src/v3d_runner.c

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 
 #define CHK(call) do { VkResult r__ = (call); if (r__ != VK_SUCCESS) { \
     fprintf(stderr, "v3d_runner: vulkan error %d at %s:%d (%s)\n", \
@@ -368,10 +370,68 @@ void v3d_runner_destroy_buffer(v3d_runner *r, v3d_buffer *buf)
 
 /* ---- Pipelines -------------------------------------------------- */
 
+/* SPV lookup tries a small set of locations.  The caller passes a bare
+ * filename (e.g. "v3d_h264_idct4.spv"); we try, in order:
+ *
+ *   1. cwd-relative           (legacy contract; works when run from build/)
+ *   2. $DAEDALUS_SHADER_DIR   (env override for tests / packaged installs)
+ *   3. <binary-dir>/<name>    (so the bench/test binary finds the SPV next
+ *                              to itself regardless of cwd — this is the
+ *                              fix for the silent-no-SPV regression that
+ *                              made PR #36's bench numbers meaningless)
+ *   4. /opt/fourier/share/daedalus-fourier/<name>  (Pi 5 install layout)
+ *   5. /usr/share/daedalus-fourier/<name>          (system-wide install)
+ *
+ * Returns NULL only if every location fails, with a single perror naming
+ * the bare filename so the user can grep for it. */
+static FILE *open_spv(const char *name)
+{
+    FILE *f = fopen(name, "rb");
+    if (f) return f;
+
+    const char *envdir = getenv("DAEDALUS_SHADER_DIR");
+    if (envdir && *envdir) {
+        char p[PATH_MAX];
+        snprintf(p, sizeof(p), "%s/%s", envdir, name);
+        f = fopen(p, "rb");
+        if (f) return f;
+    }
+
+    char exe[PATH_MAX];
+    ssize_t n = readlink("/proc/self/exe", exe, sizeof(exe) - 1);
+    if (n > 0) {
+        exe[n] = 0;
+        char *slash = strrchr(exe, '/');
+        if (slash) {
+            *slash = 0;
+            char p[PATH_MAX];
+            snprintf(p, sizeof(p), "%s/%s", exe, name);
+            f = fopen(p, "rb");
+            if (f) return f;
+        }
+    }
+
+    char p[PATH_MAX];
+    snprintf(p, sizeof(p), "/opt/fourier/share/daedalus-fourier/%s", name);
+    f = fopen(p, "rb");
+    if (f) return f;
+
+    snprintf(p, sizeof(p), "/usr/share/daedalus-fourier/%s", name);
+    f = fopen(p, "rb");
+    if (f) return f;
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 static uint32_t *read_spv(const char *path, size_t *out_size)
 {
-    FILE *f = fopen(path, "rb");
+    FILE *f = open_spv(path);
-    if (!f) { perror(path); return NULL; }
+    if (!f) {
+        fprintf(stderr,
+                "daedalus: SPV not found via cwd / $DAEDALUS_SHADER_DIR / "
+                "binary-dir / /opt/fourier/share / /usr/share: %s\n", path);
+        return NULL;
+    }
     fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
     long sz = ftell(f);
     fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);

tests/bench_h264_primitives.c

@@ -44,12 +44,28 @@ static double now_ms(void) {
 /* Per-1080p-frame counts (8160 MBs at 1920x1088). */
 #define MBS_1080P  8160
 
-/* Standard benchmark loop.  fn() is called n times per iteration. */
+/* Standard benchmark loop.  fn() is called n times per iteration.
-typedef void (*bench_fn)(void);
+ *
+ * fn() now returns the dispatch's int rc.  A single preflight call is
+ * made before the hot loop; if rc != 0 (which on the QPU substrate
+ * almost always means "SPV not found via any search path"), bench_ns
+ * returns -1 and the caller must NOT report the kernel as measured.
+ *
+ * Without this, a missing SPV makes every dispatch fail fast at the
+ * cost of one fprintf+open call (~1-5 µs), and the loop times that
+ * cost as if it were real QPU work — producing absurdly-small ns/op
+ * numbers that look like a QPU speedup.  This is exactly what made
+ * PR #36's bench numbers a measurement artifact. */
+typedef int (*bench_fn)(void);
 
 static double bench_ns(const char *name, int iters, int warmup,
                         int ops_per_iter, bench_fn fn)
 {
+    int rc = fn();
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        printf("  %-32s    DISPATCH FAILED rc=%d — kernel skipped\n", name, rc);
+        return -1;
+    }
     for (int i = 0; i < warmup; i++) fn();
     double t0 = now_ms();
     for (int i = 0; i < iters; i++) fn();
@@ -76,8 +92,8 @@ static int16_t              idct4_coeffs[1024 * 16];
 static daedalus_h264_block_meta idct4_meta[1024];
 static uint8_t              idct_dst[64 * 4 * 16 * 16];   /* 64 MB-rows × ... */
 
-static void bench_idct4(void) {
+static int bench_idct4(void) {
-    daedalus_dispatch_h264_idct4(ctx, g_sub,
+    return daedalus_dispatch_h264_idct4(ctx, g_sub,
                                   idct_dst, 64*16, idct4_coeffs, 1024, idct4_meta);
 }
 
@@ -85,8 +101,8 @@ static void bench_idct4(void) {
 static int16_t              idct8_coeffs[256 * 64];
 static daedalus_h264_block_meta idct8_meta[256];
 
-static void bench_idct8(void) {
+static int bench_idct8(void) {
-    daedalus_dispatch_h264_idct8(ctx, g_sub,
+    return daedalus_dispatch_h264_idct8(ctx, g_sub,
                                   idct_dst, 64*16, idct8_coeffs, 256, idct8_meta);
 }
 
@@ -94,13 +110,13 @@ static void bench_idct8(void) {
 static daedalus_h264_deblock_meta deblock_meta[256];
 static uint8_t deblock_dst[256 * 16 * 16];
 
-static void bench_deblock_v(void) {
+static int bench_deblock_v(void) {
-    daedalus_dispatch_h264_deblock_luma_v(ctx, g_sub,
+    return daedalus_dispatch_h264_deblock_luma_v(ctx, g_sub,
                                            deblock_dst, 16, 256, deblock_meta);
 }
 
-static void bench_deblock_h(void) {
+static int bench_deblock_h(void) {
-    daedalus_dispatch_h264_deblock_luma_h(ctx, g_sub,
+    return daedalus_dispatch_h264_deblock_luma_h(ctx, g_sub,
                                            deblock_dst, 16, 256, deblock_meta);
 }
 
@@ -109,16 +125,16 @@ static uint8_t qpel_src[256 * 16 * 16];
 static uint8_t qpel_dst[256 * 16 * 16];
 static daedalus_h264_qpel_meta qpel_meta[256];
 
-static void bench_qpel_mc20(void) {
+static int bench_qpel_mc20(void) {
-    daedalus_dispatch_h264_qpel_mc20(ctx, g_sub,
+    return daedalus_dispatch_h264_qpel_mc20(ctx, g_sub,
                                       qpel_dst, qpel_src, 16, 256, qpel_meta);
 }
-static void bench_qpel_mc02(void) {
+static int bench_qpel_mc02(void) {
-    daedalus_dispatch_h264_qpel_mc02(ctx, g_sub,
+    return daedalus_dispatch_h264_qpel_mc02(ctx, g_sub,
                                       qpel_dst, qpel_src, 16, 256, qpel_meta);
 }
-static void bench_qpel_mc22(void) {
+static int bench_qpel_mc22(void) {
-    daedalus_dispatch_h264_qpel_mc22(ctx, g_sub,
+    return daedalus_dispatch_h264_qpel_mc22(ctx, g_sub,
                                       qpel_dst, qpel_src, 16, 256, qpel_meta);
 }
 
@@ -197,11 +213,25 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         rows[i].cpu_ns = bench_ns(rows[i].name, iters, warmup, rows[i].n_per_call, rows[i].fn);
 
     /* Pass 2: QPU compute (if available). */
+    int qpu_failures = 0;
     if (has_qpu) {
         g_sub = DAEDALUS_SUBSTRATE_QPU;
         printf("\n== QPU V3D7 compute ==\n");
-        for (int i = 0; i < N_ROWS; i++)
+        for (int i = 0; i < N_ROWS; i++) {
             rows[i].qpu_ns = bench_ns(rows[i].name, iters, warmup, rows[i].n_per_call, rows[i].fn);
+            if (rows[i].qpu_ns < 0) qpu_failures++;
+        }
+        if (qpu_failures) {
+            fprintf(stderr,
+                "\nbench_h264_primitives: %d of %d QPU dispatches failed.\n"
+                "  Almost always means SPV files were not found via any of:\n"
+                "    cwd  /  $DAEDALUS_SHADER_DIR  /  binary-dir  /\n"
+                "    /opt/fourier/share/daedalus-fourier  /  /usr/share/daedalus-fourier\n"
+                "  Set DAEDALUS_SHADER_DIR=<path> or run from a dir where the\n"
+                "  .spv files exist (e.g. the cmake build dir).\n",
+                qpu_failures, N_ROWS);
+            return 2;
+        }
     }
 
     /* Summary table — both substrates side by side. */