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        Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@collabora.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] media: uapi: h264: Cleanup DPB entry interface
Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:09:24 +0200
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Hi!

Dne sreda, 15. julij 2020 ob 22:22:29 CEST je Ezequiel Garcia napisal(a):
> As discussed recently, the current interface for the
> Decoded Picture Buffer is not enough to properly
> support field coding.
> 
> This commit introduces enough semantics to support
> frame and field coding, and to signal how DPB entries
> are "used for reference".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@collabora.com>
> ---
>  .../media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst             | 46 ++++++++++++-------
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c           |  4 +-
>  drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec-h264.c    |  8 ++--
>  include/media/h264-ctrls.h                    |  8 +++-
>  4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst index
> dd8e5a2e8986..46d4c8c6ad47 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> @@ -2058,10 +2058,35 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
> * - __s32
>        - ``bottom_field_order_cnt``
>        -
> +    * - enum :c:type:`v4l2_h264_dpb_reference`
> +      - ``reference``
> +      - Specifies how the DPB entry is referenced.
>      * - __u32
>        - ``flags``
>        - See :ref:`DPB Entry Flags <h264_dpb_flags>`
> 
> +.. c:type:: v4l2_h264_dpb_reference
> +
> +.. cssclass:: longtable
> +
> +.. flat-table::
> +    :header-rows:  0
> +    :stub-columns: 0
> +    :widths:       1 1 2
> +
> +    * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_TOP_REF``
> +      - 0x1
> +      - The top field in field pair is used for
> +        short-term reference.
> +    * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_BOTTOM_REF``
> +      - 0x2
> +      - The bottom field in field pair is used for
> +        short-term reference.
> +    * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_FRAME_REF``
> +      - 0x3
> +      - The frame (or the top/bottom fields, if it's a field pair)
> +        is used for short-term reference.
> +
>  .. _h264_dpb_flags:
> 
>  ``DPB Entries Flags``
> @@ -2075,29 +2100,16 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
> 
>      * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_VALID``
>        - 0x00000001
> -      - The DPB entry is valid and should be considered
> +      - The DPB entry is valid (non-empty) and should be considered.
>      * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_ACTIVE``

I'm still not sure that we actually need both flags. Technically, if entry is 
not used for reference then doesn't need to be present. Am I missing 
something?

Best regards,
Jernej

>        - 0x00000002
> -      - The DPB entry is currently being used as a reference frame
> +      - The DPB entry is used for reference.
>      * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_LONG_TERM``
>        - 0x00000004
> -      - The DPB entry is a long term reference frame
> +      - The DPB entry is used for long-term reference.
>      * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_FIELD``
>        - 0x00000008
> -      - The DPB entry is a field reference, which means only one of the
> field -        will be used when decoding the new frame/field. When not set
> the DPB -        entry is a frame reference (both fields will be used).
> Note that this -        flag does not say anything about the number of
> fields contained in the -        reference frame, it just describes the one
> used to decode the new -        field/frame
> -    * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_BOTTOM_FIELD``
> -      - 0x00000010
> -      - The DPB entry is a bottom field reference (only the bottom field of
> the -        reference frame is needed to decode the new frame/field). Only
> valid if -        V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_FIELD is set. When
> -        V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_FIELD is set but
> -        V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_BOTTOM_FIELD is not, that means the
> -        DPB entry is a top field reference
> +      - The DPB entry is a single field or a complementary field pair.
> 
>  ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_MODE (enum)``
>      Specifies the decoding mode to use. Currently exposes slice-based and
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c
> b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c index edf6225f0522..306a51683606
> 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c
> @@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ v4l2_h264_init_reflist_builder(struct
> v4l2_h264_reflist_builder *b, else
>  			b->refs[i].frame_num = dpb[i].frame_num;
> 
> -		if (!(dpb[i].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_FIELD))
> +		if (dpb[i].reference & V4L2_H264_DPB_FRAME_REF)
>  			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)
> +		else if (dpb[i].reference & V4L2_H264_DPB_BOTTOM_REF)
>  			pic_order_count = 
dpb[i].bottom_field_order_cnt;
>  		else
>  			pic_order_count = dpb[i].top_field_order_cnt;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec-h264.c
> b/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec-h264.c index
> 7b66e2743a4f..57539c630422 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec-h264.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec-h264.c
> @@ -953,11 +953,11 @@ static void config_registers(struct rkvdec_ctx *ctx,
>  			     RKVDEC_COLMV_USED_FLAG_REF;
> 
>  		if (!(dpb[i].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_FIELD))
> -			refer_addr |= RKVDEC_TOPFIELD_USED_REF |
> -				      RKVDEC_BOTFIELD_USED_REF;
> -		else if (dpb[i].flags & 
V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_BOTTOM_FIELD)
> +			refer_addr |= RKVDEC_FIELD_REF;
> +
> +		if (dpb[i].reference & V4L2_H264_DPB_TOP_REF)
>  			refer_addr |= RKVDEC_BOTFIELD_USED_REF;
> -		else
> +		else if (dpb[i].reference & V4L2_H264_DPB_BOTTOM_REF)
>  			refer_addr |= RKVDEC_TOPFIELD_USED_REF;
> 
>  		writel_relaxed(dpb[i].top_field_order_cnt,
> diff --git a/include/media/h264-ctrls.h b/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> index 620ee8863d74..52f3976b986c 100644
> --- a/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> +++ b/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> @@ -202,7 +202,12 @@ struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_slice_params {
>  #define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_ACTIVE		0x02
>  #define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_LONG_TERM	0x04
>  #define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_FIELD		0x08
> -#define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_BOTTOM_FIELD	0x10
> +
> +enum v4l2_h264_dpb_reference {
> +	V4L2_H264_DPB_TOP_REF = 0x1,
> +	V4L2_H264_DPB_BOTTOM_REF = 0x2,
> +	V4L2_H264_DPB_FRAME_REF = 0x3,
> +};
> 
>  struct v4l2_h264_dpb_entry {
>  	__u64 reference_ts;
> @@ -211,6 +216,7 @@ struct v4l2_h264_dpb_entry {
>  	/* Note that field is indicated by v4l2_buffer.field */
>  	__s32 top_field_order_cnt;
>  	__s32 bottom_field_order_cnt;
> +	enum v4l2_h264_dpb_reference reference;
>  	__u32 flags; /* V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_* */
>  };