[PATCH v6 00/18] Add DELETE_BUF ioctl

[Hans Verkuil]

On 01/09/2023 14:43, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
> Unlike when resolution change on keyframes, dynamic resolution change
> on inter frames doesn't allow to do a stream off/on sequence because
> it is need to keep all previous references alive to decode inter frames.
> This constraint have two main problems:
> - more memory consumption.
> - more buffers in use.
> To solve these issue this series introduce DELETE_BUFS ioctl and remove
> the 32 buffers limit per queue.
> 
> VP9 conformance tests using fluster give a score of 210/305.
> The 24 resize inter tests (vp90-2-21-resize_inter_* files) are ok
> but require to use postprocessor.
> 
> Kernel branch is available here:
> https://gitlab.collabora.com/benjamin.gaignard/for-upstream/-/commits/remove_vb2_queue_limit_v6
> 
> GStreamer branch to use DELETE_BUF ioctl and testing dynamic resolution
> change is here:
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/benjamin.gaignard1/gstreamer/-/commits/VP9_drc

FYI: I still need to review and test patches 17 and 18. Either tomorrow or Wednesday.

Regards,

	Hans

> 
> changes in version 6:
> - Get a patch per driver to use vb2_get_buffer() instead of directly access
>   to queue buffers array.
> - Add lock in vb2_core_delete_buf()
> - Use vb2_buffer instead of index
> - Fix various comments
> - Change buffer index name to BUFFER_INDEX_MASK
> - Stop spamming kernel log with unbalanced counters
> 
> changes in version 5:
> - Rework offset cookie encoding pattern is n ow the first patch of the
>   serie.
> - Use static array instead of allocated one for postprocessor buffers.
> 
> changes in version 4:
> - Stop using Xarray, instead let queues decide about their own maximum
>   number of buffer and allocate bufs array given that value.
> - Rework offset cookie encoding pattern.
> - Change DELETE_BUF to DELETE_BUFS because it now usable for
>   range of buffer to be symetrical of CREATE_BUFS.
> - Add fixes tags on couple of Verisilicon related patches.
> - Be smarter in Verisilicon postprocessor buffers management.
> - Rebase on top of v6.4
> 
> changes in version 3:
> - Use Xarray API to store allocated video buffers.
> - No module parameter to limit the number of buffer per queue.
> - Use Xarray inside Verisilicon driver to store postprocessor buffers
>   and remove VB2_MAX_FRAME limit.
> - Allow Versilicon driver to change of resolution while streaming
> - Various fixes the Verisilicon VP9 code to improve fluster score.
>  
> changes in version 2:
> - Use a dynamic array and not a list to keep trace of allocated buffers.
>   Not use IDR interface because it is marked as deprecated in kernel
>   documentation.
> - Add a module parameter to limit the number of buffer per queue.
> - Add DELETE_BUF ioctl and m2m helpers.
> 
> Regards,
> Benjamin
>  
> Benjamin Gaignard (18):
>   media: videobuf2: Rework offset 'cookie' encoding pattern
>   media: videobuf2: Stop spamming kernel log with all queue counter
>   media: videobuf2: Use vb2_buffer instead of index
>   media: amphion: Use vb2_get_buffer() instead of directly access to
>     buffers array
>   media: mediatek: jpeg: Use vb2_get_buffer() instead of directly access
>     to buffers array
>   media: mediatek: vdec: Use vb2_get_buffer() instead of directly access
>     to buffers array
>   media: sti: hva: Use vb2_get_buffer() instead of directly access to
>     buffers array
>   media: visl: Use vb2_get_buffer() instead of directly access to
>     buffers array
>   media: atomisp: Use vb2_get_buffer() instead of directly access to
>     buffers array
>   media: videobuf2: Access vb2_queue bufs array through helper functions
>   media: videobuf2: Be more flexible on the number of queue stored
>     buffers
>   media: verisilicon: Refactor postprocessor to store more buffers
>   media: verisilicon: Store chroma and motion vectors offset
>   media: verisilicon: vp9: Use destination buffer height to compute
>     chroma offset
>   media: verisilicon: postproc: Fix down scale test
>   media: verisilicon: vp9: Allow to change resolution while streaming
>   media: v4l2: Add DELETE_BUFS ioctl
>   media: v4l2: Add mem2mem helpers for DELETE_BUFS ioctl
> 
>  .../userspace-api/media/v4l/user-func.rst     |   1 +
>  .../media/v4l/vidioc-delete-bufs.rst          |  73 ++++
>  .../media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c   | 379 ++++++++++++------
>  .../media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c   |  99 ++++-
>  drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c              |   6 +-
>  drivers/media/platform/amphion/vpu_dbg.c      |  22 +-
>  .../platform/mediatek/jpeg/mtk_jpeg_core.c    |   6 +-
>  .../vcodec/decoder/vdec/vdec_vp9_req_lat_if.c |   2 +-
>  drivers/media/platform/st/sti/hva/hva-v4l2.c  |   4 +
>  drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro.h   |   9 +-
>  .../media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_drv.c   |   4 +-
>  .../platform/verisilicon/hantro_g2_vp9_dec.c  |  10 +-
>  .../media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_hw.h    |   4 +-
>  .../platform/verisilicon/hantro_postproc.c    |  95 ++++-
>  .../media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_v4l2.c  |  27 +-
>  drivers/media/test-drivers/vim2m.c            |   1 +
>  drivers/media/test-drivers/visl/visl-dec.c    |  28 +-
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c            |   1 +
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c          |  17 +
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c        |  20 +
>  .../staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_ioctl.c |   2 +-
>  include/media/v4l2-ioctl.h                    |   4 +
>  include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h                  |  12 +
>  include/media/videobuf2-core.h                |  29 +-
>  include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h                |  11 +
>  include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h                |  16 +
>  26 files changed, 664 insertions(+), 218 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-delete-bufs.rst
>