| From c1a630e792140b4791bad84974e31b4a1cf09b1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 |
| From: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org> |
| Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 17:21:56 +0200 |
| Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: media: Document read-only subdevice |
| |
| Document a new kAPI function to register subdev device nodes in read only |
| mode and for each affected ioctl report how access is restricted. |
| |
| Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> |
| Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org> |
| --- |
| Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst | 44 +++++++++++++++++++ |
| Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst | 5 +++ |
| .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst | 6 +++ |
| Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst | 6 +++ |
| .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst | 9 ++++ |
| .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst | 8 ++++ |
| .../v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst | 8 ++++ |
| .../uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst | 8 ++++ |
| 8 files changed, 94 insertions(+) |
| |
| --- a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst |
| +++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst |
| @@ -332,6 +332,50 @@ Private ioctls |
| All ioctls not in the above list are passed directly to the sub-device |
| driver through the core::ioctl operation. |
| |
| +Read-only sub-device userspace API |
| +---------------------------------- |
| + |
| +Bridge drivers that control their connected subdevices through direct calls to |
| +the kernel API realized by :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_ops` structure do not usually |
| +want userspace to be able to change the same parameters through the subdevice |
| +device node and thus do not usually register any. |
| + |
| +It is sometimes useful to report to userspace the current subdevice |
| +configuration through a read-only API, that does not permit applications to |
| +change to the device parameters but allows interfacing to the subdevice device |
| +node to inspect them. |
| + |
| +For instance, to implement cameras based on computational photography, userspace |
| +needs to know the detailed camera sensor configuration (in terms of skipping, |
| +binning, cropping and scaling) for each supported output resolution. To support |
| +such use cases, bridge drivers may expose the subdevice operations to userspace |
| +through a read-only API. |
| + |
| +To create a read-only device node for all the subdevices registered with the |
| +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE`` set, the :c:type:`v4l2_device` driver should call |
| +:c:func:`v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes`. |
| + |
| +Access to the following ioctls for userspace applications is restricted on |
| +sub-device device nodes registered with |
| +:c:func:`v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes`. |
| + |
| +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``, |
| +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP``, |
| +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION``: |
| + |
| + These ioctls are only allowed on a read-only subdevice device node |
| + for the :ref:`V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY <v4l2-subdev-format-whence>` |
| + formats and selection rectangles. |
| + |
| +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL``, |
| +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS``, |
| +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD``: |
| + |
| + These ioctls are not allowed on a read-only subdevice node. |
| + |
| +In case the ioctl is not allowed, or the format to modify is set to |
| +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``, the core returns a negative error code and |
| +the errno variable is set to ``-EPERM``. |
| |
| I2C sub-device drivers |
| ---------------------- |
| --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst |
| +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst |
| @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ will feature a character device node on |
| Sub-device character device nodes, conventionally named |
| ``/dev/v4l-subdev*``, use major number 81. |
| |
| +Drivers may opt to limit the sub-device character devices to only expose |
| +operations that do not modify the device state. In such a case the sub-devices |
| +are referred to as ``read-only`` in the rest of this documentation, and the |
| +related restrictions are documented in individual ioctls. |
| + |
| |
| Controls |
| ======== |
| --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst |
| +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst |
| @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ pointer to the struct :c:type:`v4l2_dv_t |
| structure as argument. If the ioctl is not supported or the timing |
| values are not correct, the driver returns ``EINVAL`` error code. |
| |
| +Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS`` on a subdev device node that has been |
| +registered in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno |
| +variable is set to ``-EPERM``. |
| + |
| The ``linux/v4l2-dv-timings.h`` header can be used to get the timings of |
| the formats in the :ref:`cea861` and :ref:`vesadmt` standards. If |
| the current input or output does not support DV timings (e.g. if |
| @@ -81,6 +85,8 @@ ENODATA |
| EBUSY |
| The device is busy and therefore can not change the timings. |
| |
| +EPERM |
| + ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS`` has been called on a read-only subdevice. |
| |
| .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}| |
| |
| --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst |
| +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst |
| @@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ video timings (e.g. if :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUM |
| does not set the ``V4L2_IN_CAP_STD`` flag), then ``ENODATA`` error code is |
| returned. |
| |
| +Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` on a subdev device node that has been registered |
| +in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno variable is |
| +set to ``-EPERM``. |
| |
| Return Value |
| ============ |
| @@ -79,3 +82,6 @@ EINVAL |
| |
| ENODATA |
| Standard video timings are not supported for this input or output. |
| + |
| +EPERM |
| + ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` has been called on a read-only subdevice. |
| --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst |
| +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst |
| @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ crop rectangles and stored in the sub-de |
| applications querying the same sub-device would thus not interact with |
| each other. |
| |
| +If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode, calls to |
| +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to |
| +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno |
| +variable is set to ``-EPERM``. |
| + |
| Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested crop |
| rectangle doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead |
| modify the rectangle to match what the hardware can provide. The |
| @@ -123,3 +128,7 @@ EINVAL |
| references a non-existing pad, the ``which`` field references a |
| non-existing format, or cropping is not supported on the given |
| subdev pad. |
| + |
| +EPERM |
| + The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` ioctl has been called on a read-only subdevice |
| + and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``. |
| --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst |
| +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst |
| @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ current links configuration or sub-devic |
| a low-pass noise filter might crop pixels at the frame boundaries, |
| modifying its output frame size. |
| |
| +If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode, calls to |
| +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to |
| +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno |
| +variable is set to ``-EPERM``. |
| + |
| Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested format |
| doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead modify the |
| format to match what the hardware can provide. The modified format |
| @@ -146,6 +151,9 @@ EINVAL |
| ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, or the ``which`` field |
| references a non-existing format. |
| |
| +EPERM |
| + The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT`` ioctl has been called on a read-only subdevice |
| + and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``. |
| |
| ============ |
| |
| --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst |
| +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst |
| @@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ struct |
| contains the current frame interval as would be returned by a |
| ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL`` call. |
| |
| +Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL`` on a subdev device node that has been |
| +registered in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno |
| +variable is set to ``-EPERM``. |
| + |
| Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested interval |
| doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead modify the |
| interval to match what the hardware can provide. The modified interval |
| @@ -118,3 +122,7 @@ EINVAL |
| :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_frame_interval` |
| ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, or the pad doesn't support |
| frame intervals. |
| + |
| +EPERM |
| + The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL`` ioctl has been called on a read-only |
| + subdevice. |
| --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst |
| +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst |
| @@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ function of the crop API, and more, are |
| See :ref:`subdev` for more information on how each selection target |
| affects the image processing pipeline inside the subdevice. |
| |
| +If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode, calls to |
| +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to |
| +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno |
| +variable is set to ``-EPERM``. |
| |
| Types of selection targets |
| -------------------------- |
| @@ -123,3 +127,7 @@ EINVAL |
| ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, the ``which`` field |
| references a non-existing format, or the selection target is not |
| supported on the given subdev pad. |
| + |
| +EPERM |
| + The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` ioctl has been called on a read-only |
| + subdevice and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``. |