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From: Vishnu Reddy <busanna.reddy@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Bryan O'Donoghue <bod@kernel.org>,
	Vikash Garodia <vikash.garodia@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	Dikshita Agarwal <dikshita.agarwal@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	Abhinav Kumar <abhinav.kumar@linux.dev>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
	Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>,
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
	Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@kernel.org>,
	Stefan Schmidt <stefan.schmidt@linaro.org>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@kernel.org>,
	Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen@nvidia.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
	Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	iommu@lists.linux.dev, driver-core@lists.linux.dev,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org,
	Vishnu Reddy <busanna.reddy@oss.qualcomm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 10/13] media: iris: Add support to select core for dual core platforms
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:59:39 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260423-glymur-v2-10-0296bccb9f4e@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260423-glymur-v2-0-0296bccb9f4e@oss.qualcomm.com>

On platforms with dual vcodec cores, select the hardware core for a
session based on current load. Assign the session to vcodec0 if its
MBPF/MBPS capacity allows it, otherwise assign to vcodec1. Communicate
the selected core to firmware using the new HFI_PROP_CORE_ID property.

Signed-off-by: Vishnu Reddy <busanna.reddy@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.c     | 10 +++
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.h     |  1 +
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_core.h       |  5 ++
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_common.h |  1 +
 .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c     | 19 +++++
 .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_defines.h     |  1 +
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_instance.h   |  2 +
 .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_common.h      |  1 +
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_power.c      | 11 ++-
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_utils.c      | 87 +++++++++++++++++-----
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c        |  4 +
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vidc.c       |  6 +-
 12 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.c
index 7f1c7fe144f7..3b3fc482e194 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.c
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ void iris_set_ts_metadata(struct iris_inst *inst, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf)
 	inst->metadata_idx++;
 }
 
+int iris_set_core_id(struct iris_inst *inst)
+{
+	const struct iris_hfi_command_ops *hfi_ops = inst->core->hfi_ops;
+
+	if (!inst->core->iris_platform_data->dual_core)
+		return 0;
+
+	return hfi_ops->session_set_core_id(inst, inst->core_id);
+}
+
 int iris_process_streamon_input(struct iris_inst *inst)
 {
 	const struct iris_hfi_command_ops *hfi_ops = inst->core->hfi_ops;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.h b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.h
index b2a27b781c9a..34e32c60f768 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct iris_buffer;
 
 int iris_vb2_buffer_to_driver(struct vb2_buffer *vb2, struct iris_buffer *buf);
 void iris_set_ts_metadata(struct iris_inst *inst, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf);
+int iris_set_core_id(struct iris_inst *inst);
 int iris_process_streamon_input(struct iris_inst *inst);
 int iris_process_streamon_output(struct iris_inst *inst);
 int iris_session_streamoff(struct iris_inst *inst, u32 plane);
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_core.h b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_core.h
index b396c8cf595e..54a8649841e4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_core.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_core.h
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ enum domain_type {
 	DECODER	= BIT(1),
 };
 
+enum iris_vcodec_core_id {
+	IRIS_VCODEC0 = 1,
+	IRIS_VCODEC1,
+};
+
 /**
  * struct iris_core - holds core parameters valid for all instances
  *
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_common.h b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_common.h
index 3edb5ae582b4..fbaf852a6b99 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_common.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_common.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ struct iris_hfi_command_ops {
 	int (*session_drain)(struct iris_inst *inst, u32 plane);
 	int (*session_resume_drain)(struct iris_inst *inst, u32 plane);
 	int (*session_close)(struct iris_inst *inst);
+	int (*session_set_core_id)(struct iris_inst *inst, u32 core_id);
 };
 
 struct iris_hfi_response_ops {
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c
index 30bfd90d423b..9d9fae587297 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c
@@ -1300,6 +1300,24 @@ static int iris_hfi_gen2_session_release_buffer(struct iris_inst *inst, struct i
 					inst_hfi_gen2->packet->size);
 }
 
+static int iris_hfi_gen2_set_core_id(struct iris_inst *inst, u32 core_id)
+{
+	struct iris_inst_hfi_gen2 *inst_hfi_gen2 = to_iris_inst_hfi_gen2(inst);
+	u32 payload = core_id;
+
+	iris_hfi_gen2_packet_session_command(inst,
+					     HFI_PROP_CORE_ID,
+					     HFI_HOST_FLAGS_NONE,
+					     HFI_PORT_NONE,
+					     inst->session_id,
+					     HFI_PAYLOAD_U32,
+					     &payload,
+					     sizeof(u32));
+
+	return iris_hfi_queue_cmd_write(inst->core, inst_hfi_gen2->packet,
+					inst_hfi_gen2->packet->size);
+}
+
 static const struct iris_hfi_command_ops iris_hfi_gen2_command_ops = {
 	.sys_init = iris_hfi_gen2_sys_init,
 	.sys_image_version = iris_hfi_gen2_sys_image_version,
@@ -1317,6 +1335,7 @@ static const struct iris_hfi_command_ops iris_hfi_gen2_command_ops = {
 	.session_drain = iris_hfi_gen2_session_drain,
 	.session_resume_drain = iris_hfi_gen2_session_resume_drain,
 	.session_close = iris_hfi_gen2_session_close,
+	.session_set_core_id = iris_hfi_gen2_set_core_id,
 };
 
 void iris_hfi_gen2_command_ops_init(struct iris_core *core)
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_defines.h b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_defines.h
index cecf771c55dd..600e9dc07669 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_defines.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_defines.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #define HFI_PROP_BUFFER_HOST_MAX_COUNT		0x03000123
 #define HFI_PROP_BUFFER_FW_MIN_OUTPUT_COUNT	0x03000124
 #define HFI_PROP_PIC_ORDER_CNT_TYPE		0x03000128
+#define HFI_PROP_CORE_ID			0x030001a9
 
 enum hfi_rate_control {
 	HFI_RC_VBR_CFR		= 0x00000000,
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_instance.h b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_instance.h
index 16965150f427..dd341ca5be57 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_instance.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_instance.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct iris_fmt {
  *
  * @list: used for attach an instance to the core
  * @core: pointer to core structure
+ * @core_id: specifies the hardware core on which the session runs
  * @session_id: id of current video session
  * @ctx_q_lock: lock to serialize queues related ioctls
  * @lock: lock to seralise forward and reverse threads
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ struct iris_fmt {
 struct iris_inst {
 	struct list_head		list;
 	struct iris_core		*core;
+	u32				core_id;
 	u32				session_id;
 	struct mutex			ctx_q_lock;/* lock to serialize queues related ioctls */
 	struct mutex			lock; /* lock to serialize forward and reverse threads */
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_common.h b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_common.h
index 8995136ad29e..502d7099085c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_common.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_common.h
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ struct iris_platform_data {
 	const struct tz_cp_config *tz_cp_config_data;
 	u32 tz_cp_config_data_size;
 	u32 core_arch;
+	bool dual_core;
 	u32 hw_response_timeout;
 	struct ubwc_config_data *ubwc_config;
 	u32 num_vpp_pipe;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_power.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_power.c
index 91aa21d4070e..0e116c63f529 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_power.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_power.c
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ static int iris_vote_interconnects(struct iris_inst *inst)
 
 static int iris_set_clocks(struct iris_inst *inst)
 {
+	u64 vcodec0_freq = 0, vcodec1_freq = 0;
 	struct iris_core *core = inst->core;
 	struct iris_inst *instance;
-	u64 freq = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&core->lock);
@@ -87,11 +87,14 @@ static int iris_set_clocks(struct iris_inst *inst)
 		if (!instance->max_input_data_size)
 			continue;
 
-		freq += instance->power.min_freq;
+		if (instance->core_id == IRIS_VCODEC0)
+			vcodec0_freq += instance->power.min_freq;
+		else if (instance->core_id == IRIS_VCODEC1)
+			vcodec1_freq += instance->power.min_freq;
 	}
 
-	core->power.clk_freq = freq;
-	ret = iris_opp_set_rate(core->dev, freq);
+	core->power.clk_freq = vcodec0_freq > vcodec1_freq ? vcodec0_freq : vcodec1_freq;
+	ret = iris_opp_set_rate(core->dev, core->power.clk_freq);
 	mutex_unlock(&core->lock);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_utils.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_utils.c
index cfc5b576ec56..1be4cfd7d9af 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_utils.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_utils.c
@@ -90,40 +90,87 @@ struct iris_inst *iris_get_instance(struct iris_core *core, u32 session_id)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-int iris_check_core_mbpf(struct iris_inst *inst)
+static u32 iris_get_mbps(struct iris_inst *inst)
 {
-	struct iris_core *core = inst->core;
-	struct iris_inst *instance;
-	u32 total_mbpf = 0;
+	u32 fps = max(inst->frame_rate, inst->operating_rate);
+
+	return iris_get_mbpf(inst) * fps;
+}
+
+static void iris_get_core_load(struct iris_core *core, u32 *core_load, u32 *core_session, bool mbpf)
+{
+	bool dual_core = core->iris_platform_data->dual_core;
+	struct iris_inst *inst;
+	u32 load;
+
+	core_load[0] = 0;
+	core_load[1] = 0;
+	core_session[0] = 0;
+	core_session[1] = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&core->lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(instance, &core->instances, list)
-		total_mbpf += iris_get_mbpf(instance);
+	list_for_each_entry(inst, &core->instances, list) {
+		if (mbpf)
+			load = iris_get_mbpf(inst);
+		else
+			load = iris_get_mbps(inst);
+
+		if (inst->core_id == IRIS_VCODEC0) {
+			core_load[0] += load;
+			core_session[0]++;
+		} else if (dual_core && inst->core_id == IRIS_VCODEC1) {
+			core_load[1] += load;
+			core_session[1]++;
+		}
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&core->lock);
+}
+
+static int iris_select_core_id(struct iris_inst *inst, u32 *core_load, u32 *core_session,
+			       u32 max_load, u32 new_load)
+{
+	u32 max_session = inst->core->iris_platform_data->max_session_count;
+	bool dual_core = inst->core->iris_platform_data->dual_core;
+	u32 core_index;
+
+	core_index = (core_load[0] > core_load[1] && dual_core) ? 1 : 0;
+
+	if (core_session[core_index] >= max_session)
+		core_index = core_index == 0 && dual_core ? 1 : 0;
 
-	if (total_mbpf > core->iris_platform_data->max_core_mbpf)
+	if (core_session[core_index] >= max_session)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (core_load[core_index] + new_load <= max_load)
+		inst->core_id = core_index == 0 ? IRIS_VCODEC0 : IRIS_VCODEC1;
+	else
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int iris_check_core_mbps(struct iris_inst *inst)
+int iris_check_core_mbpf(struct iris_inst *inst)
 {
-	struct iris_core *core = inst->core;
-	struct iris_inst *instance;
-	u32 total_mbps = 0, fps = 0;
+	u32 max_core_mbpf = inst->core->iris_platform_data->max_core_mbpf;
+	u32 core_mbpf[2], core_session[2], new_mbpf;
 
-	mutex_lock(&core->lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(instance, &core->instances, list) {
-		fps = max(instance->frame_rate, instance->operating_rate);
-		total_mbps += iris_get_mbpf(instance) * fps;
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&core->lock);
+	inst->core_id = 0;
+	iris_get_core_load(inst->core, core_mbpf, core_session, true);
+	new_mbpf = iris_get_mbpf(inst);
 
-	if (total_mbps > core->iris_platform_data->max_core_mbps)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	return iris_select_core_id(inst, core_mbpf, core_session, max_core_mbpf, new_mbpf);
+}
 
-	return 0;
+int iris_check_core_mbps(struct iris_inst *inst)
+{
+	u32 max_core_mbps = inst->core->iris_platform_data->max_core_mbps;
+	u32 core_mbps[2] = {0, 0}, core_session[2], new_mbps;
+
+	inst->core_id = 0;
+	iris_get_core_load(inst->core, core_mbps, core_session, false);
+	new_mbps = iris_get_mbps(inst);
+
+	return iris_select_core_id(inst, core_mbps, core_session, max_core_mbps, new_mbps);
 }
 
 bool is_rotation_90_or_270(struct iris_inst *inst)
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c
index bf0b8400996e..5a05f7d65501 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ int iris_vb2_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int count)
 	if (ret)
 		goto error;
 
+	ret = iris_set_core_id(inst);
+	if (ret)
+		goto error;
+
 	if (V4L2_TYPE_IS_OUTPUT(q->type)) {
 		if (inst->domain == DECODER)
 			ret = iris_vdec_streamon_input(inst);
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vidc.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vidc.c
index bd38d84c9cc7..eb167cede4c0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vidc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vidc.c
@@ -41,16 +41,20 @@ static void iris_v4l2_fh_deinit(struct iris_inst *inst, struct file *filp)
 
 static void iris_add_session(struct iris_inst *inst)
 {
+	u32 max_session_count = inst->core->iris_platform_data->max_session_count;
 	struct iris_core *core = inst->core;
 	struct iris_inst *iter;
 	u32 count = 0;
 
+	if (inst->core->iris_platform_data->dual_core)
+		max_session_count *= 2;
+
 	mutex_lock(&core->lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(iter, &core->instances, list)
 		count++;
 
-	if (count < core->iris_platform_data->max_session_count)
+	if (count < max_session_count)
 		list_add_tail(&inst->list, &core->instances);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&core->lock);

-- 
2.34.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-23 13:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-23 13:29 [PATCH v2 00/13] media: iris: Add support for glymur platform Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] media: iris: Fix VM count passed to firmware Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] drivers: base: Add generic dma context bus Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:37   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-24 10:31     ` Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-24 11:13       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-24 11:45         ` Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-24 11:55           ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-24 12:42             ` Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-24 13:34               ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-24 16:11                 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-04-25  5:42                   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-25 10:35                     ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-04-24 16:40                 ` Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] gpu: host1x: Migrate to " Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:40   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] dt-bindings: media: qcom,glymur-iris: Add glymur video codec Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-24 17:09   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-04-25  9:56     ` Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-25 10:40       ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-04-25 16:23         ` Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] media: iris: Add context bank hooks for platform specific initialization Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] media: iris: Enable Secure PAS support with IOMMU managed by Linux Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] media: iris: Rename clock and power domain macros to use vcodec prefix Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] media: iris: Use power domain type to look up pd_devs index Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] media: iris: Add power sequence for Glymur Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:29 ` Vishnu Reddy [this message]
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] media: iris: Select DMA_CONTEXT_BUS to create firmware device Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-23 13:38   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-26 12:16     ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] media: iris: Add platform data for glymur Vishnu Reddy
2026-04-26 12:24   ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-04-23 13:29 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] arm64: dts: qcom: glymur: Add iris video node Vishnu Reddy

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