Re: [PATCH v3 04/27] media: v4l2-common: add has_alpha to v4l2_format_info

From: Nicolas Dufresne

Date: Thu Mar 19 2026 - 14:54:21 EST


Le mardi 27 janvier 2026 à 15:39 +0100, Sven Püschel a écrit :
> Add a has_alpha value to the v4l2_format_info struct to indicate if the
> format contains an alpha component. This information can currently not
> be queried in a generic way, but might be useful for potential drivers
> to properly setup alpha blending to copy or set the alpha value.
> The implementation is based on the drm_format_info implementation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Püschel <s.pueschel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
>  include/media/v4l2-common.h           |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c
> index 58a4b372cf5be..2b5ccedeb6841 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c
> @@ -248,26 +248,26 @@ const struct v4l2_format_info *v4l2_format_info(u32 format)
>   /* RGB formats (1 or 2 bytes per pixel) */
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB332,   .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 1, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB444,   .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_XRGB444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBA444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBA444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBX444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ABGR444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ABGR444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_XBGR444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGRA444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGRA444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGRX444,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB555,   .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_XRGB555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBA555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBA555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBX555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ABGR555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ABGR555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_XBGR555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGRA555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGRA555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGRX555,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB565,   .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB555X,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB555X, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB555X, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_XRGB555X, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB565X,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 2, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>  
> @@ -276,24 +276,24 @@ const struct v4l2_format_info *v4l2_format_info(u32 format)
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGR24,       .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 3, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB24,       .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 3, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGR32,       .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ABGR32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ABGR32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_XBGR32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGRA32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGRA32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGRX32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB32,       .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBA32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBA32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBX32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_XRGB32,      .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBX1010102, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBA1010102, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB2101010, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGBA1010102, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB2101010, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 4, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>  
>   /* RGB formats (6 or 8 bytes per pixel) */
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGR48_12,  .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 6, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGR48,     .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 6, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB48,     .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 6, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> - { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ABGR64_12, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 8, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> + { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_ABGR64_12, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 8, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1, .has_alpha = true },
>  
>   /* HSV formats */
>   { .format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_HSV24, .pixel_enc = V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB, .mem_planes = 1, .comp_planes = 1, .bpp = { 3, 0, 0, 0 }, .bpp_div = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }, .hdiv = 1, .vdiv = 1 },
> diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-common.h b/include/media/v4l2-common.h
> index f8b1faced79c8..401d8506c24b5 100644
> --- a/include/media/v4l2-common.h
> +++ b/include/media/v4l2-common.h
> @@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ enum v4l2_pixel_encoding {
>   * @vdiv: Vertical chroma subsampling factor
>   * @block_w: Per-plane macroblock pixel width (optional)
>   * @block_h: Per-plane macroblock pixel height (optional)
> + * @has_alpha: Does the format embeds an alpha component?
>   */
>  struct v4l2_format_info {
>   u32 format;
> @@ -532,6 +533,7 @@ struct v4l2_format_info {
>   u8 vdiv;
>   u8 block_w[4];
>   u8 block_h[4];
> + bool has_alpha;
>  };
>  
>  static inline bool v4l2_is_format_rgb(const struct v4l2_format_info *f)

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

cheers,
Nicolas

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