> index 05ba76bc..c7da700b 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
> @@ -178,20 +178,26 @@ LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(SimplePipeline)
>  
>  class SimplePipelineHandler;
>  
> +enum class ConverterFlag {
> +	NoFlag = 0,
> +	MediaDevice = (1 << 0),
> +};
> +using ConverterFlags = Flags<ConverterFlag>;
> +
>  struct SimplePipelineInfo {
>  	const char *driver;
>  	/*
>  	 * Each converter in the list contains the name
>  	 * and the number of streams it supports.
>  	 */
> -	std::vector<std::pair<const char *, unsigned int>> converters;
> +	std::vector<std::tuple<ConverterFlags, const char *, unsigned int>> converters;
>  };
>  
>  namespace {
>  
>  static const SimplePipelineInfo supportedDevices[] = {
>  	{ "dcmipp", {} },
> -	{ "imx7-csi", { { "pxp", 1 } } },
> +	{ "imx7-csi", { { ConverterFlag::MediaDevice, "pxp", 1 } } },
>  	{ "j721e-csi2rx", {} },
>  	{ "mxc-isi", {} },
>  	{ "qcom-camss", {} },
> @@ -330,6 +336,7 @@ public:
>  
>  	V4L2VideoDevice *video(const MediaEntity *entity);
>  	V4L2Subdevice *subdev(const MediaEntity *entity);
> +	const char *converterName() { return converterName_; }
>  	MediaDevice *converter() { return converter_; }
>  
>  protected:
> @@ -358,6 +365,7 @@ private:
>  	MediaDevice *media_;
>  	std::map<const MediaEntity *, EntityData> entities_;
>  
> +	const char *converterName_;
>  	MediaDevice *converter_;
>  };
>  
> @@ -495,9 +503,10 @@ int SimpleCameraData::init()
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	/* Open the converter, if any. */
> -	MediaDevice *converter = pipe->converter();
> -	if (converter) {
> -		converter_ = ConverterFactoryBase::create(converter);
> +	const char *converterName = pipe->converterName();
> +	if (converterName) {
> +		LOG(SimplePipeline, Info) << "Creating converter '" << converterName << "'";
> +		converter_ = ConverterFactoryBase::create(std::string(converterName), pipe->converter());
>  		if (!converter_) {
>  			LOG(SimplePipeline, Warning)
>  				<< "Failed to create converter, disabling format conversion";
> @@ -1409,13 +1418,21 @@ bool SimplePipelineHandler::match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator)
>  	if (!media_)
>  		return false;
>  
> -	for (const auto &[name, streams] : info->converters) {
> -		DeviceMatch converterMatch(name);
> -		converter_ = acquireMediaDevice(enumerator, converterMatch);
> -		if (converter_) {
> -			numStreams = streams;
> -			break;
> +	for (const auto &[flags, name, streams] : info->converters) {
> +		if (flags & ConverterFlag::MediaDevice) {
> +			DeviceMatch converterMatch(name);
> +			converter_ = acquireMediaDevice(enumerator, converterMatch);
> +			if (!converter_) {
> +				LOG(SimplePipeline, Debug)
> +					<< "Failed to acquire converter media device '"
> +					<< name << "'";
> +				continue;
> +			}
>  		}
> +
> +		converterName_ = name;
> +		numStreams = streams;
> +		break;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Locate the sensors. */
> -- 
> 2.34.1


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