We are developing Camera HAL V3 for our custom board [esom imx6], on Android Lolipop
We are facing issue in getting garalloc buffer - The (private_handle_t) buffer given by Camera Service is corrupted/invalid.
Note: We are able to use Camera using HAL v2 without any problem, we are upgrading to HAL v3 for more features in v3 HAL.
After some comparison study of the Camera Service layer of HAL version v2 and v3 we found, that the service layer implementation for HAL version v3 and v2 are using different code flow path.
In Camera HAL v2 Service, the gralloc buffer is obtained using
native_window_dequeue_buffer_and_wait(mConsumerInterface.get(), &anwBuffers[bufferIdx]); -> (file: Camera2Device.cpp)
But in Camera HAL v3 Service, the gralloc buffer is obtained directly from hwcomposer using
currentConsumer->dequeueBuffer(currentConsumer.get(), &anb, &fenceFd); -> (file: Camera3OutputStream.cpp)
mConsumer is nothing but
sp<ANativeWindow> currentConsumer = mConsumer;
The implementation of ANativeWindow is buried inside /system/lib/hw/hwcomposer_fsl.imx6.so - which is closed proprietor library of freescale.
The buffer (private_handle_t) returned by deqeueBuffer in HALv3 service is junk/corrupted, trying to access/use the buffer results in segmentation, Changing anything in the camera service will break default implementation.
Can some one help/suggest what is the best solution to fix this issue without breaking the existing Service layer for Camera HAL v3 on Android Lolipop
[or]
Is there any v3 HAL implementation already available for IMX6
