Re: [PATCH v10 12/16] vb2: add in-fence support to QBUF

[sathyam panda]

Hello,

On 5/21/18, Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Receive in-fence from userspace and add support for waiting on them
> before queueing the buffer to the driver. Buffers can't be queued to the
> driver before its fences signal. And a buffer can't be queued to the driver
> out of the order they were queued from userspace. That means that even if
> its fence signals it must wait for all other buffers, ahead of it in the
> queue,
> to signal first.
>
> If the fence for some buffer fails we do not queue it to the driver,
> instead we mark it as error and wait until the previous buffer is done
> to notify userspace of the error. We wait here to deliver the buffers back
> to userspace in order.
>
> v13: - cleanup implementation.
>      - remove wrong Kconfig changes.
>      - print noisy warning on unexpected enqueue conditioin
>      - schedule a vb2_start_streaming work from the fence callback
>
> v12: fixed dvb_vb2.c usage of vb2_core_qbuf.
>
> v11: - minor doc/comments fixes (Hans Verkuil)
>      - reviewed the in-fence path at __fill_v4l2_buffer()
>
> v10: - rename fence to in_fence in many places
>      - handle fences signalling with error better (Hans Verkuil)
>
> v9: - improve comments and docs (Hans Verkuil)
>     - fix unlocking of vb->fence_cb_lock on vb2_core_qbuf (Hans Verkuil)
>     - move in-fences code that was in the out-fences patch here (Alex)
>
> v8: - improve comments about fences with errors
>
> v7: - get rid of the fence array stuff for ordering and just use
>       get_num_buffers_ready() (Hans)
>     - fix issue of queuing the buffer twice (Hans)
>     - avoid the dma_fence_wait() in core_qbuf() (Alex)
>     - merge preparation commit in
>
> v6: - With fences always keep the order userspace queues the buffers.
>     - Protect in_fence manipulation with a lock (Brian Starkey)
>     - check if fences have the same context before adding a fence array
>     - Fix last_fence ref unbalance in __set_in_fence() (Brian Starkey)
>     - Clean up fence if __set_in_fence() fails (Brian Starkey)
>     - treat -EINVAL from dma_fence_add_callback() (Brian Starkey)
>
> v5: - use fence_array to keep buffers ordered in vb2 core when
>       needed (Brian Starkey)
>     - keep backward compat on the reserved2 field (Brian Starkey)
>     - protect fence callback removal with lock (Brian Starkey)
>
> v4: - Add a comment about dma_fence_add_callback() not returning a
>       error (Hans)
>     - Call dma_fence_put(vb->in_fence) if fence signaled (Hans)
>     - select SYNC_FILE under config VIDEOBUF2_CORE (Hans)
>     - Move dma_fence_is_signaled() check to __enqueue_in_driver() (Hans)
>     - Remove list_for_each_entry() in __vb2_core_qbuf() (Hans)
>     - Remove if (vb->state != VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED) from
>       vb2_start_streaming() (Hans)
>     - set IN_FENCE flags on __fill_v4l2_buffer (Hans)
>     - Queue buffers to the driver as soon as they are ready (Hans)
>     - call fill_user_buffer() after queuing the buffer (Hans)
>     - add err: label to clean up fence
>     - add dma_fence_wait() before calling vb2_start_streaming()
>
> v3: - document fence parameter
>     - remove ternary if at vb2_qbuf() return (Mauro)
>     - do not change if conditions behaviour (Mauro)
>
> v2: - fix vb2_queue_or_prepare_buf() ret check
>     - remove check for VB2_MEMORY_DMABUF only (Javier)
>     - check num of ready buffers to start streaming
>     - when queueing, start from the first ready buffer
>     - handle queue cancel
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Kconfig          |   1 +
>  drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c | 224
> ++++++++++++++++++++----
>  drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c |  37 +++-
>  drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c                |   2 +-
>  include/media/videobuf2-core.h                  |  19 +-
>  5 files changed, 242 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Kconfig
> b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Kconfig
> index 17c32ea58395..27ad9e8a268b 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>  # Used by drivers that need Videobuf2 modules
>  config VIDEOBUF2_CORE
>  	select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
> +	select SYNC_FILE
>  	tristate
>
>  config VIDEOBUF2_V4L2
> diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
> b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
> index a9a0a9d1decb..86b5ebe25263 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
>
>  #include <media/videobuf2-core.h>
> +#include <media/v4l2-ioctl.h>
>  #include <media/v4l2-mc.h>
>
>  #include <trace/events/vb2.h>
> @@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ module_param(debug, int, 0644);
>
>  static void __vb2_queue_cancel(struct vb2_queue *q);
>  static void __enqueue_in_driver(struct vb2_buffer *vb);
> +static void __qbuf_work(struct work_struct *work);
>
>  static void __vb2_buffer_free(struct kref *kref)
>  {
> @@ -373,6 +375,7 @@ static int __vb2_queue_alloc(struct vb2_queue *q, enum
> vb2_memory memory,
>  		vb->index = q->num_buffers + buffer;
>  		vb->type = q->type;
>  		vb->memory = memory;
> +		INIT_WORK(&vb->qbuf_work, __qbuf_work);
>  		for (plane = 0; plane < num_planes; ++plane) {
>  			vb->planes[plane].length = plane_sizes[plane];
>  			vb->planes[plane].min_length = plane_sizes[plane];
> @@ -932,21 +935,12 @@ void *vb2_plane_cookie(struct vb2_buffer *vb, unsigned
> int plane_no)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_plane_cookie);
>
> -void vb2_buffer_done(struct vb2_buffer *vb, enum vb2_buffer_state state)
> +static void vb2_process_buffer_done(struct vb2_buffer *vb, enum
> vb2_buffer_state state)
>  {
>  	struct vb2_queue *q = vb->vb2_queue;
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	unsigned int plane;
>
> -	if (WARN_ON(vb->state != VB2_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE))
> -		return;
> -
> -	if (WARN_ON(state != VB2_BUF_STATE_DONE &&
> -		    state != VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR &&
> -		    state != VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED &&
> -		    state != VB2_BUF_STATE_REQUEUEING))
> -		state = VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR;
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_ADV_DEBUG
>  	/*
>  	 * Although this is not a callback, it still does have to balance
> @@ -962,6 +956,9 @@ void vb2_buffer_done(struct vb2_buffer *vb, enum
> vb2_buffer_state state)
>  		call_void_memop(vb, finish, vb->planes[plane].mem_priv);
>
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->done_lock, flags);
> +	if (vb->state == VB2_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE)
> +		atomic_dec(&q->owned_by_drv_count);
> +
>  	if (state == VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED ||
>  	    state == VB2_BUF_STATE_REQUEUEING) {
>  		vb->state = VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED;
> @@ -970,7 +967,7 @@ void vb2_buffer_done(struct vb2_buffer *vb, enum
> vb2_buffer_state state)
>  		list_add_tail(&vb->done_entry, &q->done_list);
>  		vb->state = state;
>  	}
> -	atomic_dec(&q->owned_by_drv_count);
> +
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->done_lock, flags);
>
>  	trace_vb2_buf_done(q, vb);
> @@ -987,6 +984,47 @@ void vb2_buffer_done(struct vb2_buffer *vb, enum
> vb2_buffer_state state)
>  		wake_up(&q->done_wq);
>  		break;
>  	}
> +
> +}
> +
> +void vb2_buffer_done(struct vb2_buffer *vb, enum vb2_buffer_state state)
> +{
> +	struct vb2_buffer *next;
> +	struct vb2_queue *q;
> +
> +	dprintk(4, "called done on buffer %d state: %d -> %d\n",
> +			vb->index, vb->state, state);
> +
> +	if (vb->state == VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR)
> +		return;
> +	if (WARN_ON(vb->state != VB2_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE))
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (WARN_ON(state != VB2_BUF_STATE_DONE &&
> +		    state != VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR &&
> +		    state != VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED &&
> +		    state != VB2_BUF_STATE_REQUEUEING))
> +		state = VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR;
> +
> +	vb2_process_buffer_done(vb, state);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Check if there is any buffer with an in-fence error in the next
> +	 * position of the queue. Buffers whose in-fence signaled with error
> +	 * are not queued to the driver and kept on the queue until the buffer
> +	 * before them is done.
> +	 * So here we process any existing buffers with in-fence errors and
> +	 * wake up userspace.
> +	 */
> +	q = vb->vb2_queue;
> +	next = list_next_entry(vb, queued_entry);
> +	list_for_each_entry_from(next, &q->queued_list, queued_entry) {
> +		if (!next->in_fence || !next->in_fence->error)
> +			break;
> +		if (next->in_fence && next->in_fence->error &&
> +		    vb->state != VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR)
> +			vb2_process_buffer_done(next, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
> +	}
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_buffer_done);
>
> @@ -1271,6 +1309,8 @@ static void __enqueue_in_driver(struct vb2_buffer
> *vb)
>  {
>  	struct vb2_queue *q = vb->vb2_queue;
>
> +	if (WARN_ON(vb->state == VB2_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE))
> +		return;
>  	vb->state = VB2_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE;
>  	atomic_inc(&q->owned_by_drv_count);
>
> @@ -1322,6 +1362,25 @@ static int __buf_prepare(struct vb2_buffer *vb, const
> void *pb)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>
> +static int __get_num_ready_buffers(struct vb2_queue *q)
> +{
> +	struct vb2_buffer *vb;
> +	int ready_count = 0;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Count num of buffers ready in front of the queued_list.
> +	 * We want to stop counting when we find a buffer with an
> +	 * unsignaled fence.
> +	 */
> +	list_for_each_entry(vb, &q->queued_list, queued_entry) {
> +		if (vb->in_fence && dma_fence_get_status(vb->in_fence) == 0)
> +			break;
> +		ready_count++;
> +	}
> +
> +	return ready_count;
> +}
> +
>  int vb2_core_prepare_buf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int index, void
> *pb)
>  {
>  	struct vb2_buffer *vb;
> @@ -1338,7 +1397,7 @@ int vb2_core_prepare_buf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned
> int index, void *pb)
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>
> -	/* Fill buffer information for the userspace */
> +	/* Fill buffer information for userspace */
>  	call_void_bufop(q, fill_user_buffer, vb, pb);
>
>  	dprintk(2, "prepare of buffer %d succeeded\n", vb->index);
> @@ -1364,11 +1423,16 @@ static int vb2_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q)
>  	int ret;
>
>  	/*
> -	 * If any buffers were queued before streamon,
> -	 * we can now pass them to driver for processing.
> +	 * Activate all buffers currently queued,
> +	 * until we get an unsignaled fence.
>  	 */
> -	list_for_each_entry(vb, &q->queued_list, queued_entry)
> +	list_for_each_entry(vb, &q->queued_list, queued_entry) {
> +		if (vb->state != VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED)
> +			continue;
> +		if (vb->in_fence && dma_fence_get_status(vb->in_fence) == 0)
> +			break;
>  		__enqueue_in_driver(vb);
> +	}
>
>  	/* Tell the driver to start streaming */
>  	q->start_streaming_called = 1;
> @@ -1410,7 +1474,41 @@ static int vb2_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>
> -int vb2_core_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int index, void *pb)
> +static void __qbuf_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> +	struct vb2_buffer *vb;
> +	struct vb2_queue *q;
> +
> +	vb = container_of(work, struct vb2_buffer, qbuf_work);
> +	q = vb->vb2_queue;
> +
> +	if (q->lock)
> +		mutex_lock(q->lock);
> +	/* By the time we run, the buffer state could have changed,
> +	 * so we need to check it's in the queued state.
> +	 * This is the only valid state.
> +	 */
> +	if (q->start_streaming_called && vb->state == VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED)
> +		__enqueue_in_driver(vb);

What if fence is signalled out of order, e.g. fence 3 is signalled
after fence 1.
In that case it'll go ahead and enqueue without checking if all others
buffers before this have been signalled or not.

> +
> +	if (q->streaming && !q->start_streaming_called &&
> +	    __get_num_ready_buffers(q) >= q->min_buffers_needed)
> +		vb2_start_streaming(q);
> +
> +	if (q->lock)
> +		mutex_unlock(q->lock);
> +	__vb2_buffer_put(vb);
> +}
> +
> +static void vb2_qbuf_fence_cb(struct dma_fence *f, struct dma_fence_cb
> *cb)
> +{
> +	struct vb2_buffer *vb = container_of(cb, struct vb2_buffer, fence_cb);
> +
> +	schedule_work(&vb->qbuf_work);
> +}
> +
> +int vb2_core_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int index, void *pb,
> +		  struct dma_fence *in_fence)
>  {
>  	struct vb2_buffer *vb;
>  	int ret;
> @@ -1421,16 +1519,18 @@ int vb2_core_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int
> index, void *pb)
>  	case VB2_BUF_STATE_DEQUEUED:
>  		ret = __buf_prepare(vb, pb);
>  		if (ret)
> -			return ret;
> +			goto err_release;
>  		break;
>  	case VB2_BUF_STATE_PREPARED:
>  		break;
>  	case VB2_BUF_STATE_PREPARING:
>  		dprintk(1, "buffer still being prepared\n");
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto err_release;
>  	default:
>  		dprintk(1, "invalid buffer state %d\n", vb->state);
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto err_release;
>  	}
>
>  	/*
> @@ -1448,15 +1548,44 @@ int vb2_core_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int
> index, void *pb)
>  	trace_vb2_qbuf(q, vb);
>
>  	/*
> -	 * If already streaming, give the buffer to driver for processing.
> -	 * If not, the buffer will be given to driver on next streamon.
> +	 * If the fence didn't signal yet, we setup a callback to queue
> +	 * the buffer once the fence signals. If the fence already signaled,
> +	 * then we lose the reference and queue the buffer.
>  	 */
> -	if (q->start_streaming_called)
> -		__enqueue_in_driver(vb);
> +	if (in_fence) {
> +		WARN_ON(vb->in_fence);
> +		vb->in_fence = in_fence;
> +		__vb2_buffer_get(vb);
> +		ret = dma_fence_add_callback(in_fence, &vb->fence_cb,
> +					     vb2_qbuf_fence_cb);
> +		/* is the fence signaled? */
> +		if (ret == -ENOENT) {
> +			if (in_fence->error)
> +				/* error-signaled fence, reject this buffer */
> +				goto err_release;
> +			dma_fence_put(in_fence);
> +			vb->in_fence = NULL;
> +			__vb2_buffer_put(vb);
> +		} else if (ret) {
> +			goto err_release;
> +		}
> +	}
>
> -	/* Fill buffer information for the userspace */
> -	if (pb)
> -		call_void_bufop(q, fill_user_buffer, vb, pb);
> +	/*
> +	 * If already streaming and there is no fence to wait on
> +	 * give the buffer to driver for processing.
> +	 */
> +	if (q->start_streaming_called) {
> +		struct vb2_buffer *b;
> +
> +		list_for_each_entry(b, &q->queued_list, queued_entry) {
> +			if (b->state != VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED)
> +				continue;
> +			if (b->in_fence && dma_fence_get_status(b->in_fence) == 0)
> +				break;
> +			__enqueue_in_driver(b);
> +		}
> +	}

Instead of checking the whole queue again,

- we can check for first buffer before the current buffer in the queue
and if state is VB2_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE or VB2_BUF_STATE_DONE, then
enqueue all buffers starting from current buffer whose state!=error
and fence signalled till we find first buffer with fence not signaled
yet.

- And if previous buffer to the current buffer is in state =
VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR, continue checking in backwards till you find a
buffer with state!= Error or reach head of queue.

- while traveling backward in queue list, If reached head of queue,
then start enqueue from current buffer exactly like in 1st point.

- Else if buffer found with state!=error &&
state==VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED, then donot enqueue current buffer.

Should change time complexity from O(n^2) to O(n)

>
>  	/*
>  	 * If streamon has been called, and we haven't yet called
> @@ -1465,14 +1594,32 @@ int vb2_core_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int
> index, void *pb)
>  	 * then we can finally call start_streaming().
>  	 */
>  	if (q->streaming && !q->start_streaming_called &&
> -	    q->queued_count >= q->min_buffers_needed) {
> +	    __get_num_ready_buffers(q) >= q->min_buffers_needed) {
>  		ret = vb2_start_streaming(q);
>  		if (ret)
> -			return ret;
> +			goto err_release;
>  	}
>
> +	/* Fill buffer information for userspace */
> +	if (pb)
> +		call_void_bufop(q, fill_user_buffer, vb, pb);
> +
>  	dprintk(2, "qbuf of buffer %d succeeded\n", vb->index);
>  	return 0;
> +
> +err_release:
> +	/* Fill buffer information for userspace */
> +	if (pb)
> +		call_void_bufop(q, fill_user_buffer, vb, pb);
> +
> +	if (in_fence) {
> +		dma_fence_put(in_fence);
> +		vb->in_fence = NULL;
> +		__vb2_buffer_put(vb);
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_core_qbuf);
>
> @@ -1615,7 +1762,12 @@ static void __vb2_dqbuf(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
>  		return;
>
>  	vb->state = VB2_BUF_STATE_DEQUEUED;
> -
> +	if (vb->in_fence) {
> +		if (dma_fence_remove_callback(vb->in_fence, &vb->fence_cb))
> +			__vb2_buffer_put(vb);
> +		dma_fence_put(vb->in_fence);
> +		vb->in_fence = NULL;
> +	}
>  	/* unmap DMABUF buffer */
>  	if (q->memory == VB2_MEMORY_DMABUF)
>  		for (i = 0; i < vb->num_planes; ++i) {
> @@ -1653,7 +1805,7 @@ int vb2_core_dqbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int
> *pindex, void *pb,
>  	if (pindex)
>  		*pindex = vb->index;
>
> -	/* Fill buffer information for the userspace */
> +	/* Fill buffer information for userspace */
>  	if (pb)
>  		call_void_bufop(q, fill_user_buffer, vb, pb);
>
> @@ -1700,8 +1852,8 @@ static void __vb2_queue_cancel(struct vb2_queue *q)
>  	if (WARN_ON(atomic_read(&q->owned_by_drv_count))) {
>  		for (i = 0; i < q->num_buffers; ++i)
>  			if (q->bufs[i]->state == VB2_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE) {
> -				pr_warn("driver bug: stop_streaming operation is leaving buf %p in
> active state\n",
> -					q->bufs[i]);
> +				pr_warn("driver bug: stop_streaming operation is leaving buf[%d] 0x%p
> in active state\n",
> +					q->bufs[i]->index, q->bufs[i]);
>  				vb2_buffer_done(q->bufs[i], VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
>  			}
>  		/* Must be zero now */
> @@ -1783,7 +1935,7 @@ int vb2_core_streamon(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned
> int type)
>  	 * Tell driver to start streaming provided sufficient buffers
>  	 * are available.
>  	 */
> -	if (q->queued_count >= q->min_buffers_needed) {
> +	if (__get_num_ready_buffers(q) >= q->min_buffers_needed) {
>  		ret = v4l_vb2q_enable_media_source(q);
>  		if (ret)
>  			return ret;
> @@ -2305,7 +2457,7 @@ static int __vb2_init_fileio(struct vb2_queue *q, int
> read)
>  		 * Queue all buffers.
>  		 */
>  		for (i = 0; i < q->num_buffers; i++) {
> -			ret = vb2_core_qbuf(q, i, NULL);
> +			ret = vb2_core_qbuf(q, i, NULL, NULL);
>  			if (ret)
>  				goto err_reqbufs;
>  			fileio->bufs[i].queued = 1;
> @@ -2484,7 +2636,7 @@ static size_t __vb2_perform_fileio(struct vb2_queue
> *q, char __user *data, size_
>
>  		if (copy_timestamp)
>  			b->timestamp = ktime_get_ns();
> -		ret = vb2_core_qbuf(q, index, NULL);
> +		ret = vb2_core_qbuf(q, index, NULL, NULL);
>  		dprintk(5, "vb2_dbuf result: %d\n", ret);
>  		if (ret)
>  			return ret;
> @@ -2587,7 +2739,7 @@ static int vb2_thread(void *data)
>  		if (copy_timestamp)
>  			vb->timestamp = ktime_get_ns();
>  		if (!threadio->stop)
> -			ret = vb2_core_qbuf(q, vb->index, NULL);
> +			ret = vb2_core_qbuf(q, vb->index, NULL, NULL);
>  		call_void_qop(q, wait_prepare, q);
>  		if (ret || threadio->stop)
>  			break;
> diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
> b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
> index 8312f61adfa6..ac14cc8ab1c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
> +#include <linux/sync_file.h>
>
>  #include <media/v4l2-dev.h>
>  #include <media/v4l2-fh.h>
> @@ -178,6 +179,22 @@ static int vb2_queue_or_prepare_buf(struct vb2_queue
> *q, struct v4l2_buffer *b,
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>
> +	if ((b->fence_fd != 0 && b->fence_fd != -1) &&
> +	    !(b->flags & V4L2_BUF_FLAG_IN_FENCE)) {
> +		dprintk(1, "%s: fence_fd set without IN_FENCE flag\n", opname);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (b->fence_fd < 0 && (b->flags & V4L2_BUF_FLAG_IN_FENCE)) {
> +		dprintk(1, "%s: IN_FENCE flag set but no fence_fd\n", opname);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	if ((b->flags & V4L2_BUF_FLAG_IN_FENCE) && !q->lock) {
> +		pr_warn("%s: IN_FENCE flag set, but no queue lock\n", opname);
> +		b->flags &= ~V4L2_BUF_FLAG_IN_FENCE;
> +	}
> +
>  	return __verify_planes_array(q->bufs[b->index], b);
>  }
>
> @@ -210,6 +227,11 @@ static void __fill_v4l2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb,
> void *pb)
>  	else
>  		b->fence_fd = 0;
>
> +	if (vb->in_fence)
> +		b->flags |= V4L2_BUF_FLAG_IN_FENCE;
> +	else
> +		b->flags &= ~V4L2_BUF_FLAG_IN_FENCE;
> +
>  	if (q->is_multiplanar) {
>  		/*
>  		 * Fill in plane-related data if userspace provided an array
> @@ -566,6 +588,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_create_bufs);
>
>  int vb2_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_buffer *b)
>  {
> +	struct dma_fence *in_fence = NULL;
>  	int ret;
>
>  	if (vb2_fileio_is_active(q)) {
> @@ -574,7 +597,19 @@ int vb2_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_buffer
> *b)
>  	}
>
>  	ret = vb2_queue_or_prepare_buf(q, b, "qbuf");
> -	return ret ? ret : vb2_core_qbuf(q, b->index, b);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (b->flags & V4L2_BUF_FLAG_IN_FENCE) {
> +		in_fence = sync_file_get_fence(b->fence_fd);
> +		if (!in_fence) {
> +			dprintk(1, "failed to get in-fence from fd %d\n",
> +				b->fence_fd);
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	return vb2_core_qbuf(q, b->index, b, in_fence);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_qbuf);
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c
> b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c
> index b811adf88afa..7da53f10db1a 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c
> @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ int dvb_vb2_qbuf(struct dvb_vb2_ctx *ctx, struct
> dmx_buffer *b)
>  {
>  	int ret;
>
> -	ret = vb2_core_qbuf(&ctx->vb_q, b->index, b);
> +	ret = vb2_core_qbuf(&ctx->vb_q, b->index, b, NULL);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dprintk(1, "[%s] index=%d errno=%d\n", ctx->name,
>  			b->index, ret);
> diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
> b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
> index 71538ae2c255..ddd555f59dbf 100644
> --- a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
> +++ b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
>
>  #include <linux/bitops.h>
>  #include <linux/dma-buf.h>
> +#include <linux/dma-fence.h>
>  #include <linux/kref.h>
>  #include <linux/mm_types.h>
>  #include <linux/mutex.h>
> @@ -257,6 +258,10 @@ struct vb2_buffer {
>  	 * done_entry:		entry on the list that stores all buffers ready
>  	 *			to be dequeued to userspace
>  	 * vb2_plane:		per-plane information; do not change
> +	 * in_fence:		fence received from vb2 client to wait on before
> +	 *			using the buffer (queueing to the driver)
> +	 * fence_cb:		fence callback information
> +	 * qbuf_work:		work for deferred qbuf operation
>  	 */
>  	struct kref		refcount;
>  	enum vb2_buffer_state	state;
> @@ -264,6 +269,11 @@ struct vb2_buffer {
>  	struct vb2_plane	planes[VB2_MAX_PLANES];
>  	struct list_head	queued_entry;
>  	struct list_head	done_entry;
> +
> +	struct dma_fence	*in_fence;
> +	struct dma_fence_cb	fence_cb;
> +	struct work_struct	qbuf_work;
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_ADV_DEBUG
>  	/*
>  	 * Counters for how often these buffer-related ops are
> @@ -488,8 +498,9 @@ struct vb2_buf_ops {
>   * @lock:	pointer to a mutex that protects the &struct vb2_queue. The
>   *		driver can set this to a mutex to let the v4l2 core serialize
>   *		the queuing ioctls. If the driver wants to handle locking
> - *		itself, then this should be set to NULL. This lock is not used
> - *		by the videobuf2 core API.
> + *		itself, then this should be set to NULL. This lock is required
> + *		by the videobuf2 core only on the fence-deferred start streaming
> + *		path.
>   * @owner:	The filehandle that 'owns' the buffers, i.e. the filehandle
>   *		that called reqbufs, create_buffers or started fileio.
>   *		This field is not used by the videobuf2 core API, but it allows
> @@ -789,6 +800,7 @@ int vb2_core_prepare_buf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned
> int index, void *pb);
>   * @index:	id number of the buffer
>   * @pb:		buffer structure passed from userspace to
>   *		v4l2_ioctl_ops->vidioc_qbuf handler in driver
> + * @in_fence:	in-fence to wait on before queueing the buffer
>   *
>   * Videobuf2 core helper to implement VIDIOC_QBUF() operation. It is
> called
>   * internally by VB2 by an API-specific handler, like
> ``videobuf2-v4l2.h``.
> @@ -803,7 +815,8 @@ int vb2_core_prepare_buf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned
> int index, void *pb);
>   *
>   * Return: returns zero on success; an error code otherwise.
>   */
> -int vb2_core_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int index, void *pb);
> +int vb2_core_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int index, void *pb,
> +		  struct dma_fence *in_fence);
>
>  /**
>   * vb2_core_dqbuf() - Dequeue a buffer to the userspace
>

Regards,
 Sathyam