linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] media: rkvdec: Disable H.264 error detection

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Message-ID: <Yrnsi2lbtYEDgTEk@eze-laptop>
Date:   Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:44:43 -0300
From:   Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...guardiasur.com.ar>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Cc:     Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@...labora.com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...labora.com>,
        kernel@...labora.com,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] media: rkvdec: Disable H.264 error detection

Hi Hans,

On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 09:39:19AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 08:52:11AM -0400, Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
> > Quite often, the HW get stuck in error condition if a stream error
> > was detected. As documented, the HW should stop immediately and self
> > reset. There is likely a problem or a miss-understanding of the self
> > self reset mechanism, as unless we make a long pause, the next command
> > will then report an error even if there is no error in it.
> > 
> > Disabling error detection fixes the issue, and let the decoder continue
> > after an error. This patch is safe for backport into older kernels.
> > 
> > Fixes: cd33c830448b ("media: rkvdec: Add the rkvdec driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@...labora.com>
> 
> This is effectively how ChromeOS previously was using this hardware for
> years. When moving to the upstream/staging driver, this started giving
> us problems. This fix is helpful; we'd rather sacrifice error detection
> for now, to avoid hanging the hardware in error cases ;)
> 
> Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
> Tested-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>

Reviewed-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...guardiasur.com.ar>

Given this is stable material, looks like we should queue it,
while the rest of the series is still being discussed.

Thanks,
Ezequiel