Hi Hans,

On 2 August 2018 at 17:48, Ezequiel Garcia <ezequ...@collabora.com> wrote:
> v4:
>   * Add patches and 1 and 2, to make q_lock mandatory,
>     in other words, require output and capture locks to match.
>   * Add WARN_ON if the lock is not held in v4l2_m2m_try_schedule,
>     and also document the requirement.
>   * Add a comment explaining why the job is scheduled.
>
> This series goal is to avoid drivers from having ad-hoc code
> to call .device_run in non-atomic context. Currently, .device_run
> can be called via v4l2_m2m_job_finish(), potentially running
> in interrupt context.
>
> This series will be useful for the upcoming Request API, where drivers
> typically require .device_run to be called in non-atomic context for
> v4l2_ctrl_request_setup() calls.
>
> The solution is to add a per-device worker that is scheduled
> by v4l2_m2m_job_finish, which replaces drivers having a threaded interrupt
> or similar.
>
> This change allows v4l2_m2m_job_finish() to be called in interrupt
> context, separating .device_run and v4l2_m2m_job_finish() contexts.
>
> It's worth mentioning that v4l2_m2m_cancel_job() doesn't need
> to flush or cancel the new worker, because the job_spinlock
> synchronizes both and also because the core prevents simultaneous
> jobs. Either v4l2_m2m_cancel_job() will wait for the worker, or the
> worker will be unable to run a new job.
>
> Testing
> -------
>
> In order to test the change, and make sure no regressions are
> introduced, a kselftest test is added to stress the mem2mem framework.
>
> Note that this series rework the kselftest media_tests target.
> Those tests that need hardware and human intervention are now
> marked as _EXTENDED, and a frontend script is added to run those
> tests that can run without hardware or human intervention.
>
> This will allow the media_tests target to be included in
> automatic regression testing setups.
>
> Hopefully, we will be able to introduce more and more automatic
> regression tests. Currently, our self-test run looks like:
>
>     $ make TARGETS=media_tests kselftest
>     make[1]: Entering directory '/home/zeta/repos/builds/virtme-x86_64'
>     make[3]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1.  Add '+' to parent 
> make rule.
>     make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
>     make[3]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1.  Add '+' to parent 
> make rule.
>     TAP version 13
>     selftests: media_tests: m2m_job_test.sh
>     ========================================
>     -------------------
>     running media tests
>     -------------------
>     media_device : no video4linux drivers loaded, vim2m is needed
>     not ok 1..1 selftests: media_tests: m2m_job_test.sh [SKIP]
>     make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/zeta/repos/builds/virtme-x86_64'
>
> Ezequiel Garcia (5):
>   mem2mem: Require capture and output mutexes to match
>   v4l2-ioctl.c: simplify locking for m2m devices
>   v4l2-mem2mem: Avoid v4l2_m2m_prepare_buf from scheduling a job
>   v4l2-mem2mem: Avoid calling .device_run in v4l2_m2m_job_finish
>   selftests: media_tests: Add a memory-to-memory concurrent stress test
>
> Sakari Ailus (1):
>   v4l2-mem2mem: Simplify exiting the function in __v4l2_m2m_try_schedule
>
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c          |  47 +--
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c        |  94 ++++--
>  .../testing/selftests/media_tests/.gitignore  |   1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/media_tests/Makefile  |   5 +-
>  .../selftests/media_tests/m2m_job_test.c      | 287 ++++++++++++++++++
>  .../selftests/media_tests/m2m_job_test.sh     |  32 ++
>  6 files changed, 389 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/media_tests/m2m_job_test.c
>  create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/media_tests/m2m_job_test.sh
>
> --
> 2.18.0
>

I am going to send a v5 soon, addressing Guillaume's comments.

Any feedback on media side?

Thanks,
-- 
Ezequiel GarcĂ­a, VanguardiaSur
www.vanguardiasur.com.ar

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