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Date:   Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:21:04 +0530
From:   dikshita@...eaurora.org
To:     Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, stanimir.varbanov@...aro.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        vgarodia@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] media: v4l2-ctrl: add controls for long term
 reference.

On 2021-02-01 16:40, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 25/01/2021 06:51, Dikshita Agarwal wrote:
>> Long Term Reference (LTR) frames are the frames that are encoded
>> sometime in the past and stored in the DPB buffer list to be used
>> as reference to encode future frames.
>> This change adds controls to enable this feature.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Dikshita Agarwal <dikshita@...eaurora.org>
>> ---
>>  .../userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst        | 18 
>> ++++++++++++++++++
>>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c                   | 14 
>> ++++++++++++++
>>  include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h                     |  3 +++
>>  3 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst 
>> b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>> index 400774c..a37d460 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>> @@ -3637,3 +3637,21 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_hevc_size_of_length_field 
>> -
>>        - Selecting this value specifies that HEVC slices are expected
>>          to be prefixed by Annex B start codes. According to 
>> :ref:`hevc`
>>          valid start codes can be 3-bytes 0x000001 or 4-bytes 
>> 0x00000001.
>> +
>> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_LTR_COUNT (integer)``
>> +       Specifies the number of Long Term Reference (LTR) frames 
>> encoder needs
> 
> frames encoder -> frames the encoder
> 
>> +       to generate or keep. This is applicable to the H264 and HEVC 
>> encoders.
> 
> Isn't this really the maximum number of LTR frames? I.e., the actual 
> number
> of LTR frames is something that is determined by userspace, right?
> 
> And you say 'generate or keep': but the encoder doesn't generate LTR 
> frames,
> they are marked as such by userspace. So this text would be just: "to 
> keep".
> 
> Or am I wrong?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Hans
> 
Hi Hans,

I Will update this as:
Specifies the maximum number of Long Term Reference (LTR) frames at any 
given time
that the encoder can keep.

Thanks,
Dikshita

>> +
>> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_LTR_INDEX (integer)``
>> +       The current frame is marked as a Long Term Reference (LTR) 
>> frame
>> +       and given this LTR index which ranges from 0 to LTR_COUNT-1.
>> +       This is applicable to the H264 and HEVC encoders and can be 
>> applied using
>> +       Request API.
>> +       Source Rec. ITU-T H.264 (06/2019); Table 7.9
>> +
>> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_USE_LTR_FRAMES (bitmask)``
>> +       Specifies the Long Term Reference (LTR) frame(s) to be used 
>> for
>> +       encoding the current frame.
>> +       This provides a bitmask which consists of bits [0, 
>> LTR_COUNT-1].
>> +       This is applicable to the H264 and HEVC encoders and can be 
>> applied using
>> +       Request API.
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c 
>> b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>> index 16ab54f..84c1eb8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>> @@ -950,6 +950,9 @@ const char *v4l2_ctrl_get_name(u32 id)
>>  	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MV_V_SEARCH_RANGE:		return "Vertical MV 
>> Search Range";
>>  	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_REPEAT_SEQ_HEADER:		return "Repeat Sequence 
>> Header";
>>  	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FORCE_KEY_FRAME:		return "Force Key Frame";
>> +	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_LTR_COUNT:			return "LTR Count";
>> +	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_LTR_INDEX:		return "Frame LTR Index";
>> +	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_USE_LTR_FRAMES:		return "Use LTR Frames";
>>  	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_SLICE_PARAMS:		return "MPEG-2 Slice 
>> Parameters";
>>  	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_QUANTIZATION:		return "MPEG-2 
>> Quantization Matrices";
>>  	case V4L2_CID_FWHT_I_FRAME_QP:				return "FWHT I-Frame QP Value";
>> @@ -1277,6 +1280,17 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, 
>> enum v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
>>  	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MV_V_SEARCH_RANGE:
>>  		*type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER;
>>  		break;
>> +	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_LTR_COUNT:
>> +		*type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER;
>> +		break;
>> +	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_LTR_INDEX:
>> +		*type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER;
>> +		*flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_EXECUTE_ON_WRITE;
>> +		break;
>> +	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_USE_LTR_FRAMES:
>> +		*type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BITMASK;
>> +		*flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_EXECUTE_ON_WRITE;
>> +		break;
>>  	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FORCE_KEY_FRAME:
>>  	case V4L2_CID_PAN_RESET:
>>  	case V4L2_CID_TILT_RESET:
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h 
>> b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>> index af8dda2..c0bb87b 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>> @@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_multi_slice_mode {
>>  #define 
>> V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MV_H_SEARCH_RANGE		(V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+227)
>>  #define 
>> V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MV_V_SEARCH_RANGE		(V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+228)
>>  #define 
>> V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FORCE_KEY_FRAME		(V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+229)
>> +#define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_LTR_COUNT			(V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+230)
>> +#define 
>> V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_LTR_INDEX		(V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+231)
>> +#define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_USE_LTR_FRAMES		(V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+232)
>> 
>>  /* CIDs for the MPEG-2 Part 2 (H.262) codec */
>>  #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL			(V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+270)
>> 

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