Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] media: v4l2-ctrls: Add intra-refresh period control

From: Hans Verkuil
Date: Wed Jul 28 2021 - 06:12:51 EST


On 22/06/2021 13:39, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
> Add a control to set intra-refresh period.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Hans

> ---
> .../userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c | 2 ++
> include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> index addf44b99dfa..64c76a3a1205 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> @@ -1175,9 +1175,24 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_entropy_mode -
> macroblocks refreshed every frame. Each frame a successive set of
> macroblocks is refreshed until the cycle completes and starts from
> the top of the frame. Setting this control to zero means that
> - macroblocks will not be refreshed.
> + macroblocks will not be refreshed. Note that this control will not
> + take effect when ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_INTRA_REFRESH_PERIOD`` control
> + is set to non zero value.
> Applicable to H264, H263 and MPEG4 encoder.
>
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_INTRA_REFRESH_PERIOD (integer)``
> + Intra macroblock refresh period. This sets the period to refresh
> + the whole frame. In other words, this defines the number of frames
> + for which the whole frame will be intra-refreshed. An example:
> + setting period to 1 means that the whole frame will be refreshed,
> + setting period to 2 means that the half of macroblocks will be
> + intra-refreshed on frameX and the other half of macroblocks
> + will be refreshed in frameX + 1 and so on. Setting the period to
> + zero means no period is specified.
> + Note that if the client sets this control to non zero value the
> + ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_CYCLIC_INTRA_REFRESH_MB`` control shall be
> + ignored. Applicable to H264 and HEVC encoders.
> +
> ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_RC_ENABLE (boolean)``
> Frame level rate control enable. If this control is disabled then
> the quantization parameter for each frame type is constant and set
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c
> index b6344bbf1e00..421300e13a41 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c
> @@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ const char *v4l2_ctrl_get_name(u32 id)
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_DECODER_SLICE_INTERFACE: return "Decoder Slice Interface";
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_DECODER_MPEG4_DEBLOCK_FILTER: return "MPEG4 Loop Filter Enable";
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_CYCLIC_INTRA_REFRESH_MB: return "Number of Intra Refresh MBs";
> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_INTRA_REFRESH_PERIOD: return "Intra Refresh Period";
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_RC_ENABLE: return "Frame Level Rate Control Enable";
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MB_RC_ENABLE: return "H264 MB Level Rate Control";
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEADER_MODE: return "Sequence Header Mode";
> @@ -1258,6 +1259,7 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MV_H_SEARCH_RANGE:
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MV_V_SEARCH_RANGE:
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_DEC_DISPLAY_DELAY:
> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_INTRA_REFRESH_PERIOD:
> *type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER;
> break;
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_LTR_COUNT:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
> index fdf97a6d7d18..5532b5f68493 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
> @@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_multi_slice_mode {
> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_LTR_INDEX (V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+233)
> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_USE_LTR_FRAMES (V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+234)
> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_DEC_CONCEAL_COLOR (V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+235)
> +#define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_INTRA_REFRESH_PERIOD (V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+236)
>
> /* CIDs for the MPEG-2 Part 2 (H.262) codec */
> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL (V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+270)
>