ffmpeg-v4l2-request-fourier: preserve sl->mb for inspection callback (0017)

Companion to 0016 (PR #106).  Adds a coefficient side buffer in
H264Context, populated at the start of ff_h264_hl_decode_mb with a
single memcpy from sl->mb BEFORE IDCT-add zeros it.  The existing
post-pixel-work callback (still in 0016) can now read:
  - h->mb_inspect_coeffs  = pre-IDCT coefficients (this patch)
  - h->cur_pic.f->data    = post-pixel-work pre-deblock reconstruction

and derive P = pixels − IDCT(C) for daedalus-decoder's frame-major
dispatch in PR-A3+.

Memcpy gated on (h->mb_inspect_cb != NULL).  Zero cost when no
consumer is registered.  Side buffer = 16 * 48 int16 = 1536 bytes
(matches the 8-bit half of sl->mb's int16_t[16 * 48 * 2] declared
size; high-bit-depth uses the upper half — not preserved here since
the daedalus-decoder consumer is 8-bit-only).

Single-threaded decode assumed at the consumer side
(avctx->thread_count = 1).  Multi-slice / multi-threaded streams
would race on the single side buffer — explicit limitation of the
inspection mechanism, future extension would put per-slice buffers
in H264SliceContext.

Verified: patches 0016 + 0017 apply cleanly and build in sequence
against the Kwiboo v4l2-request-n8.1 fork at the pinned commit
b57fbbe5.  ff_h264_set_mb_inspect_cb symbol exported as before.

Wired into arch PKGBUILD + debian build-deb.sh patch sequence.
pkgrel bumped 13 → 14.

Refs reauktion/daedalus-decoder!14 (PR-A2 callback wiring complete,
PR-A3 coefficient extraction is the next consumer).

arch/ffmpeg-v4l2-request-fourier/0017-h264-mb-coeffs-side-buffer.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Markus Fritsche <mfritsche@reauktion.de>
+Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 07:30:00 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] avcodec/h264: preserve sl->mb coefficients for the inspection
+ callback (companion to 0016)
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Patch 0016 adds a per-MB inspection callback fired at the end of
+ff_h264_hl_decode_mb.  By that time the IDCT-add path has already
+zeroed sl->mb (FFmpeg's convention — see ff_h264_idct_add_neon and
+friends), so consumers reading coefficients from the callback get
+zeros.
+
+Add a coefficient side buffer in H264Context, populated at the
+START of ff_h264_hl_decode_mb (before any IDCT runs) with a single
+memcpy from sl->mb.  The post-pixel-work callback (still in 0016)
+can then read both:
+  - the side-buffer coefficients (= just-entropy-decoded, pre-IDCT)
+  - the reconstructed pixels in h->cur_pic.f->data (= P + IDCT(C),
+    pre-deblock for this MB)
+and the consumer can derive P = pixels − IDCT(C) for daedalus-
+decoder's frame-major dispatch.
+
+Memcpy is gated on (h->mb_inspect_cb != NULL) — zero overhead when
+no consumer is registered.  Buffer size = sizeof(int16_t) * 16 * 48
+= 1536 bytes per H264Context (fits in one cache line family;
+allocated once at H264Context lifetime, reused per MB).
+
+8-bit path only.  High-bit-depth H.264 uses the upper half of
+sl->mb (int16_t[16 * 48 * 2] declared; the * 2 reserves space for
+the high-depth case); preserving the high-depth coefficients
+correctly would need a wider side buffer.  Punted for now — the
+daedalus-decoder consumer is 8-bit-only.
+
+Single-threaded decode assumed at the consumer side (avctx->
+thread_count = 1).  Multi-slice / multi-threaded streams would
+race on the single side buffer — that's an explicit limitation of
+the inspection mechanism, documented in 0016's comment block.
+Future extension: per-H264SliceContext side buffers.
+
+Used by:
+  - daedalus-decoder/tools/daedalus_decode_h264 PR-A3+ (CLI test
+    harness extracts coefficients here for daedalus-decoder
+    IDCT validation on real H.264 streams).
+
+Refs reauktion/daedalus-decoder!14 (PR-A2 callback wiring).
+---
+ libavcodec/h264_mb.c | 9 +++++++++
+ libavcodec/h264dec.h | 8 ++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/libavcodec/h264dec.h
++++ b/libavcodec/h264dec.h
+@@ -593,6 +593,14 @@
+     /* Per-MB inspection hook — set via ff_h264_set_mb_inspect_cb. */
+     ff_h264_mb_inspect_cb mb_inspect_cb;
+     void                 *mb_inspect_opaque;
++
++    /* Per-MB coefficient side buffer — populated at the start of
++     * ff_h264_hl_decode_mb so the post-pixel-work inspection callback
++     * can read the just-entropy-decoded coefficients before IDCT-add
++     * zeros sl->mb.  16 blocks × 48 int16 = libavcodec sl->mb size
++     * (matches DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, int16_t, mb)[16 * 48 * 2] for the
++     *  8-bit half; high-bit-depth paths skip this — see h264_mb.c). */
++    DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, int16_t, mb_inspect_coeffs)[16 * 48];
+ } H264Context;
+ 
+ extern const uint16_t ff_h264_mb_sizes[4];
+--- a/libavcodec/h264_mb.c
++++ b/libavcodec/h264_mb.c
+@@ -801,6 +801,15 @@
+ {
+     const int mb_xy   = sl->mb_xy;
+     const int mb_type = h->cur_pic.mb_type[mb_xy];
++
++    /* Snapshot just-entropy-decoded coefficients before IDCT-add
++     * destroys them.  Only when an inspection callback is registered
++     * — zero cost otherwise.  8-bit path only (high-bit-depth uses
++     * the upper half of sl->mb which we don't preserve here). */
++    if (h->mb_inspect_cb && !h->pixel_shift)
++        memcpy((int16_t *) (uintptr_t) h->mb_inspect_coeffs, sl->mb,
++               sizeof(((H264Context *) NULL)->mb_inspect_coeffs));
++
+     int is_complex    = CONFIG_SMALL || sl->is_complex ||
+                         IS_INTRA_PCM(mb_type) || sl->qscale == 0;
+ 

arch/ffmpeg-v4l2-request-fourier/PKGBUILD

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ _srcname=FFmpeg
 _version='8.1'
 _commit='b57fbbe50c9b2656fad86a1a7eeabfd2b2a50935'  # v4l2-request-n8.1 tip 2026-04-24
 pkgver=8.1.r123329.b57fbbe
-pkgrel=13  # pkgrel=13 — per-MB inspection callback (0016) for daedalus-decoder CLI test harness; observation-only, no behaviour change to existing decode path
+pkgrel=14  # pkgrel=14 — per-MB coefficient side buffer (0017) extending 0016 for daedalus-decoder CLI IDCT validation; observation-only, no behaviour change to existing decode path
 epoch=2
 
 # daedalus-fourier pin.  209a421 = PR #2 merge (Phase 8c — public API
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ source=("git+https://github.com/Kwiboo/FFmpeg.git#commit=${_commit}"
         '0013-h264-deblock-chroma-intra-daedalus-fourier.patch'
         '0014-h264-ctx-qpu-capable.patch'
         '0015-h264-ctx-revert-to-no-qpu.patch'
-        '0016-h264-mb-inspect-callback.patch')
+        '0016-h264-mb-inspect-callback.patch'
-sha256sums=('SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP')
+        '0017-h264-mb-coeffs-side-buffer.patch')
+sha256sums=('SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP')
 
 pkgver() {
   cd "${_srcname}"
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ prepare() {
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0014-h264-ctx-qpu-capable.patch"
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0015-h264-ctx-revert-to-no-qpu.patch"
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0016-h264-mb-inspect-callback.patch"
+  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0017-h264-mb-coeffs-side-buffer.patch"
 }
 
 build() {

debian/ffmpeg-v4l2-request-fourier/0017-h264-mb-coeffs-side-buffer.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Markus Fritsche <mfritsche@reauktion.de>
+Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 07:30:00 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] avcodec/h264: preserve sl->mb coefficients for the inspection
+ callback (companion to 0016)
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Patch 0016 adds a per-MB inspection callback fired at the end of
+ff_h264_hl_decode_mb.  By that time the IDCT-add path has already
+zeroed sl->mb (FFmpeg's convention — see ff_h264_idct_add_neon and
+friends), so consumers reading coefficients from the callback get
+zeros.
+
+Add a coefficient side buffer in H264Context, populated at the
+START of ff_h264_hl_decode_mb (before any IDCT runs) with a single
+memcpy from sl->mb.  The post-pixel-work callback (still in 0016)
+can then read both:
+  - the side-buffer coefficients (= just-entropy-decoded, pre-IDCT)
+  - the reconstructed pixels in h->cur_pic.f->data (= P + IDCT(C),
+    pre-deblock for this MB)
+and the consumer can derive P = pixels − IDCT(C) for daedalus-
+decoder's frame-major dispatch.
+
+Memcpy is gated on (h->mb_inspect_cb != NULL) — zero overhead when
+no consumer is registered.  Buffer size = sizeof(int16_t) * 16 * 48
+= 1536 bytes per H264Context (fits in one cache line family;
+allocated once at H264Context lifetime, reused per MB).
+
+8-bit path only.  High-bit-depth H.264 uses the upper half of
+sl->mb (int16_t[16 * 48 * 2] declared; the * 2 reserves space for
+the high-depth case); preserving the high-depth coefficients
+correctly would need a wider side buffer.  Punted for now — the
+daedalus-decoder consumer is 8-bit-only.
+
+Single-threaded decode assumed at the consumer side (avctx->
+thread_count = 1).  Multi-slice / multi-threaded streams would
+race on the single side buffer — that's an explicit limitation of
+the inspection mechanism, documented in 0016's comment block.
+Future extension: per-H264SliceContext side buffers.
+
+Used by:
+  - daedalus-decoder/tools/daedalus_decode_h264 PR-A3+ (CLI test
+    harness extracts coefficients here for daedalus-decoder
+    IDCT validation on real H.264 streams).
+
+Refs reauktion/daedalus-decoder!14 (PR-A2 callback wiring).
+---
+ libavcodec/h264_mb.c | 9 +++++++++
+ libavcodec/h264dec.h | 8 ++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/libavcodec/h264dec.h
++++ b/libavcodec/h264dec.h
+@@ -593,6 +593,14 @@
+     /* Per-MB inspection hook — set via ff_h264_set_mb_inspect_cb. */
+     ff_h264_mb_inspect_cb mb_inspect_cb;
+     void                 *mb_inspect_opaque;
++
++    /* Per-MB coefficient side buffer — populated at the start of
++     * ff_h264_hl_decode_mb so the post-pixel-work inspection callback
++     * can read the just-entropy-decoded coefficients before IDCT-add
++     * zeros sl->mb.  16 blocks × 48 int16 = libavcodec sl->mb size
++     * (matches DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, int16_t, mb)[16 * 48 * 2] for the
++     *  8-bit half; high-bit-depth paths skip this — see h264_mb.c). */
++    DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, int16_t, mb_inspect_coeffs)[16 * 48];
+ } H264Context;
+ 
+ extern const uint16_t ff_h264_mb_sizes[4];
+--- a/libavcodec/h264_mb.c
++++ b/libavcodec/h264_mb.c
+@@ -801,6 +801,15 @@
+ {
+     const int mb_xy   = sl->mb_xy;
+     const int mb_type = h->cur_pic.mb_type[mb_xy];
++
++    /* Snapshot just-entropy-decoded coefficients before IDCT-add
++     * destroys them.  Only when an inspection callback is registered
++     * — zero cost otherwise.  8-bit path only (high-bit-depth uses
++     * the upper half of sl->mb which we don't preserve here). */
++    if (h->mb_inspect_cb && !h->pixel_shift)
++        memcpy((int16_t *) (uintptr_t) h->mb_inspect_coeffs, sl->mb,
++               sizeof(((H264Context *) NULL)->mb_inspect_coeffs));
++
+     int is_complex    = CONFIG_SMALL || sl->is_complex ||
+                         IS_INTRA_PCM(mb_type) || sl->qscale == 0;
+ 

debian/ffmpeg-v4l2-request-fourier/build-deb.sh

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ FFMPEG_VERSION=8.1
 # epoch 2 matches Debian's stock ffmpeg (currently 7:7.1.x in trixie);
 # +rfourier suffix to avoid colliding with upstream/Debian rebuilds.
 PKGVER=2:${FFMPEG_VERSION}+rfourier+gb57fbbe
-PKGREL=13  # pkgrel=13 — per-MB inspection callback (0016) for daedalus-decoder CLI test harness; observation-only, no behaviour change to existing decode path
+PKGREL=14  # pkgrel=14 — per-MB coefficient side buffer (0017) extending 0016 for daedalus-decoder CLI IDCT validation; observation-only, no behaviour change to existing decode path
            # (cycle 9 of the daedalus-v4l2#11 step 2 substitution arc; closes
            # the libavcodec.so substitution sequence 6 IDCT4 / 7 IDCT8 /
            # 8 luma-v deblock / 9 qpel mc20).  Pulls daedalus-fourier PR #2
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ patch -Np1 -i "$HERE/0013-h264-deblock-chroma-intra-daedalus-fourier.patch"
 patch -Np1 -i "$HERE/0014-h264-ctx-qpu-capable.patch"
 patch -Np1 -i "$HERE/0015-h264-ctx-revert-to-no-qpu.patch"
 patch -Np1 -i "$HERE/0016-h264-mb-inspect-callback.patch"
+patch -Np1 -i "$HERE/0017-h264-mb-coeffs-side-buffer.patch"
 
 # --- daedalus-fourier: fetch + build static .a with PIC, install to a
 # per-build prefix; libavcodec.so links it into the shared object so