Re: [PATCH v1 22/24] media: hantro: h264: Make dpb entry management more robust

Sebastian Fricke
2022-03-30T07:59:25Z

Hey Nicolas,

On 28.03.2022 15:59, Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
>From: Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>
>
>The driver maintains stable slot location for reference pictures. This

s/slot location/slot locations/

>change makes the code more robust by using the reference_ts as key and
>by marking all entries invalid right from the start.
>
>Signed-off-by: Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>
>Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
>---
> drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_h264.c | 10 ++++------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_h264.c b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_h264.c
>index 228629fb3cdf..7377fc26f780 100644
>--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_h264.c
>+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_h264.c
>@@ -258,8 +258,7 @@ static void prepare_table(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
> static bool dpb_entry_match(const struct v4l2_h264_dpb_entry *a,
> const struct v4l2_h264_dpb_entry *b)
> {
>- return a->top_field_order_cnt == b->top_field_order_cnt &&
>- a->bottom_field_order_cnt == b->bottom_field_order_cnt;
>+ return a->reference_ts == b->reference_ts;
> }
>
> static void update_dpb(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
>@@ -273,13 +272,13 @@ static void update_dpb(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
>
> /* Disable all entries by default. */
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->h264_dec.dpb); i++)
>- ctx->h264_dec.dpb[i].flags &= ~V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_ACTIVE;
>+ ctx->h264_dec.dpb[i].flags = 0;

Ehm ... we just remove all flags? Can't this have any unwanted side
effects like removing a flag that we actually wanted to keep?
(Like long term or the field flags?)
If we just want to set the DPB entry inactive, then removing the ACTIVE
flag seems like the correct approach to me.
If we want to get rid of the VALID flag as well, then we could just do:
ctx->h264_dec.dpb[i].flags &=
~(V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_ACTIVE | V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_VALID);

In case we really want to reset all flags, I'd say adjust the comment
above it:
```
- /* Disable all entries by default. */
+ /* Reset the flags for all entries by default. */
```

Greetings,
Sebastian

>
> /* Try to match new DPB entries with existing ones by their POCs. */
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dec_param->dpb); i++) {
> const struct v4l2_h264_dpb_entry *ndpb = &dec_param->dpb[i];
>
>- if (!(ndpb->flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_ACTIVE))
>+ if (!(ndpb->flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_VALID))
> continue;
>
> /*
>@@ -290,8 +289,7 @@ static void update_dpb(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
> struct v4l2_h264_dpb_entry *cdpb;
>
> cdpb = &ctx->h264_dec.dpb[j];
>- if (cdpb->flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_ACTIVE ||
>- !dpb_entry_match(cdpb, ndpb))
>+ if (!dpb_entry_match(cdpb, ndpb))
> continue;
>
> *cdpb = *ndpb;
>--
>2.34.1