Re: [PATCH v6 2/6] media: v4l2-core: Add helpers to build the H264 P/B0/B1 reflists

Nicolas Dufresne
2020-03-05T19:42:43Z

Le lundi 02 mars 2020 à 15:44 +0100, Boris Brezillon a écrit :
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 14:24:33 +0100
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > Em Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:30:12 -0300
> > Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@collabora.com> escreveu:
> >
> > > From: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com>
> > >
> > > Building those list is a standard procedure described in section
> > > '8.2.4 Decoding process for reference picture lists construction' of
> > > the H264 specification.
> > >
> > > We already have 2 drivers needing the same logic (hantro and rkvdec) and
> > > I suspect we will soon have more.
> > >
> > > Let's provide generic helpers to create those lists.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@collabora.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig | 4 +
> > > drivers/media/v4l2-core/Makefile | 1 +
> > > drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c | 258 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > include/media/v4l2-h264.h | 85 +++++++++
> > > 4 files changed, 348 insertions(+)
> > > create mode 100644 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c
> > > create mode 100644 include/media/v4l2-h264.h
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig b/drivers/media/v4l2-
> > > core/Kconfig
> > > index 39e3fb30ba0b..8a4ccfbca8cf 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig
> > > @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ config VIDEO_PCI_SKELETON
> > > config VIDEO_TUNER
> > > tristate
> > >
> > > +# Used by drivers that need v4l2-h264.ko
> > > +config V4L2_H264
> > > + tristate
> > > +
> > > # Used by drivers that need v4l2-mem2mem.ko
> > > config V4L2_MEM2MEM_DEV
> > > tristate
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/Makefile b/drivers/media/v4l2-
> > > core/Makefile
> > > index 786bd1ec4d1b..c5c53e0941ad 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/Makefile
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/Makefile
> > > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2) += v4l2-dv-timings.o
> > > obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_TUNER) += tuner.o
> > >
> > > obj-$(CONFIG_V4L2_MEM2MEM_DEV) += v4l2-mem2mem.o
> > > +obj-$(CONFIG_V4L2_H264) += v4l2-h264.o
> > >
> > > obj-$(CONFIG_V4L2_FLASH_LED_CLASS) += v4l2-flash-led-class.o
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-
> > > core/v4l2-h264.c
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..4f68c27ec7fd
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > +/*
> > > + * V4L2 H264 helpers.
> > > + *
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2019 Collabora, Ltd.
> > > + *
> > > + * Author: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com>
> > > + */
> > > +
> > > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > > +#include <linux/sort.h>
> > > +
> > > +#include <media/v4l2-h264.h>
> > > +
> > > +/**
> > > + * v4l2_h264_init_reflist_builder() - Initialize a P/B0/B1 reference list
> > > + * builder
> > > + *
> > > + * @b: the builder context to initialize
> > > + * @dec_params: decode parameters control
> > > + * @slice_params: first slice parameters control
> > > + * @sps: SPS control
> > > + * @dpb: DPB to use when creating the reference list
> > > + */
> > > +void
> > > +v4l2_h264_init_reflist_builder(struct v4l2_h264_reflist_builder *b,
> > > + const struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params *dec_params,
> > > + const struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_slice_params *slice_params,
> > > + const struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_sps *sps,
> > > + const struct v4l2_h264_dpb_entry *dpb)
> >
> > The prototype here is not nice...
> >
> > > +{
> > > + int cur_frame_num, max_frame_num;
> > > + unsigned int i;
> > > +
> > > + max_frame_num = 1 << (sps->log2_max_frame_num_minus4 + 4);
> > > + cur_frame_num = slice_params->frame_num;
> > > +
> > > + memset(b, 0, sizeof(*b));
> > > + if (!(slice_params->flags & V4L2_H264_SLICE_FLAG_FIELD_PIC))
> > > + b->cur_pic_order_count = min(dec_params->bottom_field_order_cnt,
> > > + dec_params->top_field_order_cnt);
> > > + else if (slice_params->flags & V4L2_H264_SLICE_FLAG_BOTTOM_FIELD)
> > > + b->cur_pic_order_count = dec_params->bottom_field_order_cnt;
> > > + else
> > > + b->cur_pic_order_count = dec_params->top_field_order_cnt;
> > > +
> > > + for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
> > > + u32 pic_order_count;
> > > +
> > > + if (!(dpb[i].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_ACTIVE))
> > > + continue;
> > > +
> > > + b->refs[i].pic_num = dpb[i].pic_num;
> >
> > ... as you're expecting a fixed number of elements at DPB array, and using
> > a magic number (16) inside the for loop.
>
> I used to have a '#define V4L2_H264_NUM_DPB_ENTRIES 16' but have been
> told that this is an arbitrary limitation (the spec does not explicitly
> limit the DPB size, even if all the HW we've seen seem to limit it to
> 16). Maybe we can pass the DPB array size as an argument so it stays
> HW-specific.

it's formalized in A.31 h), to quote it:

max_dec_frame_buffering <= MaxDpbFrames, where MaxDpbFrames is equal to

Min( MaxDpbMbs / ( PicWidthInMbs * FrameHeightInMbs ), 16 )

So a DPB larger then this is not an H.24 DPB.

>
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > + * Handle frame_num wraparound as described in section
> > > + * '8.2.4.1 Decoding process for picture numbers' of the spec.
> > > + * TODO: This logic will have to be adjusted when we start
> > > + * supporting interlaced content.
> > > + */
> > > + if (dpb[i].frame_num > cur_frame_num)
> > > + b->refs[i].frame_num = (int)dpb[i].frame_num -
> > > + max_frame_num;
> > > + else
> > > + b->refs[i].frame_num = dpb[i].frame_num;
> > > +
> > > + if (!(dpb[i].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_FIELD))
> > > + pic_order_count = min(dpb[i].top_field_order_cnt,
> > > + dpb[i].bottom_field_order_cnt);
> > > + else if (dpb[i].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_BOTTOM_FIELD)
> > > + pic_order_count = dpb[i].bottom_field_order_cnt;
> > > + else
> > > + pic_order_count = dpb[i].top_field_order_cnt;
> > > +
> > > + b->refs[i].pic_order_count = pic_order_count;
> > > + b->unordered_reflist[b->num_valid] = i;
> > > + b->num_valid++;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + for (i = b->num_valid; i < ARRAY_SIZE(b->unordered_reflist); i++)
> > > + b->unordered_reflist[i] = i;
> > > +}
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_h264_init_reflist_builder);
> > > +
> > > +static int v4l2_h264_p_ref_list_cmp(const void *ptra, const void *ptrb,
> > > + const void *data)
> > > +{
> > > + const struct v4l2_h264_reflist_builder *builder = data;
> > > + u8 idxa, idxb;
> > > +
> > > + idxa = *((u8 *)ptra);
> > > + idxb = *((u8 *)ptrb);
> > > +
> > > + if (builder->refs[idxa].longterm != builder->refs[idxb].longterm) {
> >
> > Where do you ensure that idxa and idxb won't be bigger than NUM_DPB_ENTRIES?
>
> If it does that means something went wrong in the init func. I can add
> a WARN_ON() and bail out if you want, but I can't return an error here
> (that's not what the caller of the callback expects).