[PATCH 2/2] media: nxp: imx8-isi: Prioritize pending buffers over discard buffers

[Frank Li]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 04:02:59PM +0800, Guoniu Zhou wrote:
> From: Guoniu Zhou <guoniu.zhou at nxp.com>
>
> Change the buffer selection logic to use pending buffers first (up to the
> number available), and only use discard buffers to fill remaining slots
> when insufficient pending buffers are queued. This ensures user buffers

Nit: Ensure user ...

> are utilized as soon as possible, improving efficiency and reducing the
> number of discarded frames at stream start.
>
> For example:
> - 2 pending buffers: both slots use pending buffers
> - 1 pending buffer: first slot uses pending, second uses discard
> - 0 pending buffers: both slots use discard buffers
>
> Signed-off-by: Guoniu Zhou <guoniu.zhou at nxp.com>
> ---
>  drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-video.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-video.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-video.c
> index 2405baf21594cd18cf2b349234313c5e103b7802..53f4f74369f7855fe6b6f372294ee569f40a8ae6 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-video.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-video.c
> @@ -786,13 +786,14 @@ static void mxc_isi_video_queue_first_buffers(struct mxc_isi_video *video)
>  		: list_is_singular(&video->out_pending) ? 1
>  		: 0;
>
> +	/* Queue buffers: prioritize pending buffers, then discard buffers */
>  	for (i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
>  		enum mxc_isi_buf_id buf_id = i == 0 ? MXC_ISI_BUF1
>  					   : MXC_ISI_BUF2;
>  		struct mxc_isi_buffer *buf;
>  		struct list_head *list;
>
> -		list = i < discard ? &video->out_discard : &video->out_pending;
> +		list = (i < 2 - discard) ? &video->out_pending : &video->out_discard;

Is (2 - discard) the number of pending buffers? put commit's example as
comments here.

Frank

>  		buf = list_first_entry(list, struct mxc_isi_buffer, list);
>
>  		mxc_isi_channel_set_outbuf(video->pipe, buf->dma_addrs, buf_id);
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>