2023-11-16 10:09:50

by Dan Scally

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] usb:gadget:uvc Do not use worker thread to pump isoc usb requests

Hi Jayant, thanks for the update. I just have a couple of styling comments.

On 09/11/2023 07:34, Jayant Chowdhary wrote:
> When we use an async work queue to perform the function of pumping
> usb requests to the usb controller, it is possible that amongst other
> factors, thread scheduling affects at what cadence we're able to pump
> requests. This could mean isoc usb requests miss their uframes - resulting
> in video stream flickers on the host device.
>
> To avoid this, we make the async_wq thread only produce isoc usb_requests
> with uvc buffers encoded into them. The process of queueing to the
> endpoint is done by the uvc_video_complete() handler. In case no
> usb_requests are ready with encoded information, we just queue a zero
> length request to the endpoint from the complete handler.
>
> For bulk endpoints the async_wq thread still queues usb requests to the
> endpoint.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Grzeschik <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jayant Chowdhary <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Avichal Rakesh <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Alan Stern <[email protected]>
> ---
> Based on top of
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/[email protected]/T/#t:
> v1->v2: Added self Signed-Off-by and addressed review comments
> v2->v3: Encode to usb requests in async_wq; queue to ep in complete handler
> for isoc transfers.
> v3->v4: Address review comments around code style.
> v4->v5: Update comments. Remove 0 length request queueing from async_wq
> thread since it is already done by the complete handler.
> v5->v6: Fix checkpatch.pl suggestions.
>
> drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h | 8 +
> drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c | 204 ++++++++++++++++++------
> 2 files changed, 166 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h
> index e8d4c87f1e09..5ff454528bd8 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h
> @@ -105,7 +105,15 @@ struct uvc_video {
> bool is_enabled; /* tracks whether video stream is enabled */
> unsigned int req_size;
> struct list_head ureqs; /* all uvc_requests allocated by uvc_video */
> +
> + /* USB requests that the video pump thread can encode into */
> struct list_head req_free;
> +
> + /*
> + * USB requests video pump thread has already encoded into. These are
> + * ready to be queued to the endpoint.
> + */
> + struct list_head req_ready;
> spinlock_t req_lock;
>
> unsigned int req_int_count;
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c
> index 53feb790a4c3..d5311456fa8a 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c
> @@ -268,6 +268,100 @@ static int uvcg_video_ep_queue(struct uvc_video *video, struct usb_request *req)
> return ret;
> }
>
> +/* This function must be called with video->req_lock held. */
> +static int uvcg_video_usb_req_queue(struct uvc_video *video,
> + struct usb_request *req, bool queue_to_ep)
> +{
> + bool is_bulk = video->max_payload_size;
> + struct list_head *list = NULL;
> +
> + if (!video->is_enabled) {
> + uvc_video_free_request(req->context, video->ep);
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> + if (queue_to_ep) {
> + struct uvc_request *ureq = req->context;
> + /*
> + * With USB3 handling more requests at a higher speed, we can't
> + * afford to generate an interrupt for every request. Decide to
> + * interrupt:
> + *
> + * - When no more requests are available in the free queue, as
> + * this may be our last chance to refill the endpoint's
> + * request queue.
> + *
> + * - When this is request is the last request for the video
> + * buffer, as we want to start sending the next video buffer
> + * ASAP in case it doesn't get started already in the next
> + * iteration of this loop.
> + *
> + * - Four times over the length of the requests queue (as
> + * indicated by video->uvc_num_requests), as a trade-off
> + * between latency and interrupt load.
> + */
> + if (list_empty(&video->req_free) || ureq->last_buf ||
> + !(video->req_int_count %
> + DIV_ROUND_UP(video->uvc_num_requests, 4))) {
> + video->req_int_count = 0;
> + req->no_interrupt = 0;
> + } else {
> + req->no_interrupt = 1;
> + }
> + video->req_int_count++;
> + return uvcg_video_ep_queue(video, req);
> + }
> + /*
> + * If we're not queuing to the ep, for isoc we're queuing
> + * to the req_ready list, otherwise req_free.
> + */
> + list = is_bulk ? &video->req_free : &video->req_ready;
> + list_add_tail(&req->list, list);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Must only be called from uvcg_video_enable - since after that we only want to
> + * queue requests to the endpoint from the uvc_video_complete complete handler.
> + * This function is needed in order to 'kick start' the flow of requests from
> + * gadget driver to the usb controller.
> + */
> +static void uvc_video_ep_queue_initial_requests(struct uvc_video *video)
> +{
> + struct usb_request *req = NULL;
> + unsigned long flags = 0;
> + unsigned int count = 0;
> + int ret = 0;
Add an empty line here please
> + /*
> + * We only queue half of the free list since we still want to have
> + * some free usb_requests in the free list for the video_pump async_wq
> + * thread to encode uvc buffers into. Otherwise we could get into a
> + * situation where the free list does not have any usb requests to
> + * encode into - we always end up queueing 0 length requests to the
> + * end point.
> + */
> + unsigned int half_list_size = video->uvc_num_requests / 2;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&video->req_lock, flags);
> + /*
> + * Take these requests off the free list and queue them all to the
> + * endpoint. Since we queue 0 length requests with the req_lock held,
> + * there isn't any 'data' race involved here with the complete handler.
> + */
> + while (count < half_list_size) {
> + req = list_first_entry(&video->req_free, struct usb_request,
> + list);
> + list_del(&req->list);
> + req->length = 0;
> + ret = uvcg_video_ep_queue(video, req);
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + uvcg_queue_cancel(&video->queue, /*disconnect*/0);


Drop the /*disconnect*/ comment please

> + break;
> + }
> + count++;
> + }
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->req_lock, flags);
> +}
> +
> static void
> uvc_video_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
> {
> @@ -276,6 +370,8 @@ uvc_video_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
> struct uvc_video_queue *queue = &video->queue;
> struct uvc_buffer *last_buf = NULL;
> unsigned long flags;
> + bool is_bulk = video->max_payload_size;
> + int ret = 0;
>
> spin_lock_irqsave(&video->req_lock, flags);
> if (!video->is_enabled) {
> @@ -329,8 +425,46 @@ uvc_video_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
> * back to req_free
> */
> if (video->is_enabled) {
> - list_add_tail(&req->list, &video->req_free);
> - queue_work(video->async_wq, &video->pump);
> + /*
> + * Here we check whether any request is available in the ready
> + * list. If it is, queue it to the ep and add the current
> + * usb_request to the req_free list - for video_pump to fill in.
> + * Otherwise, just use the current usb_request to queue a 0
> + * length request to the ep. Since we always add to the req_free
> + * list if we dequeue from the ready list, there will never
> + * be a situation where the req_free list is completely out of
> + * requests and cannot recover.
> + */
> + struct usb_request *to_queue = req;
> +
> + to_queue->length = 0;
> + if (!list_empty(&video->req_ready)) {
> + to_queue = list_first_entry(&video->req_ready,
> + struct usb_request, list);
> + list_del(&to_queue->list);
> + /* Add it to the free list. */
I would drop the "Add it to the free list" comment; the code is clear already.
> + list_add_tail(&req->list, &video->req_free);
> + /*
> + * Queue work to the wq as well since it is possible that a
> + * buffer may not have been completely encoded with the set of
> + * in-flight usb requests for whih the complete callbacks are
> + * firing.
> + * In that case, if we do not queue work to the worker thread,
> + * the buffer will never be marked as complete - and therefore
> + * not be returned to userpsace. As a result,
> + * dequeue -> queue -> dequeue flow of uvc buffers will not
> + * happen.
> + */
> + queue_work(video->async_wq, &video->pump);
> + }
> + /*
> + * Queue to the endpoint. The actual queueing to ep will
> + * only happen on one thread - the async_wq for bulk endpoints
> + * and this thread for isoc endpoints.
> + */
> + ret = uvcg_video_usb_req_queue(video, to_queue, !is_bulk);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + uvcg_queue_cancel(queue, 0);
> } else {
> uvc_video_free_request(ureq, ep);
> }
> @@ -347,6 +481,7 @@ uvc_video_free_requests(struct uvc_video *video)
>
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->ureqs);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->req_free);
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->req_ready);
> video->req_size = 0;
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -424,8 +559,7 @@ static void uvcg_video_pump(struct work_struct *work)
> struct usb_request *req = NULL;
> struct uvc_buffer *buf;
> unsigned long flags;
> - bool buf_done;
> - int ret;
> + int ret = 0;
>
> while (true) {
> if (!video->ep->enabled)
> @@ -454,15 +588,6 @@ static void uvcg_video_pump(struct work_struct *work)
>
> if (buf != NULL) {
> video->encode(req, video, buf);
> - buf_done = buf->state == UVC_BUF_STATE_DONE;
> - } else if (!(queue->flags & UVC_QUEUE_DISCONNECTED) && !is_bulk) {
> - /*
> - * No video buffer available; the queue is still connected and
> - * we're transferring over ISOC. Queue a 0 length request to
> - * prevent missed ISOC transfers.
> - */
> - req->length = 0;
> - buf_done = false;
> } else {
> /*
> * Either the queue has been disconnected or no video buffer
> @@ -473,45 +598,25 @@ static void uvcg_video_pump(struct work_struct *work)
> break;
> }
>
> - /*
> - * With USB3 handling more requests at a higher speed, we can't
> - * afford to generate an interrupt for every request. Decide to
> - * interrupt:
> - *
> - * - When no more requests are available in the free queue, as
> - * this may be our last chance to refill the endpoint's
> - * request queue.
> - *
> - * - When this is request is the last request for the video
> - * buffer, as we want to start sending the next video buffer
> - * ASAP in case it doesn't get started already in the next
> - * iteration of this loop.
> - *
> - * - Four times over the length of the requests queue (as
> - * indicated by video->uvc_num_requests), as a trade-off
> - * between latency and interrupt load.
> - */
> - if (list_empty(&video->req_free) || buf_done ||
> - !(video->req_int_count %
> - DIV_ROUND_UP(video->uvc_num_requests, 4))) {
> - video->req_int_count = 0;
> - req->no_interrupt = 0;
> - } else {
> - req->no_interrupt = 1;
> - }
> -
> - /* Queue the USB request */
> - ret = uvcg_video_ep_queue(video, req);
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->irqlock, flags);
>
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&video->req_lock, flags);
> + /* For bulk end points we queue from the worker thread
> + * since we would preferably not want to wait on requests
> + * to be ready, in the uvcg_video_complete() handler.
> + * For isoc endpoints we add the request to the ready list
> + * and only queue it to the endpoint from the complete handler.
> + */
> + ret = uvcg_video_usb_req_queue(video, req, is_bulk);
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->req_lock, flags);
> +
> if (ret < 0) {
> uvcg_queue_cancel(queue, 0);
> break;
> }
>
> - /* Endpoint now owns the request */
> + /* The request is owned by the endpoint / ready list. */
> req = NULL;
> - video->req_int_count++;
> }
>
> if (!req)
> @@ -567,7 +672,7 @@ uvcg_video_disable(struct uvc_video *video)
>
> spin_lock_irqsave(&video->req_lock, flags);
> /*
> - * Remove all uvc_reqeusts from ureqs with list_del_init
> + * Remove all uvc_requests from ureqs with list_del_init

Did the alignment of the * get messed up here as well as the typo fix or is it just my mail client
being weird?


> * This lets uvc_video_free_request correctly identify
> * if the uvc_request is attached to a list or not when freeing
> * memory.
> @@ -580,8 +685,14 @@ uvcg_video_disable(struct uvc_video *video)
> uvc_video_free_request(req->context, video->ep);
> }
>
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(req, temp, &video->req_ready, list) {
> + list_del(&req->list);
> + uvc_video_free_request(req->context, video->ep);
> + }
> +
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->ureqs);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->req_free);
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->req_ready);
> video->req_size = 0;
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->req_lock, flags);
>
> @@ -635,7 +746,7 @@ int uvcg_video_enable(struct uvc_video *video)
>
> video->req_int_count = 0;
>
> - queue_work(video->async_wq, &video->pump);
> + uvc_video_ep_queue_initial_requests(video);
>
> return ret;
> }
> @@ -648,6 +759,7 @@ int uvcg_video_init(struct uvc_video *video, struct uvc_device *uvc)
> video->is_enabled = false;
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->ureqs);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->req_free);
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->req_ready);
> spin_lock_init(&video->req_lock);
> INIT_WORK(&video->pump, uvcg_video_pump);
>


2023-11-20 06:32:07

by Jayant Chowdhary

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] usb:gadget:uvc Do not use worker thread to pump isoc usb requests

Hi Dan,
Thanks for the comments. I've uploaded a new patch at https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/[email protected]/T/#u.

On 11/16/23 02:09, Dan Scally wrote:
> Hi Jayant, thanks for the update. I just have a couple of styling comments.
>
> On 09/11/2023 07:34, Jayant Chowdhary wrote:
>> When we use an async work queue to perform the function of pumping
>> usb requests to the usb controller, it is possible that amongst other
>> factors, thread scheduling affects at what cadence we're able to pump
>> requests. This could mean isoc usb requests miss their uframes - resulting
>> in video stream flickers on the host device.
>>
>> To avoid this, we make the async_wq thread only produce isoc usb_requests
>> with uvc buffers encoded into them. The process of queueing to the
>> endpoint is done by the uvc_video_complete() handler. In case no
>> usb_requests are ready with encoded information, we just queue a zero
>> length request to the endpoint from the complete handler.
>>
>> For bulk endpoints the async_wq thread still queues usb requests to the
>> endpoint.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Grzeschik <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Jayant Chowdhary <[email protected]>
>> Suggested-by: Avichal Rakesh <[email protected]>
>> Suggested-by: Alan Stern <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>   Based on top of
>>   https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/[email protected]/T/#t:
>>   v1->v2: Added self Signed-Off-by and addressed review comments
>>   v2->v3: Encode to usb requests in async_wq; queue to ep in complete handler
>>      for isoc transfers.
>>   v3->v4: Address review comments around code style.
>>   v4->v5: Update comments. Remove 0 length request queueing from async_wq
>>      thread since it is already done by the complete handler.
>>   v5->v6: Fix checkpatch.pl suggestions.
>>
>>   drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h       |   8 +
>>   drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c | 204 ++++++++++++++++++------
>>   2 files changed, 166 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h
>> index e8d4c87f1e09..5ff454528bd8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h
>> @@ -105,7 +105,15 @@ struct uvc_video {
>>       bool is_enabled; /* tracks whether video stream is enabled */
>>       unsigned int req_size;
>>       struct list_head ureqs; /* all uvc_requests allocated by uvc_video */
>> +
>> +    /* USB requests that the video pump thread can encode into */
>>       struct list_head req_free;
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * USB requests video pump thread has already encoded into. These are
>> +     * ready to be queued to the endpoint.
>> +     */
>> +    struct list_head req_ready;
>>       spinlock_t req_lock;
>>         unsigned int req_int_count;
>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c
>> index 53feb790a4c3..d5311456fa8a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c
>> @@ -268,6 +268,100 @@ static int uvcg_video_ep_queue(struct uvc_video *video, struct usb_request *req)
>>       return ret;
>>   }
>>   +/* This function must be called with video->req_lock held. */
>> +static int uvcg_video_usb_req_queue(struct uvc_video *video,
>> +    struct usb_request *req, bool queue_to_ep)
>> +{
>> +    bool is_bulk = video->max_payload_size;
>> +    struct list_head *list = NULL;
>> +
>> +    if (!video->is_enabled) {
>> +        uvc_video_free_request(req->context, video->ep);
>> +        return -ENODEV;
>> +    }
>> +    if (queue_to_ep) {
>> +        struct uvc_request *ureq = req->context;
>> +        /*
>> +         * With USB3 handling more requests at a higher speed, we can't
>> +         * afford to generate an interrupt for every request. Decide to
>> +         * interrupt:
>> +         *
>> +         * - When no more requests are available in the free queue, as
>> +         *   this may be our last chance to refill the endpoint's
>> +         *   request queue.
>> +         *
>> +         * - When this is request is the last request for the video
>> +         *   buffer, as we want to start sending the next video buffer
>> +         *   ASAP in case it doesn't get started already in the next
>> +         *   iteration of this loop.
>> +         *
>> +         * - Four times over the length of the requests queue (as
>> +         *   indicated by video->uvc_num_requests), as a trade-off
>> +         *   between latency and interrupt load.
>> +         */
>> +        if (list_empty(&video->req_free) || ureq->last_buf ||
>> +            !(video->req_int_count %
>> +            DIV_ROUND_UP(video->uvc_num_requests, 4))) {
>> +            video->req_int_count = 0;
>> +            req->no_interrupt = 0;
>> +        } else {
>> +            req->no_interrupt = 1;
>> +        }
>> +        video->req_int_count++;
>> +        return uvcg_video_ep_queue(video, req);
>> +    }
>> +    /*
>> +     * If we're not queuing to the ep, for isoc we're queuing
>> +     * to the req_ready list, otherwise req_free.
>> +     */
>> +    list = is_bulk ? &video->req_free : &video->req_ready;
>> +    list_add_tail(&req->list, list);
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Must only be called from uvcg_video_enable - since after that we only want to
>> + * queue requests to the endpoint from the uvc_video_complete complete handler.
>> + * This function is needed in order to 'kick start' the flow of requests from
>> + * gadget driver to the usb controller.
>> + */
>> +static void uvc_video_ep_queue_initial_requests(struct uvc_video *video)
>> +{
>> +    struct usb_request *req = NULL;
>> +    unsigned long flags = 0;
>> +    unsigned int count = 0;
>> +    int ret = 0;
> Add an empty line here please

Done.

>> +    /*
>> +     * We only queue half of the free list since we still want to have
>> +     * some free usb_requests in the free list for the video_pump async_wq
>> +     * thread to encode uvc buffers into. Otherwise we could get into a
>> +     * situation where the free list does not have any usb requests to
>> +     * encode into - we always end up queueing 0 length requests to the
>> +     * end point.
>> +     */
>> +    unsigned int half_list_size = video->uvc_num_requests / 2;
>> +
>> +    spin_lock_irqsave(&video->req_lock, flags);
>> +    /*
>> +     * Take these requests off the free list and queue them all to the
>> +     * endpoint. Since we queue 0 length requests with the req_lock held,
>> +     * there isn't any 'data' race involved here with the complete handler.
>> +     */
>> +    while (count < half_list_size) {
>> +        req = list_first_entry(&video->req_free, struct usb_request,
>> +                    list);
>> +        list_del(&req->list);
>> +        req->length = 0;
>> +        ret = uvcg_video_ep_queue(video, req);
>> +        if (ret < 0) {
>> +            uvcg_queue_cancel(&video->queue, /*disconnect*/0);
>
>
> Drop the /*disconnect*/ comment please

Done.

>
>> +            break;
>> +        }
>> +        count++;
>> +    }
>> +    spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->req_lock, flags);
>> +}
>> +
>>   static void
>>   uvc_video_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
>>   {
>> @@ -276,6 +370,8 @@ uvc_video_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
>>       struct uvc_video_queue *queue = &video->queue;
>>       struct uvc_buffer *last_buf = NULL;
>>       unsigned long flags;
>> +    bool is_bulk = video->max_payload_size;
>> +    int ret = 0;
>>         spin_lock_irqsave(&video->req_lock, flags);
>>       if (!video->is_enabled) {
>> @@ -329,8 +425,46 @@ uvc_video_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
>>        * back to req_free
>>        */
>>       if (video->is_enabled) {
>> -        list_add_tail(&req->list, &video->req_free);
>> -        queue_work(video->async_wq, &video->pump);
>> +        /*
>> +         * Here we check whether any request is available in the ready
>> +         * list. If it is, queue it to the ep and add the current
>> +         * usb_request to the req_free list - for video_pump to fill in.
>> +         * Otherwise, just use the current usb_request to queue a 0
>> +         * length request to the ep. Since we always add to the req_free
>> +         * list if we dequeue from the ready list, there will never
>> +         * be a situation where the req_free list is completely out of
>> +         * requests and cannot recover.
>> +         */
>> +        struct usb_request *to_queue = req;
>> +
>> +        to_queue->length = 0;
>> +        if (!list_empty(&video->req_ready)) {
>> +            to_queue = list_first_entry(&video->req_ready,
>> +                struct usb_request, list);
>> +            list_del(&to_queue->list);
>> +            /* Add it to the free list. */
> I would drop the "Add it to the free list" comment; the code is clear already.

Done.

>> +            list_add_tail(&req->list, &video->req_free);
>> +            /*
>> +             * Queue work to the wq as well since it is possible that a
>> +             * buffer may not have been completely encoded with the set of
>> +             * in-flight usb requests for whih the complete callbacks are
>> +             * firing.
>> +             * In that case, if we do not queue work to the worker thread,
>> +             * the buffer will never be marked as complete - and therefore
>> +             * not be returned to userpsace. As a result,
>> +             * dequeue -> queue -> dequeue flow of uvc buffers will not
>> +             * happen.
>> +             */
>> +            queue_work(video->async_wq, &video->pump);
>> +        }
>> +        /*
>> +         * Queue to the endpoint. The actual queueing to ep will
>> +         * only happen on one thread - the async_wq for bulk endpoints
>> +         * and this thread for isoc endpoints.
>> +         */
>> +        ret = uvcg_video_usb_req_queue(video, to_queue, !is_bulk);
>> +        if (ret < 0)
>> +            uvcg_queue_cancel(queue, 0);
>>       } else {
>>           uvc_video_free_request(ureq, ep);
>>       }
>> @@ -347,6 +481,7 @@ uvc_video_free_requests(struct uvc_video *video)
>>         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->ureqs);
>>       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->req_free);
>> +    INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->req_ready);
>>       video->req_size = 0;
>>       return 0;
>>   }
>> @@ -424,8 +559,7 @@ static void uvcg_video_pump(struct work_struct *work)
>>       struct usb_request *req = NULL;
>>       struct uvc_buffer *buf;
>>       unsigned long flags;
>> -    bool buf_done;
>> -    int ret;
>> +    int ret = 0;
>>         while (true) {
>>           if (!video->ep->enabled)
>> @@ -454,15 +588,6 @@ static void uvcg_video_pump(struct work_struct *work)
>>             if (buf != NULL) {
>>               video->encode(req, video, buf);
>> -            buf_done = buf->state == UVC_BUF_STATE_DONE;
>> -        } else if (!(queue->flags & UVC_QUEUE_DISCONNECTED) && !is_bulk) {
>> -            /*
>> -             * No video buffer available; the queue is still connected and
>> -             * we're transferring over ISOC. Queue a 0 length request to
>> -             * prevent missed ISOC transfers.
>> -             */
>> -            req->length = 0;
>> -            buf_done = false;
>>           } else {
>>               /*
>>                * Either the queue has been disconnected or no video buffer
>> @@ -473,45 +598,25 @@ static void uvcg_video_pump(struct work_struct *work)
>>               break;
>>           }
>>   -        /*
>> -         * With USB3 handling more requests at a higher speed, we can't
>> -         * afford to generate an interrupt for every request. Decide to
>> -         * interrupt:
>> -         *
>> -         * - When no more requests are available in the free queue, as
>> -         *   this may be our last chance to refill the endpoint's
>> -         *   request queue.
>> -         *
>> -         * - When this is request is the last request for the video
>> -         *   buffer, as we want to start sending the next video buffer
>> -         *   ASAP in case it doesn't get started already in the next
>> -         *   iteration of this loop.
>> -         *
>> -         * - Four times over the length of the requests queue (as
>> -         *   indicated by video->uvc_num_requests), as a trade-off
>> -         *   between latency and interrupt load.
>> -         */
>> -        if (list_empty(&video->req_free) || buf_done ||
>> -            !(video->req_int_count %
>> -               DIV_ROUND_UP(video->uvc_num_requests, 4))) {
>> -            video->req_int_count = 0;
>> -            req->no_interrupt = 0;
>> -        } else {
>> -            req->no_interrupt = 1;
>> -        }
>> -
>> -        /* Queue the USB request */
>> -        ret = uvcg_video_ep_queue(video, req);
>>           spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->irqlock, flags);
>>   +        spin_lock_irqsave(&video->req_lock, flags);
>> +        /* For bulk end points we queue from the worker thread
>> +         * since we would preferably not want to wait on requests
>> +         * to be ready, in the uvcg_video_complete() handler.
>> +         * For isoc endpoints we add the request to the ready list
>> +         * and only queue it to the endpoint from the complete handler.
>> +         */
>> +        ret = uvcg_video_usb_req_queue(video, req, is_bulk);
>> +        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->req_lock, flags);
>> +
>>           if (ret < 0) {
>>               uvcg_queue_cancel(queue, 0);
>>               break;
>>           }
>>   -        /* Endpoint now owns the request */
>> +        /* The request is owned by  the endpoint / ready list. */
>>           req = NULL;
>> -        video->req_int_count++;
>>       }
>>         if (!req)
>> @@ -567,7 +672,7 @@ uvcg_video_disable(struct uvc_video *video)
>>         spin_lock_irqsave(&video->req_lock, flags);
>>       /*
>> -     * Remove all uvc_reqeusts from ureqs with list_del_init
>> +    * Remove all uvc_requests from ureqs with list_del_init
>
> Did the alignment of the * get messed up here as well as the typo fix or is it just my mail client being weird?
>

I think the alignment did indeed get messed up. Fixed.

Thank you,

Jayant