Re: [WIP RFC v2 01/35] WIP: rust/drm: Add fourcc bindings

[Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 2024-10-03 at 10:33 +0200, Louis Chauvet wrote:
> Hi Lyude,
> 
> Le 30/09/24 - 19:09, Lyude Paul a écrit :
> > This adds some very basic rust bindings for fourcc. We only have a single
> > format code added for the moment, but this is enough to get a driver
> > registered.
> > 
> > TODO:
> > * Write up something to automatically generate constants from the fourcc
> >   headers
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
> > +#[repr(C)]
> > +pub struct FormatList<const COUNT: usize> {
> > +    list: [u32; COUNT],
> > +    _sentinel: u32,
> > +}
> > +
> > +impl<const COUNT: usize> FormatList<COUNT> {
> > +    /// Create a new [`FormatList`]
> > +    pub const fn new(list: [u32; COUNT]) -> Self {
> > +        Self {
> > +            list,
> > +            _sentinel: 0
> > +        }
> > +    }
> 
> Can you explain what does the sentinel here? I don't think the DRM core
> requires this sentinel, and you don't use it in your API.
> 
> > +    /// Returns the number of entries in the list, including the sentinel.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// This is generally only useful for passing [`FormatList`] to C bindings.
> > +    pub const fn raw_len(&self) -> usize {
> > +        COUNT + 1
> > +    }
> > +}
> 
> I don't think the C side requires to have this extra 0 field. For example
> in "C"VKMS there is no such "sentinel" at the end of the list [1]. Do you 
> think I need to add one in VKMS?
> 
> [1]:https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.11.1/source/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_plane.c#L15

Ah good catch - honestly what likely happened is I just got the two arguments
mixed up with each other. Confusingly: the first formats argument does not
require a sentinel, but the modifier list does require a sentinel. I would fix
this but I think we already concluded we don't need either FormatList or
ModifierList if we just use array slices so it shouldn't be an issue next
patch version.

> 
> > +impl<const COUNT: usize> Deref for FormatList<COUNT> {
> > +    type Target = [u32; COUNT];
> > +
> > +    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
> > +        &self.list
> > +    }
> > +}
> > +
> > +impl<const COUNT: usize> DerefMut for FormatList<COUNT> {
> > +    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
> > +        &mut self.list
> > +    }
> > +}
> > +
> > +#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
> > +#[repr(C)]
> > +pub struct ModifierList<const COUNT: usize> {
> > +    list: [u64; COUNT],
> > +    _sentinel: u64
> > +}
> 
> Same here

Format modifiers does need a sentinel:

	if (format_modifiers) {
		const uint64_t *temp_modifiers = format_modifiers;

		while (*temp_modifiers++ != DRM_FORMAT_MOD_INVALID)
			format_modifier_count++;
	} else {
		if (!dev->mode_config.fb_modifiers_not_supported) {
			format_modifiers = default_modifiers;
			format_modifier_count =
ARRAY_SIZE(default_modifiers);
		}
	}

And 0 should be equivalent to DRM_FORMAT_MOD_INVALID, though I shouldn't have
hardcoded that value.

> 
> [...]
> 
> > +impl FormatInfo {
> > +    // SAFETY: `ptr` must point to a valid instance of a `bindings::drm_format_info`
> > +    pub(super) unsafe fn from_raw<'a>(ptr: *const bindings::drm_format_info) -> &'a Self {
> > +        // SAFETY: Our data layout is identical
> > +        unsafe { &*ptr.cast() }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    /// The number of color planes (1 to 3)
> > +    pub const fn num_planes(&self) -> u8 {
> > +        self.inner.num_planes
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    /// Does the format embed an alpha component?
> > +    pub const fn has_alpha(&self) -> bool {
> > +        self.inner.has_alpha
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    /// The total number of components (color planes + alpha channel, if there is one)
> > +    pub const fn num_components(&self) -> u8 {
> > +        self.num_planes() + self.has_alpha() as u8
> > +    }
> 
> I don't understand this "num_components" and why the alpha channel
> is added to the result? For me a component could be "plane count" or
> "color channels count", but your function is not returning any of this.
> 
> For example in the table [1], BGRA5551 have 4 color components (R, G, B
> and A), but only have one plane, so your function will return two, what
> does this two means?
> 
> [1]:https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.11.1/source/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c#L147

Ah yeah - you're right, I will make sure to fix this as well.

> 
> > +    /// Number of bytes per block (per plane), where blocks are defined as a rectangle of pixels
> > +    /// which are stored next to each other in a byte aligned memory region.
> > +    pub fn char_per_block(&self) -> &[u8] {
> > +        // SAFETY: The union we access here is just for descriptive purposes on the C side, both
> > +        // members are identical in data layout
> > +        unsafe { &self.inner.__bindgen_anon_1.char_per_block[..self.num_components() as _] }
> > +    }
> > +}
> 
> And here, I think there is an issue, again with BGRA5551 for example, one
> plane, with alpha channel, you are returning a slice with two members,
> instead of only one.
> 
> [...]
> 

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Software Engineer at Red Hat

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