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author | Tomasz Stanislawski <t.stanislaws@samsung.com> | 2012-06-14 10:37:36 -0300 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2012-11-25 17:11:04 -0200 |
commit | 4b9c1cb641c466cd3b366132017da3c8ab9d540c (patch) | |
tree | 2ffa0298d99b5f0f1ed3e2101ad5d963d5a68542 /Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml | |
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[media] Documentation: media: description of DMABUF importing in V4L2
This patch adds description and usage examples for importing
DMABUF file descriptor in V4L2.
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Stanislawski <t.stanislaws@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml')
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml index 7e2f3d7..be0fad7 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ application until one or more buffers can be dequeued. By default outgoing queue. When the <constant>O_NONBLOCK</constant> flag was given to the &func-open; function, <constant>VIDIOC_DQBUF</constant> returns immediately with an &EAGAIN; when no buffer is available. The -&func-select; or &func-poll; function are always available.</para> +&func-select; or &func-poll; functions are always available.</para> <para>To start and stop capturing or output applications call the &VIDIOC-STREAMON; and &VIDIOC-STREAMOFF; ioctl. Note @@ -472,6 +472,162 @@ rest should be evident.</para> </footnote></para> </section> + <section id="dmabuf"> + <title>Streaming I/O (DMA buffer importing)</title> + + <note> + <title>Experimental</title> + <para>This is an <link linkend="experimental"> experimental </link> + interface and may change in the future.</para> + </note> + +<para>The DMABUF framework provides a generic method for sharing buffers +between multiple devices. Device drivers that support DMABUF can export a DMA +buffer to userspace as a file descriptor (known as the exporter role), import a +DMA buffer from userspace using a file descriptor previously exported for a +different or the same device (known as the importer role), or both. This +section describes the DMABUF importer role API in V4L2.</para> + +<para>Input and output devices support the streaming I/O method when the +<constant>V4L2_CAP_STREAMING</constant> flag in the +<structfield>capabilities</structfield> field of &v4l2-capability; returned by +the &VIDIOC-QUERYCAP; ioctl is set. Whether importing DMA buffers through +DMABUF file descriptors is supported is determined by calling the +&VIDIOC-REQBUFS; ioctl with the memory type set to +<constant>V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF</constant>.</para> + + <para>This I/O method is dedicated to sharing DMA buffers between different +devices, which may be V4L devices or other video-related devices (e.g. DRM). +Buffers (planes) are allocated by a driver on behalf of an application. Next, +these buffers are exported to the application as file descriptors using an API +which is specific for an allocator driver. Only such file descriptor are +exchanged. The descriptors and meta-information are passed in &v4l2-buffer; (or +in &v4l2-plane; in the multi-planar API case). The driver must be switched +into DMABUF I/O mode by calling the &VIDIOC-REQBUFS; with the desired buffer +type.</para> + + <example> + <title>Initiating streaming I/O with DMABUF file descriptors</title> + + <programlisting> +&v4l2-requestbuffers; reqbuf; + +memset(&reqbuf, 0, sizeof (reqbuf)); +reqbuf.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE; +reqbuf.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF; +reqbuf.count = 1; + +if (ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-REQBUFS;, &reqbuf) == -1) { + if (errno == EINVAL) + printf("Video capturing or DMABUF streaming is not supported\n"); + else + perror("VIDIOC_REQBUFS"); + + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); +} + </programlisting> + </example> + + <para>The buffer (plane) file descriptor is passed on the fly with the +&VIDIOC-QBUF; ioctl. In case of multiplanar buffers, every plane can be +associated with a different DMABUF descriptor. Although buffers are commonly +cycled, applications can pass a different DMABUF descriptor at each +<constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant> call.</para> + + <example> + <title>Queueing DMABUF using single plane API</title> + + <programlisting> +int buffer_queue(int v4lfd, int index, int dmafd) +{ + &v4l2-buffer; buf; + + memset(&buf, 0, sizeof buf); + buf.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE; + buf.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF; + buf.index = index; + buf.m.fd = dmafd; + + if (ioctl(v4lfd, &VIDIOC-QBUF;, &buf) == -1) { + perror("VIDIOC_QBUF"); + return -1; + } + + return 0; +} + </programlisting> + </example> + + <example> + <title>Queueing DMABUF using multi plane API</title> + + <programlisting> +int buffer_queue_mp(int v4lfd, int index, int dmafd[], int n_planes) +{ + &v4l2-buffer; buf; + &v4l2-plane; planes[VIDEO_MAX_PLANES]; + int i; + + memset(&buf, 0, sizeof buf); + buf.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE; + buf.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF; + buf.index = index; + buf.m.planes = planes; + buf.length = n_planes; + + memset(&planes, 0, sizeof planes); + + for (i = 0; i < n_planes; ++i) + buf.m.planes[i].m.fd = dmafd[i]; + + if (ioctl(v4lfd, &VIDIOC-QBUF;, &buf) == -1) { + perror("VIDIOC_QBUF"); + return -1; + } + + return 0; +} + </programlisting> + </example> + + <para>Captured or displayed buffers are dequeued with the +&VIDIOC-DQBUF; ioctl. The driver can unlock the buffer at any +time between the completion of the DMA and this ioctl. The memory is +also unlocked when &VIDIOC-STREAMOFF; is called, &VIDIOC-REQBUFS;, or +when the device is closed.</para> + + <para>For capturing applications it is customary to enqueue a +number of empty buffers, to start capturing and enter the read loop. +Here the application waits until a filled buffer can be dequeued, and +re-enqueues the buffer when the data is no longer needed. Output +applications fill and enqueue buffers, when enough buffers are stacked +up output is started. In the write loop, when the application +runs out of free buffers it must wait until an empty buffer can be +dequeued and reused. Two methods exist to suspend execution of the +application until one or more buffers can be dequeued. By default +<constant>VIDIOC_DQBUF</constant> blocks when no buffer is in the +outgoing queue. When the <constant>O_NONBLOCK</constant> flag was +given to the &func-open; function, <constant>VIDIOC_DQBUF</constant> +returns immediately with an &EAGAIN; when no buffer is available. The +&func-select; and &func-poll; functions are always available.</para> + + <para>To start and stop capturing or displaying applications call the +&VIDIOC-STREAMON; and &VIDIOC-STREAMOFF; ioctls. Note that +<constant>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</constant> removes all buffers from both queues and +unlocks all buffers as a side effect. Since there is no notion of doing +anything "now" on a multitasking system, if an application needs to synchronize +with another event it should examine the &v4l2-buffer; +<structfield>timestamp</structfield> of captured buffers, or set the field +before enqueuing buffers for output.</para> + + <para>Drivers implementing DMABUF importing I/O must support the +<constant>VIDIOC_REQBUFS</constant>, <constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant>, +<constant>VIDIOC_DQBUF</constant>, <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant> and +<constant>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</constant> ioctls, and the +<function>select()</function> and <function>poll()</function> functions.</para> + + </section> + <section id="async"> <title>Asynchronous I/O</title> @@ -673,6 +829,14 @@ memory, set by the application. See <xref linkend="userp" /> for details. <structname>v4l2_buffer</structname> structure.</entry> </row> <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry>int</entry> + <entry><structfield>fd</structfield></entry> + <entry>For the single-plane API and when +<structfield>memory</structfield> is <constant>V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF</constant> this +is the file descriptor associated with a DMABUF buffer.</entry> + </row> + <row> <entry>__u32</entry> <entry><structfield>length</structfield></entry> <entry></entry> @@ -744,6 +908,15 @@ should set this to 0.</entry> </entry> </row> <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry>int</entry> + <entry><structfield>fd</structfield></entry> + <entry>When the memory type in the containing &v4l2-buffer; is + <constant>V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF</constant>, this is a file + descriptor associated with a DMABUF buffer, similar to the + <structfield>fd</structfield> field in &v4l2-buffer;.</entry> + </row> + <row> <entry>__u32</entry> <entry><structfield>data_offset</structfield></entry> <entry></entry> @@ -964,6 +1137,12 @@ pointer</link> I/O.</entry> <entry>3</entry> <entry>[to do]</entry> </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF</constant></entry> + <entry>4</entry> + <entry>The buffer is used for <link linkend="dmabuf">DMA shared +buffer</link> I/O.</entry> + </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> |