[RFC PATCH v1 7/8] libcamera: ipa_data_serializer: Add specialization for enums

Paul Elder paul.elder at ideasonboard.com
Thu May 15 15:39:35 CEST 2025


Quoting Barnabás Pőcze (2025-05-15 14:00:11)
> Instead of handling enums specially in the code generation templates,
> create a specialization of `IPADataSerializer` that handles enums.
> 
> To stay compatible, encode every enum as a `uint32_t`, and also
> static_assert that the given enum type is smaller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Barnabás Pőcze <barnabas.pocze at ideasonboard.com>
> ---
>  .../libcamera/internal/ipa_data_serializer.h  | 48 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  .../libcamera_templates/proxy_functions.tmpl  | 17 +------
>  .../libcamera_templates/serializer.tmpl       | 14 ------

That is a nice cleanup.

Reviewed-by: Paul Elder <paul.elder at ideasonboard.com>

>  3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_data_serializer.h b/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_data_serializer.h
> index b1fefba58..564f59e25 100644
> --- a/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_data_serializer.h
> +++ b/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_data_serializer.h
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ T readPOD(std::vector<uint8_t> &vec, size_t pos)
>  
>  } /* namespace */
>  
> -template<typename T>
> +template<typename T, typename = void>
>  class IPADataSerializer
>  {
>  public:
> @@ -344,6 +344,52 @@ public:
>         }
>  };
>  
> +template<typename E>
> +class IPADataSerializer<E, std::enable_if_t<std::is_enum_v<E>>>
> +{
> +       using U = uint32_t;
> +       static_assert(sizeof(E) <= sizeof(U));
> +
> +public:
> +       static std::tuple<std::vector<uint8_t>, std::vector<SharedFD>>
> +       serialize(const E &data, [[maybe_unused]] ControlSerializer *cs = nullptr)
> +       {
> +               std::vector<uint8_t> dataVec;
> +               appendPOD<U>(dataVec, static_cast<U>(data));
> +
> +               return { dataVec, {} };
> +       }
> +
> +       static E deserialize(std::vector<uint8_t> &data,
> +                            [[maybe_unused]] ControlSerializer *cs = nullptr)
> +       {
> +               return deserialize(data.cbegin(), data.cend());
> +       }
> +
> +       static E deserialize(std::vector<uint8_t>::const_iterator dataBegin,
> +                            std::vector<uint8_t>::const_iterator dataEnd,
> +                            [[maybe_unused]] ControlSerializer *cs = nullptr)
> +       {
> +               return static_cast<E>(readPOD<U>(dataBegin, 0, dataEnd));
> +       }
> +
> +       static E deserialize(std::vector<uint8_t> &data,
> +                           [[maybe_unused]] std::vector<SharedFD> &fds,
> +                           [[maybe_unused]] ControlSerializer *cs = nullptr)
> +       {
> +               return deserialize(data.cbegin(), data.cend());
> +       }
> +
> +       static E deserialize(std::vector<uint8_t>::const_iterator dataBegin,
> +                            std::vector<uint8_t>::const_iterator dataEnd,
> +                            [[maybe_unused]] std::vector<SharedFD>::const_iterator fdsBegin,
> +                            [[maybe_unused]] std::vector<SharedFD>::const_iterator fdsEnd,
> +                            [[maybe_unused]] ControlSerializer *cs = nullptr)
> +       {
> +               return deserialize(dataBegin, dataEnd);
> +       }
> +};
> +
>  #endif /* __DOXYGEN__ */
>  
>  } /* namespace libcamera */
> diff --git a/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/proxy_functions.tmpl b/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/proxy_functions.tmpl
> index 25476990e..01e2567ca 100644
> --- a/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/proxy_functions.tmpl
> +++ b/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/proxy_functions.tmpl
> @@ -52,9 +52,6 @@
>   #}
>  {%- macro serialize_call(params, buf, fds) %}
>  {%- for param in params %}
> -{%- if param|is_enum %}
> -       static_assert(sizeof({{param|name_full}}) <= 4);
> -{%- endif %}
>         std::vector<uint8_t> {{param.mojom_name}}Buf;
>  {%- if param|has_fd %}
>         std::vector<SharedFD> {{param.mojom_name}}Fds;
> @@ -62,13 +59,7 @@
>  {%- else %}
>         std::tie({{param.mojom_name}}Buf, std::ignore) =
>  {%- endif %}
> -{%- if param|is_flags %}
>                 IPADataSerializer<{{param|name_full}}>::serialize({{param.mojom_name}}
> -{%- elif param|is_enum %}
> -               IPADataSerializer<uint32_t>::serialize(static_cast<uint32_t>({{param.mojom_name}})
> -{%- else %}
> -               IPADataSerializer<{{param|name}}>::serialize({{param.mojom_name}}
> -{% endif -%}
>  {{- ", &controlSerializer_" if param|needs_control_serializer -}}
>  );
>  {%- endfor %}
> @@ -107,13 +98,7 @@
>   #}
>  {%- macro deserialize_param(param, pointer, loop, buf, fds, iter, data_size) -%}
>  {{"*" if pointer}}{{param.mojom_name}} =
> -{%- if param|is_flags %}
>  IPADataSerializer<{{param|name_full}}>::deserialize(
> -{%- elif param|is_enum %}
> -static_cast<{{param|name_full}}>(IPADataSerializer<uint32_t>::deserialize(
> -{%- else %}
> -IPADataSerializer<{{param|name}}>::deserialize(
> -{%- endif %}
>         {{buf}}{{- ".cbegin()" if not iter}} + {{param.mojom_name}}Start,
>  {%- if loop.last and not iter %}
>         {{buf}}.cend()
> @@ -137,7 +122,7 @@ IPADataSerializer<{{param|name}}>::deserialize(
>  {%- if param|needs_control_serializer %}
>         &controlSerializer_
>  {%- endif -%}
> -){{")" if param|is_enum and not param|is_flags}};
> +);
>  {%- endmacro -%}
>  
>  
> diff --git a/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/serializer.tmpl b/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/serializer.tmpl
> index d07836cc1..e316dd88a 100644
> --- a/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/serializer.tmpl
> +++ b/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/serializer.tmpl
> @@ -32,15 +32,7 @@
>  {%- if field|is_pod or field|is_enum %}
>                 std::vector<uint8_t> {{field.mojom_name}};
>                 std::tie({{field.mojom_name}}, std::ignore) =
> -       {%- if field|is_pod %}
> -                       IPADataSerializer<{{field|name}}>::serialize(data.{{field.mojom_name}});
> -       {%- elif field|is_flags %}
>                         IPADataSerializer<{{field|name_full}}>::serialize(data.{{field.mojom_name}});
> -       {%- elif field|is_enum_scoped %}
> -                       IPADataSerializer<uint{{field|bit_width}}_t>::serialize(static_cast<uint{{field|bit_width}}_t>(data.{{field.mojom_name}}));
> -       {%- elif field|is_enum %}
> -                       IPADataSerializer<uint{{field|bit_width}}_t>::serialize(data.{{field.mojom_name}});
> -       {%- endif %}
>                 retData.insert(retData.end(), {{field.mojom_name}}.begin(), {{field.mojom_name}}.end());
>  {%- elif field|is_fd %}
>                 std::vector<uint8_t> {{field.mojom_name}};
> @@ -98,13 +90,7 @@
>  {% if field|is_pod or field|is_enum %}
>         {%- set field_size = (field|bit_width|int / 8)|int %}
>                 {{- check_data_size(field_size, 'dataSize', field.mojom_name, 'data')}}
> -               {%- if field|is_pod %}
> -               ret.{{field.mojom_name}} = IPADataSerializer<{{field|name}}>::deserialize(m, m + {{field_size}});
> -               {%- elif field|is_flags %}
>                 ret.{{field.mojom_name}} = IPADataSerializer<{{field|name_full}}>::deserialize(m, m + {{field_size}});
> -               {%- else %}
> -               ret.{{field.mojom_name}} = static_cast<{{field|name_full}}>(IPADataSerializer<uint{{field|bit_width}}_t>::deserialize(m, m + {{field_size}}));
> -               {%- endif %}
>         {%- if not loop.last %}
>                 m += {{field_size}};
>                 dataSize -= {{field_size}};
> -- 
> 2.49.0
>


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