On Wed, 3 Jan 2018, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> From: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bing...@ideasonboard.com>
>
> Newer high definition cameras, and cameras with multiple lenses such as
> the range of stereovision cameras now available have ever increasing
> data rates.
>
> The inclusion of a variable length packet header in URB packets mean
> that we must memcpy the frame data out to our destination 'manually'.
> This can result in data rates of up to 2 gigabits per second being
> processed.
>
> To improve efficiency, and maximise throughput, handle the URB decode
> processing through a work queue to move it from interrupt context, and
> allow multiple processors to work on URBs in parallel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bing...@ideasonboard.com>
> ---
> drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c | 12 +++-
> drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h | 24 +++++++-
> 3 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c
> b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c
> index 204dd91a8526..07fcbfc132c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c
> @@ -179,10 +179,22 @@ static void uvc_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
> struct uvc_video_queue *queue = vb2_get_drv_priv(vq);
> struct uvc_streaming *stream = uvc_queue_to_stream(queue);
>
> + /* Prevent new buffers coming in. */
> + spin_lock_irq(&queue->irqlock);
> + queue->flags |= UVC_QUEUE_STOPPING;
> + spin_unlock_irq(&queue->irqlock);
> +
> + /*
> + * All pending work should be completed before disabling the stream, as
> + * all URBs will be free'd during uvc_video_enable(s, 0).
> + */
> + flush_workqueue(stream->async_wq);
> +
> uvc_video_enable(stream, 0);
>
> spin_lock_irq(&queue->irqlock);
> uvc_queue_return_buffers(queue, UVC_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
> + queue->flags &= ~UVC_QUEUE_STOPPING;
> spin_unlock_irq(&queue->irqlock);
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> index 045ac655313c..b7b32a6bc2dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> @@ -1058,21 +1058,70 @@ static int uvc_video_decode_start(struct
> uvc_streaming *stream,
> return data[0];
> }
>
> -static void uvc_video_decode_data(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
> - struct uvc_buffer *buf, const __u8 *data, int len)
> +/*
> + * uvc_video_decode_data_work: Asynchronous memcpy processing
> + *
> + * Perform memcpy tasks in process context, with completion handlers
> + * to return the URB, and buffer handles.
> + *
> + * The work submitter must pre-determine that the work is safe
> + */
> +static void uvc_video_decode_data_work(struct work_struct *work)
> {
> - unsigned int maxlen, nbytes;
> - void *mem;
> + struct uvc_urb *uvc_urb = container_of(work, struct uvc_urb, work);
> + struct uvc_streaming *stream = uvc_urb->stream;
> + struct uvc_video_queue *queue = &stream->queue;
> + unsigned int i;
> + bool stopping;
> + int ret;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < uvc_urb->packets; i++) {
> + struct uvc_decode_op *op = &uvc_urb->decodes[i];
> +
> + memcpy(op->dst, op->src, op->len);
> +
> + /* Release reference taken on this buffer */
> + uvc_queue_buffer_release(op->buf);
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Prevent resubmitting URBs when shutting down to ensure that no new
> + * work item will be scheduled after uvc_stop_streaming() flushes the
> + * work queue.
> + */
> + spin_lock_irq(&queue->irqlock);
> + stopping = queue->flags & UVC_QUEUE_STOPPING;
> + spin_unlock_irq(&queue->irqlock);
Are you sure this locking really helps? What if uvc_stop_streaming() runs
here?
Thanks
Guennadi
> +
> + if (stopping)
> + return;
> +
> + ret = usb_submit_urb(uvc_urb->urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + uvc_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to resubmit video URB (%d).\n",
> + ret);
> +}
