Re: [PATCH 00/20] Add support for HEVC and VP9 codecs in decoder

From: Vikash Garodia
Date: Wed Apr 09 2025 - 14:00:13 EST




On 4/9/2025 9:56 PM, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> On 09/04/2025 16:29, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
>> On 08/04/2025 16:54, Dikshita Agarwal wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> This patch series adds initial support for the HEVC(H.265) and VP9
>>> codecs in iris decoder. The objective of this work is to extend the
>>> decoder's capabilities to handle HEVC and VP9 codec streams,
>>> including necessary format handling and buffer management.
>>> In addition, the series also includes a set of fixes to address issues
>>> identified during testing of these additional codecs.
>>>
>>> These patches also address the comments and feedback received from the
>>> RFC patches previously sent. I have made the necessary improvements
>>> based on the community's suggestions.
>>>
>>> Changes sinces RFC:
>>> - Added additional fixes to address issues identified during further
>>> testing.
>>> - Moved typo fix to a seperate patch [Neil]
>>> - Reordered the patches for better logical flow and clarity [Neil,
>>> Dmitry]
>>> - Added fixes tag wherever applicable [Neil, Dmitry]
>>> - Removed the default case in the switch statement for codecs [Bryan]
>>> - Replaced if-else statements with switch-case [Bryan]
>>> - Added comments for mbpf [Bryan]
>>> - RFC:
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20250305104335.3629945-1-quic_dikshita@xxxxxxxxxxx/
>>>
>>> These patches are tested on SM8250 and SM8550 with v4l2-ctl and
>>> Gstreamer for HEVC and VP9 decoders, at the same time ensured that
>>> the existing H264 decoder functionality remains uneffected.
>>>
>>> Note: 1 of the fluster compliance test is fixed with firmware [1]
>>> [1]:
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-firmware/1a511921-446d-cdc4-0203-084c88a5dc1e@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
>>>
>
> <snip>
>
>>> ---
>>> Dikshita Agarwal (20):
>>>        media: iris: Skip destroying internal buffer if not dequeued
>>>        media: iris: Update CAPTURE format info based on OUTPUT format
>>>        media: iris: Add handling for corrupt and drop frames
>>>        media: iris: Avoid updating frame size to firmware during reconfig
>>>        media: iris: Send V4L2_BUF_FLAG_ERROR for buffers with 0 filled length
>>>        media: iris: Add handling for no show frames
>>>        media: iris: Improve last flag handling
>>>        media: iris: Skip flush on first sequence change
>>>        media: iris: Prevent HFI queue writes when core is in deinit state
>>>        media: iris: Remove redundant buffer count check in stream off
>>>        media: iris: Remove deprecated property setting to firmware
>>>        media: iris: Fix missing function pointer initialization
>>>        media: iris: Fix NULL pointer dereference
>>>        media: iris: Fix typo in depth variable
>>>        media: iris: Add a comment to explain usage of MBPS
>>>        media: iris: Add HEVC and VP9 formats for decoder
>>>        media: iris: Add platform capabilities for HEVC and VP9 decoders
>>>        media: iris: Set mandatory properties for HEVC and VP9 decoders.
>>>        media: iris: Add internal buffer calculation for HEVC and VP9 decoders
>>>        media: iris: Add codec specific check for VP9 decoder drain handling
>>>
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_buffer.c     |  22 +-
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_ctrls.c      |  35 +-
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_common.h |   1 +
>>>   .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen1_command.c     |  44 ++-
>>>   .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen1_defines.h     |   5 +-
>>>   .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen1_response.c    |  22 +-
>>>   .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c     | 143 +++++++-
>>>   .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_defines.h     |   5 +
>>>   .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_response.c    |  57 ++-
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_queue.c  |   2 +-
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_instance.h   |   6 +
>>>   .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_common.h      |  28 +-
>>>   .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_sm8250.c      |  15 +-
>>>   .../platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_sm8550.c      | 143 +++++++-
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c        |   3 +-
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vdec.c       | 113 +++---
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vdec.h       |  11 +
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vidc.c       |   3 -
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vpu_buffer.c | 397 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vpu_buffer.h |  46 ++-
>>>   20 files changed, 948 insertions(+), 153 deletions(-)
>>> ---
>>> base-commit: 7824b91d23e9f255f0e9d2acaa74265c9cac2e9c
>>> change-id: 20250402-iris-dec-hevc-vp9-2654a1fc4d0d
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>
>> Assuming we merge Neils sm8650 stuff first, which I think we should merge
>> first, you'll have a subsequent build error to fix [1]
>
> I agree, it would be simpler, I prepared a fix to apply on top of this patchset.
Lets sort out the platform data handling. More so, when i see that the patch you
are adding more of 8650 specific data into 8550 file.
>
>>
>> https://git.codelinaro.org/bryan.odonoghue/kernel/-/tree/linaro/arm-laptop/wip/x1e80100-6.15-rc1-dell-inspiron14-camss-ov02c10-ov02e10-audio-iris?ref_type=heads
>>
>> Testing your series in isolation. I can confirm vp9 decodes also getting some
>> strange prinouts which we need to follow up to see if they exist with the
>> baseline driver [2].
>>
>> https://git.codelinaro.org/bryan.odonoghue/kernel/-/tree/linaro/arm-laptop/wip/x1e80100-6.15-rc1-dell-inspiron14-camss-ov02c10-ov02e10-audio-iris-20250408-iris-dec-hevc-vp9-v1-0-acd258778bd6@xxxxxxxxxxx?ref_type=heads
>>
>
> <snip>
>
>> [  126.582170] qcom-iris aa00000.video-codec: session error received
>> 0x1000006: unknown
>> [  126.582177] qcom-iris aa00000.video-codec: session error received
>> 0x4000004: invalid operation for current state
>
> With the following on top of the last SM8650 patchet + this patchset, I have the
> same HEVC errors on SM8650, but VP9 works fine:
> [  115.185745] qcom-iris aa00000.video-codec: session error received 0x4000004:
> invalid operation for current state
> [  115.221058] qcom-iris aa00000.video-codec: session error received 0x1000006:
> unknown
>
> ==========================================><==============================================
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_sm8550.c
> b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_sm8550.c
> index 65f3accc2fb2..7d5116528fca 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_sm8550.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_sm8550.c
> @@ -213,6 +213,22 @@ static void iris_set_sm8550_preset_registers(struct
> iris_core *core)
>      writel(0x0, core->reg_base + 0xB0088);
>  }
>
> +static void iris_set_sm8650_preset_registers(struct iris_core *core)
> +{
> +    writel(0x0, core->reg_base + 0xB0088);
> +    writel(0x33332222, core->reg_base + 0x13030);
> +    writel(0x44444444, core->reg_base + 0x13034);
> +    writel(0x1022, core->reg_base + 0x13038);
> +    writel(0x0, core->reg_base + 0x13040);
> +    writel(0xFFFF, core->reg_base + 0x13048);
> +    writel(0x33332222, core->reg_base + 0x13430);
> +    writel(0x44444444, core->reg_base + 0x13434);
> +    writel(0x1022, core->reg_base + 0x13438);
> +    writel(0x0, core->reg_base + 0x13440);
> +    writel(0xFFFF, core->reg_base + 0x13448);
> +    writel(0x99, core->reg_base + 0xA013C);
> +}
This is strange, h264 decoder does not need any of those while VP9 needed it to
work. I could see the same set of registers in downstream code, but cannot
recollect now on the need to add those.

Regards,
Vikash
> +
>  static const struct icc_info sm8550_icc_table[] = {
>      { "cpu-cfg",    1000, 1000     },
>      { "video-mem",  1000, 15000000 },
> @@ -390,6 +406,7 @@ struct iris_platform_data sm8550_data = {
>
>  /*
>   * Shares most of SM8550 data except:
> + * - set_preset_registers to iris_set_sm8650_preset_registers
>   * - vpu_ops to iris_vpu33_ops
>   * - clk_rst_tbl to sm8650_clk_reset_table
>   * - controller_rst_tbl to sm8650_controller_reset_table
> @@ -400,7 +417,7 @@ struct iris_platform_data sm8650_data = {
>      .init_hfi_command_ops = iris_hfi_gen2_command_ops_init,
>      .init_hfi_response_ops = iris_hfi_gen2_response_ops_init,
>      .vpu_ops = &iris_vpu33_ops,
> -    .set_preset_registers = iris_set_sm8550_preset_registers,
> +    .set_preset_registers = iris_set_sm8650_preset_registers,
>      .icc_tbl = sm8550_icc_table,
>      .icc_tbl_size = ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_icc_table),
>      .clk_rst_tbl = sm8650_clk_reset_table,
> @@ -428,20 +445,34 @@ struct iris_platform_data sm8650_data = {
>      .ubwc_config = &ubwc_config_sm8550,
>      .num_vpp_pipe = 4,
>      .max_session_count = 16,
> -    .max_core_mbpf = ((8192 * 4352) / 256) * 2,
> -    .input_config_params =
> -        sm8550_vdec_input_config_params,
> -    .input_config_params_size =
> -        ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_vdec_input_config_params),
> +    .max_core_mbpf = NUM_MBS_8K * 2,
> +    .input_config_params_default =
> +        sm8550_vdec_input_config_params_default,
> +    .input_config_params_default_size =
> +        ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_vdec_input_config_params_default),
> +    .input_config_params_hevc =
> +        sm8550_vdec_input_config_param_hevc,
> +    .input_config_params_hevc_size =
> +        ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_vdec_input_config_param_hevc),
> +    .input_config_params_vp9 =
> +        sm8550_vdec_input_config_param_vp9,
> +    .input_config_params_vp9_size =
> +        ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_vdec_input_config_param_vp9),
>      .output_config_params =
>          sm8550_vdec_output_config_params,
>      .output_config_params_size =
>          ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_vdec_output_config_params),
>      .dec_input_prop = sm8550_vdec_subscribe_input_properties,
>      .dec_input_prop_size = ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_vdec_subscribe_input_properties),
> -    .dec_output_prop = sm8550_vdec_subscribe_output_properties,
> -    .dec_output_prop_size = ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_vdec_subscribe_output_properties),
> -
> +    .dec_output_prop_avc = sm8550_vdec_subscribe_output_properties_avc,
> +    .dec_output_prop_avc_size =
> +        ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_vdec_subscribe_output_properties_avc),
> +    .dec_output_prop_hevc = sm8550_vdec_subscribe_output_properties_hevc,
> +    .dec_output_prop_hevc_size =
> +        ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_vdec_subscribe_output_properties_hevc),
> +    .dec_output_prop_vp9 = sm8550_vdec_subscribe_output_properties_vp9,
> +    .dec_output_prop_vp9_size =
> +        ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_vdec_subscribe_output_properties_vp9),
>      .dec_ip_int_buf_tbl = sm8550_dec_ip_int_buf_tbl,
>      .dec_ip_int_buf_tbl_size = ARRAY_SIZE(sm8550_dec_ip_int_buf_tbl),
>      .dec_op_int_buf_tbl = sm8550_dec_op_int_buf_tbl,
> ==========================================><==============================================
>
> Thanks,
> Neil