Re: [RFC][PATCH 13/15] videobuf2: do not sync buffers for DMABUF queues

[Tomasz Figa]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 4:32 PM Sergey Senozhatsky
<senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On (20/01/24 11:25), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> [..]
> >
> > > Then, if q->allow_cache_hint is set, then default to a cache sync (cache clean)
> > > in the prepare for OUTPUT buffers and a cache sync (cache invalidate) in the
> > > finish for CAPTURE buffers.
> >
> > We alter default cache sync behaviour based both on queue ->memory
> > type and queue ->dma_dir. Shall both of those cases depend on
> > ->allow_cache_hints, or q->memory can be independent?
> >
> > static void set_buffer_cache_hints(struct vb2_queue *q,
> >                                  struct vb2_buffer *vb,
> >                                  struct v4l2_buffer *b)
> > {
> >       if (!q->allow_cache_hints)
> >               return;
> >
> >       /*
> >        * DMA exporter should take care of cache syncs, so we can avoid
> >        * explicit ->prepare()/->finish() syncs. For other ->memory types
> >        * we always need ->prepare() or/and ->finish() cache sync.
> >        */
> >       if (q->memory == VB2_MEMORY_DMABUF) {
> >               vb->need_cache_sync_on_finish = 0;
> >               vb->need_cache_sync_on_prepare = 0;
> >               return;
> >       }
>
> I personally would prefer this to be above ->allow_cache_hints check,
> IOW to be independent. Because we need to skip flush/invalidation for
> DMABUF anyway, that's what allocators do in ->prepare() and ->finish()
> currently.

I think it's even more than personal preference. We shouldn't even
attempt to sync imported DMA-bufs, so the code above may result in
incorrect behavior.