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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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16 
17 #ifndef ANDROID_DISPSYNC_H
18 #define ANDROID_DISPSYNC_H
19 
20 #include <stddef.h>
21 
22 #include <utils/Mutex.h>
23 #include <utils/Timers.h>
24 #include <utils/RefBase.h>
25 
26 namespace android {
27 
28 // Ignore present (retire) fences if the device doesn't have support for the
29 // sync framework
30 #if defined(RUNNING_WITHOUT_SYNC_FRAMEWORK)
31 static const bool kIgnorePresentFences = true;
32 #else
33 static const bool kIgnorePresentFences = false;
34 #endif
35 
36 
37 class String8;
38 class Fence;
39 class DispSyncThread;
40 
41 // DispSync maintains a model of the periodic hardware-based vsync events of a
42 // display and uses that model to execute period callbacks at specific phase
43 // offsets from the hardware vsync events.  The model is constructed by
44 // feeding consecutive hardware event timestamps to the DispSync object via
45 // the addResyncSample method.
46 //
47 // The model is validated using timestamps from Fence objects that are passed
48 // to the DispSync object via the addPresentFence method.  These fence
49 // timestamps should correspond to a hardware vsync event, but they need not
50 // be consecutive hardware vsync times.  If this method determines that the
51 // current model accurately represents the hardware event times it will return
52 // false to indicate that a resynchronization (via addResyncSample) is not
53 // needed.
54 class DispSync {
55 
56 public:
57 
58     class Callback: public virtual RefBase {
59     public:
~Callback()60         virtual ~Callback() {};
61         virtual void onDispSyncEvent(nsecs_t when) = 0;
62     };
63 
64     DispSync(const char* name);
65     ~DispSync();
66 
67     // reset clears the resync samples and error value.
68     void reset();
69 
70     // addPresentFence adds a fence for use in validating the current vsync
71     // event model.  The fence need not be signaled at the time
72     // addPresentFence is called.  When the fence does signal, its timestamp
73     // should correspond to a hardware vsync event.  Unlike the
74     // addResyncSample method, the timestamps of consecutive fences need not
75     // correspond to consecutive hardware vsync events.
76     //
77     // This method should be called with the retire fence from each HWComposer
78     // set call that affects the display.
79     bool addPresentFence(const sp<Fence>& fence);
80 
81     // The beginResync, addResyncSample, and endResync methods are used to re-
82     // synchronize the DispSync's model to the hardware vsync events.  The re-
83     // synchronization process involves first calling beginResync, then
84     // calling addResyncSample with a sequence of consecutive hardware vsync
85     // event timestamps, and finally calling endResync when addResyncSample
86     // indicates that no more samples are needed by returning false.
87     //
88     // This resynchronization process should be performed whenever the display
89     // is turned on (i.e. once immediately after it's turned on) and whenever
90     // addPresentFence returns true indicating that the model has drifted away
91     // from the hardware vsync events.
92     void beginResync();
93     bool addResyncSample(nsecs_t timestamp);
94     void endResync();
95 
96     // The setPeriod method sets the vsync event model's period to a specific
97     // value.  This should be used to prime the model when a display is first
98     // turned on.  It should NOT be used after that.
99     void setPeriod(nsecs_t period);
100 
101     // The getPeriod method returns the current vsync period.
102     nsecs_t getPeriod();
103 
104     // setRefreshSkipCount specifies an additional number of refresh
105     // cycles to skip.  For example, on a 60Hz display, a skip count of 1
106     // will result in events happening at 30Hz.  Default is zero.  The idea
107     // is to sacrifice smoothness for battery life.
108     void setRefreshSkipCount(int count);
109 
110     // addEventListener registers a callback to be called repeatedly at the
111     // given phase offset from the hardware vsync events.  The callback is
112     // called from a separate thread and it should return reasonably quickly
113     // (i.e. within a few hundred microseconds).
114     status_t addEventListener(const char* name, nsecs_t phase,
115             const sp<Callback>& callback);
116 
117     // removeEventListener removes an already-registered event callback.  Once
118     // this method returns that callback will no longer be called by the
119     // DispSync object.
120     status_t removeEventListener(const sp<Callback>& callback);
121 
122     // computeNextRefresh computes when the next refresh is expected to begin.
123     // The periodOffset value can be used to move forward or backward; an
124     // offset of zero is the next refresh, -1 is the previous refresh, 1 is
125     // the refresh after next. etc.
126     nsecs_t computeNextRefresh(int periodOffset) const;
127 
128     // dump appends human-readable debug info to the result string.
129     void dump(String8& result) const;
130 
131 private:
132 
133     void updateModelLocked();
134     void updateErrorLocked();
135     void resetErrorLocked();
136 
137     enum { MAX_RESYNC_SAMPLES = 32 };
138     enum { MIN_RESYNC_SAMPLES_FOR_UPDATE = 6 };
139     enum { NUM_PRESENT_SAMPLES = 8 };
140     enum { MAX_RESYNC_SAMPLES_WITHOUT_PRESENT = 4 };
141 
142     const char* const mName;
143 
144     // mPeriod is the computed period of the modeled vsync events in
145     // nanoseconds.
146     nsecs_t mPeriod;
147 
148     // mPhase is the phase offset of the modeled vsync events.  It is the
149     // number of nanoseconds from time 0 to the first vsync event.
150     nsecs_t mPhase;
151 
152     // mReferenceTime is the reference time of the modeled vsync events.
153     // It is the nanosecond timestamp of the first vsync event after a resync.
154     nsecs_t mReferenceTime;
155 
156     // mError is the computed model error.  It is based on the difference
157     // between the estimated vsync event times and those observed in the
158     // mPresentTimes array.
159     nsecs_t mError;
160 
161     // Whether we have updated the vsync event model since the last resync.
162     bool mModelUpdated;
163 
164     // These member variables are the state used during the resynchronization
165     // process to store information about the hardware vsync event times used
166     // to compute the model.
167     nsecs_t mResyncSamples[MAX_RESYNC_SAMPLES];
168     size_t mFirstResyncSample;
169     size_t mNumResyncSamples;
170     int mNumResyncSamplesSincePresent;
171 
172     // These member variables store information about the present fences used
173     // to validate the currently computed model.
174     sp<Fence> mPresentFences[NUM_PRESENT_SAMPLES];
175     nsecs_t mPresentTimes[NUM_PRESENT_SAMPLES];
176     size_t mPresentSampleOffset;
177 
178     int mRefreshSkipCount;
179 
180     // mThread is the thread from which all the callbacks are called.
181     sp<DispSyncThread> mThread;
182 
183     // mMutex is used to protect access to all member variables.
184     mutable Mutex mMutex;
185 };
186 
187 }
188 
189 #endif // ANDROID_DISPSYNC_H
190