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Naushir Patuck d9d265cfce pipeline: rpi: Rework internal buffer allocations
In order to clear the V4L2VideoDevice cache, we must call
V4L2VideoDevice::releaseBuffers() when stopping the camera. To do this
without releasing the allocated buffers, we have to rework the internal
buffer allocation logic.

Remove calls to V4L2VideoDevice::importBuffers() and releaseBuffers()
from within the RPi::Stream class. Instead, move these calls to the
PipelineHandlerBase class, where we can call releaseBuffers(), i.e. clear
the V4L2VideoDevice cache unconditionally on stop without de-allocating
the internal buffers.

The code in Stream::clearBuffers() can be then moved into releaseBuffers()
which will actually de-allocate the internal buffers when required.

Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/camera/libcamera/-/issues/265
Signed-off-by: Naushir Patuck <naush@raspberrypi.com>
Tested-by: Barnabás Pőcze <barnabas.pocze@ideasonboard.com> # rpi4
Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Barnabás Pőcze <barnabas.pocze@ideasonboard.com>
2026-01-06 13:30:20 +01:00
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