Phase 8.6: dmabuf + AV1 + H.264 + stateless controls

Removes the Phase 8.5 64 KiB frame-size cap by exporting CAPTURE
buffers as dmabuf-fds the daemon mmaps and writes pixels into
directly. Adds AV1 + H.264 codec support, V4L2 stateless control
registration, and the compliance polish that brings the driver
to 47/48 v4l2-compliance pass.

Protocol (include/daedalus_v4l2_proto.h):
- struct daedalus_req_decode grew capture-buffer metadata
  (width/height/pix_fmt/num_planes + per-plane size+stride).
- New DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF ioctl on the chardev: daemon
  asks for a per-plane dmabuf fd, kernel calls vb2_core_expbuf
  in daemon task context so the fd lands in the daemon's table.

Kernel m2m driver (kernel/daedalus_v4l2_main.c):
- Both queues switched to vb2_dma_contig_memops. OUTPUT was
  vmalloc in 8.5; the switch is needed because vmalloc doesn't
  honour V4L2_MEMORY_FLAG_NON_COHERENT and v4l2-compliance's
  REQBUFS test rejected the driver because of it. We still
  read bitstream via vb2_plane_vaddr (dma_contig gives a
  kernel virtual address just like vmalloc did).
- dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(DMA_BIT_MASK(32)) in probe.
- queue_setup populates alloc_devs[plane] = &pdev->dev for
  both queues; allow_cache_hints=1 on both.
- daedalus_export_capture_dmabuf(cookie, plane, flags, *fd):
  walks inflight list, calls vb2_core_expbuf on the CAPTURE
  buffer in the caller's (daemon's) task context.
- device_run fills the new REQ_DECODE capture fields from
  ctx->dst_fmt and maps ctx->src_fmt.pixelformat to
  DAEDALUS_CODEC_VP9 / _AV1 / _H264 (was hard-wired to VP9).
- daedalus_complete_resp_frame handles both the 8.5 inline
  path (kept for debugging) and the 8.6 dmabuf path (pixels
  already in CAPTURE buffer, just set payload from metadata).
- enum_fmt advertises all 3 OUTPUT formats (VP9F, AV1F, S264).
- try_fmt preserves userspace colorspace fields instead of
  overwriting with REC709 defaults (fixes 8.5 compliance fail).
- s_fmt propagates OUTPUT colorspace → CAPTURE (stateless
  decoder round-trip test at v4l2-test-formats.cpp:958).
- 12 V4L2 stateless controls registered per open (VP9_FRAME,
  VP9_COMPRESSED_HDR, H264_SPS/PPS/SCALING/PRED_WEIGHTS/
  SLICE_PARAMS/DECODE_PARAMS, AV1_FRAME/SEQUENCE/
  TILE_GROUP_ENTRY/FILM_GRAIN). Daemon ignores values (FFmpeg
  re-parses); registration is what makes libva-v4l2-request
  see us.

Kernel chardev (kernel/daedalus_v4l2_chardev.c):
- New unlocked_ioctl dispatching DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF to
  daedalus_export_capture_dmabuf.
- debugfs test_decode cookies unified with the m2m cookie
  allocator via shared daedalus_next_cookie() — kills the
  Phase 8.5 namespace collision.

Daemon (daemon/src/...):
- New dmabuf_capture.{c,h}: GET_DMABUF + mmap each plane on
  REQ_DECODE; munmap + close on completion. O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC
  is essential — vb2_core_expbuf extracts O_ACCMODE from flags
  and exports read-only by default (caught on first run; mmap
  -EACCES on PROT_WRITE).
- decoder.{c,h}: lazily opens AV1 + H.264 AVCodecContexts in
  addition to VP9 (dropped the -ENOSYS stubs). pack_nv12_to_planes
  writes Y line-by-line into planes[0] with planes[0].stride;
  interleaves Cb/Cr into planes[1] with planes[1].stride.
- chardev_client.c handle_req_decode: opens dmabuf planes,
  runs decode (pixels land in CAPTURE buffer directly), closes
  planes, sends metadata-only RESP_FRAME. No wire-pixel
  allocation.

Test harness (tools/test_m2m_decode.c):
- Optional 5th arg `codec` (vp9 | av1 | h264). Same client
  drives all three codecs.

Verification on hertz (Pi 5, 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-2712):

Bit-exact end-to-end vs `ffmpeg -pix_fmt nv12`:
  VP9   1920x1080  3,110,400 bytes  MATCH
  AV1     128x96      18,432 bytes  MATCH
  H.264   128x96      18,432 bytes  MATCH

VP9 1080p went through the full dmabuf path with no chardev
payload bloat — the same chardev that capped at 64 KiB in 8.5
now ferries metadata only and lets the daemon mmap+write a
3.1 MB frame directly into the V4L2 client's buffer.

v4l2-compliance:
  Phase 8.1: 44/48
  Phase 8.5: 44/48 (different fails after m2m landed)
  Phase 8.6: 47/48
  Only remaining: VIDIOC_(TRY_)DECODER_CMD (needs media
  controller — explicitly Phase 8.7 work).

11 standard compound controls visible:
  vp9_frame_decode_parameters, vp9_probabilities_updates,
  h264_sequence_parameter_set, h264_picture_parameter_set,
  h264_scaling_matrix, h264_prediction_weight_table,
  h264_slice_parameters, h264_decode_parameters,
  av1_sequence_parameters, av1_frame_parameters,
  av1_film_grain (av1_tile_group_entry refused by hdl->error
  on this kernel — skipped silently).

Clean SIGTERM + rmmod, no oops/WARN.

Roadmap update (docs/roadmap.md):
- Phase 8.6 marked closed with the closure-doc reference.
- Phase 8.7 reshaped to (1) media controller, (2) perf +
  daedalus_dispatch_* substitution, (3) HDR/10-bit, (4)
  long-form multi-frame streaming.

Per correctness-before-speed:
- Real V4L2 dmabuf via vb2_core_expbuf (not a sideband
  fd-passing hack).
- O_RDWR access mode threaded through correctly.
- Strict pixel-byte comparison against ffmpeg, not "looks
  right" eyeballing.
- Each compliance edge documented with the underlying test
  source-line + the fix.
- All resource paths cleaned (munmap + close per plane on
  every exit, including error paths).

Phase 8.7 next: media controller binding (closes last
compliance fail), per-frame profiling, QPU dispatch
substitution targeting 30fps@1080p from
30fps-floor-is-fine memory.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Phase 8.6 closure — dmabuf + AV1 + H.264 + stateless controls
**Status:** closed 2026-05-18.
Phase 8.5 shipped a working V4L2 m2m driver but capped frame
size at 64 KiB because RESP_FRAME carried inline pixel data
through the chardev. Phase 8.6 removes that cap by exporting
CAPTURE buffers as dmabuf-fds the daemon mmaps and writes
directly into. Along the way: AV1 + H.264 codecs land, V4L2
stateless controls register so libva-v4l2-request will
recognise us as a real stateless decoder, and the remaining
v4l2-compliance edges get polished (47/48 passing now, only
DECODER_CMD remains — that wants a media controller, deferred
to a follow-up).
## What lands
### Protocol (`include/daedalus_v4l2_proto.h`)
- `struct daedalus_req_decode` grew capture-buffer metadata:
`capture_width`, `capture_height`, `capture_pix_fmt`,
`capture_num_planes`, per-plane `size[3]` + `stride[3]`,
`flags`. The daemon needs these to call
`DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF` and to know how to lay out NV12
in the mapped plane.
- New `struct daedalus_get_dmabuf` + `DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF`
ioctl (`_IOWR('D', 1, ...)`). Takes `(cookie, plane,
flags)`, returns an fd installed in the calling task's fd
table.
### Kernel m2m driver (`kernel/daedalus_v4l2_main.c`)
- **Both queues switched to `vb2_dma_contig_memops`**. OUTPUT
was vmalloc in Phase 8.5; the switch makes
`V4L2_MEMORY_FLAG_NON_COHERENT` work on REQBUFS (vmalloc
doesn't honour the flag and v4l2-compliance rejected the
driver because of it). We still read the bitstream via
`vb2_plane_vaddr` — dma_contig provides a kernel virtual
address just like vmalloc did.
- `dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))`
in probe so the platform device satisfies vb2_dma_contig's
parent-device requirement.
- `queue_setup` now populates `alloc_devs[plane] =
&pdev->dev` for both queues.
- Both queues set `allow_cache_hints = 1` and `io_modes`
expanded to include `VB2_DMABUF` (CAPTURE also gains it
for the daemon's mmap path).
- New `daedalus_export_capture_dmabuf(cookie, plane, flags,
out_fd)`: walks the inflight list, calls `vb2_core_expbuf`
on the CAPTURE buffer in the caller's (daemon's) task
context. Backs the new chardev ioctl.
- `device_run` extended to fill the new REQ_DECODE capture
fields from `ctx->dst_fmt`, and to map
`ctx->src_fmt.pixelformat` → `DAEDALUS_CODEC_VP9 / _AV1
/ _H264` (was hard-wired to VP9 in 8.5).
- `daedalus_complete_resp_frame` now handles both the Phase
8.5 inline-pixel path (still in tree for debugging /
back-compat) and the Phase 8.6 dmabuf path where
`pixels_len == 0` and pixels already live in the CAPTURE
buffer — sets plane payload from the daemon's metadata
either way.
- `enum_fmt` advertises all three OUTPUT formats:
`VP9_FRAME`, `AV1_FRAME`, `H264_SLICE`.
- `try_fmt` preserves userspace-supplied colorspace / xfer /
ycbcr_enc / quantization across the fill helper (was
rewriting to REC709 defaults; v4l2-compliance failed the
TRY_FMT colorspace round-trip in 8.5).
- `s_fmt` propagates OUTPUT colorspace to CAPTURE so a
follow-up G_FMT on CAPTURE returns matching values
(v4l2-test-formats.cpp:958 stateless-decoder round-trip).
- Twelve V4L2 stateless controls registered per open:
`STATELESS_VP9_FRAME`, `STATELESS_VP9_COMPRESSED_HDR`,
`STATELESS_H264_{SPS,PPS,SCALING_MATRIX,PRED_WEIGHTS,
SLICE_PARAMS,DECODE_PARAMS}`,
`STATELESS_AV1_{FRAME,SEQUENCE,TILE_GROUP_ENTRY,FILM_GRAIN}`.
Daemon ignores values (FFmpeg parses headers itself); the
registration is what makes libva-v4l2-request see us.
### Kernel chardev (`kernel/daedalus_v4l2_chardev.c`)
- New `unlocked_ioctl` handler dispatching
`DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF` to
`daedalus_export_capture_dmabuf`.
- debugfs `test_decode` cookies unified with the m2m
`daedalus_next_cookie()` allocator so the two namespaces
never collide.
### Daemon
- **New** `daemon/src/dmabuf_capture.{c,h}`:
- `daedalus_capture_planes_open(chardev_fd, cookie, req,
out)`: ioctl GET_DMABUF per plane with
`O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC` (O_RDWR is essential —
vb2_core_expbuf uses `flags & O_ACCMODE` to choose the
dma_buf's access mode, default O_RDONLY gives mmap
`-EACCES` on writes), mmap each plane, populate
`{fd, base, size, stride}` per plane.
- `daedalus_capture_planes_close(p)`: munmap + close each
plane.
- `daemon/src/decoder.c`:
- Lazily opens AV1 + H.264 AVCodecContexts in addition to
VP9 (the existing -ENOSYS stubs were dropped — FFmpeg
decodes all three via dlopen).
- `pack_nv12_to_planes`: writes Y line-by-line into
`planes[0].base` with `planes[0].stride`, interleaves
Cb/Cr into `planes[1].base` with `planes[1].stride`.
Strips source stride padding from `fr->linesize[*]`;
respects destination strides so libav alignment doesn't
corrupt the V4L2 client's view.
- `daedalus_decoder_run_request` signature simplified —
takes the mapped planes instead of a wire buffer.
- `daemon/src/chardev_client.c`:
- `handle_req_decode` opens dmabuf planes, runs decode
(writing pixels straight into the mapped CAPTURE
buffer), closes planes, sends a metadata-only
RESP_FRAME. No wire-pixel allocation at all.
- `daemon/CMakeLists.txt`: includes `dmabuf_capture.c`.
### Test harness (`tools/test_m2m_decode.c`)
- Optional 5th argument `codec` (vp9 | av1 | h264) selects
the OUTPUT fourcc. Same client drives all three codecs.
## Verification
### Bit-exact end-to-end vs reference FFmpeg
| Codec | Frame | Bitstream | Decoded NV12 | vs `ffmpeg -pix_fmt nv12` |
|-------|--------|-----------|--------------|---------------------------|
| VP9 | 1920×1080 | 12690 B | 3,110,400 B | **byte-for-byte match ✓** |
| AV1 | 128×96 | 456 B | 18,432 B | **byte-for-byte match ✓** |
| H.264 | 128×96 | 1863 B | 18,432 B | **byte-for-byte match ✓** |
VP9 1080p decode went through the full dmabuf path with no
chardev payload bloat — the same chardev that capped at 64 KiB
in Phase 8.5 now ferries metadata only and lets the daemon
mmap+write a 3.1 MB frame directly into the V4L2 client's
buffer.
### v4l2-compliance
```
Total for daedalus_v4l2 device /dev/video0: 48, Succeeded: 47, Failed: 1
```
| Phase | Pass | Fail | Delta |
|-------|------|------|-------|
| 8.1 | 44/48 | 4 | baseline |
| 8.5 | 44/48 | 4 | (different fails — m2m wired) |
| 8.6 | 47/48 | 1 | +3 pass |
The one remaining fail is `VIDIOC_(TRY_)DECODER_CMD`:
```
fail: v4l2-test-codecs.cpp(105):
(node->codec_mask & STATELESS_DECODER) && !node->has_media
```
Compliance requires stateless decoders to bind a media
controller (for the request API). That's the next milestone;
not addressed in 8.6.
### Format + control enumeration
```
$ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-formats-out
[0]: 'VP9F' (VP9 Frame, compressed)
[1]: 'AV1F' (AV1 Frame, compressed)
[2]: 'S264' (H.264 Parsed Slice Data, compressed)
$ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -l
h264_sequence_parameter_set (has-payload)
h264_picture_parameter_set (has-payload)
h264_scaling_matrix (has-payload)
h264_prediction_weight_table (has-payload)
h264_slice_parameters (has-payload)
h264_decode_parameters (has-payload)
vp9_frame_decode_parameters (has-payload)
vp9_probabilities_updates (has-payload)
av1_sequence_parameters (has-payload)
av1_frame_parameters (has-payload)
av1_film_grain (has-payload)
Standard Compound Controls: 11
```
(av1_tile_group_entry got refused by `hdl->error` on this
kernel — the v6.12 headers expose the CID but the v4l2-core
control table doesn't include it, so we just skip and log at
debug.)
### Clean shutdown
```
$ pkill -TERM daedalus_v4l2_daemon # daemon exits cleanly
$ sudo rmmod daedalus_v4l2 # ok
$ sudo dmesg | grep -E 'BUG|oops'
(empty)
```
## Design decisions
### Why dmabuf-export over inline pixels?
The chardev payload is capped at 64 KiB to keep kmalloc
allocations under the slab's reliability ceiling. A 1080p
NV12 frame is 3.1 MB; 4K is 12.4 MB. No reasonable cap on
inline pixels covers real-world content.
dmabuf gives us a zero-copy hand-off:
- Kernel allocates CAPTURE buffers via CMA (vb2_dma_contig).
- Daemon mmaps via the dmabuf-fd we hand it.
- Daemon's decode-loop writes pixels straight into the V4L2
client's CAPTURE buffer. No daemon-side allocation, no
chardev memcpy, no payload limit.
### Why both queues on vb2_dma_contig?
Pure dma_contig everywhere simplifies the `queue_setup`
plane-allocator assignment (no "OUTPUT is vmalloc / CAPTURE
is dma_contig" special-case). More importantly,
`V4L2_MEMORY_FLAG_NON_COHERENT` only works on memops that
implement the non-coherent allocation path — vb2_vmalloc
doesn't, so v4l2-compliance's REQBUFS test fails when any
queue is on vmalloc. Switching OUTPUT to dma_contig closed
the compliance gap without any functional cost (the kernel
still gets a kernel-virtual-address out of
`vb2_plane_vaddr`).
### Why O_RDWR in the ioctl call?
`vb2_core_expbuf` extracts the access mode from `flags &
O_ACCMODE` and passes it to the memop's `get_dmabuf`.
Default (O_RDONLY) creates a read-only dma_buf and userspace
gets `mmap -EACCES` on PROT_WRITE. Caught on first run.
### Why a unified cookie allocator?
The Phase 8.5 closure flagged a debug-time confusion:
debugfs `test_decode` and m2m `device_run` had independent
atomic counters, both starting at 0 after each insmod. When
both got used in the same boot, RESP_FRAME logs hit "unknown
cookie" for one path's responses arriving at the other's
namespace. One shared `daedalus_next_cookie()` makes the
logs deterministic and the namespaces non-colliding.
### Why register stateless controls if we ignore the values?
libva-v4l2-request and other production clients probe
`VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL` to verify the codec is supported. Without
the controls registered, the driver appears as a
"non-stateless" decoder to those clients and they refuse to
drive it. Our daemon ignores the per-buffer values because
FFmpeg re-parses the bitstream anyway — but the controls
need to be visible. Phase 8.7+ wires them to a real codec
state machine if we ever want to skip FFmpeg's reparse.
## Bugs found and fixed during the phase
### Bug 1: mmap EACCES on the daemon's CAPTURE dmabuf
Daemon called `ioctl(GET_DMABUF, flags=O_CLOEXEC)`.
vb2_core_expbuf treated the omitted access mode as O_RDONLY
and exported a read-only dma_buf; `mmap(PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_SHARED)` returned `-EACCES`. Fix: O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC.
### Bug 2: REQBUFS rejection on V4L2_MEMORY_FLAG_NON_COHERENT
v4l2-compliance set the flag; vb2 rejected because:
1. OUTPUT queue used vb2_vmalloc which doesn't honour the
flag.
2. `allow_cache_hints = 0` (default) on both queues blocked
the flag at the vb2 layer.
Fix: switch OUTPUT to vb2_dma_contig + set
`allow_cache_hints = 1` on both queues.
### Bug 3: TRY_FMT clobbered userspace colorspace
`daedalus_fill_*_fmt` always set `colorspace =
V4L2_COLORSPACE_REC709`. Compliance fed in
V4L2_COLORSPACE_SMPTE170M and expected it to round-trip
through TRY_FMT and propagate to CAPTURE on S_FMT. Fix:
preserve the four colorspace fields in TRY_FMT (only
default-fill when zero) and copy them OUTPUT → CAPTURE on
S_FMT.
## What's NOT here (deferred)
- **Media controller binding** (`v4l2_m2m_register_media_controller`).
This is what the last DECODER_CMD compliance failure needs.
Roadmap puts it in Phase 8.7 alongside performance work,
since it brings real complexity (media graph topology,
request-API entity wiring) but no end-user functionality
on its own.
- **HDR / 10-bit pixel formats.** CAPTURE is NV12M only.
P010M etc. need the AVPixFmtDescriptor walker in
`pack_nv12_to_planes` to grow a depth-aware pack path.
- **QPU dispatch substitution.** The daemon decodes
entirely on CPU via FFmpeg. Substituting per-block
`daedalus_dispatch_*` calls into FFmpeg's hot path needs
FFmpeg-internal block-walker hooks — orthogonal to the
V4L2 m2m work and lives in Phase 8.7.
## Phase 8.7 plan
1. Media controller integration (closes the last compliance
fail).
2. Performance work toward the 30fps@1080p user-facing
target: profile the daemon's per-frame cost; substitute
`daedalus_dispatch_*` for FFmpeg's per-block calls where
the kernel matches.
3. HDR / 10-bit support (P010M CAPTURE, depth-aware
pack_nv12_to_planes).
4. Long-form multi-frame streaming tests (not just one
keyframe at a time).
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See `docs/phase_8_5_closure.md`.
### Phase 8.6 — dmabuf + AV1 + H.264 + stateless controls
### Phase 8.6 — dmabuf + AV1 + H.264 + stateless controls (closed 2026-05-18)
Two interleaved tracks:
- CAPTURE (and OUTPUT) on `vb2_dma_contig_memops`.
- New `DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF` chardev ioctl — daemon
mmaps the in-flight CAPTURE buffer, decodes pixels in
place, sends RESP_FRAME metadata-only.
- 64 KiB frame-size cap removed. 1080p VP9 + 128×96 AV1
+ 128×96 H.264 all byte-exact against reference FFmpeg
decode.
- V4L2 stateless controls registered for VP9 / AV1 /
H.264 (11 controls visible to userspace).
- Colorspace round-trip fix (TRY_FMT preserve, S_FMT
OUTPUT→CAPTURE propagation).
- Cookie unified across V4L2 + debugfs paths.
- v4l2-compliance: 47/48 (only DECODER_CMD remains,
needs media controller — moved to 8.7).
**Track A (dmabuf):**
- Switch CAPTURE mem_ops to `vb2_dma_contig_memops`.
- New `DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF` on the chardev — daemon
fetches a dmabuf-fd for the in-flight CAPTURE buffer,
mmaps it, decodes pixels in place.
- RESP_FRAME shrinks to metadata-only; chardev payload
stops capping frame size.
See `docs/phase_8_6_closure.md`.
**Track B (codecs + compliance):**
- AV1 + H.264 codec contexts in the daemon (FFmpeg supports
both already).
- V4L2 stateless controls (VP9_FRAME, AV1_FRAME,
H264_SLICE_PARAMS) — even if NULL-handled by the daemon,
presence is needed for spec/compliance.
- Media controller binding via
`v4l2_m2m_register_media_controller`.
- TRY_FMT colorspace round-trip.
### Phase 8.7 — media controller, perf, HDR, long-form streams
Deliverable: real AV1/H.264 1080p clips decode end-to-end.
1. Media controller binding via
`v4l2_m2m_register_media_controller` (closes the last
v4l2-compliance fail and unlocks the request API).
2. Profile the daemon's per-frame cost on hertz; substitute
`daedalus_dispatch_*` for FFmpeg's per-block paths where
the kernel implementation matches. Target the
`30fps-floor-is-fine` memory's daily-YouTube criterion:
30fps@1080p with CPU left over for vscode.
3. HDR / 10-bit support — P010M CAPTURE, depth-aware
`pack_nv12_to_planes`.
4. Long-form multi-frame streaming tests (B-frame refs,
GOP boundaries) — current test client is one keyframe
per run.
### Phase 8.7 — performance + 30fps@1080p
- Profile end-to-end pipeline.
- Eliminate copies where possible.
- Hit 30fps@1080p for daily YouTube videos
(the project's user-facing success criterion per
`30fps-floor-is-fine` memory).
Deliverable: 30fps stable on real content.
Deliverable: 30fps stable on real content + full
compliance pass.
## Effort estimate