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Name
KHR_stream_fifo
Name Strings
EGL_KHR_stream_fifo
Contributors
Acorn Pooley
Contacts
Acorn Pooley, NVIDIA (apooley 'at' nvidia.com)
Notice
Copyright (c) 2011-2013 The Khronos Group Inc. Copyright terms at
http://www.khronos.org/registry/speccopyright.html
Status
Complete.
Approved by the Khronos Board of Promoters on December 2, 2011.
Version
Version 6, October 12, 2011
Number
EGL Extension #36
Dependencies
Requires EGL 1.2.
Requires the EGL_KHR_stream extension.
This extension is written based on the wording of the EGL 1.2
specification.
The EGL_KHR_stream_producer_eglsurface and
EGL_NV_stream_producer_eglsurface extensions affect the wording of
this extension.
The EGL_KHR_stream_producer_aldatalocator and
EGL_NV_stream_producer_aldatalocator extensions affect the wording
of this extension.
The EGL_KHR_stream_consumer_gltexture and
EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture extensions affect the wording
of this extension.
Overview
This extension allows an EGLStream to operate as a fifo rather
than as a mailbox.
The EGL_KHR_stream extension defines the EGLStream object.
The EGLStream object works like a 1 entry mailbox, allowing the
consumer to consume the frame that the producer most recently
inserted. If the consumer requests image frames faster than the
producer creates them then it gets the most recent one over and
over until a new one is inserted. If the producer inserts frames
faster than the consumer can consume them then the extra frames
are discarded. The producer is never stalled.
This extension allows an EGLStream to be placed into fifo mode.
In fifo mode no images are discarded. If the producer attempts to
insert a frame and the fifo is full then the producer will stall
until there is room in the fifo. When the consumer retrieves an
image frame from the EGLStream it will see the image frame that
immediately follows the image frame that it last retrieved (unless
no such frame has been inserted yet in which case it retrieves the
same image frame that it retrieved last time).
Timing of the EGLStream in mailbox mode, as described by the
EGL_KHR_stream extension, is the responsibility of the
producer (with help from the consumer in the form of the
EGL_CONSUMER_LATENCY_USEC_KHR hint).
In contrast, timing of an EGLStream in fifo mode is the
responsibility of the consumer. Each image frame in the fifo has
an associated timestamp set by the producer. The consumer can use
this timestamp to determine when the image frame is intended to be
displayed to the user.
New Types
This type represents an absolute time in nanoseconds.
typedef khronos_utime_nanoseconds_t EGLTimeKHR
New functions
EGLBoolean eglQueryStreamTimeKHR(
EGLDisplay dpy,
EGLStreamKHR stream,
EGLenum attribute,
EGLTimeKHR *value);
New Tokens
Accepted as an attribute in the <attrib_list> parameter of
eglCreateStreamKHR and as the <attribute> parameter of
eglQueryStreamKHR.
EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR 0x31FC
These enums are accepted the <attribute> parameter of
eglQueryStreamTimeKHR.
EGL_STREAM_TIME_NOW_KHR 0x31FD
EGL_STREAM_TIME_CONSUMER_KHR 0x31FE
EGL_STREAM_TIME_PRODUCER_KHR 0x31FF
Add 4 new entries to "Table 3.10.4.4 EGLStream Attributes" in the
EGL_KHR_stream extension spec:
Attribute Read/Write Type Section
-------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR io EGLint 3.10.4.xx
EGL_STREAM_TIME_NOW_KHR ro EGLTimeKHR 3.10.4.xx
EGL_STREAM_TIME_CONSUMER_KHR ro EGLTimeKHR 3.10.4.xx
EGL_STREAM_TIME_PRODUCER_KHR ro EGLTimeKHR 3.10.4.xx
Add a new paragraph to the end of section "3.10.4.2 Querying EGLStream
Attributes" in the EGL_KHR_stream extension.
Call
EGLBoolean eglQueryStreamTimeKHR(
EGLDisplay dpy,
EGLStreamKHR stream,
EGLenum attribute,
EGLTimeKHR *value);
to query <attribute> from <stream> for attributes whose type is
EGLTimeKHR.
If an error occurs EGL_FALSE is returned and an error is
generated.
- EGL_BAD_STREAM_KHR is generated if <stream> is not a valid
EGLStream created for <dpy>.
- EGL_BAD_ATTRIBUTE is generated if <attribute> is not a valid
EGLStream attribute with type EGLTimeKHR.
Add new sections 3.1.4.xx at the end of section "3.10.4 EGLStream
Attributes" in the EGL_KHR_stream extension.
3.1.4.x EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR Attribute
The EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR may be set in the <attrib_list>
parameter of eglCreateStreamKHR(), but is read-only once the
stream is created. It can be queried with eglQueryStreamKHR().
Its default value is 0. Setting it to a value less than 0
generates an EGL_BAD_PARAMETER error.
When EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR is 0 the EGLStream operates in
mailbox mode as described in section "3.10.5.1 EGLStream operation
in mailbox mode"
When EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR is greater than 0 then the
EGLStream operates in fifo mode as described in section "3.10.5.2
EGLStream operation in fifo mode".
In fifo mode the EGLStream contains up to N image frames, where N
is the value of the EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR attribute.
The value of EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR is independent from the
number of internal buffers used by the producer. The producer may
require some number of internal buffers, but those are in addition
to the fifo buffers described by EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR.
3.1.4.x+1 EGL_STREAM_TIME_NOW_KHR Attribute
This indicates the current time. It is measured as the number of
nanoseconds since some arbitrary event (e.g. the last time the
system rebooted).
3.1.4.x+2 EGL_STREAM_TIME_CONSUMER_KHR Attribute
This indicates the timestamp of the image frame that the consumer
most recently consumed (i.e. frame number EGL_CONSUMER_FRAME_KHR).
The frame should first be displayed to the user when
EGL_STREAM_TIME_NOW_KHR matches this value.
In mailbox mode the timestamp for an image frame is always equal
to the time that the producer inserted the image frame into the
EGLStream, minus the value of EGL_CONSUMER_LATENCY_USEC_KHR.
In fifo mode the timestamp for an image frame is set by the
producer when it is inserted into the EGLStream.
The timestamp uses the same time units as EGL_STREAM_TIME_NOW_KHR.
3.1.4.x+3 EGL_STREAM_TIME_PRODUCER_KHR Attribute
This indicates the timestamp of the image frame that the producer
most recently inserted into the EGLStream (i.e. frame number
EGL_PRODUCER_FRAME_KHR).
Modify the first sentence of section "3.10.5.1 EGLStream operation in
mailbox mode" in the EGL_KHR_stream extension to:
When the EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR attribute is 0
then the EGLStream conceptually operates as a mailbox.
Add a new section after section "3.10.5.1 EGLStream operation in
mailbox mode" in the EGL_KHR_stream extension.
3.10.5.2 EGLStream operation in fifo mode
When the EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR attribute is greater than 0
then the EGLStream operates in fifo mode. The length of the fifo
is the value of the EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR attribute.
In fifo mode the EGLStream conceptually operates as a fifo.
When the consumer wants to consume a new image frame, behavior
depends on the state of the EGLStream. If the state is
EGL_STREAM_STATE_NEW_FRAME_AVAILABLE_KHR then the fifo is not
empty and the image frame to consume is removed from the tail of
the fifo. If the state is
EGL_STREAM_STATE_OLD_FRAME_AVAILABLE_KHR then the fifo is empty
and the consumer consumes the same frame that it most recently
consumed. Otherwise there are no image frames available to
consume (behavior in this case is described in the documentation
for each type of consumer - see section "3.10.2 Connecting an
EGLStream to a consumer").
If the fifo is empty when the consumer is finished consuming an
image frame then the consumer holds on to the image frame in case
it needs to be consumed again later (this happens if the consumer
wants to consume another image frame before the producer has
inserted a new image frame into the fifo). In this case the state
of the EGLStream will be EGL_STREAM_STATE_OLD_FRAME_AVAILABLE_KHR
until the producer inserts a new image frame (or until the state
becomes EGL_STREAM_STATE_DISCONNECTED_KHR).
The producer inserts image frames at the head of the fifo. If the
fifo is full (already contains <L> image frames, where <L> is the
value of the EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR attribute) then producer
is stalled until the fifo is no longer full. When the fifo is not
empty the EGLStream state is
EGL_STREAM_STATE_NEW_FRAME_AVAILABLE_KHR.
This operation implies:
- Frames are never discarded until the consumer has examined
them.
- If the consumer consumes frames slower than the producer
inserts frames, then the producer will stall.
- If the consumer consumes frames faster than the producer
inserts frames, then the consumer may see some frames more
than once.
- The consumer can see each frame exactly once if it always
waits until the stream is in the
EGL_STREAM_STATE_NEW_FRAME_AVAILABLE_KHR state before
retrieving an image from the stream.
In mailbox mode the producer is responsible for timing. In fifo
mode the consumer is responsible for timing.
In fifo mode the producer marks each image frame with a timestamp.
The timestamp indicates at what time the image frame should first
be visible to the user. Exactly how a producer sets the timestamp
is described in the documentation for each type of producer. If
the value of an image frame's timestamp is T then the producer
must insert that image frame *before* time
T - EGL_CONSUMER_LATENCY_USEC_KHR
Image frames must be inserted in increasing timestamp order.
The consumer is responsible for presenting each image frame to the
user at the time indicated by its timestamp. The consumer should
indicate its minimum latency to the producer by setting the
EGL_CONSUMER_LATENCY_USEC_KHR attribute.
If the EGL_KHR_stream_producer_eglsurface or
EGL_NV_stream_producer_eglsurface extension is present then add a
paragraph to the end of section "3.10.3.1 Stream Surface Producer"
from that extension:
If <stream>'s EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR value is nonzero then
<stream> operates in fifo mode. Each time the EGLSurface is
passed to eglSwapBuffers() an image frame is inserted into the
fifo. The eglSwapBuffers call sets the timestamp of the image
frame to the time that eglSwapBuffers was called PLUS the value of
the EGL_CONSUMER_LATENCY_USEC_KHR attribute.
If the EGL_KHR_stream_producer_eglsurface or
EGL_NV_stream_producer_eglsurface extension is present then add a
paragraph to section "3.9.x Posting to a Stream"
from that extension, between the 2nd paragraph (which begins "If
<surface> is the producer of an EGLStream...") and the 3rd paragraph
(which begins "When eglSwapBuffers returns the contents..."):
If the value of the EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR attribute, <L> is
greater than zero, and there are already <L> image frames in the
EGLStream fifo, then the eglSwapBuffers function blocks (does not
return and does not insert the new image frame) until there is
room in the EGLStream fifo (i.e. there are less than <L> image
frames in the fifo).
If the EGL_KHR_stream_producer_aldatalocator or
EGL_NV_stream_producer_aldatalocator extension is present then replace
the 2nd to last paragraph (the one that starts "The OpenMAX AL object
will use the value of...") of section "3.10.3.1 OpenMAX AL Stream
Producer" from that extension with the following 2 paragraphs:
If <stream>'s EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR value is zero then the
stream operates in mailbox mode. The OpenMAX AL object will use
the value of the EGL_CONSUMER_LATENCY_USEC_KHR attribute of
<stream> to determine when to insert each image frame. If the
EGL_CONSUMER_LATENCY_USEC_KHR attribute is modified (by the
consumer and/or by the application) then then OpenMAX AL object
will adjust its timing within 500 milliseconds of the change. If
an image frame is intended to appear to the user at time T (e.g.
so that it is synchronized with audio) then the OpenMAX AL object
must insert the image frame at time
T - EGL_CONSUMER_LATENCY_USEC_KHR
and set the image frame's timestamp to T.
If the <stream>'s EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR value is nonzero then
<stream> operates in fifo mode. If an image frame is intended to
appear to the user at time T then the OpenMAX AL object will
insert the image frame into the fifo before time
T - EGL_CONSUMER_LATENCY_USEC_KHR
and set the image frame's timestamp to T.
If the EGL_KHR_stream_consumer_gltexture or
EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture extension is present then replace the
3rd to last paragraph (the one that starts "If the producer has not
inserted any new image frames...") of section "3.10.2.1 GL Texture
External consumer" from that extension with the following 2
paragraphs:
When <stream>'s EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR value is zero then the
stream operates in mailbox mode. If the producer has not inserted
any new image frames since the last call to
eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV then eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV will
"latch" the same image frame it latched last time
eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV was called. If the producer has
inserted one new image frame since the last call to
eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV then the eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV
will "latch" the newly inserted image frame. If the producer has
inserted more than one new image frame since the last call to
eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV then all but the most recently inserted
image frames are discarded and the producer will "latch" the most
recently inserted image frame.
When <stream>'s EGL_STREAM_FIFO_LENGTH_KHR value is nonzero then
<stream> operates in fifo mode. Each call to
eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV "latches" the next image frame in the
fifo into the OpenGL texture, removing that image frame from the
fifo. If there are no new image frames in the fifo then
eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV will "latch" the same image frame it
latched last time eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV was called.
Issues
1. Is this extension useful?
RESOLVED: Yes. Browser vendors and others have expressed
interest.
2. Why not include this functionality in the base EGL_KHR_stream
extension?
RESOLVED: Including it there was confusing. Several
developers interested in EGLStream have thought at first that
they want to use EGLStreams in fifo mode. Later after
thinking about it they realize standard mode (non-fifo or
"mailbox" mode) is more useful.
Mailbox mode is easier to use and is less confusing for
aldatalocator-producer, gltexture-consumer usecase which was
the primary usecase for the extension at the time it was
devised.
Trying to describe both mailbox mode and fifo mode in
the same extension made the extension complicated. It was
confusing when the timestamps were useful (only in fifo mode).
It was confusing how the EGL_CONSUMER_LATENCY_USEC_KHR
attribute worked in different modes.
these problems the fifo functionality was split into this
separate extension. This also allows existing consumer and
producer extensions to be defined in terms of mailbox mode,
simplifying them and making them easier to understand. Then
interactions with fifo mode can be described separately.
Also, the fifo mode is more complicated to use and implement than
the mailbox mode. It was thought that there might be problems
with the fifo mode that could lead to a new extension
replacing the fifo mode extension. By keeping the fifo mode
functionality segregated into its own extension this would be
easier to accomplish.
Revision History
#6 (October 12, 2011) Acorn Pooley
- Clarify fifo mode operation. (Does not change behavior.)
#5 (October 11, 2011) Acorn Pooley
- Resolve issue 1
- fix typos
- add issue 2
#4 (September 27, 2011) Acorn Pooley
- Assign enum values (bug 8064)
#3 (July 6, 2011) Acorn Pooley
- Rename EGL_KHR_image_stream to EGL_KHR_stream
#2 (version #2 skipped)
#1 (July 1, 2011) Acorn Pooley
- Initial draft
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