Hi Christian, On 23/01/2023 13:04, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 09:43:00AM +0000, Christian Hewitt wrote: >> From: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Also check the hardware write pointer to check if ES Parser has stalled. >> > > Presumably this is something which has happens in real life? Say a user > has this hardware and is wondering if this patch fixes their bug, what > does this bug look like to them? > > Please add a Fixes tag. I'm marking this as Changes Requested in patchwork. Dan has good comments, and in general, if something is 'weird', then it needs to be commented carefully. Regards, Hans > >> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c | 15 +++++++++++---- >> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c >> index df5956c6141d..41b705f999b2 100644 >> --- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c >> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c >> @@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ esparser_queue(struct amvdec_session *sess, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf) >> u32 num_dst_bufs = 0; >> u32 offset; >> u32 pad_size; >> + u32 wp, wp2; >> >> /* >> * When max ref frame is held by VP9, this should be -= 3 to prevent a >> @@ -354,15 +355,21 @@ esparser_queue(struct amvdec_session *sess, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf) >> } >> >> pad_size = esparser_pad_start_code(core, vb, payload_size); >> + wp = amvdec_read_parser(core, PARSER_VIDEO_WP); >> ret = esparser_write_data(core, phy, payload_size + pad_size); >> + wp2 = amvdec_read_parser(core, PARSER_VIDEO_WP); >> > > Why is check not done inside the esparser_write_data() function? It > really feels like doing a write where nothing happens should be a bug > for both callers... > > The esparser_write_data() function returns > 0 on success, 0 on timeout > (I guess timeout is an error-ish) and negative if the user presses > CTR-C. There are no comments to explain the unusual returns. Could we > clean this up so it just returns negatives on error and zero on success > or if not then let's add a comment explaining what's going on? > >> if (ret <= 0) { >> - dev_warn(core->dev, "esparser: input parsing error\n"); >> - amvdec_remove_ts(sess, vb->timestamp); >> - v4l2_m2m_buf_done(vbuf, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR); >> amvdec_write_parser(core, PARSER_FETCH_CMD, 0); >> >> - return 0; >> + if (ret < 0 || wp2 == wp) { > > So in this patch if there is a timeout but something was written then > that's kind of a success path? > > regards, > dan carpenter > >> + dev_err(core->dev, "esparser: input parsing error ret %d (%x <=> %x)\n", >> + ret, wp, wp2); >> + amvdec_remove_ts(sess, vb->timestamp); >> + v4l2_m2m_buf_done(vbuf, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR); >> + >> + return 0; >> + } >> } >> >> atomic_inc(&sess->esparser_queued_bufs); >