APPLIED: [SRU] [X/B] [PATCH 0/1] Skip frame when buffer overflow on UVC camera

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Wed Nov 13 16:54:41 UTC 2019


On 25.10.19 18:30, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849871
> 
> [Impact]
> Currently to use Intel RealSense, kernel needs to be patched [1].
> This SRU is to bring one of several fixes to Ubuntu kernel.
> 
> "Some cameras post inaccurate frame where next frame data overlap
> it. this results in screen flicker, and it need to be prevented."
> 
> [Fix]
> "So this patch marks the buffer error to discard the frame where
> buffer overflow."
> 
> [Test]
> I don't have such bad device so I can't test it. By reading through the
> code, this patch seems to be correct.
> 
> [Regression Potential]
> Low. This patch has been in the kernel tree for more than two years and
> it doesn't bring any regression. So it should be fairly safe.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense/blob/master/scripts/patch-realsense-ubuntu-lts.sh
> 
> Baoyou Xie (1):
>   media: uvcvideo: Mark buffer error where overflow
> 
>  drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
Applied to bionic+xenial/master-next. Thanks.

-Stefan


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