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[RFC,2/4] media: Add Media Device Allocator API documentation

Message ID 33083175297b174a68b937e9bf2d867add363e23.1458966594.git.shuahkh@osg.samsung.com (mailing list archive)
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Shuah Khan March 26, 2016, 4:38 a.m. UTC
Add Media Device Allocator API documentation.

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
---
 include/media/media-dev-allocator.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

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Mauro Carvalho Chehab March 28, 2016, 6:28 p.m. UTC | #1
Em Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:38:43 -0600
Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> escreveu:

> Add Media Device Allocator API documentation.

Please merge this with the previous patch.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
> ---
>  include/media/media-dev-allocator.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h b/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h
> index 2932c90..174840c 100644
> --- a/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h
> +++ b/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h
> @@ -20,6 +20,38 @@
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER
>  /**
> + * DOC: Media Controller Device Allocator API
> + * There are known problems with media device life time management. When media
> + * device is released while an media ioctl is in progress, ioctls fail with
> + * use-after-free errors and kernel hangs in some cases.
> + * 
> + * Media Device can be in any the following states:
> + * 
> + * - Allocated
> + * - Registered (could be tied to more than one driver)
> + * - Unregistered, not in use (media device file is not open)
> + * - Unregistered, in use (media device file is not open)
> + * - Released
> + * 
> + * When media device belongs to  more than one driver, registrations should be
> + * refcounted to avoid unregistering when one of the drivers does unregister.
> + * A refcount field in the struct media_device covers this case. Unregister on
> + * a Media Allocator media device is a kref_put() call. The media device should
> + * be unregistered only when the last unregister occurs.
> + * 
> + * When a media device is in use when it is unregistered, it should not be
> + * released until the application exits when it detects the unregistered
> + * status. Media device that is in use when it is unregistered is moved to
> + * to_delete_list. When the last unregister occurs, media device is unregistered
> + * and becomes an unregistered, still allocated device. Unregister marks the
> + * device to be deleted.
> + * 
> + * When media device belongs to more than one driver, as both drivers could be
> + * unbound/bound, driver should not end up getting stale media device that is
> + * on its way out. Moving the unregistered media device to to_delete_list helps
> + * this case as well.
> + */
> +/**
>   * media_device_get() - Allocate and return global media device
>   *
>   * @mdev
Shuah Khan March 28, 2016, 9:14 p.m. UTC | #2
On 03/28/2016 12:28 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:38:43 -0600
> Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> escreveu:
> 
>> Add Media Device Allocator API documentation.
> 
> Please merge this with the previous patch.

Yes. I will merge them.

-- Shuah
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
>> ---
>>  include/media/media-dev-allocator.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h b/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h
>> index 2932c90..174840c 100644
>> --- a/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h
>> +++ b/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h
>> @@ -20,6 +20,38 @@
>>  
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER
>>  /**
>> + * DOC: Media Controller Device Allocator API
>> + * There are known problems with media device life time management. When media
>> + * device is released while an media ioctl is in progress, ioctls fail with
>> + * use-after-free errors and kernel hangs in some cases.
>> + * 
>> + * Media Device can be in any the following states:
>> + * 
>> + * - Allocated
>> + * - Registered (could be tied to more than one driver)
>> + * - Unregistered, not in use (media device file is not open)
>> + * - Unregistered, in use (media device file is not open)
>> + * - Released
>> + * 
>> + * When media device belongs to  more than one driver, registrations should be
>> + * refcounted to avoid unregistering when one of the drivers does unregister.
>> + * A refcount field in the struct media_device covers this case. Unregister on
>> + * a Media Allocator media device is a kref_put() call. The media device should
>> + * be unregistered only when the last unregister occurs.
>> + * 
>> + * When a media device is in use when it is unregistered, it should not be
>> + * released until the application exits when it detects the unregistered
>> + * status. Media device that is in use when it is unregistered is moved to
>> + * to_delete_list. When the last unregister occurs, media device is unregistered
>> + * and becomes an unregistered, still allocated device. Unregister marks the
>> + * device to be deleted.
>> + * 
>> + * When media device belongs to more than one driver, as both drivers could be
>> + * unbound/bound, driver should not end up getting stale media device that is
>> + * on its way out. Moving the unregistered media device to to_delete_list helps
>> + * this case as well.
>> + */
>> +/**
>>   * media_device_get() - Allocate and return global media device
>>   *
>>   * @mdev
> 
> 

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diff --git a/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h b/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h
index 2932c90..174840c 100644
--- a/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h
+++ b/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h
@@ -20,6 +20,38 @@ 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER
 /**
+ * DOC: Media Controller Device Allocator API
+ * There are known problems with media device life time management. When media
+ * device is released while an media ioctl is in progress, ioctls fail with
+ * use-after-free errors and kernel hangs in some cases.
+ * 
+ * Media Device can be in any the following states:
+ * 
+ * - Allocated
+ * - Registered (could be tied to more than one driver)
+ * - Unregistered, not in use (media device file is not open)
+ * - Unregistered, in use (media device file is not open)
+ * - Released
+ * 
+ * When media device belongs to  more than one driver, registrations should be
+ * refcounted to avoid unregistering when one of the drivers does unregister.
+ * A refcount field in the struct media_device covers this case. Unregister on
+ * a Media Allocator media device is a kref_put() call. The media device should
+ * be unregistered only when the last unregister occurs.
+ * 
+ * When a media device is in use when it is unregistered, it should not be
+ * released until the application exits when it detects the unregistered
+ * status. Media device that is in use when it is unregistered is moved to
+ * to_delete_list. When the last unregister occurs, media device is unregistered
+ * and becomes an unregistered, still allocated device. Unregister marks the
+ * device to be deleted.
+ * 
+ * When media device belongs to more than one driver, as both drivers could be
+ * unbound/bound, driver should not end up getting stale media device that is
+ * on its way out. Moving the unregistered media device to to_delete_list helps
+ * this case as well.
+ */
+/**
  * media_device_get() - Allocate and return global media device
  *
  * @mdev