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diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/dtv-demux.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/dtv-demux.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7aa865a2b43f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/dtv-demux.rst @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +Digital TV Demux kABI +--------------------- + +Digital TV Demux +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The Kernel Digital TV Demux kABI defines a driver-internal interface for +registering low-level, hardware specific driver to a hardware independent +demux layer. It is only of interest for Digital TV device driver writers. +The header file for this kABI is named ``demux.h`` and located in +``drivers/media/dvb-core``. + +The demux kABI should be implemented for each demux in the system. It is +used to select the TS source of a demux and to manage the demux resources. +When the demux client allocates a resource via the demux kABI, it receives +a pointer to the kABI of that resource. + +Each demux receives its TS input from a DVB front-end or from memory, as +set via this demux kABI. In a system with more than one front-end, the kABI +can be used to select one of the DVB front-ends as a TS source for a demux, +unless this is fixed in the HW platform. + +The demux kABI only controls front-ends regarding to their connections with +demuxes; the kABI used to set the other front-end parameters, such as +tuning, are devined via the Digital TV Frontend kABI. + +The functions that implement the abstract interface demux should be defined +static or module private and registered to the Demux core for external +access. It is not necessary to implement every function in the struct +:c:type:`dmx_demux`. For example, a demux interface might support Section filtering, +but not PES filtering. The kABI client is expected to check the value of any +function pointer before calling the function: the value of ``NULL`` means +that the function is not available. + +Whenever the functions of the demux API modify shared data, the +possibilities of lost update and race condition problems should be +addressed, e.g. by protecting parts of code with mutexes. + +Note that functions called from a bottom half context must not sleep. +Even a simple memory allocation without using ``GFP_ATOMIC`` can result in a +kernel thread being put to sleep if swapping is needed. For example, the +Linux Kernel calls the functions of a network device interface from a +bottom half context. Thus, if a demux kABI function is called from network +device code, the function must not sleep. + +Demux Callback API +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This kernel-space API comprises the callback functions that deliver filtered +data to the demux client. Unlike the other DVB kABIs, these functions are +provided by the client and called from the demux code. + +The function pointers of this abstract interface are not packed into a +structure as in the other demux APIs, because the callback functions are +registered and used independent of each other. As an example, it is possible +for the API client to provide several callback functions for receiving TS +packets and no callbacks for PES packets or sections. + +The functions that implement the callback API need not be re-entrant: when +a demux driver calls one of these functions, the driver is not allowed to +call the function again before the original call returns. If a callback is +triggered by a hardware interrupt, it is recommended to use the Linux +bottom half mechanism or start a tasklet instead of making the callback +function call directly from a hardware interrupt. + +This mechanism is implemented by :c:func:`dmx_ts_cb()` and :c:func:`dmx_section_cb()` +callbacks. + +Digital TV Demux device registration functions and data structures +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.h + +High-level Digital TV demux interface +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.h + +Driver-internal low-level hardware specific driver demux interface +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/media/dvb-core/demux.h |