[PATCH 2/8] videodev2.h: add V4L2_DEC_CMD_FLUSH

From: Jernej Skrabec
Date: Thu Aug 22 2019 - 15:45:21 EST


From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx>

Add this new V4L2_DEC_CMD_FLUSH decoder command and document it.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@xxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-decoder-cmd.rst | 11 ++++++++++-
Documentation/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions | 1 +
include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-decoder-cmd.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-decoder-cmd.rst
index 57f0066f4cff..0bffef6058f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-decoder-cmd.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-decoder-cmd.rst
@@ -208,7 +208,16 @@ introduced in Linux 3.3. They are, however, mandatory for stateful mem2mem decod
been started yet, the driver will return an ``EPERM`` error code. When
the decoder is already running, this command does nothing. No
flags are defined for this command.
-
+ * - ``V4L2_DEC_CMD_FLUSH``
+ - 4
+ - Flush any held capture buffers. Only valid for stateless decoders,
+ and only if ``V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_M2M_HOLD_CAPTURE_BUF`` was set.
+ This command is typically used when the application reached the
+ end of the stream and the last output buffer had the
+ ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_M2M_HOLD_CAPTURE_BUF`` flag set. This would prevent
+ dequeueing the last capture buffer containing the last decoded frame.
+ So this command can be used to explicitly flush that last decoded
+ frame.

Return Value
============
diff --git a/Documentation/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions b/Documentation/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
index adeb6b7a15cb..a79028e4d929 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
+++ b/Documentation/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ replace define V4L2_DEC_CMD_START decoder-cmds
replace define V4L2_DEC_CMD_STOP decoder-cmds
replace define V4L2_DEC_CMD_PAUSE decoder-cmds
replace define V4L2_DEC_CMD_RESUME decoder-cmds
+replace define V4L2_DEC_CMD_FLUSH decoder-cmds

replace define V4L2_DEC_CMD_START_MUTE_AUDIO decoder-cmds
replace define V4L2_DEC_CMD_PAUSE_TO_BLACK decoder-cmds
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index 4fa9f543742d..91a79e16089c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -1978,6 +1978,7 @@ struct v4l2_encoder_cmd {
#define V4L2_DEC_CMD_STOP (1)
#define V4L2_DEC_CMD_PAUSE (2)
#define V4L2_DEC_CMD_RESUME (3)
+#define V4L2_DEC_CMD_FLUSH (4)

/* Flags for V4L2_DEC_CMD_START */
#define V4L2_DEC_CMD_START_MUTE_AUDIO (1 << 0)
--
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