1.20. V4L2 Memory to Memory functions and data structures¶
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struct
v4l2_m2m_ops
¶ mem-to-mem device driver callbacks
Definition
struct v4l2_m2m_ops {
void (*device_run)(void *priv);
int (*job_ready)(void *priv);
void (*job_abort)(void *priv);
};
Members
device_run
- required. Begin the actual job (transaction) inside this
callback.
The job does NOT have to end before this callback returns
(and it will be the usual case). When the job finishes,
v4l2_m2m_job_finish()
orv4l2_m2m_buf_done_and_job_finish()
has to be called. job_ready
- optional. Should return 0 if the driver does not have a job fully prepared to run yet (i.e. it will not be able to finish a transaction without sleeping). If not provided, it will be assumed that one source and one destination buffer are all that is required for the driver to perform one full transaction. This method may not sleep.
job_abort
- optional. Informs the driver that it has to abort the currently
running transaction as soon as possible (i.e. as soon as it can
stop the device safely; e.g. in the next interrupt handler),
even if the transaction would not have been finished by then.
After the driver performs the necessary steps, it has to call
v4l2_m2m_job_finish()
orv4l2_m2m_buf_done_and_job_finish()
as if the transaction ended normally. This function does not have to (and will usually not) wait until the device enters a state when it can be stopped.
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struct
v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx
¶ represents a queue for buffers ready to be processed
Definition
struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx {
struct vb2_queue q;
struct list_head rdy_queue;
spinlock_t rdy_spinlock;
u8 num_rdy;
bool buffered;
};
Members
q
- pointer to struct
vb2_queue
rdy_queue
- List of V4L2 mem-to-mem queues
rdy_spinlock
- spin lock to protect the struct usage
num_rdy
- number of buffers ready to be processed
buffered
- is the queue buffered?
Description
Queue for buffers ready to be processed as soon as this instance receives access to the device.
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struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
¶ Memory to memory context structure
Definition
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx {
struct mutex *q_lock;
bool new_frame;
struct v4l2_m2m_dev *m2m_dev;
struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx cap_q_ctx;
struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx out_q_ctx;
struct list_head queue;
unsigned long job_flags;
wait_queue_head_t finished;
void *priv;
};
Members
q_lock
- struct
mutex
lock new_frame
- valid in the device_run callback: if true, then this starts a new frame; if false, then this is a new slice for an existing frame. This is always true unless V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_M2M_HOLD_CAPTURE_BUF is set, which indicates slicing support.
m2m_dev
- opaque pointer to the internal data to handle M2M context
cap_q_ctx
- Capture (output to memory) queue context
out_q_ctx
- Output (input from memory) queue context
queue
- List of memory to memory contexts
job_flags
- Job queue flags, used internally by v4l2-mem2mem.c:
TRANS_QUEUED
,TRANS_RUNNING
andTRANS_ABORT
. finished
- Wait queue used to signalize when a job queue finished.
priv
- Instance private data
Description
The memory to memory context is specific to a file handle, NOT to e.g. a device.
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struct
v4l2_m2m_buffer
¶ Memory to memory buffer
Definition
struct v4l2_m2m_buffer {
struct vb2_v4l2_buffer vb;
struct list_head list;
};
Members
vb
- pointer to struct
vb2_v4l2_buffer
list
- list of m2m buffers
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void *
v4l2_m2m_get_curr_priv
(struct v4l2_m2m_dev * m2m_dev)¶ return driver private data for the currently running instance or NULL if no instance is running
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_dev * m2m_dev
- opaque pointer to the internal data to handle M2M context
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struct vb2_queue *
v4l2_m2m_get_vq
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, enum v4l2_buf_type type)¶ return vb2_queue for the given type
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
enum v4l2_buf_type type
- type of the V4L2 buffer, as defined by enum
v4l2_buf_type
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void
v4l2_m2m_try_schedule
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ check whether an instance is ready to be added to the pending job queue and add it if so.
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
Description
There are three basic requirements an instance has to meet to be able to run: 1) at least one source buffer has to be queued, 2) at least one destination buffer has to be queued, 3) streaming has to be on.
If a queue is buffered (for example a decoder hardware ringbuffer that has to be drained before doing streamoff), allow scheduling without v4l2 buffers on that queue.
There may also be additional, custom requirements. In such case the driver should supply a custom callback (job_ready in v4l2_m2m_ops) that should return 1 if the instance is ready. An example of the above could be an instance that requires more than one src/dst buffer per transaction.
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void
v4l2_m2m_job_finish
(struct v4l2_m2m_dev * m2m_dev, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ inform the framework that a job has been finished and have it clean up
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_dev * m2m_dev
- opaque pointer to the internal data to handle M2M context
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
Description
Called by a driver to yield back the device after it has finished with it. Should be called as soon as possible after reaching a state which allows other instances to take control of the device.
This function has to be called only after v4l2_m2m_ops->device_run
callback has been called on the driver. To prevent recursion, it should
not be called directly from the v4l2_m2m_ops->device_run
callback though.
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void
v4l2_m2m_buf_done_and_job_finish
(struct v4l2_m2m_dev * m2m_dev, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, enum vb2_buffer_state state)¶ return source/destination buffers with state and inform the framework that a job has been finished and have it clean up
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_dev * m2m_dev
- opaque pointer to the internal data to handle M2M context
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
enum vb2_buffer_state state
- vb2 buffer state passed to v4l2_m2m_buf_done().
Description
Drivers that set V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_M2M_HOLD_CAPTURE_BUF must use this function instead of job_finish() to take held buffers into account. It is optional for other drivers.
This function removes the source buffer from the ready list and returns it with the given state. The same is done for the destination buffer, unless it is marked ‘held’. In that case the buffer is kept on the ready list.
After that the job is finished (see job_finish()).
This allows for multiple output buffers to be used to fill in a single capture buffer. This is typically used by stateless decoders where multiple e.g. H.264 slices contribute to a single decoded frame.
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int
v4l2_m2m_reqbufs
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct v4l2_requestbuffers * reqbufs)¶ multi-queue-aware REQBUFS multiplexer
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct v4l2_requestbuffers * reqbufs
- pointer to struct
v4l2_requestbuffers
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int
v4l2_m2m_querybuf
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct v4l2_buffer * buf)¶ multi-queue-aware QUERYBUF multiplexer
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct v4l2_buffer * buf
- pointer to struct
v4l2_buffer
Description
See v4l2_m2m_mmap()
documentation for details.
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int
v4l2_m2m_qbuf
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct v4l2_buffer * buf)¶ enqueue a source or destination buffer, depending on the type
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct v4l2_buffer * buf
- pointer to struct
v4l2_buffer
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int
v4l2_m2m_dqbuf
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct v4l2_buffer * buf)¶ dequeue a source or destination buffer, depending on the type
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct v4l2_buffer * buf
- pointer to struct
v4l2_buffer
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int
v4l2_m2m_prepare_buf
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct v4l2_buffer * buf)¶ prepare a source or destination buffer, depending on the type
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct v4l2_buffer * buf
- pointer to struct
v4l2_buffer
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int
v4l2_m2m_create_bufs
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct v4l2_create_buffers * create)¶ create a source or destination buffer, depending on the type
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct v4l2_create_buffers * create
- pointer to struct
v4l2_create_buffers
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int
v4l2_m2m_expbuf
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct v4l2_exportbuffer * eb)¶ export a source or destination buffer, depending on the type
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct v4l2_exportbuffer * eb
- pointer to struct
v4l2_exportbuffer
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int
v4l2_m2m_streamon
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, enum v4l2_buf_type type)¶ turn on streaming for a video queue
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
enum v4l2_buf_type type
- type of the V4L2 buffer, as defined by enum
v4l2_buf_type
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int
v4l2_m2m_streamoff
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, enum v4l2_buf_type type)¶ turn off streaming for a video queue
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
enum v4l2_buf_type type
- type of the V4L2 buffer, as defined by enum
v4l2_buf_type
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__poll_t
v4l2_m2m_poll
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct poll_table_struct * wait)¶ poll replacement, for destination buffers only
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct poll_table_struct * wait
- pointer to struct
poll_table_struct
Description
Call from the driver’s poll() function. Will poll both queues. If a buffer is available to dequeue (with dqbuf) from the source queue, this will indicate that a non-blocking write can be performed, while read will be returned in case of the destination queue.
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int
v4l2_m2m_mmap
(struct file * file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct vm_area_struct * vma)¶ source and destination queues-aware mmap multiplexer
Parameters
struct file * file
- pointer to struct
file
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct vm_area_struct * vma
- pointer to struct
vm_area_struct
Description
Call from driver’s mmap() function. Will handle mmap() for both queues seamlessly for videobuffer, which will receive normal per-queue offsets and proper videobuf queue pointers. The differentiation is made outside videobuf by adding a predefined offset to buffers from one of the queues and subtracting it before passing it back to videobuf. Only drivers (and thus applications) receive modified offsets.
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struct v4l2_m2m_dev *
v4l2_m2m_init
(const struct v4l2_m2m_ops * m2m_ops)¶ initialize per-driver m2m data
Parameters
const struct v4l2_m2m_ops * m2m_ops
- pointer to struct v4l2_m2m_ops
Description
Usually called from driver’s probe()
function.
Return
returns an opaque pointer to the internal data to handle M2M context
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void
v4l2_m2m_release
(struct v4l2_m2m_dev * m2m_dev)¶ cleans up and frees a m2m_dev structure
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_dev * m2m_dev
- opaque pointer to the internal data to handle M2M context
Description
Usually called from driver’s remove()
function.
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struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *
v4l2_m2m_ctx_init
(struct v4l2_m2m_dev * m2m_dev, void * drv_priv, int (*queue_init) (void *priv, struct vb2_queue *src_vq, struct vb2_queue *dst_vq)¶ allocate and initialize a m2m context
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_dev * m2m_dev
- opaque pointer to the internal data to handle M2M context
void * drv_priv
- driver’s instance private data
int (*)(void *priv, struct vb2_queue *src_vq, struct vb2_queue *dst_vq) queue_init
- a callback for queue type-specific initialization function to be used for initializing videobuf_queues
Description
Usually called from driver’s open()
function.
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void
v4l2_m2m_ctx_release
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ release m2m context
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
Description
Usually called from driver’s release() function.
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void
v4l2_m2m_buf_queue
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * vbuf)¶ add a buffer to the proper ready buffers list.
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * vbuf
- pointer to struct
vb2_v4l2_buffer
Description
Call from videobuf_queue_ops->ops->buf_queue, videobuf_queue_ops callback.
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unsigned int
v4l2_m2m_num_src_bufs_ready
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ return the number of source buffers ready for use
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
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unsigned int
v4l2_m2m_num_dst_bufs_ready
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ return the number of destination buffers ready for use
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
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struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *
v4l2_m2m_next_buf
(struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx * q_ctx)¶ return next buffer from the list of ready buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx * q_ctx
- pointer to struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx
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struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *
v4l2_m2m_next_src_buf
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ return next source buffer from the list of ready buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
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struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *
v4l2_m2m_next_dst_buf
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ return next destination buffer from the list of ready buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
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struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *
v4l2_m2m_last_buf
(struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx * q_ctx)¶ return last buffer from the list of ready buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx * q_ctx
- pointer to struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx
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struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *
v4l2_m2m_last_src_buf
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ return last destination buffer from the list of ready buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
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struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *
v4l2_m2m_last_dst_buf
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ return last destination buffer from the list of ready buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
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v4l2_m2m_for_each_dst_buf
(m2m_ctx, b)¶ iterate over a list of destination ready buffers
Parameters
m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
b
- current buffer of type struct v4l2_m2m_buffer
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v4l2_m2m_for_each_src_buf
(m2m_ctx, b)¶ iterate over a list of source ready buffers
Parameters
m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
b
- current buffer of type struct v4l2_m2m_buffer
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v4l2_m2m_for_each_dst_buf_safe
(m2m_ctx, b, n)¶ iterate over a list of destination ready buffers safely
Parameters
m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
b
- current buffer of type struct v4l2_m2m_buffer
n
- used as temporary storage
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v4l2_m2m_for_each_src_buf_safe
(m2m_ctx, b, n)¶ iterate over a list of source ready buffers safely
Parameters
m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
b
- current buffer of type struct v4l2_m2m_buffer
n
- used as temporary storage
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struct vb2_queue *
v4l2_m2m_get_src_vq
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ return vb2_queue for source buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
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struct vb2_queue *
v4l2_m2m_get_dst_vq
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ return vb2_queue for destination buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
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struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *
v4l2_m2m_buf_remove
(struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx * q_ctx)¶ take off a buffer from the list of ready buffers and return it
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx * q_ctx
- pointer to struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx
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struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *
v4l2_m2m_src_buf_remove
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ take off a source buffer from the list of ready buffers and return it
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
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struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *
v4l2_m2m_dst_buf_remove
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx)¶ take off a destination buffer from the list of ready buffers and return it
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
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void
v4l2_m2m_buf_remove_by_buf
(struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx * q_ctx, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * vbuf)¶ take off exact buffer from the list of ready buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx * q_ctx
- pointer to struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx
struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * vbuf
- the buffer to be removed
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void
v4l2_m2m_src_buf_remove_by_buf
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * vbuf)¶ take off exact source buffer from the list of ready buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * vbuf
- the buffer to be removed
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void
v4l2_m2m_dst_buf_remove_by_buf
(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * vbuf)¶ take off exact destination buffer from the list of ready buffers
Parameters
struct v4l2_m2m_ctx * m2m_ctx
- m2m context assigned to the instance given by struct
v4l2_m2m_ctx
struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * vbuf
- the buffer to be removed
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void
v4l2_m2m_buf_copy_metadata
(const struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * out_vb, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * cap_vb, bool copy_frame_flags)¶ copy buffer metadata from the output buffer to the capture buffer
Parameters
const struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * out_vb
- the output buffer that is the source of the metadata.
struct vb2_v4l2_buffer * cap_vb
- the capture buffer that will receive the metadata.
bool copy_frame_flags
- copy the KEY/B/PFRAME flags as well.
Description
This helper function copies the timestamp, timecode (if the TIMECODE buffer flag was set), field and the TIMECODE, KEYFRAME, BFRAME, PFRAME and TSTAMP_SRC_MASK flags from out_vb to cap_vb.
If copy_frame_flags is false, then the KEYFRAME, BFRAME and PFRAME flags are not copied. This is typically needed for encoders that set this bits explicitly.