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marfrit ee42419479 proto: bump PROTO_MAX_PAYLOAD 64 KiB -> 1 MiB (closes #19)
Real H.264 access units routinely exceed the previous 64 KiB cap
on the chardev wire protocol:

  720p worst-case I-frame  ~200 KiB
  1080p worst-case I-frame ~500 KiB

libva-v4l2-request-fourier detects the under-sized OUTPUT-MPLANE
buffer and tries to grow it via VIDIOC_S_FMT to 147456 B, but
daedalus_fill_output_fmt unconditionally pins sizeimage to
DAEDALUS_MAX_BITSTREAM (= 65484) regardless of userspace's
request.  Firefox loses the slice, falls back to libmozavcodec
SW for the rest of the session.

Bumping the wire-protocol cap to 1 MiB lifts the kernel
OUTPUT_MPLANE sizeimage with it (DAEDALUS_MAX_BITSTREAM is derived
from the same #define).  All allocations (kernel kmalloc /
kmemdup, daemon read buffer, vb2 plane backing) are dynamic and
sized per-payload at runtime, so the only growth is the daemon's
startup read buffer (one ~1 MiB allocation per daemon process)
and the V4L2 OUTPUT_MPLANE per-buffer size.  KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE on
aarch64 SLUB is several MiB; 1 MiB is well within bounds.  Other
V4L2 stateless decoders (cedrus, rkvdec, hantro) report 1-4 MiB
OUTPUT_MPLANE sizeimage — this puts daedalus at the conservative
end of normal.

## Compatibility

#define-only change; struct layout unchanged.  But the
effective cap is the smaller of (kernel cap, daemon cap), so:
- new daemon + stale kernel: still capped at 64 KiB until the
  kernel module rebuilds.
- new kernel + stale daemon: same.
Lock-step install of daedalus-v4l2 + daedalus-v4l2-dkms is
therefore required for the fix to take effect; mirrors the
PR-#7/#8 cadence.

## NOT changed in this commit

- daedalus_fill_output_fmt still hardcodes sizeimage =
  DAEDALUS_MAX_BITSTREAM regardless of userspace request.
  Acceptable: vb2 will allocate up to that, and libva's resize-
  test now sees the kernel report a sizeimage at-least-as-large
  as what it asked for (147456 < 1048524).  A future cleanup
  could respect userspace's S_FMT.sizeimage clamped to the cap,
  to save memory on tiny streams.
- chardev kmalloc → kvmalloc swap (only matters above
  KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE, not here).

Refs #19.
2026-05-22 20:46:27 +02:00

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/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later WITH Linux-syscall-note */
/*
* daedalus-v4l2 — kernel ↔ daemon wire protocol.
*
* Shared header used by both the kernel module
* (drivers/daedalus_v4l2_chardev.c) and the userspace daemon
* (daemon/src/main.c). ABI: pre-1.0 — no stability guarantees
* until DAEDALUS_PROTO_VERSION reaches 1.
*
* Transport: a single-instance chardev at /dev/daedalus-v4l2.
* The userspace daemon opens the chardev O_RDWR, then drives a
* blocking read() / write() loop:
*
* write(): submit a response to a prior request (RESP_*).
* read(): block until the next request from the kernel
* (REQ_*) is available.
*
* Each message is a `struct daedalus_msg_hdr` followed by an
* optional variable-length payload of `hdr.payload_len` bytes.
*
* Phase 8.2 (chardev bridge): PING / PONG.
* Phase 8.4 (decode end-to-end): REQ_DECODE / RESP_FRAME.
*/
#ifndef DAEDALUS_V4L2_PROTO_H
#define DAEDALUS_V4L2_PROTO_H
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/v4l2-controls.h>
#define DAEDALUS_PROTO_MAGIC 0x44303456u /* 'D04V' */
#define DAEDALUS_PROTO_VERSION 0u /* pre-1.0 */
/*
* Wire-protocol message types.
*
* Request types (kernel → daemon) live in 0x0000_0000..0x7fff_ffff.
* Response types (daemon → kernel) live in 0x8000_0000..0xffff_ffff.
* The high bit is what distinguishes "kernel produced this" from
* "daemon produced this" on the wire.
*
* These are #defines rather than an enum because the high-bit
* values (>= 0x80000000) exceed INT_MAX, and pre-C23 enums can't
* portably hold them — kernel uABI headers follow the same
* convention.
*/
#define DAEDALUS_MSG_PING 0x00000001u
#define DAEDALUS_MSG_REQ_DECODE 0x00000002u
#define DAEDALUS_MSG_HELLO 0x80000001u
#define DAEDALUS_MSG_PONG 0x80000002u
#define DAEDALUS_MSG_RESP_FRAME 0x80000003u
/**
* struct daedalus_msg_hdr - on-the-wire message header
* @magic: must be DAEDALUS_PROTO_MAGIC; rejects gibberish
* @version: protocol version (DAEDALUS_PROTO_VERSION)
* @type: one of enum daedalus_msg_type
* @cookie: caller-supplied identifier; copied verbatim into
* the matching response so the kernel can pair
* response with request
* @payload_len: number of bytes immediately following this
* struct (max DAEDALUS_PROTO_MAX_PAYLOAD)
* @reserved: must be zero for future use
*/
struct daedalus_msg_hdr {
__u32 magic;
__u32 version;
__u32 type;
__u32 cookie;
__u32 payload_len;
__u32 reserved;
};
/*
* Wire-protocol payload cap. Sized to comfortably hold real-world
* H.264 / VP9 / AV1 access-unit bitstreams:
* - 720p H.264 worst-case I-frame: ~200 KiB
* - 1080p H.264 worst-case I-frame: ~500 KiB
* - 4K H.264 worst-case I-frame: ~2 MiB (would need a bump)
* 1 MiB is the conservative end of what cedrus / rkvdec / hantro
* report as OUTPUT_MPLANE sizeimage. Allocations (chardev kmalloc
* / kmemdup, daemon read buffer, vb2 plane backing) are sized per-
* payload at runtime; this only sets the ceiling. Issue #19.
*/
#define DAEDALUS_PROTO_MAX_PAYLOAD (1024u * 1024u) /* 1 MiB */
/* -- REQ_DECODE / RESP_FRAME payload structures ---------------------- */
/**
* enum daedalus_codec_id - codec selector for REQ_DECODE
* @DAEDALUS_CODEC_VP9: libavcodec AV_CODEC_ID_VP9
* @DAEDALUS_CODEC_AV1: libavcodec AV_CODEC_ID_AV1 (Phase 8.6)
* @DAEDALUS_CODEC_H264: libavcodec AV_CODEC_ID_H264 (Phase 8.6)
*
* Wire-stable across phases. The daemon maps these to the
* libavcodec AV_CODEC_ID_* values internally so we don't leak
* FFmpeg's enum into the kernel ABI.
*/
enum daedalus_codec_id {
DAEDALUS_CODEC_VP9 = 1,
DAEDALUS_CODEC_AV1 = 2,
DAEDALUS_CODEC_H264 = 3,
};
/**
* DAEDALUS_REQ_FLAG_H264_META - daedalus_req_decode.flags bit
*
* Set when a struct daedalus_h264_meta is present between the
* daedalus_req_decode prefix and the slice bitstream. Required for
* H.264 (codec_id == DAEDALUS_CODEC_H264) since libavcodec needs
* SPS/PPS that the V4L2 stateless API delivers as separate ctrls,
* not in the OUTPUT buffer. Other codecs ignore this bit.
*/
#define DAEDALUS_REQ_FLAG_H264_META 0x00000001u
/**
* struct daedalus_req_decode - REQ_DECODE payload prefix
* @codec_id: enum daedalus_codec_id
* @bitstream_len: bytes of bitstream following this struct
* (after any optional metadata blocks — see flags)
* @capture_width: CAPTURE buffer width in pixels
* @capture_height: CAPTURE buffer height in pixels
* @capture_pix_fmt: V4L2 fourcc of the CAPTURE format
* (e.g. V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12M)
* @capture_num_planes: number of dmabuf planes the daemon should
* fetch via DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF (1..3)
* @capture_plane_size: per-plane sizeimage from V4L2 S_FMT
* (plane[0..N-1]). Unused entries = 0.
* @capture_plane_stride: per-plane bytesperline from V4L2 S_FMT.
* @flags: bitmask of DAEDALUS_REQ_FLAG_*
*
* Wire layout for a REQ_DECODE payload:
*
* struct daedalus_req_decode req;
* IF (req.flags & DAEDALUS_REQ_FLAG_H264_META):
* struct daedalus_h264_meta meta;
* u8 bitstream[req.bitstream_len];
*
* Total payload_len = sizeof(req) + (meta ? sizeof(meta) : 0)
* + req.bitstream_len.
*
* The daemon uses (capture_*) to fetch + mmap the right CAPTURE
* plane via DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF, then decodes pixels
* directly into the dmabuf.
*/
struct daedalus_req_decode {
__u32 codec_id;
__u32 bitstream_len;
__u32 capture_width;
__u32 capture_height;
__u32 capture_pix_fmt;
__u32 capture_num_planes;
__u32 capture_plane_size[3];
__u32 capture_plane_stride[3];
__u32 flags;
};
/**
* struct daedalus_h264_meta - H.264 stateless-decode metadata
*
* Optional block following the daedalus_req_decode prefix when
* DAEDALUS_REQ_FLAG_H264_META is set in req.flags. Carries the
* structured controls the kernel collected from
* V4L2_CID_STATELESS_H264_* — the daemon converts them into
* AnnexB SPS+PPS NAL units (via an Exp-Golomb writer) and
* prepends those NAL units to the slice bitstream before
* handing it to libavcodec.
*
* The kernel never inspects these fields beyond capturing them
* verbatim from the v4l2_ctrl_handler at device_run time; the
* field semantics are governed entirely by the linux uABI
* V4L2 stateless H.264 control definitions.
*
* Wire-stable across phases. If the kernel V4L2 H.264 control
* structs grow new fields the protocol version bumps with them.
*/
struct daedalus_h264_meta {
struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_sps sps;
struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_pps pps;
struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_scaling_matrix scaling_matrix;
struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params decode_params;
};
/**
* enum daedalus_decode_status - RESP_FRAME outcome codes
* @DAEDALUS_DECODE_OK: frame produced; fields below populated
* @DAEDALUS_DECODE_NO_FRAME: codec consumed input but no frame
* ready yet (e.g. lacks reference)
* @DAEDALUS_DECODE_ERR_OPEN: avcodec_open2 failed
* @DAEDALUS_DECODE_ERR_SEND: avcodec_send_packet failed
* @DAEDALUS_DECODE_ERR_RECV: avcodec_receive_frame failed
* @DAEDALUS_DECODE_ERR_CODEC: unknown codec_id
*/
enum daedalus_decode_status {
DAEDALUS_DECODE_OK = 0,
DAEDALUS_DECODE_NO_FRAME = 1,
DAEDALUS_DECODE_ERR_OPEN = 100,
DAEDALUS_DECODE_ERR_SEND = 101,
DAEDALUS_DECODE_ERR_RECV = 102,
DAEDALUS_DECODE_ERR_CODEC = 103,
};
/**
* struct daedalus_resp_frame - RESP_FRAME payload
* @status: enum daedalus_decode_status
* @codec_id: echoes the request's codec_id
* @width: decoded frame width in pixels (0 if !OK)
* @height: decoded frame height in pixels (0 if !OK)
* @pix_fmt: libavcodec AVPixelFormat as int (informational)
* @luma_len: Y-plane byte count actually hashed
* @chroma_len: U+V byte count actually hashed (planar combined)
* @fnv1a_yuv: FNV-1a 32-bit hash of Y,U,V planes concatenated
* (line-by-line, stripping any libav alignment
* stride padding). Lets the kernel side compare
* against an offline reference without shipping
* full pixel data through the chardev.
* @reserved: must be zero
*
* Fixed size — keeps wire parsing simple. No variable-length
* pixel data in Phase 8.4; dmabuf in Phase 8.5 carries that.
*/
struct daedalus_resp_frame {
__u32 status;
__u32 codec_id;
__u32 width;
__u32 height;
__s32 pix_fmt;
__u32 luma_len;
__u32 chroma_len;
__u32 fnv1a_yuv;
__u32 reserved;
};
/* -- chardev ioctl ABI ----------------------------------------------- */
/**
* struct daedalus_get_dmabuf - DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF args
* @cookie: cookie from the matching REQ_DECODE (in)
* @plane: plane index, 0-based (in)
* @flags: O_CLOEXEC etc.; passed through to dma_buf_fd (in)
* @fd: exported dmabuf fd, installed in the calling
* (daemon) task's fd table (out)
*
* The daemon calls this ioctl from REQ_DECODE handling to obtain
* a per-plane dmabuf fd for the CAPTURE buffer the kernel
* scheduled. The kernel resolves cookie → in-flight V4L2
* request → CAPTURE vb2 buffer, then calls vb2_core_expbuf in
* the daemon's task context (so the fd lands in the daemon's
* fd table). Daemon mmaps the fd, writes decoded pixels in
* place, munmaps and close()s — then sends RESP_FRAME.
*/
struct daedalus_get_dmabuf {
__u32 cookie;
__u32 plane;
__u32 flags;
__s32 fd;
};
#define DAEDALUS_IOC_MAGIC 'D'
#define DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF \
_IOWR(DAEDALUS_IOC_MAGIC, 1, struct daedalus_get_dmabuf)
#endif /* DAEDALUS_V4L2_PROTO_H */