RE: [PATCH v2] media: venus: dec: Fix handling of the start cmd

[Vikash Garodia <vgarodia@qti.qualcomm.com>]

Hello Michal,
Thank you for raising a fix in video driver.

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> From: Michał Krawczyk <mk@semihalf.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 2:48 PM
> To: Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.k.varbanov@gmail.com>; Vikash Garodia
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> Cc: Andy Gross <agross@kernel.org>; Bjorn Andersson
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] media: venus: dec: Fix handling of the start cmd
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> pon., 30 sty 2023 o 14:55 Michał Krawczyk <mk@semihalf.com> napisał(a):
> >
> > From: Michał Krawczyk <mk@semihalf.com>
> >
> > The decoder driver should clear the last_buffer_dequeued flag of the
> > capture queue upon receiving V4L2_DEC_CMD_START.
> >
> > The last_buffer_dequeued flag is set upon receiving EOS (which always
> > happens upon receiving V4L2_DEC_CMD_STOP).
> >
> > Without this patch, after issuing the V4L2_DEC_CMD_STOP and
> > V4L2_DEC_CMD_START, the vb2_dqbuf() function will always fail, even if
> > the buffers are completed by the hardware.
> >
> > Fixes: beac82904a87 ("media: venus: make decoder compliant with
> > stateful codec API")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michał Krawczyk <mk@semihalf.com>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Did anyone have a chance to take a look at this patch? It's fairly simple, but lack
> of this fix can have a big impact on the V4L2 applications which implement the
> flush mechanism using the stop/start commands, especially in the middle of the
> video.

I have reviewed the patch, and the drain sequence handling looks good to me.
Could you share some details on the test client which you are using to catch this issue ?

> Thank you,
> Michał

Thanks,
Vikash