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    "name": "[libcamera-devel,v5,25/33] ipa: rkisp1: Document the active state and frame context",
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            "name": "ipa: Frame context queue, IPU3 & RkISP consolidation, and RkISP1 improvements",
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        "To": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org",
        "Date": "Tue, 27 Sep 2022 05:36:34 +0300",
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        "Subject": "[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v5 25/33] ipa: rkisp1: Document the active\n\tstate and frame context",
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        "From": "Laurent Pinchart via libcamera-devel\n\t<libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org>",
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    "content": "Now that data used by algorithms has been partitioned between the active\nstate and frame context, we have a better view of the role of each of\nthose structures. Document them appropriately.\n\nSigned-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>\nReviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>\nReviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>\n---\nChanges since v4:\n\n- Fix typo in documentation\n---\n src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.cpp | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------\n 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.cpp b/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.cpp\nindex 4380634e272d..2126ed1d0acb 100644\n--- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.cpp\n+++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.cpp\n@@ -88,16 +88,28 @@ namespace libcamera::ipa::rkisp1 {\n  * \\struct IPAActiveState\n  * \\brief Active state for algorithms\n  *\n- * The active state stores algorithm-specific data that needs to be shared\n- * between multiple algorithms and the IPA module. It is accessible through the\n- * IPAContext structure.\n+ * The active state contains all algorithm-specific data that needs to be\n+ * maintained by algorithms across frames. Unlike the session configuration,\n+ * the active state is mutable and constantly updated by algorithms. The active\n+ * state is accessible through the IPAContext structure.\n  *\n- * \\todo Split the data contained in this structure between the active state\n- * and the frame contexts.\n+ * The active state stores two distinct categories of information:\n  *\n- * Each of the fields in the active state belongs to either a specific\n- * algorithm, or to the top-level IPA module. A field may be read by any\n- * algorithm, but should only be written by its owner.\n+ *  - The consolidated value of all algorithm controls. Requests passed to\n+ *    the queueRequest() function store values for controls that the\n+ *    application wants to modify for that particular frame, and the\n+ *    queueRequest() function updates the active state with those values.\n+ *    The active state thus contains a consolidated view of the value of all\n+ *    controls handled by the algorithm.\n+ *\n+ *  - The value of parameters computed by the algorithm when running in auto\n+ *    mode. Algorithms running in auto mode compute new parameters every\n+ *    time statistics buffers are received (either synchronously, or\n+ *    possibly in a background thread). The latest computed value of those\n+ *    parameters is stored in the active state in the process() function.\n+ *\n+ * Each of the members in the active state belongs to a specific algorithm. A\n+ * member may be read by any algorithm, but shall only be written by its owner.\n  */\n \n /**\n@@ -185,7 +197,32 @@ namespace libcamera::ipa::rkisp1 {\n  * \\struct IPAFrameContext\n  * \\brief Per-frame context for algorithms\n  *\n- * \\todo Populate the frame context for all algorithms\n+ * The frame context stores two distinct categories of information:\n+ *\n+ * - The value of the controls to be applied to the frame. These values are\n+ *   typically set in the queueRequest() function, from the consolidated\n+ *   control values stored in the active state. The frame context thus stores\n+ *   values for all controls related to the algorithm, not limited to the\n+ *   controls specified in the corresponding request, but consolidated from all\n+ *   requests that have been queued so far.\n+ *\n+ *   For controls that can be set manually or computed by an algorithm\n+ *   (depending on the algorithm operation mode), such as for instance the\n+ *   colour gains for the AWB algorithm, the control value will be stored in\n+ *   the frame context in the queueRequest() function only when operating in\n+ *   manual mode. When operating in auto mode, the values are computed by the\n+ *   algorithm in process(), stored in the active state, and copied to the\n+ *   frame context in prepare(), just before being stored in the ISP parameters\n+ *   buffer.\n+ *\n+ *   The queueRequest() function can also store ancillary data in the frame\n+ *   context, such as flags to indicate if (and what) control values have\n+ *   changed compared to the previous request.\n+ *\n+ * - Status information computed by the algorithm for a frame. For instance,\n+ *   the colour temperature estimated by the AWB algorithm from ISP statistics\n+ *   calculated on a frame is stored in the frame context for that frame in\n+ *   the process() function.\n  */\n \n /**\n",
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