Hi Laurent,

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 05:22:45AM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Sakari,
> 
> On Saturday 10 August 2013 15:16:29 Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 01:34:46AM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > On Friday 19 July 2013 20:55:07 Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > > > Do not allow streaming if a pad with MEDIA_PAD_FL_MUST_CONNECT flag is
> > > > not connected by an active link.
> > > > 
> > > > This patch makes it possible to avoid drivers having to check for the
> > > > most common case of link state validation: a sink pad that must be
> > > > connected.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ai...@iki.fi>
> > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > >  drivers/media/media-entity.c |   34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> > > >  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/media-entity.c b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > > > index cb30ffb..4e58f8a 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
> > > > @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
> > > >   * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
> > > > USA */
> > > > 
> > > > +#include <linux/bitmap.h>
> > > >  #include <linux/module.h>
> > > >  #include <linux/slab.h>
> > > >  #include <media/media-entity.h>
> > > > @@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ __must_check int media_entity_pipeline_start(struct
> > > > media_entity *entity,
> > > >         media_entity_graph_walk_start(&graph, entity);
> > > > 
> > > >         while ((entity = media_entity_graph_walk_next(&graph))) {
> > > > +               DECLARE_BITMAP(active, entity->num_pads);
> > > >                 unsigned int i;
> > > >                 
> > > >                 entity->stream_count++;
> > > > 
> > > > @@ -240,21 +242,39 @@ __must_check int
> > > > media_entity_pipeline_start(struct media_entity *entity,
> > > >                 if (!entity->ops || !entity->ops->link_validate)
> > > >                         continue;
> > > > 
> > > > +               bitmap_zero(active, entity->num_pads);
> > > > +
> > > >                 for (i = 0; i < entity->num_links; i++) {
> > > >                         struct media_link *link = &entity->links[i];
> > > > -
> > > > -                       /* Is this pad part of an enabled link? */
> > > > -                       if (!(link->flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED))
> > > > -                               continue;
> > > > -
> > > > -                       /* Are we the sink or not? */
> > > > -                       if (link->sink->entity != entity)
> > > > +                       struct media_pad *pad = link->sink->entity == 
> > > > entity
> > > > +                               ? link->sink : link->source;
> > > > +
> > > > +                       /*
> > > > +                        * Pads that either do not need to connect or
> > > > +                        * are connected through an enabled link are
> > > > +                        * fine.
> > > > +                        */
> > > > +                       if (!(pad->flags & MEDIA_PAD_FL_MUST_CONNECT)
> > > > +                           || link->flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED)
> > > > +                               bitmap_set(active, pad->index, 1);
> > > > +
> > > > +                       /*
> > > > +                        * Link validation will only take place for
> > > > +                        * sink ends of the link that are enabled.
> > > > +                        */
> > > > +                       if (link->sink != pad
> > > > +                           || !(link->flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED))
> > > >                                 continue;
> > > >                         
> > > >                         ret = entity->ops->link_validate(link);
> > > >                         if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOIOCTLCMD)
> > > >                                 goto error;
> > > >                 }
> > > > +
> > > > +               if (!bitmap_full(active, entity->num_pads)) {
> > > > +                       ret = -EPIPE;
> > > > +                       goto error;
> > > > +               }
> > > 
> > > I'm afraid that won't work if one of the pads has no links. In that case
> > > the bitmap won't be full. I think you will have to iterate separately on
> > > the links to validate them, and on the pads to check the flags.
> > 
> > Good point.
> > 
> > I could as well add another bitmap or perhaps rather keep the information in
> > struct media_pad, separately from flags since this is something the user can
> > find through other means --- that way we don't add practically any runtime
> > overhead.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> Given the number of pads we expect on an entity, is it really worth the micro-
> optimization ? I think I would just loop over the links and pads separately, 
> especially given that you need to validate pads even if the entity has no 
> link_validate operation, which is checked before the for loop over the links.

I'm fine with that. Even if the information was kept in struct media_pad, a
loop would be needed to dig it out. Alternatively a bitmap could be put to
struct media_entity but that'd be less pretty.

I'll just add another bitmap here. It can later be moved to struct
media_entity if needed.

-- 
Cheers,

Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ai...@iki.fi     XMPP: sai...@retiisi.org.uk
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in
the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Reply via email to