libcamera: v4l2_device: Simplify usage of getControls()

The V4L2Device::getControls() function takes a ControlList that needs to
be pre-populated with dummy entries for the controls that need to be
read. This is a cumbersome API, especially when reading a single
control. Make it nicer by passing the list of V4L2 controls as a vector
of control IDs, and returning a ControlList.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se>

4 files changed, 49 insertions, 50 deletions

diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp
index 2219a430..7c1d9b9e 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp
@@ -299,30 +299,24 @@ const ControlInfoMap &CameraSensor::controls() const
 
 /**
  * \brief Read controls from the sensor
- * \param[inout] ctrls The list of controls to read
+ * \param[in] ids The list of control to read, specified by their ID
  *
- * This method reads the value of all controls contained in \a ctrls, and stores
- * their values in the corresponding \a ctrls entry.
+ * This method reads the value of all controls contained in \a ids, and returns
+ * their values as a ControlList.
  *
- * If any control in \a ctrls is not supported by the device, is disabled (i.e.
- * has the V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED flag set), is a compound control, or if any
- * other error occurs during validation of the requested controls, no control is
- * read and this method returns -EINVAL.
- *
- * If an error occurs while reading the controls, the index of the first control
- * that couldn't be read is returned. The value of all controls below that index
- * are updated in \a ctrls, while the value of all the other controls are not
- * changed.
+ * If any control in \a ids is not supported by the device, is disabled (i.e.
+ * has the V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED flag set), or if any other error occurs
+ * during validation of the requested controls, no control is read and this
+ * method returns an empty control list.
  *
  * \sa V4L2Device::getControls()
  *
- * \return 0 on success or an error code otherwise
- * \retval -EINVAL One of the control is not supported or not accessible
- * \retval i The index of the control that failed
+ * \return The control values in a ControlList on success, or an empty list on
+ * error
  */
-int CameraSensor::getControls(ControlList *ctrls)
+ControlList CameraSensor::getControls(const std::vector<uint32_t> &ids)
 {
-	return subdev_->getControls(ctrls);
+	return subdev_->getControls(ids);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -340,10 +334,9 @@ int CameraSensor::getControls(ControlList *ctrls)
  * \a ctrls entry.
  *
  * If any control in \a ctrls is not supported by the device, is disabled (i.e.
- * has the V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED flag set), is read-only, is a
- * compound control, or if any other error occurs during validation of
- * the requested controls, no control is written and this method returns
- * -EINVAL.
+ * has the V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED flag set), is read-only, or if any other
+ * error occurs during validation of the requested controls, no control is
+ * written and this method returns -EINVAL.
  *
  * If an error occurs while writing the controls, the index of the first
  * control that couldn't be written is returned. All controls below that index
diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/camera_sensor.h b/src/libcamera/include/camera_sensor.h
index 99cff981..5277f7f7 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/include/camera_sensor.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/include/camera_sensor.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public:
 	int setFormat(V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format);
 
 	const ControlInfoMap &controls() const;
-	int getControls(ControlList *ctrls);
+	ControlList getControls(const std::vector<uint32_t> &ids);
 	int setControls(ControlList *ctrls);
 
 	const ControlList &properties() const { return properties_; }
diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/v4l2_device.h b/src/libcamera/include/v4l2_device.h
index ce8edd98..e604a40d 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/include/v4l2_device.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/include/v4l2_device.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public:
 
 	const ControlInfoMap &controls() const { return controls_; }
 
-	int getControls(ControlList *ctrls);
+	ControlList getControls(const std::vector<uint32_t> &ids);
 	int setControls(ControlList *ctrls);
 
 	const std::string &deviceNode() const { return deviceNode_; }
diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp
index c134266e..d08ab531 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp
@@ -147,46 +147,51 @@ void V4L2Device::close()
 
 /**
  * \brief Read controls from the device
- * \param[inout] ctrls The list of controls to read
+ * \param[in] ids The list of controls to read, specified by their ID
  *
- * This method reads the value of all controls contained in \a ctrls, and stores
- * their values in the corresponding \a ctrls entry.
+ * This method reads the value of all controls contained in \a ids, and returns
+ * their values as a ControlList.
  *
- * If any control in \a ctrls is not supported by the device, is disabled (i.e.
+ * If any control in \a ids is not supported by the device, is disabled (i.e.
  * has the V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED flag set), or if any other error occurs
  * during validation of the requested controls, no control is read and this
- * method returns -EINVAL.
- *
- * If an error occurs while reading the controls, the index of the first control
- * that couldn't be read is returned. The value of all controls below that index
- * are updated in \a ctrls, while the value of all the other controls are not
- * changed.
+ * method returns an empty control list.
  *
- * \return 0 on success or an error code otherwise
- * \retval -EINVAL One of the control is not supported or not accessible
- * \retval i The index of the control that failed
+ * \return The control values in a ControlList on success, or an empty list on
+ * error
  */
-int V4L2Device::getControls(ControlList *ctrls)
+ControlList V4L2Device::getControls(const std::vector<uint32_t> &ids)
 {
-	unsigned int count = ctrls->size();
+	unsigned int count = ids.size();
 	if (count == 0)
-		return 0;
+		return {};
 
-	struct v4l2_ext_control v4l2Ctrls[count];
-	memset(v4l2Ctrls, 0, sizeof(v4l2Ctrls));
+	ControlList ctrls{ controls_ };
 
-	unsigned int i = 0;
-	for (auto &ctrl : *ctrls) {
-		unsigned int id = ctrl.first;
+	/*
+	 * Start by filling the ControlList. This can't be combined with filling
+	 * v4l2Ctrls, as updateControls() relies on both containers having the
+	 * same order, and the control list is based on a map, which is not
+	 * sorted by insertion order.
+	 */
+	for (uint32_t id : ids) {
 		const auto iter = controls_.find(id);
 		if (iter == controls_.end()) {
 			LOG(V4L2, Error)
 				<< "Control " << utils::hex(id) << " not found";
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return {};
 		}
 
+		ctrls.set(id, {});
+	}
+
+	struct v4l2_ext_control v4l2Ctrls[count];
+	memset(v4l2Ctrls, 0, sizeof(v4l2Ctrls));
+
+	unsigned int i = 0;
+	for (auto &ctrl : ctrls) {
+		unsigned int id = ctrl.first;
 		const struct v4l2_query_ext_ctrl &info = controlInfo_[id];
-		ControlValue &value = ctrl.second;
 
 		if (info.flags & V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD) {
 			ControlType type;
@@ -200,9 +205,10 @@ int V4L2Device::getControls(ControlList *ctrls)
 				LOG(V4L2, Error)
 					<< "Unsupported payload control type "
 					<< info.type;
-				return -EINVAL;
+				return {};
 			}
 
+			ControlValue &value = ctrl.second;
 			value.reserve(type, true, info.elems);
 			Span<uint8_t> data = value.data();
 
@@ -227,7 +233,7 @@ int V4L2Device::getControls(ControlList *ctrls)
 		if (errorIdx == 0 || errorIdx >= count) {
 			LOG(V4L2, Error) << "Unable to read controls: "
 					 << strerror(-ret);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return {};
 		}
 
 		/* A specific control failed. */
@@ -237,9 +243,9 @@ int V4L2Device::getControls(ControlList *ctrls)
 		ret = errorIdx;
 	}
 
-	updateControls(ctrls, v4l2Ctrls, count);
+	updateControls(&ctrls, v4l2Ctrls, count);
 
-	return ret;
+	return ctrls;
 }
 
 /**