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Message-ID: <e42b4e92d725383fc8966f375f349137@codeaurora.org>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2020 22:32:57 +0530
From: dikshita@...eaurora.org
To: vgarodia@...eaurora.org
Cc: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>,
Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@...aro.org>,
Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
vgarodia=codeaurora.org@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] venus: venc: fix handlig of S_SELECTION and
G_SELECTION
Hi Tomasz,
Proper handling of CROP is added with new patch
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/11/3/811
Thanks,
Dikshita
On 2020-10-27 20:32, vgarodia@...eaurora.org wrote:
> On 2020-10-23 04:38, Tomasz Figa wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 6:37 AM <vgarodia@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Tomasz,
>>>
>>> On 2020-10-13 19:09, Tomasz Figa wrote:
>>> > Hi Vikash,
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 02:56:21PM +0530, vgarodia@...eaurora.org
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On 2020-10-08 19:51, Tomasz Figa wrote:
>>> >> > On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 9:33 PM <vgarodia@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > Hi Tomasz,
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > On 2020-10-01 20:47, Tomasz Figa wrote:
>>> >> > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 3:32 AM Stanimir Varbanov
>>> >> > > > <stanimir.varbanov@...aro.org> wrote:
>>> >> > > >>
>>> >> > > >> Hi Tomasz,
>>> >> > > >>
>>> >> > > >> On 9/25/20 11:55 PM, Tomasz Figa wrote:
>>> >> > > >> > Hi Dikshita, Stanimir,
>>> >> > > >> >
>>> >> > > >> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 7:31 PM Dikshita Agarwal
>>> >> > > >> > <dikshita@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>> >> > > >> >>
>>> >> > > >> >> From: Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@...aro.org>
>>> >> > > >> >>
>>> >> > > >> >> - return correct width and height for G_SELECTION
>>> >> > > >> >> - if requested rectangle wxh doesn't match with capture port wxh
>>> >> > > >> >> adjust the rectangle to supported wxh.
>>> >> > > >> >>
>>> >> > > >> >> Signed-off-by: Dikshita Agarwal <dikshita@...eaurora.org>
>>> >> > > >> >> ---
>>> >> > > >> >> drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/venc.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
>>> >> > > >> >> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>> >> > > >> >>
>>> >> > > >> >> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/venc.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/venc.c
>>> >> > > >> >> index 7d2aaa8..a2cc12d 100644
>>> >> > > >> >> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/venc.c
>>> >> > > >> >> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/venc.c
>>> >> > > >> >> @@ -463,13 +463,13 @@ static int venc_g_fmt(struct file *file, void *fh, struct v4l2_format *f)
>>> >> > > >> >> switch (s->target) {
>>> >> > > >> >> case V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT:
>>> >> > > >> >> case V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS:
>>> >> > > >> >> - s->r.width = inst->width;
>>> >> > > >> >> - s->r.height = inst->height;
>>> >> > > >> >> - break;
>>> >> > > >> >> - case V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP:
>>> >> > > >> >> s->r.width = inst->out_width;
>>> >> > > >> >> s->r.height = inst->out_height;
>>> >> > > >> >> break;
>>> >> > > >> >> + case V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP:
>>> >> > > >> >> + s->r.width = inst->width;
>>> >> > > >> >> + s->r.height = inst->height;
>>> >> > > >> >> + break;
>>> >> > > >> >> default:
>>> >> > > >> >> return -EINVAL;
>>> >> > > >> >> }inter
>>> >> > > >> >> @@ -490,10 +490,14 @@ static int venc_g_fmt(struct file *file, void *fh, struct v4l2_format *f)
>>> >> > > >> >>
>>> >> > > >> >> switch (s->target) {
>>> >> > > >> >> case V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP:
>>> >> > > >> >> - if (s->r.width != inst->out_width ||
>>> >> > > >> >> - s->r.height != inst->out_height ||
>>> >> > > >> >> - s->r.top != 0 || s->r.left != 0)
>>> >> > > >> >> - return -EINVAL;
>>> >> > > >> >> + if (s->r.width != inst->width ||
>>> >> > > >> >> + s->r.height != inst->height ||
>>> >> > > >> >> + s->r.top != 0 || s->r.left != 0) {
>>> >> > > >> >> + s->r.top = 0;
>>> >> > > >> >> + s->r.left = 0;
>>> >> > > >> >> + s->r.width = inst->width;
>>> >> > > >> >> + s->r.height = inst->height;
>>> >> > > >> >
>>> >> > > >> > What's the point of exposing the selection API if no selection can
>>> >> > > >> > actually be done?
>>> >> > > >>
>>> >> > > >> If someone can guarantee that dropping of s_selection will not break
>>> >> > > >> userspace applications I'm fine with removing it.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > > Indeed the specification could be made more clear about this. The
>>> >> > > > visible rectangle configuration is described as optional, so I'd
>>> >> > > > consider the capability to be optional as well.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > > Of course it doesn't change the fact that something that is optional
>>> >> > > > in the API may be mandatory for some specific integrations, like
>>> >> > > > Chrome OS or Android.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >>
>>> >> > > >> I implemented g/s_selection with the idea to add crop functionality
>>> >> > > >> later because with current firmware interface it needs more work.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > > I suggested one thing internally, but not sure if it was understood
>>> >> > > > correctly:
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > > Most of the encoders only support partial cropping, with the rectangle
>>> >> > > > limited to top = 0 and left = 0, in other words, only setting the
>>> >> > > > visible width and height. This can be easily implemented on most of
>>> >> > > > the hardware, even those that don't have dedicated cropping
>>> >> > > > capability, by configuring the hardware as follows:
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > > stride = CAPTURE format width (or bytesperline)
>>> >> > > > width = CROP width
>>> >> > > > height = CROP height
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > Assuming the bitstream height and width would be configured with
>>> >> > > capture
>>> >> > > plane
>>> >> > > setting (s_fmt), configuring the crop as height/width would indicate
>>> >> > > to
>>> >> > > venus
>>> >> > > hardware as scaling. To distinguish scaling with crop, firmware
>>> >> > > needs to
>>> >> > > be
>>> >> > > configured separately indicating crop rectangle.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > The V4L2 encoder API does _not_ configure the bitstream width and
>>> >> > height currently. Scaling is not defined in the API at the moment. As
>>> >> > per the spec [1], the CAPTURE width and height fields are
>>> >> > ignored/read-only.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > [1]
>>> >> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-encoder.html#initialization
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Currently there are following parameters configured by the V4L2 API:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > OUTPUT format width: the number of pixels per line of the input
>>> >> > buffer, including any padding pixels, i.e. stride in pixels,
>>> >> > OUTPUT format height: the total number of lines of the input buffer.
>>> >> > including or not, any padding lines (for NV12 non-M format any padding
>>> >> > lines must be included, as plane offsets are calculated based on
>>> >> > this),
>>> >> > CROP left, width: horizontal position of valid pixel data in the
>>> >> > buffer; left is typically 0 and width can be less than OUTPUT format
>>> >> > width,
>>> >> > CROP top, height: vertical position of valid pixel data in the buffer:
>>> >> > top is typically 0 and height can be less than OUTPUT format height,
>>> >>
>>> >> I was trying to find if there is any way we can configure the encoder
>>> >> with
>>> >> actual YUV size and the required CROP rectangle. Incase the S_FMT on
>>> >> CAPTURE
>>> >> plane is ignored, will we ever be able to encode a bitstream with a
>>> >> desired
>>> >> crop parameters different than YUV WxH, for ex. the bitstream WxH
>>> >> could be
>>> >> 320x192, whereas the CROP in SPS would suggest it to 320x180.
>>> >> In my ex. the YUV is 320x192.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Crop in SPS should be exactly what is set in the selection CROP
>>> > rectangle. Bitstream WxH (i.e. the number of macroblocks) is entirely
>>> > at
>>> > the discretion of the encoder.
>>> >
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > > I believe Android requires the hardware to support stride and AFAIK
>>> >> > > > this hardware is also commonly used on Android, so perhaps it's
>>> >> > > > possible to achieve the above without any firmware changes?
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > Yes, the hardware is used and also supported in android. The interface
>>> >> > > to configure
>>> >> > > crop rectangle to firmware is via extradata. This extradata info is
>>> >> > > passed from v4l2
>>> >> > > clients via a separate plane in v4l2 buffer. The extradata payload is
>>> >> > > passed to
>>> >> > > firmware as is and the firmware parses it to know if crop, roi, etc.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Okay, so do I get it correctly that without extradata, the firmware
>>> >> > can only handle the case where width == stride?
>>> >>
>>> >> Firmware can support for case when width different than stride,
>>> >> without any
>>> >> additional interface requirement. Only when crop is different than YUV
>>> >> dimension,
>>> >> it would need the additional interface.
>>> >
>>> > Sorry, what is the relation between width/stride and YUV dimension? To
>>> > me "width" is the number of meaningful pixels in the line of the YUV
>>> > source frame and "stride" is the total number of bytes of the full YUV
>>> > line including padding.
>>> >
>>> >> Please confirm if the dimensions from S_SELECTION CROP could be set to
>>> >> firmware
>>> >> as bitstream dimensions.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Selection CROP rectangle should be set as the SPS crop.
>>> >
>>> > Imagine the following example:
>>> >
>>> > |<- stride ->|
>>> > |<- width ->| |
>>> > +------------------------------------+---------+----
>>> > | | | ^ ^
>>> > | meaningful | line | | |
>>> > | pixels | padding |
>>> > | | | b
>>> > | | | u
>>> > | | | f
>>> > | | | f
>>> > | | | e
>>> > | | | h r
>>> > | | | e
>>> > | | | i h
>>> > | | | g e
>>> > | | | h i
>>> > | | | t g
>>> > | | | h
>>> > | | | | t
>>> > | | | V
>>> > +------------------------------------+---------+-- |
>>> > | plane padding | v
>>> > +----------------------------------------------+----
>>> >
>>> > The encoder cares only about encoding the meaningful frame data that
>>> > occupies
>>> > the top-left-most width x height pixels. Since it needs to produce full
>>> > macroblocks, the input might need to be rounded up to full macroblock
>>> > dimensions, typically:
>>> >
>>> > coded_width = ALIGN(width, 16)
>>> > coded_height = ALIGN(height, 16)
>>> >
>>> > The resulting bitstream would have the resolution of coded_width x
>>> > coded_height, however since it only contains width x height of
>>> > meaningful pixels, the crop information (in SPS for H.264) would be
>>> > equal to width x height.
>>> >
>>> > Now in V4L2,
>>> >
>>> > - width is given by selection CROP rectangle width,
>>> > - height is given by selection CROP rectangle height,
>>> > - stride is given by OUTPUT format width,
>>> > - buffer height is given by OUTPUT format height.
>>> >
>>> > Hopefully this explains it well now.
>>>
>>> I am experimenting more on this by setting the stride to Venus during
>>> s_fmt on
>>> OUTPUT plane format. And setting the bitstream dimensions to firmware
>>> from the
>>> CROP selection. There are below limitations in this approach w.r.t
>>> Venus
>>> hardware
>>> 1. Stride would work for linear YUVs (NV12). For compressed (UBWC)
>>> YUV,
>>> fixed stride
>>> have few hardware limitations.
>>> 2. Stride and CROP can work when the left and top are [0,0]. At the
>>> moment, there
>>> isn't an interface to specify the start offset to firmware.
>>
>> Thanks for the investigation. In the meantime I also studied the venus
>> driver more closely and I noticed that actually it already supports
>> what you described above and does it in a way that is against the
>> specification.
>>
>> It expects that the userspace sets width and height to the CAPTURE
>> queue and uses it as the visible resolution for the encoded stream.
>> The way mandated by the specification is to ignore CAPTURE width and
>> height and take these values from the selection CROP rectangle
>> instead.
>>
>> Would you be able to work on modifying the driver to follow the
>> compliant way?
>
> We have experimented more with the sequence as per compliance and made
> the stride
> changes in video firmware. Results are good. The patch would be updated
> shortly
> with dependency on an updated video firmware version.
>
>>>
>>> Also, do we think, we should make S_SELECTION as mandatory in the
>>> initialization
>>> sequence ? It would work without S_SELECTION as well, but the encoded
>>> bitstream
>>> would have dimensions as the aligned ones (strides) as set in S_FMT
>>> (OUTPUT plane).
>>
>> The meaning of something being mandatory in V4L2 is a bit fuzzy,
>> because V4L2 is expected to always retain valid state. In case of
>> selection, the CROP_DEFAULT rectangle is defined to be the full frame
>> size and it could work in many cases. For example, it's not uncommon
>> for desktop Linux applications to manage the source buffers the
>> opposite way - first negotiate the format with the encoder and
>> allocate buffers and only then produce the contents appropriately to
>> match the encoded stream.
>
> Ok. In that case, the content itself would be the desired encoded
> bitstream.
>
> But still, the input YUV buffer can have a large dimension considering
> alignment requirement from other hardware which produces that YUV. So
> in that
> cases, we might still need the client to set CROP as the desired
> encoded
> stream. For ex. video hardware have YUV alignment as 128 bytes aligned,
> whereas
> camera hardware producing that YUV can share a buffer with 512 bytes
> alignment.
>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz
>>
>>>
>>> >> > If so, it sounds like this extradata should be generated by the driver
>>> >> > internally based on the selection CROP rectangle. In fact, the driver
>>> >> > already seems to have a definition of struct hfi_extradata_input_crop
>>> >> > [2]. So perhaps it wouldn't require much effort to implement the crop
>>> >> > properly?
>>> >> IIRC, Stan has done some experiments around the same. Would let him
>>> >> share
>>> >> his
>>> >> observations for this request.
>>> >
>>> > I think I'm a bit confused now, because I read in your message now that
>>> > extradata is not required to handle stride. Let's make sure that we're
>>> > on the same page first before starting to research the extradata topic.
>>> >
>>> > Best regards,
>>> > Tomasz
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> > [2]
>>> >> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.9-rc8/source/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_helper.h#L817
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Best regards,
>>> >> > Tomasz
>
> Thanks,
> Vikash
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