Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] Add MT8173 Video Decoder Driver

[Hans Verkuil]

On 07/07/2016 12:16 PM, tiffany lin wrote:
> Hi Hans,
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2016-07-06 at 15:19 +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>> Hi Tiffany,
>>
>> I plan to review this patch series on Friday, but one obvious question is
>> what the reason for these failures is:
>>
>>> Input/Output configuration ioctls:
>>>         test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_STD: OK (Not Supported)
>>>         test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_DV_TIMINGS: OK (Not Supported)
>>>         test VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP: OK (Not Supported)
>>>         test VIDIOC_G/S_EDID: OK (Not Supported)
>>>
>>>         Control ioctls:
>>>                 test VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL/MENU: OK
>>>                 fail: ../../../v4l-utils-1.6.0/utils/v4l2-compliance/v4l2-test-controls.cpp(357): g_ctrl returned an error (11)
>>>                 test VIDIOC_G/S_CTRL: FAIL
>>>                 fail: ../../../v4l-utils-1.6.0/utils/v4l2-compliance/v4l2-test-controls.cpp(579): g_ext_ctrls returned an error (11)
>>>                 test VIDIOC_G/S/TRY_EXT_CTRLS: FAIL
> These fails are because VIDIOC_G_CTRL and VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS return
> V4L2_CID_MIN_BUFFERS_FOR_CAPTURE only when dirver in MTK_STATE_HEADER
> state, or it will return EAGAIN.
> This could help user space get correct value, not default value that may
> changed base on media content.

OK, I really don't like this. I also looked what the s5p-mfc-dec driver does (the only other
driver currently implementing this), and that returns -EINVAL.

My proposal would be to change this. If this information isn't known yet, why not
just return 0 as the value? The doc would have to be updated and (preferably) also
the s5p-mfc-dec driver. I've added Samsung devs to the Cc list, let me know what you
think.

> 
>>>                 fail: ../../../v4l-utils-1.6.0/utils/v4l2-compliance/v4l2-test-controls.cpp(721): subscribe event for control 'User Controls' failed
>>>                 test VIDIOC_(UN)SUBSCRIBE_EVENT/DQEVENT: FAIL
> Driver do not support subscribe event for control 'User Controls' for
> now.
> Do we need to support this?

I don't see why this would fail. It's OK to subscribe to such controls, although
you'll never get an event.

>>>                 test VIDIOC_G/S_JPEGCOMP: OK (Not Supported)
>>>                 Standard Controls: 2 Private Controls: 0
>>>
>>>         Format ioctls:
>>>                 test VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT/FRAMESIZES/FRAMEINTERVALS: OK
>>>                 test VIDIOC_G/S_PARM: OK (Not Supported)
>>>                 test VIDIOC_G_FBUF: OK (Not Supported)
>>>                 fail: ../../../v4l-utils-1.6.0/utils/v4l2-compliance/v4l2-test-formats.cpp(405): expected EINVAL, but got 11 when getting format for buftype 9
>>>                 test VIDIOC_G_FMT: FAIL
> This is because vidioc_vdec_g_fmt only succeed when context is in
> MTK_STATE_HEADER state, or user space cannot get correct format data
> using this function.

Comparing this to s5p-mfc-dec I see that -EINVAL is returned in that case.

I am not opposed to using EAGAIN in s5p-mfc-dec as well. Marek, Kamil, what is
your opinion?

> 
>>>                 test VIDIOC_TRY_FMT: OK (Not Supported)
>>>                 test VIDIOC_S_FMT: OK (Not Supported)
>>>                 test VIDIOC_G_SLICED_VBI_CAP: OK (Not Supported)
>>>
>>>         Codec ioctls:
>>>                 test VIDIOC_(TRY_)ENCODER_CMD: OK (Not Supported)
>>>                 test VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX: OK (Not Supported)
>>>                 test VIDIOC_(TRY_)DECODER_CMD: OK (Not Supported)
>>>
>>>         Buffer ioctls:
>>>                 test VIDIOC_REQBUFS/CREATE_BUFS/QUERYBUF: OK
>>>                 fail: ../../../v4l-utils-1.6.0/utils/v4l2-compliance/v4l2-test-buffers.cpp(500): q.has_expbuf(node)
> Our OUTPUT and CAPTURE queue support both VB2_DMABUF and VB2_MMAP, user
> space can select which to use in runtime.
> So our driver default support v4l2_m2m_ioctl_expbuf functionality.
> In v4l2-compliance test, it will check v4l2_m2m_ioctl_expbuf only valid
> when node->valid_memorytype is V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP.
> So when go through node->valid_memorytype is V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF, it
> fail.

valid_memorytype should have both MMAP and DMABUF flags.

But v4l-utils-1.6.0 is way too old to be certain it isn't some v4l2-compliance bug
that has since been fixed.

Regards,

	Hans

> 
> 
> best regards,
> Tiffany
> 
> 
> 
>>>                 test VIDIOC_EXPBUF: FAIL
>>>
>>>
>>> Total: 38, Succeeded: 33, Failed: 5, Warnings: 0
>>
>> If it is due to a bug in v4l2-compliance, then let me know and I'll fix it. If not,
>> then it should be fixed in the driver.
>>
>> Frankly, it was the presence of these failures that made me think this patch series
>> wasn't final. Before a v4l2 driver can be accepted in the kernel, v4l2-compliance must pass.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> 	Hans
> 
> 
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