From: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
To: "Jackson.lee" <jackson.lee@chipsnmedia.com>,
mchehab@kernel.org, hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl,
bob.beckett@collabora.com
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
lafley.kim@chipsnmedia.com, b-brnich@ti.com, hverkuil@xs4all.nl,
nas.chung@chipsnmedia.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 5/7] media: chips-media: wave5: Defer job_finish() only when a DEC_PIC was queued
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:13:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0770f5e728a1497eece1458a62b2fd4f88933845.camel@collabora.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260626012232.111-6-jackson.lee@chipsnmedia.com>
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Le vendredi 26 juin 2026 à 10:22 +0900, Jackson.lee a écrit :
> From: Jackson Lee <jackson.lee@chipsnmedia.com>
>
> Decoder instances sharing a VPU also share one v4l2_m2m job slot, released
> when the running context calls v4l2_m2m_job_finish(). While draining,
> device_run() defers job_finish() once EOS is sent (sent_eos), expecting a
> later finish_decode() (from a DEC_PIC completion IRQ) to release the slot.
>
> But the m2m core checks job_ready() only when a job is queued, not when it
> is dispatched. A job queued while draining can run after finish_decode()
> has already moved the instance to STOP and sent EOS. device_run() then runs
> in STOP, issues no DEC_PIC, yet still skips job_finish() - so no IRQ, no
> finish_decode(), and the shared slot is leaked, stalling every instance.
> With several v4l2h264dec instances in parallel, GStreamer hangs at EOS.
>
> Track whether the run actually queued a DEC_PIC (cmd_issued) and defer
> job_finish() only then. Otherwise finish the job immediately
>
> Fixes: a176ac5e701f ("media: chips-media: wave5: Improve performance of decoder")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jackson Lee <jackson.lee@chipsnmedia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nas Chung <nas.chung@chipsnmedia.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> ---
> .../media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> 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 93f7b724d86c..f33c00cb801b 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
> @@ -1655,6 +1655,7 @@ static void wave5_vpu_dec_device_run(void *priv)
> struct queue_status_info q_status;
> u32 fail_res = 0;
> int ret = 0;
> + bool cmd_issued = false;
>
> dev_dbg(inst->dev->dev, "%s: Fill the ring buffer with new bitstream data", __func__);
> pm_runtime_resume_and_get(inst->dev->dev);
> @@ -1752,6 +1753,7 @@ static void wave5_vpu_dec_device_run(void *priv)
> inst->retry = false;
> if (!inst->eos)
> inst->queuing_num--;
> + cmd_issued = true;
> }
> break;
> default:
> @@ -1769,8 +1771,16 @@ static void wave5_vpu_dec_device_run(void *priv)
> * in power and CPU time.
> * If EOS is passed, device_run will not call job_finish no more, it is called
> * only if HW is idle status in order to reduce overhead.
> + *
> + * Deferring job_finish() is only safe when this run actually queued a
> + * DEC_PIC command (cmd_issued): that guarantees a completion IRQ, and
> + * thus a later finish_decode(), will release the shared job slot. When
> + * device_run() is entered with no command to issue (e.g. a job that was
> + * queued while draining but reached the STOP state by the time it ran),
> + * no IRQ follows, so finish the job here to avoid leaking the slot and
> + * stalling every instance sharing the VPU.
> */
> - if (!inst->sent_eos)
> + if (!inst->sent_eos || !cmd_issued)
> v4l2_m2m_job_finish(inst->v4l2_m2m_dev, m2m_ctx);
> }
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-16 2:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-26 1:22 [PATCH v1 0/7] bug fixes Jackson.lee
2026-06-26 1:22 ` [PATCH v1 1/7] media: chips-media: wave5: Guard bit depth check with initial_info_obtained Jackson.lee
2026-07-16 1:56 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-06-26 1:22 ` [PATCH v1 2/7] media: chips-media: wave5: Set inst->std during default format initialization Jackson.lee
2026-07-16 1:58 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-06-26 1:22 ` [PATCH v1 3/7] media: chips-media: wave5: avoid skipping device_run while VPU has work Jackson.lee
2026-07-16 2:00 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-06-26 1:22 ` [PATCH v1 4/7] media: chips-media: wave5: Add timeout while stop_streaming Jackson.lee
2026-07-16 2:08 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-06-26 1:22 ` [PATCH v1 5/7] media: chips-media: wave5: Defer job_finish() only when a DEC_PIC was queued Jackson.lee
2026-07-16 2:13 ` Nicolas Dufresne [this message]
2026-06-26 1:22 ` [PATCH v1 6/7] media: chips-media: wave5: Fix pipeline stall when queuing fails Jackson.lee
2026-07-16 2:14 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-06-26 1:22 ` [PATCH v1 7/7] media: chips-media: wave5: Resume device before setting EOS flag Jackson.lee
2026-07-16 2:18 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-07-16 6:16 ` jackson.lee
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