services/surfaceflinger/DispSync.h

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#ifndef ANDROID_DISPSYNC_H
#define ANDROID_DISPSYNC_H

#include <stddef.h>

#include <utils/Mutex.h>
#include <utils/Timers.h>
#include <utils/RefBase.h>

namespace android {

// Ignore present (retire) fences if the device doesn't have support for the
// sync framework, or if all phase offsets are zero.  The latter is useful
// because it allows us to avoid resync bursts on devices that don't need
// phase-offset VSYNC events.
#if defined(RUNNING_WITHOUT_SYNC_FRAMEWORK) || \
        (VSYNC_EVENT_PHASE_OFFSET_NS == 0 && SF_VSYNC_EVENT_PHASE_OFFSET_NS == 0)
static const bool kIgnorePresentFences = true;
#else
static const bool kIgnorePresentFences = false;
#endif


class String8;
class Fence;
class DispSyncThread;

// DispSync maintains a model of the periodic hardware-based vsync events of a
// display and uses that model to execute period callbacks at specific phase
// offsets from the hardware vsync events.  The model is constructed by
// feeding consecutive hardware event timestamps to the DispSync object via
// the addResyncSample method.
//
// The model is validated using timestamps from Fence objects that are passed
// to the DispSync object via the addPresentFence method.  These fence
// timestamps should correspond to a hardware vsync event, but they need not
// be consecutive hardware vsync times.  If this method determines that the
// current model accurately represents the hardware event times it will return
// false to indicate that a resynchronization (via addResyncSample) is not
// needed.
class DispSync {

public:

    class Callback: public virtual RefBase {
    public:
        virtual ~Callback() {};
        virtual void onDispSyncEvent(nsecs_t when) = 0;
    };

    DispSync();
    ~DispSync();

    // reset clears the resync samples and error value.
    void reset();

    // addPresentFence adds a fence for use in validating the current vsync
    // event model.  The fence need not be signaled at the time
    // addPresentFence is called.  When the fence does signal, its timestamp
    // should correspond to a hardware vsync event.  Unlike the
    // addResyncSample method, the timestamps of consecutive fences need not
    // correspond to consecutive hardware vsync events.
    //
    // This method should be called with the retire fence from each HWComposer
    // set call that affects the display.
    bool addPresentFence(const sp<Fence>& fence);

    // The beginResync, addResyncSample, and endResync methods are used to re-
    // synchronize the DispSync's model to the hardware vsync events.  The re-
    // synchronization process involves first calling beginResync, then
    // calling addResyncSample with a sequence of consecutive hardware vsync
    // event timestamps, and finally calling endResync when addResyncSample
    // indicates that no more samples are needed by returning false.
    //
    // This resynchronization process should be performed whenever the display
    // is turned on (i.e. once immediately after it's turned on) and whenever
    // addPresentFence returns true indicating that the model has drifted away
    // from the hardware vsync events.
    void beginResync();
    bool addResyncSample(nsecs_t timestamp);
    void endResync();

    // The setPeriod method sets the vsync event model's period to a specific
    // value.  This should be used to prime the model when a display is first
    // turned on.  It should NOT be used after that.
    void setPeriod(nsecs_t period);

    // The getPeriod method returns the current vsync period.
    nsecs_t getPeriod();

    // setRefreshSkipCount specifies an additional number of refresh
    // cycles to skip.  For example, on a 60Hz display, a skip count of 1
    // will result in events happening at 30Hz.  Default is zero.  The idea
    // is to sacrifice smoothness for battery life.
    void setRefreshSkipCount(int count);

    // addEventListener registers a callback to be called repeatedly at the
    // given phase offset from the hardware vsync events.  The callback is
    // called from a separate thread and it should return reasonably quickly
    // (i.e. within a few hundred microseconds).
    status_t addEventListener(nsecs_t phase, const sp<Callback>& callback);

    // removeEventListener removes an already-registered event callback.  Once
    // this method returns that callback will no longer be called by the
    // DispSync object.
    status_t removeEventListener(const sp<Callback>& callback);

    // computeNextRefresh computes when the next refresh is expected to begin.
    // The periodOffset value can be used to move forward or backward; an
    // offset of zero is the next refresh, -1 is the previous refresh, 1 is
    // the refresh after next. etc.
    nsecs_t computeNextRefresh(int periodOffset) const;

    // dump appends human-readable debug info to the result string.
    void dump(String8& result) const;

private:

    void updateModelLocked();
    void updateErrorLocked();
    void resetErrorLocked();

    enum { MAX_RESYNC_SAMPLES = 32 };
    enum { MIN_RESYNC_SAMPLES_FOR_UPDATE = 3 };
    enum { NUM_PRESENT_SAMPLES = 8 };
    enum { MAX_RESYNC_SAMPLES_WITHOUT_PRESENT = 4 };

    // mPeriod is the computed period of the modeled vsync events in
    // nanoseconds.
    nsecs_t mPeriod;

    // mPhase is the phase offset of the modeled vsync events.  It is the
    // number of nanoseconds from time 0 to the first vsync event.
    nsecs_t mPhase;

    // mError is the computed model error.  It is based on the difference
    // between the estimated vsync event times and those observed in the
    // mPresentTimes array.
    nsecs_t mError;

    // These member variables are the state used during the resynchronization
    // process to store information about the hardware vsync event times used
    // to compute the model.
    nsecs_t mResyncSamples[MAX_RESYNC_SAMPLES];
    size_t mFirstResyncSample;
    size_t mNumResyncSamples;
    int mNumResyncSamplesSincePresent;

    // These member variables store information about the present fences used
    // to validate the currently computed model.
    sp<Fence> mPresentFences[NUM_PRESENT_SAMPLES];
    nsecs_t mPresentTimes[NUM_PRESENT_SAMPLES];
    size_t mPresentSampleOffset;

    int mRefreshSkipCount;

    // mThread is the thread from which all the callbacks are called.
    sp<DispSyncThread> mThread;

    // mMutex is used to protect access to all member variables.
    mutable Mutex mMutex;
};

}

#endif // ANDROID_DISPSYNC_H