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{ "id": 23939, "url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/patches/23939/?format=api", "web_url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/patch/23939/", "project": { "id": 1, "url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/projects/1/?format=api", "name": "libcamera", "link_name": "libcamera", "list_id": "libcamera_core", "list_email": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org", "web_url": "", "scm_url": "", "webscm_url": "" }, "msgid": "<20250724103834.54611-12-mzamazal@redhat.com>", "date": "2025-07-24T10:38:31", "name": "[v15,11/12] config: Make configuration file configurable", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "superseded", "archived": false, "hash": "d9e3f7f3e0f7cb321c2df0974bf2ddcf417a0587", "submitter": { "id": 177, "url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/people/177/?format=api", "name": "Milan Zamazal", "email": "mzamazal@redhat.com" }, "delegate": null, "mbox": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/patch/23939/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 5320, "url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/series/5320/?format=api", "web_url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/project/libcamera/list/?series=5320", "date": "2025-07-24T10:38:20", "name": "Add global configuration file", "version": 15, "mbox": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/series/5320/mbox/" } ], "comments": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/patches/23939/comments/", "check": "pending", "checks": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/patches/23939/checks/", "tags": {}, "headers": { "Return-Path": "<libcamera-devel-bounces@lists.libcamera.org>", "X-Original-To": "parsemail@patchwork.libcamera.org", "Delivered-To": "parsemail@patchwork.libcamera.org", "Received": [ "from lancelot.ideasonboard.com (lancelot.ideasonboard.com\n\t[92.243.16.209])\n\tby patchwork.libcamera.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DBCF7BDCC1\n\tfor <parsemail@patchwork.libcamera.org>;\n\tThu, 24 Jul 2025 10:39:25 +0000 (UTC)", "from lancelot.ideasonboard.com (localhost [IPv6:::1])\n\tby lancelot.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9146D690FF;\n\tThu, 24 Jul 2025 12:39:25 +0200 (CEST)", "from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com\n\t(us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124])\n\tby lancelot.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CADA690DA\n\tfor <libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org>;\n\tThu, 24 Jul 2025 12:39:23 +0200 (CEST)", "from mx-prod-mc-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com\n\t(ec2-35-165-154-97.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.165.154.97])\n\tby relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3,\n\tcipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-482-bZhAKJ3cOa-CVaGIUTSWjg-1;\n\tThu, 24 Jul 2025 06:39:18 -0400", "from mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com\n\t(mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com\n\t[10.30.177.17])\n\t(using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)\n\tkey-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)\n\tserver-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested)\n\tby mx-prod-mc-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix)\n\twith ESMTPS id 005891800446; Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:39:17 +0000 (UTC)", "from mzamazal-thinkpadp1gen7.tpbc.com (unknown [10.44.32.255])\n\tby mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix)\n\twith ESMTP id 18E93195608D; Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:39:14 +0000 (UTC)" ], "Authentication-Results": "lancelot.ideasonboard.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key;\n\tunprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com\n\theader.b=\"Jn9xIb35\"; dkim-atps=neutral", "DKIM-Signature": "v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com;\n\ts=mimecast20190719; t=1753353562;\n\th=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id:\n\tto:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type:\n\tcontent-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:\n\tin-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references;\n\tbh=XPgwkwu2xgAZrhVwWV6FdC28FV6mVZ+jemy0jRd8NJI=;\n\tb=Jn9xIb35EP/LxbDyqiw4wKKQUeoyuyJqHCFKcBXWd6jZ/axo6JuLqaozR8ut/vc01zcBpN\n\tizU+sRsE4JBgDtnj3RW0iXSZl+OQOv5Bl4x3mp2sYP7rCJ/pac2sPzV9YHvQdWVxrj83yQ\n\tiHGIui623m4NDpPxcIXYglyTqFQ9WrI=", "X-MC-Unique": "bZhAKJ3cOa-CVaGIUTSWjg-1", "X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID": "bZhAKJ3cOa-CVaGIUTSWjg_1753353557", "From": "Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@redhat.com>", "To": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org", "Cc": "Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@redhat.com>, Kieran Bingham\n\t<kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>, =?utf-8?q?Barnab=C3=A1s_P=C5=91cze?=\n\t<barnabas.pocze@ideasonboard.com>, Laurent Pinchart\n\t<laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>", "Subject": "[PATCH v15 11/12] config: Make configuration file configurable", "Date": "Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:38:31 +0200", "Message-ID": "<20250724103834.54611-12-mzamazal@redhat.com>", "In-Reply-To": "<20250724103834.54611-1-mzamazal@redhat.com>", "References": "<20250724103834.54611-1-mzamazal@redhat.com>", "MIME-Version": "1.0", "X-Scanned-By": "MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.17", "X-Mimecast-Spam-Score": "0", "X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID": "UMuNRwrYn461wv0slm0nQ3LCVxi2CZmMcBIV2senGUo_1753353557", "X-Mimecast-Originator": "redhat.com", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "8bit", "content-type": "text/plain; charset=\"US-ASCII\"; x-default=true", "X-BeenThere": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.29", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "<libcamera-devel.lists.libcamera.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://lists.libcamera.org/options/libcamera-devel>,\n\t<mailto:libcamera-devel-request@lists.libcamera.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<https://lists.libcamera.org/pipermail/libcamera-devel/>", "List-Post": "<mailto:libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:libcamera-devel-request@lists.libcamera.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://lists.libcamera.org/listinfo/libcamera-devel>,\n\t<mailto:libcamera-devel-request@lists.libcamera.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "libcamera-devel-bounces@lists.libcamera.org", "Sender": "\"libcamera-devel\" <libcamera-devel-bounces@lists.libcamera.org>" }, "content": "To support easy switching of configurations, let's introduce\nLIBCAMERA_CONFIG_NAME environment variable, which:\n\n- specifies the path of the configuration file to load if it is an\n absolute path; or\n- prevents any configuration file from loading if it is defined and\n empty; or\n- specifies the path of the configuration file to load, relative to\n the configuration directories.\n\nIf such a configuration file doesn't exist, no custom configuration is\nloaded.\n\nSigned-off-by: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@redhat.com>\n---\n Documentation/runtime_configuration.rst | 8 ++++++\n src/libcamera/global_configuration.cpp | 36 +++++++++++++++++--------\n 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/Documentation/runtime_configuration.rst b/Documentation/runtime_configuration.rst\nindex 20d20f086..781a2d343 100644\n--- a/Documentation/runtime_configuration.rst\n+++ b/Documentation/runtime_configuration.rst\n@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ order:\n - LIBCAMERA_SYSCONF_DIR/configuration.yaml\n - LIBCAMERA_DATA_DIR/libcamera/configuration.yaml\n \n+The default name of the configuration file, configuration.yaml, can be\n+overridden in LIBCAMERA_CONFIG_NAME environment variable. The variable\n+can specify just an alternative configuration file name to be looked up\n+in the locations above, or it can contain a whole relative or absolute\n+path. If an absolute path is specified then it is the only location that\n+is used; if the given file doesn't exist then no configuration file is\n+read. If the variable is defined but empty, no configuration is loaded.\n+\n The first configuration file found wins, configuration files in other\n locations are ignored.\n \ndiff --git a/src/libcamera/global_configuration.cpp b/src/libcamera/global_configuration.cpp\nindex b9531fdfb..68a4731a1 100644\n--- a/src/libcamera/global_configuration.cpp\n+++ b/src/libcamera/global_configuration.cpp\n@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@\n \n namespace libcamera {\n \n-namespace {\n-const std::vector<std::filesystem::path> globalConfigurationFiles = {\n-\tstd::filesystem::path(LIBCAMERA_SYSCONF_DIR) / \"configuration.yaml\",\n-\tstd::filesystem::path(LIBCAMERA_DATA_DIR) / \"configuration.yaml\",\n-};\n-}\n-\n LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(Configuration)\n \n /**\n@@ -75,6 +68,28 @@ bool GlobalConfiguration::loadFile(const std::filesystem::path &fileName)\n \n void GlobalConfiguration::load()\n {\n+\tconst std::vector<std::filesystem::path> globalConfigurationDirectories = {\n+\t\tstd::filesystem::path(LIBCAMERA_SYSCONF_DIR),\n+\t\tstd::filesystem::path(LIBCAMERA_DATA_DIR),\n+\t};\n+\n+\tconst char *libcameraConfigName =\n+\t\tutils::secure_getenv(\"LIBCAMERA_CONFIG_NAME\");\n+\tif (libcameraConfigName && libcameraConfigName[0] == '\\0')\n+\t\treturn;\n+\tif (!libcameraConfigName)\n+\t\tlibcameraConfigName = \"\";\n+\n+\tstd::filesystem::path configName(libcameraConfigName);\n+\n+\tif (configName.is_absolute()) {\n+\t\tloadFile(configName);\n+\t\treturn;\n+\t}\n+\n+\tif (configName.empty())\n+\t\tconfigName = std::filesystem::path(\"configuration.yaml\");\n+\n \tstd::filesystem::path userConfigurationDirectory;\n \tconst char *xdgConfigHome = utils::secure_getenv(\"XDG_CONFIG_HOME\");\n \tif (xdgConfigHome) {\n@@ -88,15 +103,14 @@ void GlobalConfiguration::load()\n \n \tif (!userConfigurationDirectory.empty()) {\n \t\tstd::filesystem::path user_configuration_file =\n-\t\t\tuserConfigurationDirectory / \"libcamera\" / \"configuration.yaml\";\n+\t\t\tuserConfigurationDirectory / \"libcamera\" / configName;\n \t\tif (loadFile(user_configuration_file))\n \t\t\treturn;\n \t}\n \n-\tfor (const auto &path : globalConfigurationFiles) {\n-\t\tif (loadFile(path))\n+\tfor (const auto &path : globalConfigurationDirectories)\n+\t\tif (loadFile(path / configName))\n \t\t\treturn;\n-\t}\n }\n \n /**\n", "prefixes": [ "v15", "11/12" ] }