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[v4l-utils] common: Use posix_memalign for allocating userptr buffers

Message ID 20240620091505.359637-1-fusibrandon13@gmail.com
State New
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Series [v4l-utils] common: Use posix_memalign for allocating userptr buffers | expand

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Brandon Cheo Fusi June 20, 2024, 9:15 a.m. UTC
When dealing with a userptr pointing to a buffer in userspace,
videobuf2 swaps the corresponding physical pages with other pages
so we have a contiguous area of memory for DMA. This only works if
the userptr is page aligned.

The current way of allocating user buffers using malloc only
guarantees alignment up to `alignof(max_align_t)`, which is usually
16. So replace malloc with posix_memalign to ensure the returned
pointer is on a page boundary.

Signed-off-by: Brandon Cheo Fusi <fusibrandon13@gmail.com>
---
 utils/common/v4l-helpers.h | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/utils/common/v4l-helpers.h b/utils/common/v4l-helpers.h
index cf0e92d..92a6fdc 100644
--- a/utils/common/v4l-helpers.h
+++ b/utils/common/v4l-helpers.h
@@ -1652,6 +1652,19 @@  static inline int v4l_queue_munmap_bufs(struct v4l_fd *f, struct v4l_queue *q,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void *userptr_malloc(size_t size)
+{
+	int v4l2_page_size = getpagesize();
+	void *ptr_addr = 0;
+
+	int ret = posix_memalign(&ptr_addr, v4l2_page_size, size);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "malloc via posix_memalign failed\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return ptr_addr;
+}
+
 static inline int v4l_queue_alloc_bufs(struct v4l_fd *f,
 		struct v4l_queue *q, unsigned from)
 {
@@ -1661,7 +1674,7 @@  static inline int v4l_queue_alloc_bufs(struct v4l_fd *f,
 		return 0;
 	for (b = from; b < v4l_queue_g_buffers(q); b++) {
 		for (p = 0; p < v4l_queue_g_num_planes(q); p++) {
-			void *m = malloc(v4l_queue_g_length(q, p));
+			void *m = userptr_malloc(v4l_queue_g_length(q, p));
 
 			if (m == NULL)
 				return errno;