Hello,
On Sunday, February 27, 2011 7:13 PM Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> videobuf2 expects drivers to check buffer in the buf_prepare operation
> and to return success only if the buffer can queued without any issue.
>
> For hot-pluggable devices, disconnection events need to be handled at
> buf_queue time. Checking the disconnected flag and adding the buffer to
> the driver queue need to be performed without releasing the driver
> spinlock, otherwise race conditions can occur in which the driver could
> still allow a buffer to be queued after the disconnected flag has been
> set, resulting in a hang during the next DQBUF operation.
>
> This problem can be solved either in the videobuf2 core or in the device
> drivers. To avoid adding a spinlock to videobuf2, make buf_queue return
> an int and handle buf_queue failures in videobuf2. Drivers must not
> return an error in buf_queue if the condition leading to the error can
> be caught in buf_prepare.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinch...@ideasonboard.com>
Acked-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprow...@samsung.com>
We discussed how to solve the hot-plug issue and this is the solution I prefer.
> ---
> drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> include/media/videobuf2-core.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c
> b/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c
> index cc7ab0a..1d81536 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c
> @@ -798,13 +798,22 @@ static int __qbuf_mmap(struct vb2_buffer *vb, struct
> v4l2_buffer *b)
> /**
> * __enqueue_in_driver() - enqueue a vb2_buffer in driver for processing
> */
> -static void __enqueue_in_driver(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
> +static int __enqueue_in_driver(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
> {
> struct vb2_queue *q = vb->vb2_queue;
> + int ret;
>
> vb->state = VB2_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE;
> atomic_inc(&q->queued_count);
> - q->ops->buf_queue(vb);
> + ret = q->ops->buf_queue(vb);
> + if (ret == 0)
> + return 0;
> +
> + vb->state = VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR;
> + atomic_dec(&q->queued_count);
> + wake_up_all(&q->done_wq);
> +
> + return ret;
> }
>
> /**
> @@ -890,8 +899,13 @@ int vb2_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_buffer *b)
> * If already streaming, give the buffer to driver for processing.
> * If not, the buffer will be given to driver on next streamon.
> */
> - if (q->streaming)
> - __enqueue_in_driver(vb);
> + if (q->streaming) {
> + ret = __enqueue_in_driver(vb);
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + dprintk(1, "qbuf: buffer queue failed\n");
> + return ret;
> + }
> + }
>
> dprintk(1, "qbuf of buffer %d succeeded\n", vb->v4l2_buf.index);
> return 0;
> @@ -1101,6 +1115,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_dqbuf);
> int vb2_streamon(struct vb2_queue *q, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
> {
> struct vb2_buffer *vb;
> + int ret;
>
> if (q->fileio) {
> dprintk(1, "streamon: file io in progress\n");
> @@ -1139,8 +1154,13 @@ int vb2_streamon(struct vb2_queue *q, enum
> v4l2_buf_type type)
> * If any buffers were queued before streamon,
> * we can now pass them to driver for processing.
> */
> - list_for_each_entry(vb, &q->queued_list, queued_entry)
> - __enqueue_in_driver(vb);
> + list_for_each_entry(vb, &q->queued_list, queued_entry) {
> + ret = __enqueue_in_driver(vb);
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + dprintk(1, "streamon: buffer queue failed\n");
> + return ret;
> + }
> + }
>
> dprintk(3, "Streamon successful\n");
> return 0;
> diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
> index 597efe6..3a92f75 100644
> --- a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
> +++ b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
> @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ struct vb2_ops {
> int (*start_streaming)(struct vb2_queue *q);
> int (*stop_streaming)(struct vb2_queue *q);
>
> - void (*buf_queue)(struct vb2_buffer *vb);
> + int (*buf_queue)(struct vb2_buffer *vb);
> };
>
> /**
> --
> 1.7.3.4
Best regards
--
Marek Szyprowski
Samsung Poland R&D Center
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