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author | Daniel Mack <zonque@gmail.com> | 2012-04-12 13:51:15 +0200 |
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committer | Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> | 2012-04-13 10:25:24 +0200 |
commit | 94c27215bc5b7941a52d3d3a02d904bfdcd5fe5e (patch) | |
tree | a9dd1c93b1079d61bbbc62f28cc4176736583185 /sound/usb/endpoint.c | |
parent | ALSA: snd-usb: add support for implicit feedback (diff) | |
download | linux-94c27215bc5b7941a52d3d3a02d904bfdcd5fe5e.tar.xz linux-94c27215bc5b7941a52d3d3a02d904bfdcd5fe5e.zip |
ALSA: snd-usb: add some documentation
Document the new streaming code and some of the functions so that
contributers can catch up easier.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <zonque@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'sound/usb/endpoint.c')
-rw-r--r-- | sound/usb/endpoint.c | 182 |
1 files changed, 171 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/sound/usb/endpoint.c b/sound/usb/endpoint.c index 64853f76c10c..d1ef3048dbba 100644 --- a/sound/usb/endpoint.c +++ b/sound/usb/endpoint.c @@ -36,6 +36,32 @@ #define EP_FLAG_RUNNING 1 /* + * snd_usb_endpoint is a model that abstracts everything related to an + * USB endpoint and its streaming. + * + * There are functions to activate and deactivate the streaming URBs and + * optinal callbacks to let the pcm logic handle the actual content of the + * packets for playback and record. Thus, the bus streaming and the audio + * handlers are fully decoupled. + * + * There are two different types of endpoints in for audio applications. + * + * SND_USB_ENDPOINT_TYPE_DATA handles full audio data payload for both + * inbound and outbound traffic. + * + * SND_USB_ENDPOINT_TYPE_SYNC are for inbound traffic only and expect the + * payload to carry Q16.16 formatted sync information (3 or 4 bytes). + * + * Each endpoint has to be configured (by calling + * snd_usb_endpoint_set_params()) before it can be used. + * + * The model incorporates a reference counting, so that multiple users + * can call snd_usb_endpoint_start() and snd_usb_endpoint_stop(), and + * only the first user will effectively start the URBs, and only the last + * one will tear them down again. + */ + +/* * convert a sampling rate into our full speed format (fs/1000 in Q16.16) * this will overflow at approx 524 kHz */ @@ -91,6 +117,14 @@ static const char *usb_error_string(int err) } } +/** + * snd_usb_endpoint_implicit_feedback_sink: Report endpoint usage type + * + * @ep: The endpoint + * + * Determine whether an endpoint is driven by an implicit feedback + * data endpoint source. + */ int snd_usb_endpoint_implict_feedback_sink(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep) { return ep->sync_master && @@ -99,7 +133,13 @@ int snd_usb_endpoint_implict_feedback_sink(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep) usb_pipeout(ep->pipe); } -/* determine the number of frames in the next packet */ +/* + * For streaming based on information derived from sync endpoints, + * prepare_outbound_urb_sizes() will call next_packet_size() to + * determine the number of samples to be sent in the next packet. + * + * For implicit feedback, next_packet_size() is unused. + */ static int next_packet_size(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep) { unsigned long flags; @@ -237,6 +277,19 @@ static inline void prepare_inbound_urb(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, } } +/* + * Send output urbs that have been prepared previously. Urbs are dequeued + * from ep->ready_playback_urbs and in case there there aren't any available + * or there are no packets that have been prepared, this function does + * nothing. + * + * The reason why the functionality of sending and preparing urbs is separated + * is that host controllers don't guarantee an ordering in returing inbound + * and outbound packets to their submitters. + * + * This function is only used for implicit feedback endpoints. For endpoints + * driven by sync endpoints, urbs are submitted from their completion handler. + */ static void queue_pending_output_urbs(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep) { while (test_bit(EP_FLAG_RUNNING, &ep->flags)) { @@ -270,6 +323,7 @@ static void queue_pending_output_urbs(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep) for (i = 0; i < packet->packets; i++) ctx->packet_size[i] = packet->packet_size[i]; + /* call the data handler to fill in playback data */ prepare_outbound_urb(ep, ctx); err = usb_submit_urb(ctx->urb, GFP_ATOMIC); @@ -336,6 +390,22 @@ exit_clear: clear_bit(ctx->index, &ep->active_mask); } +/** + * snd_usb_add_endpoint: Add an endpoint to an audio chip + * + * @chip: The chip + * @alts: The USB host interface + * @ep_num: The number of the endpoint to use + * @direction: SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK or SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE + * @type: SND_USB_ENDPOINT_TYPE_DATA or SND_USB_ENDPOINT_TYPE_SYNC + * + * If the requested endpoint has not been added to the given chip before, + * a new instance is created. Otherwise, a pointer to the previoulsy + * created instance is returned. In case of any error, NULL is returned. + * + * New endpoints will be added to chip->ep_list and must be freed by + * calling snd_usb_endpoint_free(). + */ struct snd_usb_endpoint *snd_usb_add_endpoint(struct snd_usb_audio *chip, struct usb_host_interface *alts, int ep_num, int direction, int type) @@ -506,6 +576,9 @@ static void release_urbs(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, int force) ep->nurbs = 0; } +/* + * configure a data endpoint + */ static int data_ep_set_params(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, struct snd_pcm_hw_params *hw_params, struct audioformat *fmt, @@ -629,6 +702,9 @@ out_of_memory: return -ENOMEM; } +/* + * configure a sync endpoint + */ static int sync_ep_set_params(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, struct snd_pcm_hw_params *hw_params, struct audioformat *fmt) @@ -669,6 +745,15 @@ out_of_memory: return -ENOMEM; } +/** + * snd_usb_endpoint_set_params: configure an snd_endpoint + * + * @ep: the endpoint to configure + * + * Determine the number of of URBs to be used on this endpoint. + * An endpoint must be configured before it can be started. + * An endpoint that is already running can not be reconfigured. + */ int snd_usb_endpoint_set_params(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, struct snd_pcm_hw_params *hw_params, struct audioformat *fmt, @@ -717,6 +802,19 @@ int snd_usb_endpoint_set_params(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, return err; } +/** + * snd_usb_endpoint_start: start an snd_usb_endpoint + * + * @ep: the endpoint to start + * + * A call to this function will increment the use count of the endpoint. + * In case this not already running, the URBs for this endpoint will be + * submitted. Otherwise, this function does nothing. + * + * Must be balanced to calls of snd_usb_endpoint_stop(). + * + * Returns an error if the URB submission failed, 0 in all other cases. + */ int snd_usb_endpoint_start(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep) { int err; @@ -788,6 +886,17 @@ __error: return -EPIPE; } +/** + * snd_usb_endpoint_stop: stop an snd_usb_endpoint + * + * @ep: the endpoint to stop (may be NULL) + * + * A call to this function will decrement the use count of the endpoint. + * In case the last user has requested the endpoint stop, the URBs will + * actually deactivated. + * + * Must be balanced to calls of snd_usb_endpoint_start(). + */ void snd_usb_endpoint_stop(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, int force, int can_sleep, int wait) { @@ -812,6 +921,19 @@ void snd_usb_endpoint_stop(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, } } +/** + * snd_usb_endpoint_activate: activate an snd_usb_endpoint + * + * @ep: the endpoint to activate + * + * If the endpoint is not currently in use, this functions will select the + * correct alternate interface setting for the interface of this endpoint. + * + * In case of any active users, this functions does nothing. + * + * Returns an error if usb_set_interface() failed, 0 in all other + * cases. + */ int snd_usb_endpoint_activate(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep) { if (ep->use_count != 0) @@ -835,6 +957,19 @@ int snd_usb_endpoint_activate(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep) return -EBUSY; } +/** + * snd_usb_endpoint_deactivate: deactivate an snd_usb_endpoint + * + * @ep: the endpoint to deactivate + * + * If the endpoint is not currently in use, this functions will select the + * alternate interface setting 0 for the interface of this endpoint. + * + * In case of any active users, this functions does nothing. + * + * Returns an error if usb_set_interface() failed, 0 in all other + * cases. + */ int snd_usb_endpoint_deactivate(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep) { if (!ep) @@ -860,6 +995,13 @@ int snd_usb_endpoint_deactivate(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep) return -EBUSY; } +/** snd_usb_endpoint_free: Free the resources of an snd_usb_endpoint + * + * @ep: the list header of the endpoint to free + * + * This function does not care for the endpoint's use count but will tear + * down all the streaming URBs immediately and free all resources. + */ void snd_usb_endpoint_free(struct list_head *head) { struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep; @@ -869,15 +1011,15 @@ void snd_usb_endpoint_free(struct list_head *head) kfree(ep); } -/* - * process after playback sync complete - * - * Full speed devices report feedback values in 10.14 format as samples per - * frame, high speed devices in 16.16 format as samples per microframe. - * Because the Audio Class 1 spec was written before USB 2.0, many high speed - * devices use a wrong interpretation, some others use an entirely different - * format. Therefore, we cannot predict what format any particular device uses - * and must detect it automatically. +/** + * snd_usb_handle_sync_urb: parse an USB sync packet + * + * @ep: the endpoint to handle the packet + * @sender: the sending endpoint + * @urb: the received packet + * + * This function is called from the context of an endpoint that received + * the packet and is used to let another endpoint object handle the payload. */ void snd_usb_handle_sync_urb(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, struct snd_usb_endpoint *sender, @@ -889,6 +1031,11 @@ void snd_usb_handle_sync_urb(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, snd_BUG_ON(ep == sender); + /* + * In case the endpoint is operating in implicit feedback mode, prepare + * and a new outbound URB that has the same layout as the received + * packet and add it to the list of pending urbs. + */ if (snd_usb_endpoint_implict_feedback_sink(ep) && ep->use_count != 0) { @@ -938,7 +1085,20 @@ void snd_usb_handle_sync_urb(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, return; } - /* parse sync endpoint packet */ + /* + * process after playback sync complete + * + * Full speed devices report feedback values in 10.14 format as samples + * per frame, high speed devices in 16.16 format as samples per + * microframe. + * + * Because the Audio Class 1 spec was written before USB 2.0, many high + * speed devices use a wrong interpretation, some others use an + * entirely different format. + * + * Therefore, we cannot predict what format any particular device uses + * and must detect it automatically. + */ if (urb->iso_frame_desc[0].status != 0 || urb->iso_frame_desc[0].actual_length < 3) |