[v1,11/35] ipa: rkisp1: Move setSensorControls signal to computeParams
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Message ID 20251024085130.995967-12-stefan.klug@ideasonboard.com
State New
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  • rkisp1: pipeline rework for PFC
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Stefan Klug Oct. 24, 2025, 8:50 a.m. UTC
The setSensorControls event is emitted in the processStats() function.
On first sight this looks reasonable as in processStats() we got the
latest statistics and can therefore calculate the most up to date sensor
controls.

In the light of per-frame-controls however it produces difficult to
solve timing issues:

- The frame context in processStats() is the frame context of the frame
  that produced the stats, not for the frame that should be prepared and
sent to the sensor.

- To synchronize digital gain applied in the ISP with the analog gain
  applied in the sensor the set of parameters prepared for sensor and
ISP must also be synchronized, which is not the case.

To fix that, move the calculation and setting of sensor controls into
the computeParams(). This way the model is far more easy to understand.

We loose a tiny option for optimizations in that (in theory) we could
delay the calculation of ISP parameters by another frame (assuming the
sensor has a typical 2-frame delay). But all discussions and tests
showed that keeping all parameters in sync is more important than that
possible optimization for one frame.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Klug <stefan.klug@ideasonboard.com>
---
 src/ipa/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp b/src/ipa/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
index d64c72ecaf4f..ab8583e389d3 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@  void IPARkISP1::computeParams(const uint32_t frame, const uint32_t bufferId)
 	for (auto const &algo : algorithms())
 		algo->prepare(context_, frame, frameContext, &params);
 
+	ControlList ctrls = getSensorControls(frameContext);
+	setSensorControls.emit(frame, ctrls);
+
 	paramsComputed.emit(frame, params.size());
 }
 
@@ -380,13 +383,6 @@  void IPARkISP1::processStats(const uint32_t frame, const uint32_t bufferId,
 		algo->process(context_, frame, frameContext, stats, metadata);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * \todo: Here we should do a lookahead that takes the sensor delays
-	 * into account.
-	 */
-	ControlList ctrls = getSensorControls(frameContext);
-	setSensorControls.emit(frame, ctrls);
-
 	context_.debugMetadata.moveEntries(metadata);
 	metadataReady.emit(frame, metadata);
 }