Re: [RFC 3/5] media: v4l2-ctrls: Add support for V4L2_CID_LOCATION

From: Hans Verkuil
Date: Thu Aug 15 2019 - 09:42:00 EST


On 8/15/19 3:02 PM, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> Hi Laurent,
>
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 01:53:53AM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> Hi Jacopo,
>>
>> Thank you for the patch.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:28:13PM +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
>>> Add support for the newly defined V4L2_CID_LOCATION read-only control
>>> used to report the camera device mounting position.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c | 7 +++++++
>>> include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h | 4 ++++
>>> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>>> index 7d3a33258748..8ab0857df59a 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>>> @@ -943,6 +943,7 @@ const char *v4l2_ctrl_get_name(u32 id)
>>> case V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_RANGE: return "Auto Focus, Range";
>>> case V4L2_CID_PAN_SPEED: return "Pan, Speed";
>>> case V4L2_CID_TILT_SPEED: return "Tilt, Speed";
>>> + case V4L2_CID_LOCATION: return "Location";
>>
>> Depending on what we decide to name the control (see review of 2/5), you
>> should adjust the description accordingly.
>>
>>>
>>> /* FM Radio Modulator controls */
>>> /* Keep the order of the 'case's the same as in v4l2-controls.h! */
>>> @@ -1300,6 +1301,12 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
>>> break;
>>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FWHT_PARAMS:
>>> *type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_FWHT_PARAMS;
>>> + case V4L2_CID_LOCATION:
>>> + *type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER;
>>> + *flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY;
>>> + *min = V4L2_LOCATION_FRONT;
>>> + *max = V4L2_LOCATION_BACK;
>>
>> I don't think the control should have a min and a max different than the
>> current value, as it's a fully static control. I'd drop those two lines
>> here, and drivers will have to set value = min = max = V4L2_LOCATION_xxx
>> when creating the control. That why you should be able to collapse this
>> with V4L2_CID_MIN_BUFFERS_FOR_OUTPUT.
>>
>
> Ah, I thought min/max should report the actual control values limits.
> Anyway, if we move this to be an integer menu control with an helper
> to parse the DT property and register the control on behalf of
> drivers, this will change.
>
>>> + *step = 1;
>>> break;
>>> default:
>>> *type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER;
>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>>> index 37807f23231e..5c4c7b245921 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>>> @@ -889,6 +889,10 @@ enum v4l2_auto_focus_range {
>>> #define V4L2_CID_PAN_SPEED (V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+32)
>>> #define V4L2_CID_TILT_SPEED (V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+33)
>>>
>>> +#define V4L2_CID_LOCATION (V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+34)
>>> +#define V4L2_LOCATION_FRONT (0 << 0)
>>> +#define V4L2_LOCATION_BACK (1 << 0)
>>
>> Why not just 0 and 1 ?
>
> Or why not BIT(). I saw that the (1 << x) style is the mostly used one in
> this header file when defining macros like this one so I went for
> consistency with the existing code.

Definitely not right. This is an enumeration, so just number from 0, 1, 2, ...

Nothing to do with bits/bitmasks.

Regards,

Hans

>
>>
>>> +
>>> /* FM Modulator class control IDs */
>>>
>>> #define V4L2_CID_FM_TX_CLASS_BASE (V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_TX | 0x900)
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Laurent Pinchart