Merge pull request 'h264: max_num_ref_frames fallback + libva-boundary instrumentation (#8)' (#9) from claude-noether/libva-v4l2-request-fourier:noether/h264-3-set-controls-bitstream-bug-8 into master

Reviewed-on: marfrit/libva-v4l2-request-fourier#9
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@@ -827,10 +827,63 @@ int h264_set_controls(struct request_data *driver_data,
dpb_update(context, &surface->params.h264.picture);
/*
* Dump the raw VAAPI fields at the libva boundary so issue #8
* follow-up can disambiguate "ffmpeg-vaapi didn't populate" from
* "downstream consumer (daedalus_v4l2 wire protocol) corrupted the
* value". One-line; safe to leave in — costs a single printf per frame.
*/
request_log("h264_set_controls: VAProfile=%d seq_fields=0x%08x pic_fields=0x%08x num_ref_frames=%u bit_depth_luma_m8=%u bit_depth_chroma_m8=%u w_mbs_m1=%u h_mbs_m1=%u\n",
(int)profile,
surface->params.h264.picture.seq_fields.value,
surface->params.h264.picture.pic_fields.value,
surface->params.h264.picture.num_ref_frames,
surface->params.h264.picture.bit_depth_luma_minus8,
surface->params.h264.picture.bit_depth_chroma_minus8,
surface->params.h264.picture.picture_width_in_mbs_minus1,
surface->params.h264.picture.picture_height_in_mbs_minus1);
h264_va_picture_to_v4l2(driver_data, context, surface,
&surface->params.h264.picture,
&decode, &pps, &sps);
/*
* max_num_ref_frames fallback. Some VAAPI clients (older ffmpeg-vaapi
* paths, some daedalus_v4l2 consumers) leave VAPicture->num_ref_frames
* at zero. Hardware decoders tolerate; libavcodec-via-daedalus enforces
* sps.max_num_ref_frames strictly and rejects every frame.
*
* Count valid DPB entries first (the bitstream-true reference count we
* can see); fall back to a per-profile spec minimum if even that is 0.
* See marfrit/libva-v4l2-request-fourier issue #8.
*/
if (sps.max_num_ref_frames == 0) {
unsigned int valid = 0;
unsigned int i;
for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
const VAPictureH264 *ref =
&surface->params.h264.picture.ReferenceFrames[i];
if (!(ref->flags & VA_PICTURE_H264_INVALID))
valid++;
}
if (valid > 0) {
sps.max_num_ref_frames = (uint8_t)valid;
} else {
switch (profile) {
case VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:
sps.max_num_ref_frames = 1;
break;
case VAProfileH264Main:
case VAProfileH264High:
case VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh:
case VAProfileH264StereoHigh:
default:
sps.max_num_ref_frames = 4;
break;
}
}
}
/*
* Populate the scaling matrix unconditionally: from VAAPI's
* VAIQMatrixBufferH264 when the consumer sent one this frame