Some stateless decoders don't support per-slice decoding (or at least
not in a way that would make them efficient or easy to use).
Let's expose a menu to control and expose the supported decoding modes.
Drivers are allowed to support only one decoding but they can support
both too.

Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezil...@collabora.com>
---
Changes in v2:
* Allow decoding multiple slices in per-slice decoding mode
* Minor doc improvement/fixes
---
 .../media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst        | 46 ++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c          |  9 ++++
 include/media/h264-ctrls.h                    | 13 ++++++
 3 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst 
b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
index 82547d5de250..e3b9ab73a588 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
@@ -1748,6 +1748,14 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
     * - __u32
       - ``size``
       -
+    * - __u32
+      - ``start_byte_offset``
+      - Where the slice payload starts in the output buffer. Useful when
+        operating in per frame decoding mode and decoding multi-slice content.
+        In this case, the output buffer will contain more than one slice and
+        some codecs need to know where each slice starts. Note that this
+        offsets points to the beginning of the slice which is supposed to
+        contain an ANNEX B start code.
     * - __u32
       - ``header_bit_size``
       -
@@ -1931,7 +1939,13 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
       -
     * - __u16
       - ``num_slices``
-      - Number of slices needed to decode the current frame
+      - Number of slices attached to decode the operation. When operating in
+        per-frame decoding mode (see
+        :c:type:`v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_decoding_mode`), this field should
+        be set to the number of slices needed to fully decode the frame. When
+        operating in per-slice decoding mode this field can be set to anything
+        between 1 and the remaining number of slices needed to fully decode the
+        frame.
     * - __u16
       - ``nal_ref_idc``
       - NAL reference ID value coming from the NAL Unit header
@@ -2022,6 +2036,36 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
       - 0x00000004
       - The DPB entry is a long term reference frame
 
+``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_MODE (enum)``
+    Specifies the decoding mode to use. Currently exposes per slice and per
+    frame decoding but new modes might be added later on.
+
+    .. note::
+
+       This menu control is not yet part of the public kernel API and
+       it is expected to change.
+
+.. c:type:: v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_decoding_mode
+
+.. cssclass:: longtable
+
+.. flat-table::
+    :header-rows:  0
+    :stub-columns: 0
+    :widths:       1 1 2
+
+    * - ``V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_PER_SLICE``
+      - 0
+      - The decoding is done per slice. 
v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params->num_slices
+        can be set to anything between 1 and the remaining number of slices
+        needed to fully decode a frame.
+    * - ``V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_PER_FRAME``
+      - 1
+      - The decoding is done per frame. 
v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params->num_slices
+        can be > 1. When that happens, the output buffer should contain all
+        slices needed to decode a frame/field, each slice being prefixed by an
+        Annex B NAL header/start-code.
+
 .. _v4l2-mpeg-mpeg2:
 
 ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_SLICE_PARAMS (struct)``
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c 
b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
index 1870cecad9ae..957eb9e2ab0f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
@@ -406,6 +406,11 @@ const char * const *v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(u32 id)
                "Explicit",
                NULL,
        };
+       static const char * const h264_decoding_mode[] = {
+               "Per Slice",
+               "Per Frame",
+               NULL,
+       };
        static const char * const mpeg_mpeg2_level[] = {
                "Low",
                "Main",
@@ -637,6 +642,8 @@ const char * const *v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(u32 id)
                return h264_fp_arrangement_type;
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_FMO_MAP_TYPE:
                return h264_fmo_map_type;
+       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_MODE:
+               return h264_decoding_mode;
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL:
                return mpeg_mpeg2_level;
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_PROFILE:
@@ -856,6 +863,7 @@ const char *v4l2_ctrl_get_name(u32 id)
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SCALING_MATRIX:           return "H264 
Scaling Matrix";
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SLICE_PARAMS:             return "H264 
Slice Parameters";
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_PARAMS:            return "H264 
Decode Parameters";
+       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_MODE:            return "H264 
Decoding Mode";
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL:                   return "MPEG2 
Level";
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_PROFILE:                 return "MPEG2 
Profile";
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG4_I_FRAME_QP:              return "MPEG4 
I-Frame QP Value";
@@ -1223,6 +1231,7 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum 
v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_VUI_SAR_IDC:
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SEI_FP_ARRANGEMENT_TYPE:
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_FMO_MAP_TYPE:
+       case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_MODE:
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL:
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_PROFILE:
        case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG4_LEVEL:
diff --git a/include/media/h264-ctrls.h b/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
index e1404d78d6ff..4572936b7c48 100644
--- a/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
+++ b/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SCALING_MATRIX        
(V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1002)
 #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SLICE_PARAMS  (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1003)
 #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_PARAMS (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1004)
+#define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_MODE (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1005)
 
 /* enum v4l2_ctrl_type type values */
 #define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SPS                        0x0110
@@ -33,6 +34,12 @@
 #define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SCALING_MATRIX     0x0112
 #define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SLICE_PARAMS       0x0113
 #define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_DECODE_PARAMS      0x0114
+#define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_DECODING_MODE      0x0115
+
+enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_decoding_mode {
+       V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_PER_SLICE,
+       V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODING_PER_FRAME,
+};
 
 #define V4L2_H264_SPS_CONSTRAINT_SET0_FLAG                     0x01
 #define V4L2_H264_SPS_CONSTRAINT_SET1_FLAG                     0x02
@@ -111,6 +118,8 @@ struct v4l2_h264_pred_weight_table {
        struct v4l2_h264_weight_factors weight_factors[2];
 };
 
+#define V4L2_H264_MAX_SLICES_PER_FRAME                 16
+
 #define V4L2_H264_SLICE_TYPE_P                         0
 #define V4L2_H264_SLICE_TYPE_B                         1
 #define V4L2_H264_SLICE_TYPE_I                         2
@@ -125,6 +134,10 @@ struct v4l2_h264_pred_weight_table {
 struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_slice_params {
        /* Size in bytes, including header */
        __u32 size;
+
+       /* Offset in bytes relative to the beginning of the output buffer. */
+       __u32 start_byte_offset;
+
        /* Offset in bits to slice_data() from the beginning of this slice. */
        __u32 header_bit_size;
 
-- 
2.20.1

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