v4l2bufferpool: Try return input buffer soon

In this patch we use a non-blocking poll in order to return all input
buffers (buffers from v4l2-output queue). This prevent holding too long
on upstreaming buffer in importing.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794904

sys/v4l2/gstv4l2bufferpool.c

@@ -976,26 +976,43 @@ gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_flush_stop (GstBufferPool * bpool)
 }
 
 static GstFlowReturn
-gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_poll (GstV4l2BufferPool * pool)
+gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_poll (GstV4l2BufferPool * pool, gboolean wait)
 {
   gint ret;
+  GstClockTime timeout;
+
+  if (wait)
+    timeout = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  else
+    timeout = 0;
 
   /* In RW mode there is no queue, hence no need to wait while the queue is
    * empty */
   if (pool->obj->mode != GST_V4L2_IO_RW) {
     GST_OBJECT_LOCK (pool);
+
+    if (!wait && pool->empty) {
+      GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (pool);
+      goto no_buffers;
+    }
+
     while (pool->empty)
       g_cond_wait (&pool->empty_cond, GST_OBJECT_GET_LOCK (pool));
+
     GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (pool);
   }
 
-  if (!pool->can_poll_device)
+  if (!pool->can_poll_device) {
-    goto done;
+    if (wait)
+      goto done;
+    else
+      goto no_buffers;
+  }
 
   GST_LOG_OBJECT (pool, "polling device");
 
 again:
-  ret = gst_poll_wait (pool->poll, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
+  ret = gst_poll_wait (pool->poll, timeout);
   if (G_UNLIKELY (ret < 0)) {
     switch (errno) {
       case EBUSY:
@@ -1017,6 +1034,9 @@ again:
   if (gst_poll_fd_has_error (pool->poll, &pool->pollfd))
     goto select_error;
 
+  if (ret == 0)
+    goto no_buffers;
+
 done:
   return GST_FLOW_OK;
 
@@ -1032,6 +1052,8 @@ select_error:
         ("poll error %d: %s (%d)", ret, g_strerror (errno), errno));
     return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
   }
+no_buffers:
+  return GST_FLOW_CUSTOM_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 static GstFlowReturn
@@ -1112,10 +1134,11 @@ queue_failed:
 }
 
 static GstFlowReturn
-gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (GstV4l2BufferPool * pool, GstBuffer ** buffer)
+gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (GstV4l2BufferPool * pool, GstBuffer ** buffer,
+    gboolean wait)
 {
   GstFlowReturn res;
-  GstBuffer *outbuf;
+  GstBuffer *outbuf = NULL;
   GstV4l2Object *obj = pool->obj;
   GstClockTime timestamp;
   GstV4l2MemoryGroup *group;
@@ -1123,9 +1146,14 @@ gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (GstV4l2BufferPool * pool, GstBuffer ** buffer)
   gsize size;
   gint i;
 
-  if ((res = gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_poll (pool)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+  if ((res = gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_poll (pool, wait)) < GST_FLOW_OK)
     goto poll_failed;
 
+  if (res == GST_FLOW_CUSTOM_SUCCESS) {
+    GST_LOG_OBJECT (pool, "nothing to dequeue");
+    goto done;
+  }
+
   GST_LOG_OBJECT (pool, "dequeueing a buffer");
 
   res = gst_v4l2_allocator_dqbuf (pool->vallocator, &group);
@@ -1252,7 +1280,7 @@ gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (GstV4l2BufferPool * pool, GstBuffer ** buffer)
 done:
   *buffer = outbuf;
 
-  return GST_FLOW_OK;
+  return res;
 
   /* ERRORS */
 poll_failed:
@@ -1312,7 +1340,7 @@ gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_acquire_buffer (GstBufferPool * bpool, GstBuffer ** buffer,
           /* just dequeue a buffer, we basically use the queue of v4l2 as the
            * storage for our buffers. This function does poll first so we can
            * interrupt it fine. */
-          ret = gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (pool, buffer);
+          ret = gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (pool, buffer, TRUE);
           break;
         }
         default:
@@ -1624,7 +1652,7 @@ gst_v4l2_do_read (GstV4l2BufferPool * pool, GstBuffer * buf)
   gst_buffer_map (buf, &map, GST_MAP_WRITE);
 
   do {
-    if ((res = gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_poll (pool)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+    if ((res = gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_poll (pool, TRUE)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
       goto poll_error;
 
     amount = obj->read (obj->video_fd, map.data, toread);
@@ -1758,7 +1786,8 @@ gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_process (GstV4l2BufferPool * pool, GstBuffer ** buf)
           }
 
           /* buffer not from our pool, grab a frame and copy it into the target */
-          if ((ret = gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (pool, &tmp)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+          if ((ret = gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (pool, &tmp, TRUE))
+              != GST_FLOW_OK)
             goto done;
 
           /* An empty buffer on capture indicates the end of stream */
@@ -1841,6 +1870,7 @@ gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_process (GstV4l2BufferPool * pool, GstBuffer ** buf)
         case GST_V4L2_IO_MMAP:
         {
           GstBuffer *to_queue = NULL;
+          GstBuffer *buffer;
           GstV4l2MemoryGroup *group;
           gint index;
 
@@ -1911,15 +1941,21 @@ gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_process (GstV4l2BufferPool * pool, GstBuffer ** buf)
            * otherwise the pool will think it is outstanding and will refuse to stop. */
           gst_buffer_unref (to_queue);
 
+          /* release as many buffer as possible */
+          while (gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (pool, &buffer, FALSE) ==
+              GST_FLOW_OK) {
+            if (buffer->pool == NULL)
+              gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_release_buffer (bpool, buffer);
+          }
+
           if (g_atomic_int_get (&pool->num_queued) >= pool->min_latency) {
-            GstBuffer *out;
             /* all buffers are queued, try to dequeue one and release it back
              * into the pool so that _acquire can get to it again. */
-            ret = gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (pool, &out);
+            ret = gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_dqbuf (pool, &buffer, TRUE);
-            if (ret == GST_FLOW_OK && out->pool == NULL)
+            if (ret == GST_FLOW_OK && buffer->pool == NULL)
               /* release the rendered buffer back into the pool. This wakes up any
                * thread waiting for a buffer in _acquire(). */
-              gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_release_buffer (bpool, out);
+              gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_release_buffer (bpool, buffer);
           }
           break;
         }