# \[PATCH v8 03/15\] media:Add v4l2 buf flag codec data.

- From: Ming Qian \<ming.qian@nxp.com\>
- Date: 2021-09-07 09:50:14 
- List: linux-arm-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2021/09/1499000
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-media/2021/09/1498997/t.md

```text
In some decoing scenarios, application may queue a buffer
that only contains codec config data, and the driver needs to
know whether is it a frame or not.
So we add a buf flag to tell this case.

Signed-off-by: Ming Qian <ming.qian@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Shijie Qin <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Zhou Peng <eagle.zhou@nxp.com>
---
 Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/buffer.rst | 7 +++++++
 include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h                   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/buffer.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/buffer.rst
index e991ba73d873..11013bcf8a41 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/buffer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/buffer.rst
@@ -607,6 +607,13 @@ Buffer Flags
 	the format. Any subsequent call to the
 	:ref:`VIDIOC_DQBUF <VIDIOC_QBUF>` ioctl will not block anymore,
 	but return an ``EPIPE`` error code.
+    * .. _`V4L2-BUF-FLAG-CODECCONFIG`:
+
+      - ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_CODECCONFIG``
+      - 0x00200000
+      - The buffer only contains codec config data, eg. sps and pps.
+    Applications can set this bit when ``type`` refers to an output
+    stream, this flag is usually used by v4l2 decoder.
     * .. _`V4L2-BUF-FLAG-REQUEST-FD`:
 
       - ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_REQUEST_FD``
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index 167c0e40ec06..5bb0682b4a23 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@ static inline __u64 v4l2_timeval_to_ns(const struct timeval *tv)
 #define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TSTAMP_SRC_SOE		0x00010000
 /* mem2mem encoder/decoder */
 #define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_LAST			0x00100000
+#define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_CODECCONFIG		0x00200000
 /* request_fd is valid */
 #define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_REQUEST_FD		0x00800000
 
-- 
2.32.0


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