[PATCH v7 07/19] media: meson: vdec: Refactor esparser work queue and fix teardown race
Anand Moon
linux.amoon at gmail.com
Mon Jul 13 05:07:02 PDT 2026
Rework the esparser work queue logic to prevent concurrent queue mutations
and fix a race condition during streaming teardown.
The previous implementation relied on v4l2_m2m_for_each_src_buf_safe(),
which held the session mutex across the entire queue traversal. This
blocked concurrent operations, caused inaccurate buffer mapping, and
triggered 100+ second watchdog freezes due to an unyielding polling loop.
Additionally, the low-level parser handled buffer ownership adjustments
and completion callbacks directly, leading to inconsistent error paths and
races between streamon and streamoff.
Fix this by utilizing the modern scoped_guard(mutex) mechanism inside the
main worker loop. This allows the session lock to be automatically
dropped on any conditional breakout path, preventing voluntary scheduling
bugs while invoking cond_resched(). De-couple buffer lifecycles from the
hardware parser routine by leveraging safe, linear fetches via
v4l2_m2m_next_src_buf() and v4l2_m2m_src_buf_remove(), ensuring orderly
frame transactions. Refactor esparser_queue() to return explicit error
codes (such as -EBADMSG, -EIO, and -EAGAIN) to safely handle buffer states.
Clean up teardown paths: Execute cancel_work_sync() inside
vdec_stop_streaming() and vdec_close() immediately after
synchronize_irq(). This ensures any pending scheduled queue work is fully
flushed and canceled before the driver destroys hardware instances.
Cc: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas at ndufresne.ca>
Signed-off-by: Anand Moon <linux.amoon at gmail.com>
---
drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c | 69 +++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c
index 37749ede308c6..e5d3d817b9b2b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c
@@ -328,15 +328,11 @@ esparser_queue(struct amvdec_session *sess, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf)
return -EAGAIN;
}
- v4l2_m2m_src_buf_remove_by_buf(sess->m2m_ctx, vbuf);
-
offset = esparser_get_offset(sess);
ret = amvdec_add_ts(sess, vb->timestamp, vbuf->timecode, offset, vbuf->flags);
- if (ret) {
- v4l2_m2m_buf_done(vbuf, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
+ if (ret)
return ret;
- }
dev_dbg(core->dev, "esparser: ts = %llu pld_size = %u offset = %08X flags = %08X\n",
vb->timestamp, payload_size, offset, vbuf->flags);
@@ -348,12 +344,10 @@ esparser_queue(struct amvdec_session *sess, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf)
if (sess->fmt_out->pixfmt == V4L2_PIX_FMT_VP9) {
payload_size = vp9_update_header(core, vb);
- /* If unable to alter buffer to add headers */
if (payload_size == 0) {
+ dev_err(core->dev, "esparser: VP9 header update failed\n");
amvdec_remove_ts(sess, vb->timestamp);
- v4l2_m2m_buf_done(vbuf, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
-
- return 0;
+ return -EBADMSG;
}
}
@@ -363,33 +357,68 @@ esparser_queue(struct amvdec_session *sess, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf)
if (ret <= 0) {
dev_warn(core->dev, "esparser: input parsing error\n");
amvdec_remove_ts(sess, vb->timestamp);
- v4l2_m2m_buf_done(vbuf, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
amvdec_write_parser(core, PARSER_FETCH_CMD, 0);
-
- return 0;
+ return -EIO;
}
atomic_inc(&sess->esparser_queued_bufs);
- v4l2_m2m_buf_done(vbuf, VB2_BUF_STATE_DONE);
return 0;
}
void esparser_queue_all_src(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct v4l2_m2m_buffer *buf, *n;
struct amvdec_session *sess =
container_of(work, struct amvdec_session, esparser_queue_work);
+ struct device *dev = sess->core->dev_dec;
+ int ret;
- mutex_lock(&sess->lock);
- v4l2_m2m_for_each_src_buf_safe(sess->m2m_ctx, buf, n) {
- if (sess->should_stop)
- break;
+ while (1) {
+ struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf = NULL;
+ bool processed_frame = false;
+
+ scoped_guard(mutex, &sess->lock) {
+ /* Safe atomic tracking check: exit loop if session is shutting down */
+ if (sess->should_stop)
+ return;
+
+ /* Queue completely empty: exit work loop cleanly */
+ vbuf = v4l2_m2m_next_src_buf(sess->m2m_ctx);
+ if (!vbuf)
+ break;
+
+ /* Stop processing if we hit the end-of-stream drain buffer */
+ if (vbuf->flags & V4L2_BUF_FLAG_LAST)
+ break;
+
+ /* Check hardware FIFO limits safely inside the locks */
+ ret = esparser_queue(sess, vbuf);
+ if (ret == -EAGAIN)
+ break;
+
+ /* Pop the buffer from the source queue since it is now processed */
+ vbuf = v4l2_m2m_src_buf_remove(sess->m2m_ctx);
+ if (!vbuf) {
+ dev_dbg(dev, "Buffer missing during queue removal\n");
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /* Complete the buffer transaction based on parser results */
+ if (ret < 0)
+ v4l2_m2m_buf_done(vbuf, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
+ else
+ v4l2_m2m_buf_done(vbuf, VB2_BUF_STATE_DONE);
- if (esparser_queue(sess, &buf->vb) < 0)
+ /* Set tracking flag indicating transaction completion */
+ processed_frame = true;
+ }
+
+ if (processed_frame)
break;
+
+ /* Give other threads and IRQ routines a window to execute while unlocked */
+ cond_resched();
}
- mutex_unlock(&sess->lock);
}
int esparser_power_up(struct amvdec_session *sess)
--
2.50.1
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