[PATCH v2 0/4] media: HEVC: RPS clean up

[Benjamin Gaignard]

Le 15/10/2021 à 12:33, Alex Bee a écrit :
> Hi Benjamin, Jernej
> Am 12.10.21 um 18:08 schrieb Jernej Škrabec:
>> CC: Alex Bee
>>
>> Alex, please take a look to these patches too.
> These patches don't remove anything that would be need for rkvdec hevc 
> - but indeed - we need some more:
> https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv/blob/master/projects/Rockchip/patches/linux/default/linux-2001-v4l-wip-rkvdec-hevc.patch#L242-L305 
>
>
> v4l2_ctrl_hevc_sps:
> __u8    video_parameter_set_id
> __u8    seq_parameter_set_id
>
> v4l2_ctrl_hevc_pps:
> __u8    pic_parameter_set_id
> __u16    short_term_ref_pic_set_size
> __u16    long_term_ref_pic_set_size
>
> As far as I can see, they are all part of the spec and should be 
> therefore good to go in the uapi.

Do you have any plan to upstream these fields in HEVC uAPI ?

Regards,
Benjamin

>
> As you might now, even rkvdec is a frame-based decoder, it doesn't 
> fully parse slice headers in HW for HEVC and we need to set references 
> in SW which requires looping over the slices. Downstream we have a 
> hack to give num_slices in v4l2_ctrl_hevc_sps for doing that.
> That could fully go away, if V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_SLICE_PARAMS 
> could get dynamic array control support and would make upstreaming 
> this a lot easier - as far as I'm concered this would be required for 
> RPi HEVC decoder as well.
> As a last resort we could also implement a HW specifc control à la
> V4L2_CID_HANTRO_HEVC_SLICE_HEADER_SKIP - but I'd like to avoid that, 
> knowing it would certainly be better from performance pov.
>
> Alex.
>>
>> Dne torek, 12. oktober 2021 ob 17:57:50 CEST je Benjamin Gaignard 
>> napisal(a):
>>>
>>> Le 12/10/2021 à 17:34, Jernej Škrabec a écrit :
>>>> Hi Benjamin!
>>>>
>>>> Dne torek, 12. oktober 2021 ob 16:35:48 CEST je Benjamin Gaignard
>> napisal(a):
>>>>> This series aims to clean up Reference Picture Set usage and flags.
>>>>>
>>>>> Long term flag was named with RPS prefix while it is not used for RPS
>>>>> but for mark long term references in DBP. Remane it and remove the 
>>>>> two
>>>>> other useless RPS flags.
>>>>>
>>>>> Clarify documentation about RPS lists content and make sure that 
>>>>> Hantro
>>>>> driver use them correctly (i.e without look up in DBP).
>>>>>
>>>>> These patches are the last in my backlog impacting HEVC uAPI.
>>>>>   From my point of view, once they get merged, you could start 
>>>>> talking
>>>>> about how move HEVC uAPI to stable.
>>>> With your changes, HEVC uAPI controls still won't be complete. Cedrus
>> needs
>>>> entry point control, which in turn needs dynamic array support. I'm 
>>>> a bit
>> lazy
>>>> implementing that control, but I guess I can take a look in a month 
>>>> or so.
>>>> rkvdec also needs more fields for HEVC. With patches collected here:
>>>> https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv/blob/master/projects/Rockchip/ 
>>>>
>>>> patches/linux/default/linux-2001-v4l-wip-rkvdec-hevc.patch
>>>> fluster HEVC test score is reportedly 121/135 (8-bit tests only).
>>>
>>> Hi Jernej,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your feedback, getting a list of missing items in HEVC uAPI
>>> will definitively help to fill the hope.
>>> The patch you mention for rkvdec are already merged in mainline 
>>> kernel (at
>>> least for uAPI part).
>>
>> Are they? What about:
>> video_parameter_set_id
>> seq_parameter_set_id
>> pic_parameter_set_id
>> short_term_ref_pic_set_size
>> long_term_ref_pic_set_size
>>
>> At least I don't see them in linux-next. Maybe that information can be
>> obtained in some other way?
>>
>>> Cedrus needs are about num_entry_point_offsets, offset_len_minus1 and
>> entry_point_offset_minus1[ i ]
>>> in HEVC specifications ?
>>
>> Yes, Cedrus needs to know whole list of entry points. I don't think 
>> we need to
>> worry about offset_len_minus1, list could be pre-processed - just 
>> number of
>> entry points and their values.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jernej
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Benjamin
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would certainly wait with moving HEVC uAPI to stable.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Jernej
>>>>
>>>>> version 2:
>>>>> - change DPB field name from rps to flags
>>>>>
>>>>> Please note that the only purpose of commits 3 and 4 is to allow 
>>>>> to test
>>>>> G2 hardware block for IMX8MQ until a proper solution isuing power 
>>>>> domain
>>>>> can be found. Do not merge them.
>>>>>
>>>>> GStreamer HEVC plugin merge request can be found here:
>>>>> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1079 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> With those piece of code fluster score is 77/147.
>>>>>
>>>>> Benjamin
>>>>>
>>>>> Benjamin Gaignard (4):
>>>>>     media: hevc: Remove RPS named flags
>>>>>     media: hevc: Embedded indexes in RPS
>>>>>     media: hantro: Use syscon instead of 'ctrl' register
>>>>>     arm64: dts: imx8mq: Add node to G2 hardware
>>>>>
>>>>>    .../media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst             | 14 +++---
>>>>>    arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi     | 43 
>>>>> +++++++++++++----
>>>>>    drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro.h         |  5 +-
>>>>>    .../staging/media/hantro/hantro_g2_hevc_dec.c | 27 +++--------
>>>>>    drivers/staging/media/hantro/imx8m_vpu_hw.c   | 48 
>>>>> ++++++++++++-------
>>>>>    .../staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_h265.c  |  2 +-
>>>>>    include/media/hevc-ctrls.h                    |  6 +--
>>>>>    7 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> 2.30.2
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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