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Adds heap-aware pipeline allocation so pipelines (and related objects) can be placed on specific memory domains, including user-space heaps.
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- Extends
pipeline_new()to accept a heap parameter and stores it instruct pipeline - Updates IPC and unit tests to use the new
pipeline_new(NULL, ...)default-heap calling pattern - Adds a Zephyr userspace test that allocates a pipeline from the user heap and validates placement
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| zephyr/test/userspace/test_ll_task.c | Adds a userspace test that creates/frees a pipeline on the userspace heap |
| test/cmocka/src/audio/pipeline/pipeline_new.c | Updates cmocka test to the new pipeline_new() signature |
| src/ipc/ipc4/helper.c | Updates IPC4 pipeline creation to pass default heap (NULL) |
| src/ipc/ipc3/helper.c | Updates IPC3 pipeline creation to pass default heap (NULL) |
| src/include/sof/audio/pipeline.h | Adds heap parameter + pipeline->heap field and updates doc comment |
| src/audio/pipeline/pipeline-schedule.c | Allocates pipeline tasks from the pipeline heap |
| src/audio/pipeline/pipeline-graph.c | Allocates/frees pipeline objects from a selectable heap |
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| /* allocate new pipeline */ | ||
| p = rzalloc(SOF_MEM_FLAG_USER, sizeof(*p)); | ||
| p = sof_heap_alloc(heap, SOF_MEM_FLAG_USER, sizeof(*p), 0); |
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Using an explicit alignment of 0 relies on sof_heap_alloc() default behavior. Since this allocates a struct, it’s safer/clearer to pass an explicit alignment (e.g., __alignof__(*p) / alignof(struct pipeline) or the project’s default alignment constant) to prevent misalignment if a heap implementation changes.
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| p = sof_heap_alloc(heap, SOF_MEM_FLAG_USER, sizeof(*p), 0); | |
| p = sof_heap_alloc(heap, SOF_MEM_FLAG_USER, sizeof(*p), __alignof__(*p)); |
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| /* Free pipeline */ | ||
| ret = pipeline_free(p); | ||
| zassert_equal(ret, 0, "pipeline free failed"); |
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Why not, need to change for V2, so I'll change this as well (although not a fan of the million variants of ztest asserts).
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not a fan
oh, I find them cute
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| struct pipeline *pipeline_new(uint32_t pipeline_id, uint32_t priority, uint32_t comp_id, | ||
| struct create_pipeline_params *pparams) | ||
| struct pipeline *pipeline_new(struct k_heap *heap, uint32_t pipeline_id, uint32_t priority, | ||
| uint32_t comp_id, struct create_pipeline_params *pparams) |
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Fwiw, I will be changing this to pass in a vregion soon.
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Fail in cmocka, debugging ongoing. |
Add a heap parameter to pipeline allocation functions. This makes it possible to control how allocations are done with pipeline granularity and makes it possible to move pipelines to user-space. Signed-off-by: Kai Vehmanen <kai.vehmanen@linux.intel.com>
Add a simple test to allocate a pipeline using a user-space memory heap and verify creation is successful. Signed-off-by: Kai Vehmanen <kai.vehmanen@linux.intel.com>
Fix copy and paste error in documentation for pipeline_prepare(). Signed-off-by: Kai Vehmanen <kai.vehmanen@linux.intel.com>
Fix copy and paste error in documentation for pipeline_schedule_copy(). Signed-off-by: Kai Vehmanen <kai.vehmanen@linux.intel.com>
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Add a heap parameter to pipeline allocation functions. This makes it possible to control how allocations are done with pipeline granularity and makes it possible to move pipelines to user-space.
Second patch adds a test case that uses the new interface to create pipelline in user-space memory domain.
Third patch is a trivial documentation fix to pipeline.h.