Re: [PATCH v1 3/7] media: chips-media: wave5: avoid skipping device_run while VPU has work

From: Nicolas Dufresne

Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 22:00:52 EST


Le vendredi 26 juin 2026 à 10:22 +0900, Jackson.lee a écrit :
> From: Jackson Lee <jackson.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The decoder stalls because empty_queue is set to true even when the
> m2m context still has pending commands. As a result, device_run is
> never invoked, the m2m source queue fills up, and userspace (e.g.
> Chromium) can no longer queue new bitstream buffers to the V4L2
> driver.
>
> Fix this by querying the VPU queue status via DEC_GET_QUEUE_STATUS
> before deciding whether to skip device_run. Only skip when the
> VPU's instance_queue_count equals the number of ready source
> buffers in the v4l2-m2m context, which indicates that there is
> genuinely no new work to perform. Otherwise, proceed with issuing
> a decode command so that the VPU can continue draining its internal
> queue.
>
> Fixes: a176ac5e701f ("media: chips-media: wave5: Improve performance of decoder")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Jackson Lee <jackson.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nas Chung <nas.chung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  .../media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c   | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
> index 01d1368b2965..6c6e86b09b40 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
> @@ -1663,9 +1663,13 @@ static void wave5_vpu_dec_device_run(void *priv)
>   } else if (!inst->eos &&
>   inst->queuing_num == 0 &&
>   inst->state == VPU_INST_STATE_PIC_RUN) {
> - dev_dbg(inst->dev->dev, "%s: no bitstream for feeding, so skip ", __func__);
> - inst->empty_queue = true;
> - goto finish_job_and_return;
> + wave5_vpu_dec_give_command(inst, DEC_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, &q_status);
> + if (q_status.instance_queue_count == v4l2_m2m_num_src_bufs_ready(m2m_ctx)) {
> + dev_dbg(inst->dev->dev, "%s: no bitstream, skip\n",
> + __func__);
> + inst->empty_queue = true;
> + goto finish_job_and_return;
> + }
>   }
>   }
>  

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