[PATCH v3 2/6] ipa: simple: softisp: Extend to pass metadata

Milan Zamazal mzamazal at redhat.com
Thu Jan 30 11:42:59 CET 2025


Hi Laurent,

thank you for review.

Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com> writes:

> Hi Milan,
>
> Thank you for the patch.
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 02:34:01PM +0100, Milan Zamazal wrote:
>> From: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>
>> 
>> Extend the Simple IPA IPC to support returning a metadata ControlList
>> when the process call has completed.
>> 
>> A new signal from the IPA is introduced to report the metadata,
>> similarly to what the hardware pipelines do.
>> 
>> Merge the metadata reported by the ISP into any completing request to
>> provide to the application.  Completion of a request is delayed until
>> this is done; this doesn't apply to canceled requests.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal at redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  .../internal/software_isp/software_isp.h      |  2 ++
>>  include/libcamera/ipa/soft.mojom              |  1 +
>>  src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp                |  7 +---
>>  src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp      | 35 +++++++++++++++----
>>  src/libcamera/software_isp/software_isp.cpp   | 11 ++++++
>>  5 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/software_isp/software_isp.h b/include/libcamera/internal/software_isp/software_isp.h
>> index d51b03fd..3d248aba 100644
>> --- a/include/libcamera/internal/software_isp/software_isp.h
>> +++ b/include/libcamera/internal/software_isp/software_isp.h
>> @@ -83,12 +83,14 @@ public:
>>  	Signal<FrameBuffer *> inputBufferReady;
>>  	Signal<FrameBuffer *> outputBufferReady;
>>  	Signal<uint32_t, uint32_t> ispStatsReady;
>> +	Signal<uint32_t, const ControlList &> metadataReady;
>>  	Signal<const ControlList &> setSensorControls;
>>  
>>  private:
>>  	void saveIspParams();
>>  	void setSensorCtrls(const ControlList &sensorControls);
>>  	void statsReady(uint32_t frame, uint32_t bufferId);
>> +	void saveMetadata(uint32_t frame, const ControlList &metadata);
>>  	void inputReady(FrameBuffer *input);
>>  	void outputReady(FrameBuffer *output);
>>  
>> diff --git a/include/libcamera/ipa/soft.mojom b/include/libcamera/ipa/soft.mojom
>> index d52e6f1a..934a6fd1 100644
>> --- a/include/libcamera/ipa/soft.mojom
>> +++ b/include/libcamera/ipa/soft.mojom
>> @@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ interface IPASoftInterface {
>>  interface IPASoftEventInterface {
>>  	setSensorControls(libcamera.ControlList sensorControls);
>>  	setIspParams();
>> +	metadataReady(uint32 frame, libcamera.ControlList metadata);
>>  };
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp b/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp
>> index b26e4e15..944c644e 100644
>> --- a/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp
>> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp
>> @@ -295,15 +295,10 @@ void IPASoftSimple::processStats(const uint32_t frame,
>>  	int32_t again = sensorControls.get(V4L2_CID_ANALOGUE_GAIN).get<int32_t>();
>>  	frameContext.sensor.gain = camHelper_ ? camHelper_->gain(again) : again;
>>  
>> -	/*
>> -	 * Software ISP currently does not produce any metadata. Use an empty
>> -	 * ControlList for now.
>> -	 *
>> -	 * \todo Implement proper metadata handling
>> -	 */
>>  	ControlList metadata(controls::controls);
>>  	for (auto const &algo : algorithms())
>>  		algo->process(context_, frame, frameContext, stats_, metadata);
>> +	metadataReady.emit(frame, metadata);
>>  
>>  	/* Sanity check */
>>  	if (!sensorControls.contains(V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE) ||
>> diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
>> index 123179b6..bb0ee23e 100644
>> --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
>> +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
>> @@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ class SimplePipelineHandler;
>>  struct SimpleFrameInfo {
>>  	uint32_t frame;
>>  	Request *request;
>> +	bool metadataProcessed;
>>  };
>>  
>>  class SimpleFrames
>> @@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ void SimpleFrames::create(Request *request)
>>  	ASSERT(inserted);
>>  	it->second.frame = frame;
>>  	it->second.request = request;
>> +	it->second.metadataProcessed = false;
>>  }
>>  
>>  void SimpleFrames::destroy(uint32_t frame)
>> @@ -357,11 +359,12 @@ private:
>>  	void tryPipeline(unsigned int code, const Size &size);
>>  	static std::vector<const MediaPad *> routedSourcePads(MediaPad *sink);
>>  
>> -	void completeRequest(Request *request);
>> +	void completeRequest(Request *request, bool checkCompleted);
>>  	void conversionInputDone(FrameBuffer *buffer);
>>  	void conversionOutputDone(FrameBuffer *buffer);
>>  
>>  	void ispStatsReady(uint32_t frame, uint32_t bufferId);
>> +	void metadataReady(uint32_t frame, const ControlList &metadata);
>>  	void setSensorControls(const ControlList &sensorControls);
>>  };
>>  
>> @@ -614,6 +617,7 @@ int SimpleCameraData::init()
>>  			});
>>  			swIsp_->outputBufferReady.connect(this, &SimpleCameraData::conversionOutputDone);
>>  			swIsp_->ispStatsReady.connect(this, &SimpleCameraData::ispStatsReady);
>> +			swIsp_->metadataReady.connect(this, &SimpleCameraData::metadataReady);
>>  			swIsp_->setSensorControls.connect(this, &SimpleCameraData::setSensorControls);
>>  		}
>>  	}
>> @@ -859,7 +863,7 @@ void SimpleCameraData::imageBufferReady(FrameBuffer *buffer)
>>  			/* No conversion, just complete the request. */
>>  			Request *request = buffer->request();
>>  			pipe->completeBuffer(request, buffer);
>> -			completeRequest(request);
>> +			completeRequest(request, false);
>>  			return;
>>  		}
>>  
>> @@ -877,7 +881,7 @@ void SimpleCameraData::imageBufferReady(FrameBuffer *buffer)
>>  		const RequestOutputs &outputs = conversionQueue_.front();
>>  		for (auto &[stream, buf] : outputs.outputs)
>>  			pipe->completeBuffer(outputs.request, buf);
>> -		completeRequest(outputs.request);
>> +		completeRequest(outputs.request, false);
>>  		conversionQueue_.pop();
>>  
>>  		return;
>> @@ -935,7 +939,7 @@ void SimpleCameraData::imageBufferReady(FrameBuffer *buffer)
>>  
>>  	/* Otherwise simply complete the request. */
>>  	pipe->completeBuffer(request, buffer);
>> -	completeRequest(request);
>> +	completeRequest(request, false);
>>  }
>>  
>>  void SimpleCameraData::clearIncompleteRequests()
>> @@ -946,11 +950,17 @@ void SimpleCameraData::clearIncompleteRequests()
>>  	}
>>  }
>>  
>> -void SimpleCameraData::completeRequest(Request *request)
>> +void SimpleCameraData::completeRequest(Request *request, bool checkCompleted)
>
> I would name the function tryCompleteRequest() to match the rkisp1
> pipeline handler.
>
> Why do you need a checkCompleted argument ? This seems fairly error
> prone. 

Probably just to save some lines.

> Can't you follow the same logic as rkisp1 ?

I'll split the function to two, tryCompleteRequest and completeRequest,
it should help.

> Note that we plan to completely refactor the request completion logic,
> but that will likely be done after this series gets merged.
>
>>  {
>> +	if (checkCompleted && request->hasPendingBuffers())
>> +		return;
>> +
>>  	SimpleFrameInfo *info = frameInfo_.find(request);
>> -	if (info)
>> +	if (info) {
>> +		if (checkCompleted && !info->metadataProcessed)
>> +			return;
>>  		frameInfo_.destroy(info->frame);
>> +	}
>>  	pipe()->completeRequest(request);
>>  }
>>  
>> @@ -967,7 +977,7 @@ void SimpleCameraData::conversionOutputDone(FrameBuffer *buffer)
>>  	/* Complete the buffer and the request. */
>>  	Request *request = buffer->request();
>>  	if (pipe->completeBuffer(request, buffer))
>> -		completeRequest(request);
>> +		completeRequest(request, true);
>>  }
>>  
>>  void SimpleCameraData::ispStatsReady(uint32_t frame, uint32_t bufferId)
>> @@ -976,6 +986,17 @@ void SimpleCameraData::ispStatsReady(uint32_t frame, uint32_t bufferId)
>>  			     delayedCtrls_->get(frame));
>>  }
>>  
>> +void SimpleCameraData::metadataReady(uint32_t frame, const ControlList &metadata)
>> +{
>> +	SimpleFrameInfo *info = frameInfo_.find(frame);
>> +	if (!info)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	info->request->metadata().merge(metadata);
>> +	info->metadataProcessed = true;
>> +	completeRequest(info->request, true);
>> +}
>> +
>>  void SimpleCameraData::setSensorControls(const ControlList &sensorControls)
>>  {
>>  	delayedCtrls_->push(sensorControls);
>> diff --git a/src/libcamera/software_isp/software_isp.cpp b/src/libcamera/software_isp/software_isp.cpp
>> index 2bea64d9..bd4c25cc 100644
>> --- a/src/libcamera/software_isp/software_isp.cpp
>> +++ b/src/libcamera/software_isp/software_isp.cpp
>> @@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(SoftwareIsp)
>>   * \brief A signal emitted when the statistics for IPA are ready
>>   */
>>  
>> +/**
>> + * \var SoftwareIsp::metadataReady
>> + * \brief A signal emitted when the metadata for IPA are ready
>> + */
>> +
>>  /**
>>   * \var SoftwareIsp::setSensorControls
>>   * \brief A signal emitted when the values to write to the sensor controls are
>> @@ -136,6 +141,7 @@ SoftwareIsp::SoftwareIsp(PipelineHandler *pipe, const CameraSensor *sensor,
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	ipa_->setIspParams.connect(this, &SoftwareIsp::saveIspParams);
>> +	ipa_->metadataReady.connect(this, &SoftwareIsp::saveMetadata);
>>  	ipa_->setSensorControls.connect(this, &SoftwareIsp::setSensorCtrls);
>>  
>>  	debayer_->moveToThread(&ispWorkerThread_);
>> @@ -357,6 +363,11 @@ void SoftwareIsp::statsReady(uint32_t frame, uint32_t bufferId)
>>  	ispStatsReady.emit(frame, bufferId);
>>  }
>>  
>> +void SoftwareIsp::saveMetadata(uint32_t frame, const ControlList &metadata)
>
> This function is a bit of a misnomer, as it doesn't save metadata.
>
> You could rename the function, or drop it and use a lambda when
> connecting the signal in the SoftwareIsp constructor.

OK, I'll use lambda to avoid naming issues. :-)

>> +{
>> +	metadataReady.emit(frame, metadata);
>> +}
>> +
>>  void SoftwareIsp::inputReady(FrameBuffer *input)
>>  {
>>  	inputBufferReady.emit(input);



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