[PATCH v3 1/4] media: v4l: dev-decoder: Add source change V4L2_EVENT_SRC_CH_COLORSPACE

Frank Li Frank.li at nxp.com
Fri Nov 7 07:28:24 PST 2025


On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 04:54:16PM +0800, ming.qian at oss.nxp.com wrote:
> From: Ming Qian <ming.qian at oss.nxp.com>
>
> Add a new source change V4L2_EVENT_SRC_CH_COLORSPACE that
                   change event V4l2...

> indicates colorspace change in the stream.

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> The change V4L2_EVENT_SRC_CH_RESOLUTION will always affect
  The event ...

Frank
> the allocation, but V4L2_EVENT_SRC_CH_COLORSPACE won't.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Qian <ming.qian at oss.nxp.com>
> ---
> v3
> - Improve the description according to comments
>
>  .../userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.rst       | 12 ++++++++++++
>  .../userspace-api/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions   |  1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h                       |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.rst
> index 8db103760930..f317af57a92c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.rst
> @@ -369,6 +369,18 @@ call.
>  	loss of signal and so restarting streaming I/O is required in order for
>  	the hardware to synchronize to the video signal.
>
> +    * - ``V4L2_EVENT_SRC_CH_COLORSPACE``
> +      - 0x0002
> +      - This event gets triggered when a colorspace change is detected at
> +	an input. This can come from a video decoder or a video receiver.
> +	Applications will query the new colorspace information
> +	(if any, the signal may also have been lost). If the signal is lost,
> +	then that is a CH_RESOLUTION change, not CH_COLORSPACE.
> +
> +	For stateful decoders follow the guidelines in :ref:`decoder`.
> +	If CH_COLORSPACE is set, but not CH_RESOLUTION, then only the
> +	colorspace changed and there is no need to reallocate buffers.
> +
>  Return Value
>  ============
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
> index 35d3456cc812..ac47c6d9448b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
> @@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ replace define V4L2_EVENT_CTRL_CH_RANGE ctrl-changes-flags
>  replace define V4L2_EVENT_CTRL_CH_DIMENSIONS ctrl-changes-flags
>
>  replace define V4L2_EVENT_SRC_CH_RESOLUTION src-changes-flags
> +replace define V4L2_EVENT_SRC_CH_COLORSPACE src-changes-flags
>
>  replace define V4L2_EVENT_MD_FL_HAVE_FRAME_SEQ :c:type:`v4l2_event_motion_det`
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> index c8cb2796130f..242242c8e57b 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> @@ -2559,6 +2559,7 @@ struct v4l2_event_frame_sync {
>  };
>
>  #define V4L2_EVENT_SRC_CH_RESOLUTION		(1 << 0)
> +#define V4L2_EVENT_SRC_CH_COLORSPACE		(1 << 1)
>
>  struct v4l2_event_src_change {
>  	__u32 changes;
> --
> 2.43.0-rc1
>



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