Re: [RFC PATCH v11 6/9] media: tegra: Add Tegra210 Video input driver
From: Sowjanya Komatineni
Date: Thu Apr 30 2020 - 18:17:45 EST
On 4/30/20 2:53 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
On 4/30/20 2:37 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
On 4/30/20 2:26 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
On 4/30/20 2:17 PM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
30.04.2020 23:02, Sowjanya Komatineni ÐÐÑÐÑ:
On 4/30/20 12:53 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
On 4/30/20 12:46 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
On 4/30/20 12:33 PM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
30.04.2020 22:09, Sowjanya Komatineni ÐÐÑÐÑ:
On 4/30/20 11:18 AM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
On 4/30/20 10:06 AM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
On 4/30/20 9:29 AM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
On 4/30/20 9:04 AM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
On 4/30/20 7:13 AM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
30.04.2020 17:02, Dmitry Osipenko ÐÐÑÐÑ:
30.04.2020 16:56, Dmitry Osipenko ÐÐÑÐÑ:
30.04.2020 01:00, Sowjanya Komatineni ÐÐÑÐÑ:
+static int chan_capture_kthread_finish(void *data)
+{
+ÂÂÂ struct tegra_vi_channel *chan = data;
+ÂÂÂ struct tegra_channel_buffer *buf;
+
+ÂÂÂ set_freezable();
+
+ÂÂÂ while (1) {
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ try_to_freeze();
I guess it won't be great to freeze in the middle of a
capture
process, so:
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (list_empty(&chan->done))
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ try_to_freeze();
And here should be some locking protection in order not
race
with
the
chan_capture_kthread_start because kthread_finish could
freeze
before
kthread_start.
Or maybe both start / finish threads should simply be
allowed to
freeze
only when both capture and done lists are empty.
if (list_empty(&chan->capture) &&
ÂÂÂÂÂÂ list_empty(&chan->done))
ÂÂÂÂÂÂtry_to_freeze();
good to freeze when not in middle of the frame capture but
why
should we not allow freeze in between captures?
Other drivers do allow freeze in between frame captures.
I guess we can freeze before dequeue for capture and in
finish
thread we can freeze after capture done. This also don't
need to
check for list_empty with freeze to allow between frame
captures.
Also if we add check for both lists empty, freeze is not
allowed as
long as streaming is going on and in case of continuous
streaming
freeze will never happen.
To allow freeze b/w frames (but not in middle of a frame),
for capture_start thread, probably we can do unconditional
try_to_freeze()
Is it possible to use wait_event_freezable()?
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt
Will the wait_event_interruptible() be woken up when system
freezes?
Based on wait_event_freezable implementation, looks like it similar
to wait_event_interruptible + try_to_free() as it does
freezable_schedule unlike schedule with wait_event_interruptible.
So using this for capture_start may be ok to allow freeze before
start of frame. But can't use for capture_finish as this is same as
wait_event_interruptible followed by unconditional try_to_freeze.
for capture_finish thread, at end of capture done we can do
try_to_freeze() only when done list is empty
This doesn't prevent situation where the done-list is empty and
the
"finish" thread freezes, in the same time the "start" thread
issues new
capture and then freezes too.
1. "start" thread issues capture
2. "finish" thread wakes and waits for the capture to complete
3. "start" thread begins another capture, waits for FRAME_START
4. system freezing activates
5. "finish" thread completes the capture and freezes because
done-list
is empty
6. "start" thread gets FRAME_START, issues another capture and
freezes
This will not happen as we allow double buffering done list will
not
be empty till stream stop happens
There will always be 1 outstanding frame in done list
Correction, there will always be 1 outstanding buffer except
beginning
during beginning of stream.
Except during beginning frames, done list will not be empty for all
subsequent streaming process
Also to be clear, hardware sees next frame start event prior to
previous
frame mw_ack event as mw_ack event happens after frame end. So once
initial buffer got queued to done list to finish processes, while
waiting for mw_ack next frame start happens and pushes next buffer to
done list.
What about this variant:
1. "start" thread wakes up to start capture
2. system freezing activates
3. "finish" thread wakes up and freezes
finish thread will wake up only when done list is not
empty/kthread_stop/wake even from capture start thread.
Also when I said will allow try_to_free when done list is empty I
meant to have this at end of capture_done() in finish thread
4. "start" thread issues capture and freezes
And again, I assume that system's freezing should wake
wait_event_interruptible(), otherwise it won't be possible to freeze
idling threads at all and freezing should fail (IIUC).
Based on kernel doc on freezing, looks like when we mark thread as
freezable, freeze state happens when we explicitly call try_to_freeze.
I don't think its other way where freeze causes
wait_event_interruptible to wake up.
Based on my understanding when we mark thread as freezable,
with wait_event_freezable() - after wait event, it invokes
try_to_freeze(). So frozen state enters unconditionally with this.
with wait_event_interruptible - we do try_to_freeze when its safe to
enter frozen state.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt
Sorry correction. When system tries to freeze tasks looks like it will
sending signal to thread and wake up happens when signal is sent to
thread and freezable thread should invoke try_to_free when its safe to free
And in this case synchronization between start/finish threads
should be
needed in regards to freezing.
Was thinking to have counter to track outstanding frame w.r.t single
shot issue b/w start and finish and allow to freeze only when no
outstanding frames in process.
This will make sure freeze will not happen when any buffers are in
progress
Note that this could be a wrong assumption, I'm not closely familiar
with how freezer works.
kthread_start can unconditionally allow try_to_freeze before start of
frame capture
We can compute captures inflight w.r.t single shot issued during
capture start and finished frames by kthread_finish and allow
kthread_finish to freeze only when captures inflight is 0.
This allows freeze to happen b/w frames but not in middle of frame