mmaldec: limit internal buffering

This uses a new MMAL feature, which limits the number of extra frames
that can be buffered within the decoder. VIDEO_MAX_NUM_CALLBACKS can
be defined as positive or negative number. Positive numbers are
absolute, and can lead to deadlocks if the user underestimates the
number of required buffers. Negative numbers specify the number of extra
buffers, e.g. -1 means no extra buffer, (-1-N) means N extra buffers.

Set a gratuitous default of -11 (N=10). This is much lower than the
firmware default, which appears to be 96.

This is backwards compatible, but needs a symbol only present in newer
firmware headers. (It's an enum item, so it requires a check in
configure.)

Signed-off-by: Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4f41be7ebe..e395e38b4a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1645,6 +1645,7 @@ HAVE_LIST="
     libc_msvcrt
     libdc1394_1
     libdc1394_2
+    MMAL_PARAMETER_VIDEO_MAX_NUM_CALLBACKS
     sdl
     section_data_rel_ro
     threads
@@ -4628,6 +4629,7 @@ enabled mmal              && { check_lib interface/mmal/mmal.h mmal_port_connect
                                     check_lib interface/mmal/mmal.h mmal_port_connect ; }
                                 check_lib interface/mmal/mmal.h mmal_port_connect ; } ||
                                die "ERROR: mmal not found"; }
+enabled mmal && check_func_headers interface/mmal/mmal.h "MMAL_PARAMETER_VIDEO_MAX_NUM_CALLBACKS"
 enabled omx_rpi && enable omx
 enabled omx               && { check_header OMX_Core.h ||
                                 { ! enabled cross_compile && enabled omx_rpi && {
diff --git a/libavcodec/mmaldec.c b/libavcodec/mmaldec.c
index c9935514f1..718ea14021 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mmaldec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mmaldec.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ typedef struct FFBufferRef {
 typedef struct MMALDecodeContext {
     AVClass *av_class;
     int extra_buffers;
+    int extra_decoder_buffers;
 
     MMAL_COMPONENT_T *decoder;
     MMAL_QUEUE_T *queue_decoded_frames;
@@ -380,6 +381,13 @@ static av_cold int ffmmal_init_decoder(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     av_get_codec_tag_string(tmp, sizeof(tmp), format_in->encoding);
     av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Using MMAL %s encoding.\n", tmp);
 
+#if HAVE_MMAL_PARAMETER_VIDEO_MAX_NUM_CALLBACKS
+    if (mmal_port_parameter_set_uint32(decoder->input[0], MMAL_PARAMETER_VIDEO_MAX_NUM_CALLBACKS,
+                                       -1 - ctx->extra_decoder_buffers)) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Could not set input buffering limit.\n");
+    }
+#endif
+
     if ((status = mmal_port_format_commit(decoder->input[0])))
         goto fail;
 
@@ -796,6 +804,7 @@ AVHWAccel ff_vc1_mmal_hwaccel = {
 
 static const AVOption options[]={
     {"extra_buffers", "extra buffers", offsetof(MMALDecodeContext, extra_buffers), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 10}, 0, 256, 0},
+    {"extra_decoder_buffers", "extra MMAL internal buffered frames", offsetof(MMALDecodeContext, extra_decoder_buffers), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 10}, 0, 256, 0},
     {NULL}
 };