Re: [PATCH v2] media: uvcvideo: Fix pixel format change for Elgato Cam Link 4K

From: Laurent Pinchart
Date: Sat Jun 05 2021 - 17:52:23 EST

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Hi Benjamin,

On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 08:19:56AM +0000, Benjamin Drung wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 05.06.2021, 01:21 +0300 schrieb Laurent Pinchart:
> > On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 05:19:42PM +0000, Benjamin Drung wrote:
> > > The Elgato Cam Link 4K HDMI video capture card reports to support three
> > > different pixel formats, where the first format depends on the connected
> > > HDMI device.
> > >
> > > ```
> > > $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-formats-ext
> > > ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
> > > Type: Video Capture
> > >
> > > [0]: 'NV12' (Y/CbCr 4:2:0)
> > > Size: Discrete 3840x2160
> > > Interval: Discrete 0.033s (29.970 fps)
> > > [1]: 'NV12' (Y/CbCr 4:2:0)
> > > Size: Discrete 3840x2160
> > > Interval: Discrete 0.033s (29.970 fps)
> > > [2]: 'YU12' (Planar YUV 4:2:0)
> > > Size: Discrete 3840x2160
> > > Interval: Discrete 0.033s (29.970 fps)
> > > ```
> > >
> > > Changing the pixel format to anything besides the first pixel format
> > > does not work:
> > >
> > > ```
> > > $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --try-fmt-video pixelformat=YU12
> > > Format Video Capture:
> > > Width/Height : 3840/2160
> > > Pixel Format : 'NV12' (Y/CbCr 4:2:0)
> > > Field : None
> > > Bytes per Line : 3840
> > > Size Image : 12441600
> > > Colorspace : sRGB
> > > Transfer Function : Rec. 709
> > > YCbCr/HSV Encoding: Rec. 709
> > > Quantization : Default (maps to Limited Range)
> > > Flags :
> > > ```
> > >
> > > User space applications like VLC might show an error message on the
> > > terminal in that case:
> > >
> > > ```
> > > libv4l2: error set_fmt gave us a different result than try_fmt!
> > > ```
> > >
> > > Depending on the error handling of the user space applications, they
> > > might display a distorted video, because they use the wrong pixel format
> > > for decoding the stream.
> > >
> > > The Elgato Cam Link 4K responds to the USB video probe
> > > VS_PROBE_CONTROL/VS_COMMIT_CONTROL with a malformed data structure: The
> > > second byte contains bFormatIndex (instead of being the second byte of
> > > bmHint). The first byte is always zero. The third byte is always 1.
> > >
> > > The firmware bug was reported to Elgato on 2020-12-01 and it was
> > > forwarded by the support team to the developers as feature request.
> > > There is no firmware update available since then. The latest firmware
> > > for Elgato Cam Link 4K as of 2021-03-23 has MCU 20.02.19 and FPGA 67.
> >
> > *sigh* :-( Same vendors are depressingly unable to perform even the most
> > basic conformance testing.
> >
> > Thanks for all this analysis and bug reports.
> >
> > > Therefore add a quirk to correct the malformed data structure.
> > >
> > > The quirk was successfully tested with VLC, OBS, and Chromium using
> > > different pixel formats (YUYV, NV12, YU12), resolutions (3840x2160,
> > > 1920x1080), and frame rates (29.970 and 59.940 fps).
> > >
> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > I am sending this patch a fourth time since I got no response and the
> > > last resend is over a month ago. This time I am including Linus Torvalds
> > > in the hope to get it reviewed.
> >
> > The resend got to the top of my mailbox and I had time to review it
> > before it got burried again. Thanks for not giving up.
>
> Thanks for reviewing the patch.

I'll try not to be that late for v3/v4 :-)

> > > drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> > > drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > > drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h | 1 +
> > > 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > > index 9a791d8ef200..6ce58950d78b 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > > @@ -3164,6 +3164,19 @@ static const struct usb_device_id uvc_ids[] = {
> > > .bInterfaceSubClass = 1,
> > > .bInterfaceProtocol = 0,
> > > .driver_info = UVC_INFO_META(V4L2_META_FMT_D4XX) },
> > > + /*
> > > + * Elgato Cam Link 4K
> > > + * Latest firmware as of 2021-03-23 needs this quirk.
> > > + * MCU: 20.02.19, FPGA: 67
> > > + */
> > > + { .match_flags = USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_DEVICE
> > > + | USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_INT_INFO,
> > > + .idVendor = 0x0fd9,
> > > + .idProduct = 0x0066,
> > > + .bInterfaceClass = USB_CLASS_VIDEO,
> > > + .bInterfaceSubClass = 1,
> > > + .bInterfaceProtocol = 0,
> > > + .driver_info = UVC_INFO_QUIRK(UVC_QUIRK_FIX_FORMAT_INDEX) },
> > > /* Generic USB Video Class */
> > > { USB_INTERFACE_INFO(USB_CLASS_VIDEO, 1, UVC_PC_PROTOCOL_UNDEFINED) },
> > > { USB_INTERFACE_INFO(USB_CLASS_VIDEO, 1, UVC_PC_PROTOCOL_15) },
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> > > index a777b389a66e..910d22233d74 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> > > @@ -131,6 +131,27 @@ static void uvc_fixup_video_ctrl(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
> > > struct uvc_frame *frame = NULL;
> > > unsigned int i;
> > >
> > >
> > > + /*
> > > + * The response of the Elgato Cam Link 4K is incorrect: The second byte
> > > + * contains bFormatIndex (instead of being the second byte of bmHint).
> > > + * The first byte is always zero. The third byte is always 1.
> > > + *
> > > + * The UVC 1.5 class specification defines the first five bits in the
> > > + * bmHint bitfield. The remaining bits are reserved and should be zero.
> > > + * Therefore a valid bmHint will be less than 32.
> > > + */
> > > + if (stream->dev->quirks & UVC_QUIRK_FIX_FORMAT_INDEX && ctrl->bmHint > 255) {
> >
> > Given that this is likely not going to affect other devices (at least in
> > the same way), I'd rather test the USB VID:PID that add a quirk.
> > Something along the lines of
> >
> > if (usb_match_one_id(stream->dev->intf, USB_DEVICE(0x0fd9, 0x0066)) {
>
> Adam Goode suggested that the Game Capture HD 60 S+ (0fd9:006a) from the
> same vendor is probably affected by the same bug. I cannot test this
> assumption since I don't have this device (I am open for a loaner
> device). An Internet search did not reveal bug reports in this regard.
> Most search results referred to older versions (e.g. without + or
> without S+) Do you still prefer to test the USB VID:PID?

What bothers me a bit with a quirk is that it's supposed to be a generic
mechanism for bugs that affect a wide variety of devices. We could have
a small array of device match entries as in uvc_ctrl_prune_entity() if
you don't expect more than a handful of devices to be affected.
Otherwise, if you think a quirk is better, let's go for that, but let's
then name it with the vendor name (UVC_QUIRK_ELGATE_VIDEO_CONTROL or
similar).

> > > + __u8 corrected_format_index;
> > > +
> > > + corrected_format_index = ctrl->bmHint >> 8;
> > > + uvc_dbg(stream->dev, CONTROL,
> > > + "Correct USB video probe response from {bmHint: 0x%04x, bFormatIndex: 0x%02x} to {bmHint: 0x%04x, bFormatIndex: 0x%02x}.\n",
> > > + ctrl->bmHint, ctrl->bFormatIndex,
> > > + ctrl->bFormatIndex, corrected_format_index);
> > > + ctrl->bmHint = ctrl->bFormatIndex;
> >
> > According to your description above, this will always be 1. Is the third
> > byte always 1 because the driver always sets bmHint to 1, or would it
> > have a different value if we set bmHint to something else ? In the first
> > case I'd hardcode ctrl->bmHint to 1 here.
>
> I will test setting bmHint to something else than 1 to check. I will
> report back then. Either follow your sugstion or update the comment.

Thanks.

> > > + ctrl->bFormatIndex = corrected_format_index;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > for (i = 0; i < stream->nformats; ++i) {
> > > if (stream->format[i].index == ctrl->bFormatIndex) {
> > > format = &stream->format[i];
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
> > > index cce5e38133cd..cbb4ef61a64d 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
> > > @@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
> > > #define UVC_QUIRK_RESTORE_CTRLS_ON_INIT 0x00000400
> > > #define UVC_QUIRK_FORCE_Y8 0x00000800
> > > #define UVC_QUIRK_FORCE_BPP 0x00001000
> > > +#define UVC_QUIRK_FIX_FORMAT_INDEX 0x00002000
> > >
> > > /* Format flags */
> > > #define UVC_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED 0x00000001

--
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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