[PATCH v2 00/10] Support getting default values from any control

From: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado
Date: Fri Aug 21 2015 - 09:22:52 EST


Integer controls provide a way to get their default/initial value, but
any other control (p_u32, p_u8.....) provide no other way to get the
initial value than unloading the module and loading it back.

*What is the actual problem?
I have a custom control with WIDTH integer values. Every value
represents the calibrated FPN (fixed pattern noise) correction value for that
column
-Application A changes the FPN correction value
-Application B wants to restore the calibrated value but it cant :(

*What is the proposed solution?

(Kudos to Hans Verkuil!!!)

The key change is in struct v4l2_ext_controls where the __u32 ctrl_class field
is changed to:

union {
__u32 ctrl_class;
__u32 which;
};

And two new defines are added:

#define V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL 0
#define V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL 0x0f000000

The 'which' field tells you which controls are get/set/tried.

V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL: the current value of the controls
V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL: the default value of the controls
V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_*: the current value of the controls belonging to the specified class.
Note: this is deprecated usage and is only there for backwards compatibility.
Which is also why I don't think there is a need to add V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_
aliases for these defines.


I have posted a copy of my working tree to

https://github.com/ribalda/linux/tree/which_def_v2

Changelog v2:

Suggested by Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx>

Replace ctrls_class with which on all the codebase
Changes in Documentation
(Thanks!)

Ricardo Ribalda Delgado (10):
videodev2.h: Fix typo in comment
videodev2.h: Extend struct v4l2_ext_controls
media/v4l2-compat-ioctl32: Simple stylechecks
media/core: Replace ctrl_class with which
media/v4l2-core: struct struct v4l2_ext_controls param which
usb/uvc: Support for V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL
media/usb/pvrusb2: Support for V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL
media/pci/saa7164-encoder Support for V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL
media/pci/saa7164-vbi Support for V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL
Docbook: media: Document changes on struct v4l2_ext_controls

Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml | 9 ++++
.../DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml | 28 ++++++++--
drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-encoder.c | 59 ++++++++++++---------
drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-vbi.c | 61 +++++++++++++---------
drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_dec.c | 2 +-
drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_enc.c | 2 +-
drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c | 17 +++++-
drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c | 14 ++++-
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c | 17 +++---
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c | 54 +++++++++++++------
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c | 14 ++---
include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h | 14 ++++-
12 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)

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