libcamera: software_isp: Add support for contrast control

Software ISP is currently fully automatic and doesn't allow image
modifications by explicitly set control values.  The user has no means
to make the image looking better.

This patch introduces support for contrast control, which can improve
e.g. a flat looking image.  Based on the provided contrast value, it
applies a simple S-curve modification to the image.

The contrast algorithm just handles the provided values, while the
S-curve is applied in the gamma algorithm on the computed gamma curve
whenever the contrast value changes.  Since the algorithm is applied
only on the lookup table already present, its overhead is negligible.

The contrast value range is 0..2 and corresponds to the whole range from
a completely flat contrast to an infinite contrast, 1.0 being the normal
value.  This makes the user visible range intuitive and easy to use in
GUI sliders, while complying with Contrast control definition.  There is
no unified range in the hardware pipelines, for example rkisp1 uses
0..1.993 range while rpi uses 0..10 range.

This is a preparation patch without actually providing the control
itself, which is done in the following patch.

Signed-off-by: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>

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