On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 01:09:42PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> Some stateless decoders don't support per-slice decoding (or at least
> not in a way that would make them efficient or easy to use).
> Let's expose a menu to control and expose the supported decoding modes.
> Drivers are allowed to support only one decoding but they can support
> both too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezil...@collabora.com>
> ---
>  .../media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst        | 42 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c          |  9 ++++
>  include/media/h264-ctrls.h                    | 13 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst 
> b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> index 82547d5de250..188f625acb7c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> @@ -1748,6 +1748,14 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
>      * - __u32
>        - ``size``
>        -
> +    * - __u32
> +      - ``start_byte_offset``
> +      - Where the slice payload starts in the output buffer. Useful when
> +        operating in per frame decoding mode and decoding multi-slice 
> content.
> +        In this case, the output buffer will contain more than one slice and
> +        some codecs need to know where each slice starts. Note that this
> +        offsets points to the beginning of the slice which is supposed to
> +        contain an ANNEX B start code
>      * - __u32
>        - ``header_bit_size``
>        -
> @@ -1931,7 +1939,10 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
>        -
>      * - __u16
>        - ``num_slices``
> -      - Number of slices needed to decode the current frame
> +      - Number of slices needed to decode the current frame/field. When
> +        operating in per-slice decoding mode (see
> +        :c:type:`v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_decoding_mode`), this field
> +        should always be set to one
>      * - __u16
>        - ``nal_ref_idc``
>        - NAL reference ID value coming from the NAL Unit header
> @@ -2022,6 +2033,35 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
>        - 0x00000004
>        - The DPB entry is a long term reference frame
>  
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_MODE (enum)``
> +    Specifies the decoding mode to use. Currently exposes per slice and per
> +    frame decoding but new modes might be added later on.
> +
> +    .. note::
> +
> +       This menu control is not yet part of the public kernel API and
> +       it is expected to change.
> +
> +.. c:type:: v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_decoding_mode
> +
> +.. cssclass:: longtable
> +
> +.. flat-table::
> +    :header-rows:  0
> +    :stub-columns: 0
> +    :widths:       1 1 2
> +
> +    * - ``V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_PER_SLICE``
> +      - 0
> +      - The decoding is done per slice. 
> v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params->num_slices
> +        must be set to 1 and the output buffer should contain only one slice.

I wonder if we need to be that strict. Wouldn't it be possible for
drivers to just iterate over a number of slices and decode each in turn
if userspace passed more than one?

Or perhaps a decoder can batch queue a couple of slices. I'm not sure
how frequent this is, but consider something like a spike in activity on
your system, causing some slices to get delayed so you actually get a
few buffered up before you get a chance to hand them to the V4L2 device.
Processing them all at once may help conceal the lag.

Thierry

> +    * - ``V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_PER_FRAME``
> +      - 1
> +      - The decoding is done per frame. 
> v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params->num_slices
> +        can be > 1. When that happens, the output buffer should contain all
> +        slices needed to decode a frame/field, each slice being prefixed by 
> an
> +        Annex B NAL header/start-code.
> +
>  .. _v4l2-mpeg-mpeg2:
>  
>  ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_SLICE_PARAMS (struct)``
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c 
> b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
> index 1217d38ea394..72bb3c8882f5 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
> @@ -406,6 +406,11 @@ const char * const *v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(u32 id)
>               "Explicit",
>               NULL,
>       };
> +     static const char * const h264_decoding_mode[] = {
> +             "Per Slice",
> +             "Per Frame",
> +             NULL,
> +     };
>       static const char * const mpeg_mpeg2_level[] = {
>               "Low",
>               "Main",
> @@ -637,6 +642,8 @@ const char * const *v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(u32 id)
>               return h264_fp_arrangement_type;
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_FMO_MAP_TYPE:
>               return h264_fmo_map_type;
> +     case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_MODE:
> +             return h264_decoding_mode;
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL:
>               return mpeg_mpeg2_level;
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_PROFILE:
> @@ -856,6 +863,7 @@ const char *v4l2_ctrl_get_name(u32 id)
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SCALING_MATRIX:           return "H264 
> Scaling Matrix";
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SLICE_PARAMS:             return "H264 
> Slice Parameters";
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_PARAMS:            return "H264 
> Decode Parameters";
> +     case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_MODE:            return "H264 
> Decoding Mode";
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL:                   return "MPEG2 
> Level";
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_PROFILE:                 return "MPEG2 
> Profile";
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG4_I_FRAME_QP:              return "MPEG4 
> I-Frame QP Value";
> @@ -1224,6 +1232,7 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum 
> v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_VUI_SAR_IDC:
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SEI_FP_ARRANGEMENT_TYPE:
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_FMO_MAP_TYPE:
> +     case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_MODE:
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL:
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_PROFILE:
>       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG4_LEVEL:
> diff --git a/include/media/h264-ctrls.h b/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> index e1404d78d6ff..26de2243f6f5 100644
> --- a/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> +++ b/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
>  #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SCALING_MATRIX      
> (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1002)
>  #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SLICE_PARAMS        
> (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1003)
>  #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_PARAMS       
> (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1004)
> +#define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_MODE       
> (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1005)
>  
>  /* enum v4l2_ctrl_type type values */
>  #define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SPS                      0x0110
> @@ -33,6 +34,12 @@
>  #define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SCALING_MATRIX   0x0112
>  #define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SLICE_PARAMS     0x0113
>  #define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_DECODE_PARAMS    0x0114
> +#define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_DECODING_MODE    0x0115
> +
> +enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_decoding_mode {
> +     V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_PER_SLICE,
> +     V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_PER_FRAME,
> +};
>  
>  #define V4L2_H264_SPS_CONSTRAINT_SET0_FLAG                   0x01
>  #define V4L2_H264_SPS_CONSTRAINT_SET1_FLAG                   0x02
> @@ -111,6 +118,8 @@ struct v4l2_h264_pred_weight_table {
>       struct v4l2_h264_weight_factors weight_factors[2];
>  };
>  
> +#define V4L2_H264_MAX_SLICES_PER_FRAME                       16
> +
>  #define V4L2_H264_SLICE_TYPE_P                               0
>  #define V4L2_H264_SLICE_TYPE_B                               1
>  #define V4L2_H264_SLICE_TYPE_I                               2
> @@ -125,6 +134,10 @@ struct v4l2_h264_pred_weight_table {
>  struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_slice_params {
>       /* Size in bytes, including header */
>       __u32 size;
> +
> +     /* Where the slice starts in the output buffer (expressed in bytes). */
> +     __u32 start_byte_offset;
> +
>       /* Offset in bits to slice_data() from the beginning of this slice. */
>       __u32 header_bit_size;
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 

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