Some cameras post inaccurate frame where next frame data overlap it. this results in screen flicker, and it need to be prevented. So this patch marks the buffer error to discard the frame where buffer overflow. Signed-off-by: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c index fb86d6a..81a3530 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c @@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@ static void uvc_video_decode_data(struct uvc_streaming *stream, /* Complete the current frame if the buffer size was exceeded. */ if (len > maxlen) { uvc_trace(UVC_TRACE_FRAME, "Frame complete (overflow).\n"); + buf->error = 1; buf->state = UVC_BUF_STATE_READY; } } -- 2.7.4