Re: [PATCH v1 2/5] media: rkvdec: Add an ops to check for decode errors

[Hans Verkuil]

On 6/10/22 14:52, Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
> This optional internal ops allow each codec to do their own
> error status checking. The presence of an error is reported
> using the ERROR buffer state. This patch have no functional
> changes.

If a buffer is returned with state ERROR, then that means that it is
seriously corrupt and userspace is expected to drop it. You might still
want to show it for debugging purposes, but the normal action is to drop it.

So this is not a valid approach for a decoder that can still produce a
decent picture, albeit with macroblock artifacts.

A separate control that can be returned as part of the request and contains
some sort of error indication would be more appropriate.

Buffer state ERROR is really meant for e.g. DMA errors and it shouldn't
be mixed with decode errors that still produce a valid picture.

Regards,

	Hans

> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c | 10 ++++++----
>  drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.h |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c b/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c
> index 7bab7586918c..7e76f8b72885 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c
> @@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ static void rkvdec_v4l2_cleanup(struct rkvdec_dev *rkvdec)
>  static irqreturn_t rkvdec_irq_handler(int irq, void *priv)
>  {
>  	struct rkvdec_dev *rkvdec = priv;
> +	struct rkvdec_ctx *ctx;
>  	enum vb2_buffer_state state;
>  	u32 status;
>  
> @@ -958,12 +959,13 @@ static irqreturn_t rkvdec_irq_handler(int irq, void *priv)
>  		VB2_BUF_STATE_DONE : VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR;
>  
>  	writel(0, rkvdec->regs + RKVDEC_REG_INTERRUPT);
> -	if (cancel_delayed_work(&rkvdec->watchdog_work)) {
> -		struct rkvdec_ctx *ctx;
> +	ctx = v4l2_m2m_get_curr_priv(rkvdec->m2m_dev);
>  
> -		ctx = v4l2_m2m_get_curr_priv(rkvdec->m2m_dev);
> +	if (ctx->coded_fmt_desc->ops->check_error_info)
> +		state = ctx->coded_fmt_desc->ops->check_error_info(ctx);
> +
> +	if (cancel_delayed_work(&rkvdec->watchdog_work))
>  		rkvdec_job_finish(ctx, state);
> -	}
>  
>  	return IRQ_HANDLED;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.h b/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.h
> index 633335ebb9c4..4ae8e6c6b03c 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.h
> @@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ struct rkvdec_coded_fmt_ops {
>  		     struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *dst_buf,
>  		     enum vb2_buffer_state result);
>  	int (*try_ctrl)(struct rkvdec_ctx *ctx, struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl);
> +	/* called from IRQ handler */
> +	int (*check_error_info)(struct rkvdec_ctx *ctx);
>  };
>  
>  struct rkvdec_coded_fmt_desc {