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[media] Documentation: media: description of DMABUF exporting in V4L2

This patch adds description and usage examples for exporting
DMABUF file descriptor in V4L2.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Stanislawski <t.stanislaws@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Tomasz Stanislawski 13 years ago
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+ 3 - 0
Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml

@@ -2590,6 +2590,9 @@ ioctls.</para>
 	  <para>Importing DMABUF file descriptors as a new IO method described
 	  <para>Importing DMABUF file descriptors as a new IO method described
 	  in <xref linkend="dmabuf" />.</para>
 	  in <xref linkend="dmabuf" />.</para>
         </listitem>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+	  <para>Exporting DMABUF files using &VIDIOC-EXPBUF; ioctl.</para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
       </itemizedlist>
     </section>
     </section>
 
 

+ 3 - 0
Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml

@@ -488,6 +488,9 @@ DMA buffer from userspace using a file descriptor previously exported for a
 different or the same device (known as the importer role), or both. This
 different or the same device (known as the importer role), or both. This
 section describes the DMABUF importer role API in V4L2.</para>
 section describes the DMABUF importer role API in V4L2.</para>
 
 
+    <para>Refer to <link linked="vidioc-expbuf"> DMABUF exporting </link> for
+details about exporting V4L2 buffers as DMABUF file descriptors.</para>
+
 <para>Input and output devices support the streaming I/O method when the
 <para>Input and output devices support the streaming I/O method when the
 <constant>V4L2_CAP_STREAMING</constant> flag in the
 <constant>V4L2_CAP_STREAMING</constant> flag in the
 <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field of &v4l2-capability; returned by
 <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field of &v4l2-capability; returned by

+ 1 - 0
Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml

@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
     &sub-enuminput;
     &sub-enuminput;
     &sub-enumoutput;
     &sub-enumoutput;
     &sub-enumstd;
     &sub-enumstd;
+    &sub-expbuf;
     &sub-g-audio;
     &sub-g-audio;
     &sub-g-audioout;
     &sub-g-audioout;
     &sub-g-crop;
     &sub-g-crop;

+ 212 - 0
Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-expbuf.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+<refentry id="vidioc-expbuf">
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_EXPBUF</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_EXPBUF</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Export a buffer as a DMABUF file descriptor.</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <funcsynopsis>
+      <funcprototype>
+	<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
+	<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
+	<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
+	<paramdef>struct v4l2_exportbuffer *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+    </funcsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Arguments</title>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&fd;</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>VIDIOC_EXPBUF</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para></para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <note>
+      <title>Experimental</title>
+      <para>This is an <link linkend="experimental"> experimental </link>
+      interface and may change in the future.</para>
+    </note>
+
+<para>This ioctl is an extension to the <link linkend="mmap">memory
+mapping</link> I/O method, therefore it is available only for
+<constant>V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP</constant> buffers.  It can be used to export a
+buffer as a DMABUF file at any time after buffers have been allocated with the
+&VIDIOC-REQBUFS; ioctl.</para>
+
+<para> To export a buffer, applications fill &v4l2-exportbuffer;.  The
+<structfield> type </structfield> field is set to the same buffer type as was
+previously used with  &v4l2-requestbuffers;<structfield> type </structfield>.
+Applications must also set the <structfield> index </structfield> field. Valid
+index numbers range from zero to the number of buffers allocated with
+&VIDIOC-REQBUFS; (&v4l2-requestbuffers;<structfield> count </structfield>)
+minus one.  For the multi-planar API, applications set the <structfield> plane
+</structfield> field to the index of the plane to be exported. Valid planes
+range from zero to the maximal number of valid planes for the currently active
+format. For the single-planar API, applications must set <structfield> plane
+</structfield> to zero.  Additional flags may be posted in the <structfield>
+flags </structfield> field.  Refer to a manual for open() for details.
+Currently only O_CLOEXEC is supported.  All other fields must be set to zero.
+In the case of multi-planar API, every plane is exported separately using
+multiple <constant> VIDIOC_EXPBUF </constant> calls. </para>
+
+<para> After calling <constant>VIDIOC_EXPBUF</constant> the <structfield> fd
+</structfield> field will be set by a driver.  This is a DMABUF file
+descriptor. The application may pass it to other DMABUF-aware devices. Refer to
+<link linkend="dmabuf">DMABUF importing</link> for details about importing
+DMABUF files into V4L2 nodes. It is recommended to close a DMABUF file when it
+is no longer used to allow the associated memory to be reclaimed. </para>
+
+  </refsect1>
+  <refsect1>
+   <section>
+      <title>Examples</title>
+
+      <example>
+	<title>Exporting a buffer.</title>
+	<programlisting>
+int buffer_export(int v4lfd, &v4l2-buf-type; bt, int index, int *dmafd)
+{
+	&v4l2-exportbuffer; expbuf;
+
+	memset(&amp;expbuf, 0, sizeof(expbuf));
+	expbuf.type = bt;
+	expbuf.index = index;
+	if (ioctl(v4lfd, &VIDIOC-EXPBUF;, &amp;expbuf) == -1) {
+		perror("VIDIOC_EXPBUF");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*dmafd = expbuf.fd;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+        </programlisting>
+      </example>
+
+      <example>
+	<title>Exporting a buffer using the multi-planar API.</title>
+	<programlisting>
+int buffer_export_mp(int v4lfd, &v4l2-buf-type; bt, int index,
+	int dmafd[], int n_planes)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i &lt; n_planes; ++i) {
+		&v4l2-exportbuffer; expbuf;
+
+		memset(&amp;expbuf, 0, sizeof(expbuf));
+		expbuf.type = bt;
+		expbuf.index = index;
+		expbuf.plane = i;
+		if (ioctl(v4lfd, &VIDIOC-EXPBUF;, &amp;expbuf) == -1) {
+			perror("VIDIOC_EXPBUF");
+			while (i)
+				close(dmafd[--i]);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		dmafd[i] = expbuf.fd;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+        </programlisting>
+      </example>
+   </section>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-exportbuffer">
+      <title>struct <structname>v4l2_exportbuffer</structname></title>
+      <tgroup cols="3">
+	&cs-str;
+	<tbody valign="top">
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Type of the buffer, same as &v4l2-format;
+<structfield>type</structfield> or &v4l2-requestbuffers;
+<structfield>type</structfield>, set by the application. See <xref
+linkend="v4l2-buf-type" /></entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>index</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Number of the buffer, set by the application. This field is
+only used for <link linkend="mmap">memory mapping</link> I/O and can range from
+zero to the number of buffers allocated with the &VIDIOC-REQBUFS; and/or
+&VIDIOC-CREATE-BUFS; ioctls. </entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>plane</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Index of the plane to be exported when using the
+multi-planar API. Otherwise this value must be set to zero. </entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Flags for the newly created file, currently only <constant>
+O_CLOEXEC </constant> is supported, refer to the manual of open() for more
+details.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__s32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>fd</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>The DMABUF file descriptor associated with a buffer. Set by
+		the driver.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>reserved[11]</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Reserved field for future use. Must be set to zero.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </table>
+
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    &return-value;
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>A queue is not in MMAP mode or DMABUF exporting is not
+supported or <structfield> flags </structfield> or <structfield> type
+</structfield> or <structfield> index </structfield> or <structfield> plane
+</structfield> fields are invalid.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>