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    "msgid": "<20190508151831.12274-9-niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se>",
    "date": "2019-05-08T15:18:28",
    "name": "[libcamera-devel,v2,08/11] libcamera: media_device: Add functions to lock device for other processes",
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            "date": "2019-05-08T15:18:20",
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        "Subject": "[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v2 08/11] libcamera: media_device: Add\n\tfunctions to lock device for other processes",
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    "content": "Add lock() and unlock() which are backed by lockf() and allows an\ninstance of libcamera to claim exclusive access to a media device.\nThese functions are the base of allowing multiple user of libcamera to\ncoexist in the system without stepping on each others toes.\n\nSigned-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se>\n---\n src/libcamera/include/media_device.h |  4 ++\n src/libcamera/media_device.cpp       | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-\n 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/media_device.h b/src/libcamera/include/media_device.h\nindex e513a2fee1b91a1b..7b88e2875d59dfc3 100644\n--- a/src/libcamera/include/media_device.h\n+++ b/src/libcamera/include/media_device.h\n@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ public:\n \tvoid release();\n \tbool busy() const { return acquired_; }\n \n+\tbool lock();\n+\tvoid unlock();\n+\n \tint populate();\n \tbool valid() const { return valid_; }\n \n@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ private:\n \tint fd_;\n \tbool valid_;\n \tbool acquired_;\n+\tbool lockOwner_;\n \n \tint open();\n \tvoid close();\ndiff --git a/src/libcamera/media_device.cpp b/src/libcamera/media_device.cpp\nindex cd6a01ed452073e2..89b670348a63fd6b 100644\n--- a/src/libcamera/media_device.cpp\n+++ b/src/libcamera/media_device.cpp\n@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(MediaDevice)\n  * populate() before the media graph can be queried.\n  */\n MediaDevice::MediaDevice(const std::string &deviceNode)\n-\t: deviceNode_(deviceNode), fd_(-1), valid_(false), acquired_(false)\n+\t: deviceNode_(deviceNode), fd_(-1), valid_(false), acquired_(false),\n+\t  lockOwner_(false)\n {\n }\n \n@@ -118,6 +119,61 @@ void MediaDevice::release()\n \tacquired_ = false;\n }\n \n+/**\n+ * \\brief Lock the device for use by other instances of libcamera\n+ *\n+ * Multiple instances of libcamera might be running on the same system, at the\n+ * same time. To allow the different instances to coexist, system resources in\n+ * the form of media devices must be accessible for enumerating the cameras\n+ * they provide at all times, while still allowing an instance to lock a\n+ * resource while it prepares to actively use a camera from the resource.\n+ *\n+ * This method shall not be called from a pipeline handler implementation\n+ * directly, as the base PipelineHandler implementation handles this on the\n+ * behalf of the specified implementation.\n+ *\n+ * \\return True if the device could be locked, false otherwise\n+ * \\sa unlock()\n+ */\n+bool MediaDevice::lock()\n+{\n+\tif (fd_ == -1)\n+\t\treturn false;\n+\n+\t/* Do not allow nested locking in the same libcamera instance. */\n+\tif (lockOwner_)\n+\t\treturn false;\n+\n+\tif (lockf(fd_, F_TLOCK, 0))\n+\t\treturn false;\n+\n+\tlockOwner_ = true;\n+\n+\treturn true;\n+}\n+\n+/**\n+ * \\brief Unlock the device and free it for use for libcamera instances\n+ *\n+ * This method shall not be called from a pipeline handler implementation\n+ * directly, as the base PipelineHandler implementation handles this on the\n+ * behalf of the specified implementation.\n+ *\n+ * \\sa lock()\n+ */\n+void MediaDevice::unlock()\n+{\n+\tif (fd_ == -1)\n+\t\treturn;\n+\n+\tif (!lockOwner_)\n+\t\treturn;\n+\n+\tlockOwner_ = false;\n+\n+\tlockf(fd_, F_ULOCK, 0);\n+}\n+\n /**\n  * \\fn MediaDevice::busy()\n  * \\brief Check if a device is in use\n",
    "prefixes": [
        "libcamera-devel",
        "v2",
        "08/11"
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