Add a new flag to the `struct v4l2_m2m_dev` to toggle whether a queue
must be streaming in order to allow queuing jobs to the ready queue.
Currently, both queues (CAPTURE & OUTPUT) must be streaming in order to
allow adding new jobs. This behavior limits the usability of M2M for
some drivers, as these have to be able, to perform analysis of the
sequence to ensure, that userspace prepares the CAPTURE queue correctly.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h b/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
index d6c8eb2b5201..97a48e61e358 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ struct v4l2_m2m_dev;
* @rdy_spinlock: spin lock to protect the struct usage
* @num_rdy: number of buffers ready to be processed
* @buffered: is the queue buffered?
+ * @ignore_streaming: Dictates whether the queue must be streaming for a job to
+ * be queued.
+ * This is useful, for example, when the driver requires to
+ * initialize the sequence with a firmware, where only a
+ * queued OUTPUT queue buffer and STREAMON on the OUTPUT
+ * queue is required to perform the anlysis of the bitstream
+ * header.
+ * This means the driver is responsible for implementing the
+ * job_ready callback correctly to make sure that requirements
+ * for actual decoding are met.
*
* Queue for buffers ready to be processed as soon as this
* instance receives access to the device.
@@ -69,6 +79,7 @@ struct v4l2_m2m_queue_ctx {
spinlock_t rdy_spinlock;
u8 num_rdy;
bool buffered;
+ bool ignore_streaming;
};
/**
@@ -564,6 +575,12 @@ static inline void v4l2_m2m_set_dst_buffered(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.buffered = buffered;
}
+static inline void v4l2_m2m_set_dst_ignore_streaming(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
+ bool ignore_streaming)
+{
+ m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.ignore_streaming = ignore_streaming;
+}
+
/**
* v4l2_m2m_ctx_release() - release m2m context
*
--
2.25.1
