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    "date": "2021-11-30T03:37:58",
    "name": "[libcamera-devel,v4,00/22] libcamera: Introduce UniqueFD",
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        "From": "Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>",
        "To": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org",
        "Date": "Tue, 30 Nov 2021 05:37:58 +0200",
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        "Subject": "[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v4 00/22] libcamera: Introduce UniqueFD",
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    "content": "Hello,\n\nThis patch series is a continuation of Hiro's work on the ScopedFD class\n([1]). The class is a std::unique_ptr<>-like wrapper around file\ndescriptors, which complements the existing shared-ownership\nFileDescriptor.\n\nCompared to v2, the main changes are a rename of ScopedFD to UniqueFD,\nand to match that, of FileDescriptor to SharedFD, as well as a new unit\ntest.\n\nCompared to v3, review comments have been take into account, and five\npatches have been added:\n\n- Patch 11/22 fixes an fd leak\n- Patch 16/22 uses SharedFD in V4L2VideoDevice::open()\n- Patch 20/22 improves SharedFD with comparison operators\n- Patch 21/22 renames SharedFD::fd() to get() for consistency with\n  UniqueFD\n- Patch 22/22 passes fds by rvalue reference to the UniqueFD constructor\n  and reset() function\n\nAs indicated in patch 22/22, if rvalue references are preferred, the\npatch will be squashed with 04/22.\n\n[1] https://patchwork.libcamera.org/project/libcamera/list/?series=2115\n\nHirokazu Honda (11):\n  libcamera: base: Introduce UniqueFD\n  libcamera: base: file_descriptor: Add constructor from UniqueFD\n  libcamera: event_dispatcher_poll: Manage fd by UniqueFD\n  libcamera: file: Manage fd by UniqueFD\n  libcamera: ipc_unixsocket: Use UniqueFD for a file descriptor\n  libcamera: process: Manage pipe fds by UniqueFD\n  libcamera: media_device: Manage fd by UniqueFD\n  libcamera: v4l2_device: Use UniqueFD for a file descriptor\n  libcamera: v4l2_videodevice: Use fd for a file descriptor\n  libcamera: pipeline: raspberrypi: DmaHeaps: Use UniqueFD for a file\n    descriptor\n  v4l2: v4l2_camera: Return int in getBufferFd()\n\nLaurent Pinchart (11):\n  libcamera: Move compiler.h to base/\n  libcamera: Move file_descriptor.h to base/\n  libcamera: base: file_descriptor: Move inode() function to\n    frame_buffer.cpp\n  test: Add UniqueFD test\n  libcamera: base: file_descriptor: Return UniqueFD from dup()\n  libcamera: ipc_unixsocket: Fix file descriptor leak\n  libcamera: v4l2_videodevice: Pass SharedFD to open()\n  libcamera: base: Rename FileDescriptor to SharedFD\n  libcamera: base: shared_fd: Add comparison operators\n  libcamera: base: shared_fd: Rename fd() to get()\n  libcamera: base: unique_fd: Pass rvalue reference to constructor and\n    reset()\n\n include/libcamera/{ => base}/compiler.h       |   0\n .../libcamera/base/event_dispatcher_poll.h    |   3 +-\n include/libcamera/base/file.h                 |   7 +-\n include/libcamera/base/meson.build            |   3 +\n include/libcamera/base/shared_fd.h            |  59 ++++\n include/libcamera/base/unique_fd.h            |  70 +++++\n include/libcamera/file_descriptor.h           |  49 ---\n include/libcamera/framebuffer.h               |   5 +-\n include/libcamera/geometry.h                  |   2 +-\n .../libcamera/internal/ipa_data_serializer.h  |  40 +--\n include/libcamera/internal/ipc_pipe.h         |   9 +-\n include/libcamera/internal/ipc_unixsocket.h   |   7 +-\n include/libcamera/internal/media_device.h     |   3 +-\n include/libcamera/internal/process.h          |   4 +-\n include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_device.h      |   9 +-\n include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_videodevice.h |   8 +-\n include/libcamera/ipa/core.mojom              |   6 +-\n include/libcamera/ipa/raspberrypi.mojom       |   2 +-\n include/libcamera/meson.build                 |   2 -\n src/android/camera_device.cpp                 |   2 +-\n src/cam/drm.cpp                               |   4 +-\n src/cam/image.cpp                             |   4 +-\n src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraallocator.cpp       |   2 +-\n src/ipa/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp           |   6 +-\n src/libcamera/base/event_dispatcher_poll.cpp  |  11 +-\n src/libcamera/base/file.cpp                   |  26 +-\n src/libcamera/base/meson.build                |   2 +\n src/libcamera/base/shared_fd.cpp              | 288 ++++++++++++++++++\n src/libcamera/base/unique_fd.cpp              | 129 ++++++++\n src/libcamera/file_descriptor.cpp             | 272 -----------------\n src/libcamera/framebuffer.cpp                 |  36 ++-\n src/libcamera/ipa_data_serializer.cpp         | 100 +++---\n src/libcamera/ipc_pipe.cpp                    |   6 +-\n src/libcamera/ipc_pipe_unixsocket.cpp         |   8 +-\n src/libcamera/ipc_unixsocket.cpp              |  43 +--\n src/libcamera/mapped_framebuffer.cpp          |   4 +-\n src/libcamera/media_device.cpp                |  36 +--\n src/libcamera/meson.build                     |   1 -\n .../pipeline/raspberrypi/dma_heaps.cpp        |  41 +--\n .../pipeline/raspberrypi/dma_heaps.h          |  10 +-\n .../pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp      |  13 +-\n src/libcamera/process.cpp                     |  16 +-\n src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp                 |  23 +-\n src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp            |  65 ++--\n src/v4l2/v4l2_camera.cpp                      |   6 +-\n src/v4l2/v4l2_camera.h                        |   4 +-\n src/v4l2/v4l2_camera_proxy.cpp                |   6 +-\n test/ipc/unixsocket.cpp                       |  14 +-\n test/ipc/unixsocket_ipc.cpp                   |   8 +-\n test/meson.build                              |   3 +-\n .../ipa_data_serializer_test.cpp              |  14 +-\n test/{file-descriptor.cpp => shared-fd.cpp}   |  86 +++---\n test/unique-fd.cpp                            | 222 ++++++++++++++\n .../module_ipa_proxy.cpp.tmpl                 |   2 +-\n .../module_ipa_proxy.h.tmpl                   |   2 +-\n .../module_ipa_proxy_worker.cpp.tmpl          |  13 +-\n .../libcamera_templates/proxy_functions.tmpl  |   2 +-\n .../libcamera_templates/serializer.tmpl       |  22 +-\n .../generators/mojom_libcamera_generator.py   |   6 +-\n 59 files changed, 1154 insertions(+), 692 deletions(-)\n rename include/libcamera/{ => base}/compiler.h (100%)\n create mode 100644 include/libcamera/base/shared_fd.h\n create mode 100644 include/libcamera/base/unique_fd.h\n delete mode 100644 include/libcamera/file_descriptor.h\n create mode 100644 src/libcamera/base/shared_fd.cpp\n create mode 100644 src/libcamera/base/unique_fd.cpp\n delete mode 100644 src/libcamera/file_descriptor.cpp\n rename test/{file-descriptor.cpp => shared-fd.cpp} (65%)\n create mode 100644 test/unique-fd.cpp\n\n\nbase-commit: 8178e01b36d767e05d7bbb9dd1f752f7ede0db3d"
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