@@ -577,7 +577,10 @@ Buffer Flags
applications shall use this flag if the data captured in the
buffer is not going to be touched by the CPU, instead the buffer
will, probably, be passed on to a DMA-capable hardware unit for
- further processing or output.
+ further processing or output. This flag is ignored unless the
+ queue is used for :ref:`memory mapping <mmap>` streaming I/O and
+ reports :ref:`V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_MMAP_CACHE_HINTS
+ <V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-MMAP-CACHE-HINTS>` capability.
* .. _`V4L2-BUF-FLAG-NO-CACHE-CLEAN`:
- ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN``
@@ -585,7 +588,10 @@ Buffer Flags
- Caches do not have to be cleaned for this buffer. Typically
applications shall use this flag for output buffers if the data in
this buffer has not been created by the CPU but by some
- DMA-capable unit, in which case caches have not been used.
+ DMA-capable unit, in which case caches have not been used. This flag
+ is ignored unless the queue is used for :ref:`memory mapping <mmap>`
+ streaming I/O and reports :ref:`V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_MMAP_CACHE_HINTS
+ <V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-MMAP-CACHE-HINTS>` capability.
* .. _`V4L2-BUF-FLAG-M2M-HOLD-CAPTURE-BUF`:
- ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_M2M_HOLD_CAPTURE_BUF``
@@ -681,6 +687,36 @@ Buffer Flags
\normalsize
+.. _memory-flags:
+
+Memory Consistency Flags
+========================
+
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{7.0cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.3cm}|
+
+.. cssclass:: longtable
+
+.. flat-table::
+ :header-rows: 0
+ :stub-columns: 0
+ :widths: 3 1 4
+
+ * .. _`V4L2-FLAG-MEMORY-NON-CONSISTENT`:
+
+ - ``V4L2_FLAG_MEMORY_NON_CONSISTENT``
+ - 0x00000001
+ - A buffer is allocated either in consistent (it will be automatically
+ coherent between the CPU and the bus) or non-consistent memory. The
+ latter can provide performance gains, for instance the CPU cache
+ sync/flush operations can be avoided if the buffer is accessed by the
+ corresponding device only and the CPU does not read/write to/from that
+ buffer. However, this requires extra care from the driver -- it must
+ guarantee memory consistency by issuing a cache flush/sync when
+ consistency is needed. If this flag is set V4L2 will attempt to
+ allocate the buffer in non-consistent memory. The flag takes effect
+ only if the buffer is used for :ref:`memory mapping <mmap>` I/O and the
+ queue reports the :ref:`V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_MMAP_CACHE_HINTS
+ <V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-MMAP-CACHE-HINTS>` capability.
.. c:type:: v4l2_memory
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ aborting or finishing any DMA in progress, an implicit
.. _V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-REQUESTS:
.. _V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-ORPHANED-BUFS:
.. _V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-M2M-HOLD-CAPTURE-BUF:
+.. _V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-MMAP-CACHE-HINTS:
.. cssclass:: longtable
@@ -156,6 +157,15 @@ aborting or finishing any DMA in progress, an implicit
- Only valid for stateless decoders. If set, then userspace can set the
``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_M2M_HOLD_CAPTURE_BUF`` flag to hold off on returning the
capture buffer until the OUTPUT timestamp changes.
+ * - ``V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_MMAP_CACHE_HINTS``
+ - 0x00000040
+ - This capability is set by the driver to indicate that the queue supports
+ cache and memory management hints. However, it's only valid when the
+ queue is used for :ref:`memory mapping <mmap>` streaming I/O. See
+ :ref:`V4L2_FLAG_MEMORY_NON_CONSISTENT <V4L2-FLAG-MEMORY-NON-CONSISTENT>`,
+ :ref:`V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE <V4L2-BUF-FLAG-NO-CACHE-INVALIDATE>` and
+ :ref:`V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN <V4L2-BUF-FLAG-NO-CACHE-CLEAN>`.
+
Return Value
============
@@ -710,6 +710,8 @@ static void fill_buf_caps(struct vb2_queue *q, u32 *caps)
*caps |= V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_DMABUF;
if (q->subsystem_flags & VB2_V4L2_FL_SUPPORTS_M2M_HOLD_CAPTURE_BUF)
*caps |= V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_M2M_HOLD_CAPTURE_BUF;
+ if (q->allow_cache_hints && q->io_modes & VB2_MMAP)
+ *caps |= V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_MMAP_CACHE_HINTS;
#ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER_REQUEST_API
if (q->supports_requests)
*caps |= V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_REQUESTS;
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ enum v4l2_memory {
V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF = 4,
};
+#define V4L2_FLAG_MEMORY_NON_CONSISTENT (1 << 0)
+
/* see also http://vektor.theorem.ca/graphics/ycbcr/ */
enum v4l2_colorspace {
/*
@@ -954,6 +956,7 @@ struct v4l2_requestbuffers {
#define V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_REQUESTS (1 << 3)
#define V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_ORPHANED_BUFS (1 << 4)
#define V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_M2M_HOLD_CAPTURE_BUF (1 << 5)
+#define V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_MMAP_CACHE_HINTS (1 << 6)
/**
* struct v4l2_plane - plane info for multi-planar buffers