Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] media: uvcvideo: Avoid partial metadata buffers

From: Hans de Goede

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 09:33:56 EST


Hi,

On 17-Apr-26 07:19, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> If the metadata queue that is empty receives a new buffer while we are
> in the middle of processing a frame, the first metadata buffer will
> contain partial information.
>
> Avoid this by tracking the state of the metadata buffer and making sure
> that it is in sync with the data buffer.
>
> Now that we are at it, make sure that we skip buffers of size 1 or 0.
> They are not allowed by the spec... but it is a simple check to add and
> better be safe than sorry.
>
> Fixes: 088ead255245 ("media: uvcvideo: Add a metadata device node")
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,

Hans




> ---
> drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 13 +++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> index 5d45c74c6041..cd77ca6f8136 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> @@ -1149,7 +1149,9 @@ static void uvc_video_stats_stop(struct uvc_streaming *stream)
> * uvc_video_decode_end will never be called with a NULL buffer.
> */
> static int uvc_video_decode_start(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
> - struct uvc_buffer *buf, const u8 *data, int len)
> + struct uvc_buffer *buf,
> + struct uvc_buffer *meta_buf,
> + const u8 *data, int len)
> {
> u8 header_len;
> u8 fid;
> @@ -1278,6 +1280,8 @@ static int uvc_video_decode_start(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
>
> /* TODO: Handle PTS and SCR. */
> buf->state = UVC_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE;
> + if (meta_buf)
> + meta_buf->state = UVC_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE;
> }
>
> stream->last_fid = fid;
> @@ -1435,7 +1439,7 @@ static void uvc_video_decode_meta(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
> ktime_t time;
> const u8 *scr;
>
> - if (!meta_buf || length == 2)
> + if (length <= 2 || !meta_buf || meta_buf->state != UVC_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE)
> return;
>
> has_pts = mem[1] & UVC_STREAM_PTS;
> @@ -1552,7 +1556,7 @@ static void uvc_video_decode_isoc(struct uvc_urb *uvc_urb,
> /* Decode the payload header. */
> mem = urb->transfer_buffer + urb->iso_frame_desc[i].offset;
> do {
> - ret = uvc_video_decode_start(stream, buf, mem,
> + ret = uvc_video_decode_start(stream, buf, meta_buf, mem,
> urb->iso_frame_desc[i].actual_length);
> if (ret == -EAGAIN)
> uvc_video_next_buffers(stream, &buf, &meta_buf);
> @@ -1601,7 +1605,8 @@ static void uvc_video_decode_bulk(struct uvc_urb *uvc_urb,
> */
> if (stream->bulk.header_size == 0 && !stream->bulk.skip_payload) {
> do {
> - ret = uvc_video_decode_start(stream, buf, mem, len);
> + ret = uvc_video_decode_start(stream, buf, meta_buf, mem,
> + len);
> if (ret == -EAGAIN)
> uvc_video_next_buffers(stream, &buf, &meta_buf);
> } while (ret == -EAGAIN);
>