[PATCH 03/10] staging: media: cedrus: h264: mark long-term references in the frame info

Nicolas Dufresne nicolas.dufresne at collabora.com
Mon Nov 2 10:50:44 PST 2026


Hi,

Le lundi 02 novembre 2026 à 18:02 +0100, Jernej Skrabec a écrit :
> The frame info of a reference has a reference type for each field, in
> bits 1:0 for the top field and 5:4 for the bottom one, which is 1 for a
> long-term reference. The driver never sets it, so the hardware handles
> long-term references like short-term ones, also where they differ, like
> in temporal direct and implicit weighted prediction. The vendor library
> sets it.
> 
> This fixes MR8_BT_B and MR9_BT_B of the H.264 conformance suite.
> 
> Fixes: 6eb9b758e307 ("media: cedrus: Add H264 decoding support")
> Signed-off-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_h264.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_regs.h |  8 ++++++++
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_h264.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_h264.c
> index 892193c12b2f..a716955655f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_h264.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_h264.c
> @@ -69,13 +69,21 @@ static void cedrus_fill_ref_pic(struct cedrus_ctx *ctx,
>  				struct cedrus_buffer *buf,
>  				unsigned int top_field_order_cnt,
>  				unsigned int bottom_field_order_cnt,
> +				bool long_term,
>  				struct cedrus_h264_sram_ref_pic *pic)
>  {
>  	struct vb2_buffer *vbuf = &buf->m2m_buf.vb.vb2_buf;
> +	u32 frame_info, ref_type;
>  
>  	pic->top_field_order_cnt = cpu_to_le32(top_field_order_cnt);
>  	pic->bottom_field_order_cnt = cpu_to_le32(bottom_field_order_cnt);
> -	pic->frame_info = cpu_to_le32(buf->codec.h264.pic_type << 8);
> +
> +	ref_type = long_term ? VE_H264_FRAME_INFO_REF_TYPE_LONG_TERM :
> +			       VE_H264_FRAME_INFO_REF_TYPE_SHORT_TERM;
> +	frame_info = VE_H264_FRAME_INFO_TOP_REF_TYPE(ref_type) |
> +		     VE_H264_FRAME_INFO_BOT_REF_TYPE(ref_type) |
> +		     VE_H264_FRAME_INFO_PIC_TYPE(buf->codec.h264.pic_type);
> +	pic->frame_info = cpu_to_le32(frame_info);
>  
>  	pic->luma_ptr = cpu_to_le32(cedrus_buf_addr(vbuf, &ctx->dst_fmt, 0));
>  	pic->chroma_ptr = cpu_to_le32(cedrus_buf_addr(vbuf, &ctx->dst_fmt, 1));
> @@ -128,6 +136,7 @@ static int cedrus_write_frame_list(struct cedrus_ctx *ctx,
>  		cedrus_fill_ref_pic(ctx, cedrus_buf,
>  				    dpb->top_field_order_cnt,
>  				    dpb->bottom_field_order_cnt,
> +				    dpb->flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_LONG_TERM,
>  				    &pic_list[position]);
>  	}
>  
> @@ -174,6 +183,7 @@ static int cedrus_write_frame_list(struct cedrus_ctx *ctx,
>  	cedrus_fill_ref_pic(ctx, output_buf,
>  			    decode->top_field_order_cnt,
>  			    decode->bottom_field_order_cnt,
> +			    false,

nit: Not a hard objection, but I really hate boolean parameters. It could be a
simple as:

+			    false, /* short term reference */

Or using an enum. My preference being documented here, its yours to decide.

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne at collabora.com>

>  			    &pic_list[position]);
>  
>  	cedrus_h264_write_sram(dev, CEDRUS_SRAM_H264_FRAMEBUFFER_LIST,
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_regs.h b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_regs.h
> index 05e6cbc548ab..961fe023bb43 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_regs.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_regs.h
> @@ -616,6 +616,14 @@
>  #define VE_AVC_SRAM_PORT_OFFSET		0x2e0
>  #define VE_AVC_SRAM_PORT_DATA		0x2e4
>  
> +/* Frame info word of a frame buffer list entry in the AVC SRAM */
> +#define VE_H264_FRAME_INFO_PIC_TYPE(v)		SHIFT_AND_MASK_BITS(v, 9, 8)
> +#define VE_H264_FRAME_INFO_BOT_REF_TYPE(v)	SHIFT_AND_MASK_BITS(v, 5, 4)
> +#define VE_H264_FRAME_INFO_TOP_REF_TYPE(v)	SHIFT_AND_MASK_BITS(v, 1, 0)
> +
> +#define VE_H264_FRAME_INFO_REF_TYPE_SHORT_TERM	0
> +#define VE_H264_FRAME_INFO_REF_TYPE_LONG_TERM	1
> +
>  #define VE_VP8_PPS			0x214
>  #define VE_VP8_PPS_PIC_TYPE_P_FRAME		BIT(31)
>  #define VE_VP8_PPS_LAST_SHARPNESS_LEVEL(v)	SHIFT_AND_MASK_BITS(v, 30, 28)
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