PR #24874 opened by michaelni
URL: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24874
Patch URL: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24874.patch

This replaces the earlier version of this pull request, which rejected frames
with negative linesizes. Such frames are supported now, and transfers between
system memory and CUDA frames got faster on the way.

## What changes

- `av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer()` is added to libavutil. It allocates the
  buffers of a software frame used for a transfer to or from a hardware frames
  context, out of a pool kept by that context.
- Frames that `av_hwframe_transfer_data()` allocates for a download come from
  that pool, for all hardware types. Before, every download allocated a new
  frame.
- A hardware context type can supply the allocator of these buffers. CUDA uses
  `cuMemHostAlloc()`, so the device transfers directly to and from the frame
  instead of through a buffer of the driver. Pageable memory is still used if
  page-locked memory cannot be allocated, and with ffnvcodec headers that lack
  `cuMemHostAlloc()`.
- `hwupload_cuda` gives the filter in front of it such buffers to write into.
- A software frame with negative linesizes, as `vflip` produces, is transferred
  through a top-down copy in a transfer buffer. Before, the driver rejected it
  with `CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE` and the transfer failed.
- `fate-hwcontext-cuda` also uploads from and downloads into bottom-up frames.

## Benchmarks

RTX 5090, PCIe 4.0 x16, 10 interleaved runs per case, mean ± standard
deviation of the wall time, p from Welch's t-test. Before is master at
f391d256fd.

### Hardware decoding with download

`ffmpeg -hwaccel cuda -i hevc.mp4 -f null -`

| Size | Before | After | Change | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920x1080, 3000 frames | 1.676 ± 0.033 s (1790 fps) | 1.629 ± 0.033 s (1841 
fps) | -2.8% | 5e-3 |
| 3840x2160, 1500 frames | 3.039 ± 0.036 s (494 fps) | 2.832 ± 0.045 s (530 
fps) | -6.8% | 2e-9 |
| 7680x4320, 400 frames | 12.300 ± 0.525 s (33 fps) | 3.247 ± 0.037 s (123 fps) 
| -73.6% | 1e-12 |

Most of the 7680x4320 gain is from the pool: with the pool but pageable
memory the same test ran at 112 fps, with page-locked memory at 124 fps.

### Upload and download

`ffmpeg -init_hw_device cuda -filter_complex 
color=s=WxH:r=60,format=nv12,hwupload_cuda,hwdownload,format=nv12 -frames:v N 
-f null -`

| Size | Before | After | Change | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920x1080, 3000 frames | 2.461 ± 0.069 s (1219 fps) | 2.460 ± 0.098 s (1219 
fps) | 0.0% | 0.99 |
| 3840x2160, 1500 frames | 3.976 ± 0.102 s (377 fps) | 3.631 ± 0.096 s (413 
fps) | -8.7% | 4e-7 |
| 7680x4320, 600 frames | 6.681 ± 0.123 s (90 fps) | 5.276 ± 0.155 s (114 fps) 
| -21.0% | 4e-14 |

### Upload and download of bottom-up frames

`ffmpeg -init_hw_device cuda -f lavfi -i color=s=WxH:r=60 -frames:v N -vf 
format=yuv420p,vflip,hwupload_cuda,hwdownload,format=yuv420p -f null -`

| Size | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| 1920x1080, 1500 frames | fails | 1.734 ± 0.020 s (865 fps) |
| 3840x2160, 800 frames | fails | 2.774 ± 0.025 s (288 fps) |
| 7680x4320, 300 frames | fails | 4.534 ± 0.026 s (66 fps) |

The same command without `vflip` ran at 885, 338 and 83 fps, so the copy of a
bottom-up frame costs nothing measurable at 1920x1080 (p = 0.37), 15% at
3840x2160 and 21% at 7680x4320.

Copying a bottom-up plane with one `cuMemcpy2DAsync()` per row instead, which
needs no copy on the host, was slower at every size: 235, 101 and 40 fps in
this test.

### Notes on the measurements

- The inputs are synthetic (`testsrc2` encoded with hevc_nvenc, `color`).
- In two further runs of the decoding test, master at 3840x2160 took either
  about 3.0 s or about 5.7 s per run (means of 390 and 412 fps). I have not
  found the reason; with the pool the time was stable.
- The 7680x4320 decoding result was the same in three separate runs
  (33 fps before, 123 to 124 fps after).
- Each table uses a different pipeline and frame count, compare within a row
  only.

## Testing

- Full FATE passes.
- `fate-hwcontext-cuda` passes on the RTX 5090: 251 pixel formats, each with
  top-down and bottom-up frames on either side of the transfer.
- Bottom-up upload and bottom-up download match the software `vflip` output
  for nv12, yuv420p, p010le and rgba.
- The output of `-hwaccel cuda` decoding is unchanged at the three sizes.

## Not part of this

- The generic `hwupload` filter is unchanged, only `hwupload_cuda` hands out
  transfer buffers. For other hardware types this would change the layout of
  the frames they upload from, which I did not test.
- `hwdownload` still downloads into the buffers of its output link.

Fixes: ogLupSp7oZ6D
Found-by: Joshua Rogers <[email protected]>



From 6b64c884fa0f7a2d10d0bde3e1e8f0178d1af91b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Niedermayer <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 02:50:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] avutil/frame: let libavutil allocate a video frame's
 buffer with its own allocator

ff_frame_get_video_buffer() lays a video frame out like
av_frame_get_buffer() does, but takes the buffer from a callback, so
that the memory can come from a pool or from a device specific
allocator.

Assisted-by: Claude
---
 libavutil/frame.c          |  9 ++++++---
 libavutil/frame_internal.h | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 libavutil/frame_internal.h

diff --git a/libavutil/frame.c b/libavutil/frame.c
index be30eb09d2..43ade98fb5 100644
--- a/libavutil/frame.c
+++ b/libavutil/frame.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "buffer.h"
 #include "dict.h"
 #include "frame.h"
+#include "frame_internal.h"
 #include "imgutils.h"
 #include "mem.h"
 #include "refstruct.h"
@@ -72,7 +73,9 @@ void av_frame_free(AVFrame **frame)
 
 #define ALIGN (HAVE_SIMD_ALIGN_64 ? 64 : 32)
 
-static int get_video_buffer(AVFrame *frame, int align)
+int ff_frame_get_video_buffer(AVFrame *frame, int align,
+                              AVBufferRef *(*alloc)(void *opaque, size_t size),
+                              void *opaque)
 {
     const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(frame->format);
     int ret, padded_height;
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ static int get_video_buffer(AVFrame *frame, int align)
         total_size += sizes[i];
     }
 
-    frame->buf[0] = av_buffer_alloc(total_size);
+    frame->buf[0] = alloc ? alloc(opaque, total_size) : 
av_buffer_alloc(total_size);
     if (!frame->buf[0]) {
         ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
         goto fail;
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ int av_frame_get_buffer(AVFrame *frame, int align)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
 
     if (frame->width > 0 && frame->height > 0)
-        return get_video_buffer(frame, align);
+        return ff_frame_get_video_buffer(frame, align, NULL, NULL);
     else if (frame->nb_samples > 0 &&
              (av_channel_layout_check(&frame->ch_layout)))
         return get_audio_buffer(frame, align);
diff --git a/libavutil/frame_internal.h b/libavutil/frame_internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9f1c61805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavutil/frame_internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef AVUTIL_FRAME_INTERNAL_H
+#define AVUTIL_FRAME_INTERNAL_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include "buffer.h"
+#include "frame.h"
+
+/**
+ * Allocate the buffer of a video frame like av_frame_get_buffer().
+ *
+ * @param alloc  allocates the buffer, av_buffer_alloc() is used if NULL
+ * @param opaque passed to alloc
+ */
+int ff_frame_get_video_buffer(AVFrame *frame, int align,
+                              AVBufferRef *(*alloc)(void *opaque, size_t size),
+                              void *opaque);
+
+#endif /* AVUTIL_FRAME_INTERNAL_H */
-- 
2.52.0


From 8762fa7aa3634f6be83d625789fdc04ef25b3272 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Niedermayer <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 03:34:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] avutil/hwcontext: add av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer()

It allocates the buffers of a software frame used for a transfer to or
from a hardware frames context out of a pool kept by that context.

Assisted-by: Claude
---
 doc/APIchanges                 |  3 +++
 libavutil/hwcontext.c          | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 libavutil/hwcontext.h          | 13 +++++++++++++
 libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h |  9 +++++++++
 libavutil/version.h            |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 7d83410b6b..077962a4f4 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ The last version increases of all libraries were on 2026-06-23.
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2026-10-xx - xxxxxxxxxx - lavu 61.11.100 - hwcontext.h
+  Add av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer().
+
 2026-09-xx - xxxxxxxxxx - lavfi 12.5.100 - avfilter.h buffersrc.h buffersink.h
   Add AVFilterLink.chroma_location, AVBufferSrcParameters.chroma_location and
   av_buffersink_get_chroma_location().
diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext.c b/libavutil/hwcontext.c
index 83bd7457e8..25175e2431 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "avassert.h"
 #include "buffer.h"
 #include "common.h"
+#include "frame_internal.h"
 #include "hwcontext.h"
 #include "hwcontext_internal.h"
 #include "imgutils.h"
@@ -246,6 +247,9 @@ static void hwframe_ctx_free(void *opaque, uint8_t *data)
     if (ctxi->pool_internal)
         av_buffer_pool_uninit(&ctxi->pool_internal);
 
+    av_buffer_pool_uninit(&ctxi->transfer_pool);
+    ff_mutex_destroy(&ctxi->transfer_pool_lock);
+
     if (ctxi->hw_type->frames_uninit)
         ctxi->hw_type->frames_uninit(ctx);
 
@@ -273,6 +277,11 @@ AVBufferRef *av_hwframe_ctx_alloc(AVBufferRef 
*device_ref_in)
         return NULL;
     ctx  = &ctxi->p;
 
+    if (ff_mutex_init(&ctxi->transfer_pool_lock, NULL)) {
+        av_free(ctxi);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     if (hw_type->frames_hwctx_size) {
         ctx->hwctx = av_mallocz(hw_type->frames_hwctx_size);
         if (!ctx->hwctx)
@@ -301,6 +310,7 @@ AVBufferRef *av_hwframe_ctx_alloc(AVBufferRef 
*device_ref_in)
 
 fail:
     av_buffer_unref(&device_ref);
+    ff_mutex_destroy(&ctxi->transfer_pool_lock);
     av_freep(&ctx->hwctx);
     av_freep(&ctx);
     return NULL;
@@ -395,6 +405,30 @@ int av_hwframe_transfer_get_formats(AVBufferRef 
*hwframe_ref,
     return ctxi->hw_type->transfer_get_formats(&ctxi->p, dir, formats);
 }
 
+static AVBufferRef *transfer_buffer_alloc(void *opaque, size_t size)
+{
+    FFHWFramesContext *ctxi = opaque;
+    AVBufferRef *buf = NULL;
+
+    ff_mutex_lock(&ctxi->transfer_pool_lock);
+    if (ctxi->transfer_pool_size != size) {
+        av_buffer_pool_uninit(&ctxi->transfer_pool);
+        ctxi->transfer_pool      = av_buffer_pool_init(size, NULL);
+        ctxi->transfer_pool_size = ctxi->transfer_pool ? size : 0;
+    }
+    if (ctxi->transfer_pool)
+        buf = av_buffer_pool_get(ctxi->transfer_pool);
+    ff_mutex_unlock(&ctxi->transfer_pool_lock);
+
+    return buf;
+}
+
+int av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer(AVBufferRef *hwframe_ctx, AVFrame *frame)
+{
+    return ff_frame_get_video_buffer(frame, 0, transfer_buffer_alloc,
+                                     hwframe_ctx->data);
+}
+
 static int transfer_data_alloc(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int flags)
 {
     AVHWFramesContext *ctx;
diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext.h b/libavutil/hwcontext.h
index 29374cf0a7..41a549f2f4 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext.h
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext.h
@@ -372,6 +372,19 @@ int av_hwframe_ctx_init(AVBufferRef *ref);
  */
 int av_hwframe_get_buffer(AVBufferRef *hwframe_ctx, AVFrame *frame, int flags);
 
+/**
+ * Allocate the buffers of a software frame that data is transferred to or
+ * from frames of the given AVHWFramesContext.
+ *
+ * Any software frame can be used for such transfers. The buffers allocated
+ * here are pooled, and may be in memory that the device transfers faster.
+ *
+ * @param hwframe_ctx a reference to an AVHWFramesContext
+ * @param frame       a video frame with format, width and height set
+ * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR code on failure
+ */
+int av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer(AVBufferRef *hwframe_ctx, AVFrame *frame);
+
 /**
  * Copy data to or from a hw surface. At least one of dst/src must have an
  * AVHWFramesContext attached.
diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h b/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h
index dcfdc2016a..33e34b9d65 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "buffer.h"
 #include "hwcontext.h"
+#include "thread.h"
 #include "frame.h"
 #include "pixfmt.h"
 
@@ -100,6 +101,14 @@ typedef struct FFHWFramesContext {
 
     AVBufferPool *pool_internal;
 
+    /**
+     * Buffers of transfer_pool_size bytes for 
av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer(),
+     * both guarded by transfer_pool_lock.
+     */
+    AVBufferPool *transfer_pool;
+    size_t        transfer_pool_size;
+    AVMutex       transfer_pool_lock;
+
     /**
      * For a derived context, a reference to the original frames
      * context it was derived from.
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 1a2406e75e..edc3fa5832 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  61
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR   10
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR   11
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
-- 
2.52.0


From e61b930276719f25db9c0ae71c5f5b9495679103 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Niedermayer <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 03:34:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] avutil/hwcontext: pool the frames
 av_hwframe_transfer_data() allocates

A destination frame without buffers was allocated anew for every
download. For large frames the allocation costs more than the
transfer.

ffmpeg -hwaccel cuda -i hevc.mp4 -f null - on a RTX 5090, mean of 10
runs: 2160p 390 -> 497 fps, 4320p 33 -> 112 fps, 1080p unchanged at
1772 fps.

Assisted-by: Claude
---
 libavutil/hwcontext.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext.c b/libavutil/hwcontext.c
index 25175e2431..82a72ae432 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static int transfer_data_alloc(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame 
*src, int flags)
     frame_tmp->width  = ctx->width;
     frame_tmp->height = ctx->height;
 
-    ret = av_frame_get_buffer(frame_tmp, 0);
+    ret = av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer(src->hw_frames_ctx, frame_tmp);
     if (ret < 0)
         goto fail;
 
-- 
2.52.0


From 8071f495f5236b4e1552eacdfc4167270d59e895 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Niedermayer <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 03:34:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/9] avutil/hwcontext: let the hardware context type allocate
 transfer buffers

A device may transfer faster to or from memory it allocated itself
than ordinary memory.

Assisted-by: Claude
---
 libavutil/hwcontext.c          | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext.c b/libavutil/hwcontext.c
index 82a72ae432..2de781e99b 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext.c
@@ -405,6 +405,12 @@ int av_hwframe_transfer_get_formats(AVBufferRef 
*hwframe_ref,
     return ctxi->hw_type->transfer_get_formats(&ctxi->p, dir, formats);
 }
 
+static void transfer_pool_free(void *opaque)
+{
+    AVBufferRef *device_ref = opaque;
+    av_buffer_unref(&device_ref);
+}
+
 static AVBufferRef *transfer_buffer_alloc(void *opaque, size_t size)
 {
     FFHWFramesContext *ctxi = opaque;
@@ -412,15 +418,25 @@ static AVBufferRef *transfer_buffer_alloc(void *opaque, 
size_t size)
 
     ff_mutex_lock(&ctxi->transfer_pool_lock);
     if (ctxi->transfer_pool_size != size) {
+        /* buffers of the hardware context type need the device to be freed */
+        AVBufferRef *device_ref = ctxi->hw_type->transfer_buffer_alloc ?
+                                  av_buffer_ref(ctxi->p.device_ref) : NULL;
+
         av_buffer_pool_uninit(&ctxi->transfer_pool);
-        ctxi->transfer_pool      = av_buffer_pool_init(size, NULL);
+        ctxi->transfer_pool      = device_ref ?
+            av_buffer_pool_init2(size, device_ref,
+                                 ctxi->hw_type->transfer_buffer_alloc,
+                                 transfer_pool_free) :
+            av_buffer_pool_init(size, NULL);
         ctxi->transfer_pool_size = ctxi->transfer_pool ? size : 0;
+        if (!ctxi->transfer_pool)
+            av_buffer_unref(&device_ref);
     }
     if (ctxi->transfer_pool)
         buf = av_buffer_pool_get(ctxi->transfer_pool);
     ff_mutex_unlock(&ctxi->transfer_pool_lock);
 
-    return buf;
+    return buf ? buf : av_buffer_alloc(size);
 }
 
 int av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer(AVBufferRef *hwframe_ctx, AVFrame *frame)
diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h b/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h
index 33e34b9d65..411184fb9a 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ typedef struct HWContextType {
     void             (*frames_uninit)(AVHWFramesContext *ctx);
 
     int              (*frames_get_buffer)(AVHWFramesContext *ctx, AVFrame 
*frame);
+
+    /**
+     * Allocate a buffer for av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer(), 
av_buffer_alloc()
+     * is used if this is not set or fails.
+     *
+     * @param device_ref the AVBufferRef of the AVHWDeviceContext
+     */
+    AVBufferRef     *(*transfer_buffer_alloc)(void *device_ref, size_t size);
     int              (*transfer_get_formats)(AVHWFramesContext *ctx,
                                              enum AVHWFrameTransferDirection 
dir,
                                              enum AVPixelFormat **formats);
-- 
2.52.0


From 54b6be854988d70c9583bdb8d30104fd4357989c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Niedermayer <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 03:34:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] avutil/hwcontext_cuda: allocate transfer buffers from
 page-locked memory

The device transfers directly to and from page-locked host memory,
while pageable memory is copied through a buffer of the driver.
Pageable memory remains in use when page-locked memory cannot be
allocated and with ffnvcodec headers that lack cuMemHostAlloc().

ffmpeg -hwaccel cuda -i hevc.mp4 -f null - on a RTX 5090, mean of 10
runs: 1080p 1773 -> 1855 fps, 2160p 497 -> 533 fps, 4320p 112 -> 124 fps.

Assisted-by: Claude
---
 configure                  |  2 ++
 libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 759cb8da10..d33931f3d6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2605,6 +2605,7 @@ TOOLCHAIN_FEATURES="
 "
 
 TYPES_LIST="
+    CudaFunctions_cuMemHostAlloc
     DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT
     IDXGIOutput5
     __x_ABI_CWindows_CGraphics_CCapture_CIGraphicsCaptureSession5
@@ -7105,6 +7106,7 @@ fi
 
 if enabled ffnvcodec; then
     check_cpp_condition ffnvcodec_cuarray ffnvcodec/dynlink_loader.h 
"defined(CUDA_ARRAY3D_VIDEO_ENCODE_DECODE)"
+    check_struct ffnvcodec/dynlink_loader.h CudaFunctions cuMemHostAlloc
 fi
 
 check_cpp_condition winrt windows.h 
"!WINAPI_FAMILY_PARTITION(WINAPI_PARTITION_DESKTOP)"
diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c b/libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c
index 0ee6bb4945..7c72d99fad 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c
@@ -196,6 +196,44 @@ done:
     return ret;
 }
 
+#if HAVE_CUDAFUNCTIONS_CUMEMHOSTALLOC
+static void cuda_transfer_buffer_free(void *opaque, uint8_t *data)
+{
+    AVHWDeviceContext *device_ctx = opaque;
+    AVCUDADeviceContext    *hwctx = device_ctx->hwctx;
+    CudaFunctions             *cu = hwctx->internal->cuda_dl;
+    CUcontext dummy;
+
+    CHECK_CU(cu->cuCtxPushCurrent(hwctx->cuda_ctx));
+    CHECK_CU(cu->cuMemFreeHost(data));
+    CHECK_CU(cu->cuCtxPopCurrent(&dummy));
+}
+
+/* The device transfers directly to and from page-locked memory, other memory
+ * goes through a buffer of the driver. */
+static AVBufferRef *cuda_transfer_buffer_alloc(void *device_ref, size_t size)
+{
+    AVHWDeviceContext *device_ctx = (AVHWDeviceContext *)((AVBufferRef 
*)device_ref)->data;
+    AVCUDADeviceContext    *hwctx = device_ctx->hwctx;
+    CudaFunctions             *cu = hwctx->internal->cuda_dl;
+    AVBufferRef *ret = NULL;
+    CUcontext dummy;
+    void *host;
+
+    if (CHECK_CU(cu->cuCtxPushCurrent(hwctx->cuda_ctx)) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (CHECK_CU(cu->cuMemHostAlloc(&host, size, 0)) >= 0) {
+        ret = av_buffer_create(host, size, cuda_transfer_buffer_free, 
device_ctx, 0);
+        if (!ret)
+            CHECK_CU(cu->cuMemFreeHost(host));
+    }
+
+    CHECK_CU(cu->cuCtxPopCurrent(&dummy));
+    return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
 static void cuda_frames_uninit(AVHWFramesContext *ctx)
 {
     AVHWDeviceContext *device_ctx = ctx->device_ctx;
@@ -945,6 +983,9 @@ const HWContextType ff_hwcontext_type_cuda = {
     .frames_uninit        = cuda_frames_uninit,
     .frames_get_buffer    = cuda_get_buffer,
     .transfer_get_formats = cuda_transfer_get_formats,
+#if HAVE_CUDAFUNCTIONS_CUMEMHOSTALLOC
+    .transfer_buffer_alloc = cuda_transfer_buffer_alloc,
+#endif
     .transfer_data_to     = cuda_transfer_data,
     .transfer_data_from   = cuda_transfer_data,
 
-- 
2.52.0


From df5abc8a388e29fea9f332dcf615d8a931a2a9f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Niedermayer <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 03:35:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 6/9] avfilter/video: factor set_link_props() out of
 ff_default_get_video_buffer2()

Assisted-by: Claude
---
 libavfilter/video.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libavfilter/video.c b/libavfilter/video.c
index 0f4539869e..46956b2d27 100644
--- a/libavfilter/video.c
+++ b/libavfilter/video.c
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ AVFrame *ff_null_get_video_buffer(AVFilterLink *link, int w, 
int h)
     return ff_get_video_buffer(link->dst->outputs[0], w, h);
 }
 
+static void set_link_props(AVFrame *frame, const AVFilterLink *link)
+{
+    frame->sample_aspect_ratio = link->sample_aspect_ratio;
+    frame->colorspace  = link->colorspace;
+    frame->color_range = link->color_range;
+    frame->alpha_mode  = link->alpha_mode;
+    frame->chroma_location = link->chroma_location;
+}
+
 AVFrame *ff_default_get_video_buffer2(AVFilterLink *link, int w, int h, int 
align)
 {
     FilterLinkInternal *const li = ff_link_internal(link);
@@ -73,11 +82,7 @@ AVFrame *ff_default_get_video_buffer2(AVFilterLink *link, 
int w, int h, int alig
     if (!frame)
         return NULL;
 
-    frame->sample_aspect_ratio = link->sample_aspect_ratio;
-    frame->colorspace  = link->colorspace;
-    frame->color_range = link->color_range;
-    frame->alpha_mode  = link->alpha_mode;
-    frame->chroma_location = link->chroma_location;
+    set_link_props(frame, link);
 
     return frame;
 }
-- 
2.52.0


From c6b5cb4036d72c31639e8e535d783fb3aa2bd9ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Niedermayer <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 03:36:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 7/9] avfilter/vf_hwupload_cuda: give the preceding filter
 transfer buffers to write into

The frames a filter in front of hwupload_cuda produces are allocated
with av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer(), so that the upload reads from
memory the device transfers directly from.

Assisted-by: Claude
---
 libavfilter/vf_hwupload_cuda.c |  1 +
 libavfilter/video.c            | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 libavfilter/video.h            |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_hwupload_cuda.c b/libavfilter/vf_hwupload_cuda.c
index 9920bbcfc8..1478b02359 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_hwupload_cuda.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_hwupload_cuda.c
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ static const AVFilterPad cudaupload_inputs[] = {
         .name         = "default",
         .type         = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .filter_frame = cudaupload_filter_frame,
+        .get_buffer.video = ff_hwupload_get_video_buffer,
     },
 };
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/video.c b/libavfilter/video.c
index 46956b2d27..6e20794d43 100644
--- a/libavfilter/video.c
+++ b/libavfilter/video.c
@@ -92,6 +92,31 @@ AVFrame *ff_default_get_video_buffer(AVFilterLink *link, int 
w, int h)
     return ff_default_get_video_buffer2(link, w, h, av_cpu_max_align());
 }
 
+AVFrame *ff_hwupload_get_video_buffer(AVFilterLink *link, int w, int h)
+{
+    AVBufferRef *hw_frames_ctx = 
ff_filter_link(link->dst->outputs[0])->hw_frames_ctx;
+    AVFrame *frame;
+
+    if (!hw_frames_ctx || ff_filter_link(link)->hw_frames_ctx)
+        return ff_default_get_video_buffer(link, w, h);
+
+    frame = av_frame_alloc();
+    if (!frame)
+        return NULL;
+
+    frame->format = link->format;
+    frame->width  = w;
+    frame->height = h;
+    if (av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer(hw_frames_ctx, frame) < 0) {
+        av_frame_free(&frame);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    set_link_props(frame, link);
+
+    return frame;
+}
+
 AVFrame *ff_get_video_buffer(AVFilterLink *link, int w, int h)
 {
     AVFrame *ret = NULL;
diff --git a/libavfilter/video.h b/libavfilter/video.h
index f44d3445dc..08d434f1e2 100644
--- a/libavfilter/video.h
+++ b/libavfilter/video.h
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ AVFrame *ff_default_get_video_buffer(AVFilterLink *link, int 
w, int h);
 AVFrame *ff_default_get_video_buffer2(AVFilterLink *link, int w, int h, int 
align);
 AVFrame *ff_null_get_video_buffer(AVFilterLink *link, int w, int h);
 
+/**
+ * get_buffer.video() of the input of a filter that uploads software frames
+ * to the hardware frames context of its output link.
+ */
+AVFrame *ff_hwupload_get_video_buffer(AVFilterLink *link, int w, int h);
+
 /**
  * Request a picture buffer with a specific set of permissions.
  *
-- 
2.52.0


From 0b67d81f149d2447886035fb052af68e2a486231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Niedermayer <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 03:37:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] avutil/hwcontext_cuda: support frames with negative
 linesizes

A bottom-up software frame, as vflip produces, was handed to
cuMemcpy2DAsync() with its negative linesize as the pitch and copy
width, which the driver rejected, so uploading or downloading such a
frame failed.

The device only copies rows upwards through memory, so transfer such a
frame through a top-down copy of it in a transfer buffer.

Fixes: ogLupSp7oZ6D
Found-by: Joshua Rogers <[email protected]>
Assisted-by: Claude
---
 libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c b/libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c
index 7c72d99fad..354e1f96e5 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c
@@ -566,8 +566,10 @@ static int cuda_transfer_data(AVHWFramesContext *ctx, 
AVFrame *dst,
     AVCUDADeviceContext    *hwctx = device_ctx->hwctx;
     CudaFunctions             *cu = hwctx->internal->cuda_dl;
 
+    const AVFrame *sw_frame = src->hw_frames_ctx ? dst : src;
+    AVFrame *top_down = NULL, *bottom_up_dst = NULL;
     CUcontext dummy;
-    int i, ret, copy_queued = 0;
+    int i, ret, copy_queued = 0, bottom_up = 0;
 
     {
         enum AVPixelFormat src_fmt = cuda_frame_hw_format(src);
@@ -579,9 +581,35 @@ static int cuda_transfer_data(AVHWFramesContext *ctx, 
AVFrame *dst,
             return AVERROR(ENOSYS);
     }
 
+    for (i = 0; i < FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(sw_frame->linesize); i++)
+        bottom_up |= sw_frame->linesize[i] < 0;
+
+    /* The device copies rows upwards through memory, so a bottom-up frame is
+     * transferred through a top-down copy of it. */
+    if (bottom_up) {
+        top_down = av_frame_alloc();
+        if (!top_down)
+            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+        top_down->format = ctx->sw_format;
+        top_down->width  = src->width;
+        top_down->height = src->height;
+        ret = av_hwframe_get_transfer_buffer((src->hw_frames_ctx ? src : 
dst)->hw_frames_ctx,
+                                             top_down);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            goto free_top_down;
+        if (sw_frame == src) {
+            av_image_copy2(top_down->data, top_down->linesize, src->data, 
src->linesize,
+                           ctx->sw_format, src->width, src->height);
+            src = top_down;
+        } else {
+            bottom_up_dst = dst;
+            dst           = top_down;
+        }
+    }
+
     ret = CHECK_CU(cu->cuCtxPushCurrent(hwctx->cuda_ctx));
     if (ret < 0)
-        return ret;
+        goto free_top_down;
 
     /*
      * Copy one plane per iteration, bounded by the AVFrame linesizes. src and
@@ -677,7 +705,7 @@ static int cuda_transfer_data(AVHWFramesContext *ctx, 
AVFrame *dst,
             break;
     }
 
-    if (!dst->hw_frames_ctx) {
+    if (!dst->hw_frames_ctx || top_down) {
         ret = CHECK_CU(cu->cuStreamSynchronize(hwctx->stream));
         if (ret < 0)
             goto exit;
@@ -689,6 +717,13 @@ fail:
 exit:
     CHECK_CU(cu->cuCtxPopCurrent(&dummy));
 
+    if (bottom_up_dst && ret >= 0)
+        av_image_copy2(bottom_up_dst->data, bottom_up_dst->linesize,
+                       top_down->data, top_down->linesize,
+                       ctx->sw_format, src->width, src->height);
+free_top_down:
+    av_frame_free(&top_down);
+
     return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.52.0


From 275817a25f1697cf83c80ef4e8f9262baa9c66af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Niedermayer <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 23:19:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] avutil/tests/hwcontext_cuda: test transfers of bottom-up
 frames

Upload from and download into frames with negative linesizes, in
every combination with top-down ones.

Assisted-by: Claude
---
 libavutil/tests/hwcontext_cuda.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libavutil/tests/hwcontext_cuda.c b/libavutil/tests/hwcontext_cuda.c
index 3d6e89a9b1..a2cca282f8 100644
--- a/libavutil/tests/hwcontext_cuda.c
+++ b/libavutil/tests/hwcontext_cuda.c
@@ -26,7 +26,18 @@
 #include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 #include "libavutil/pixfmt.h"
 
-static int test_format(AVBufferRef *device_ref, enum AVPixelFormat fmt)
+static void vflip(AVFrame *frame, const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(frame->data) && frame->data[i]; i++) {
+        int shift = (i == 1 || i == 2) ? desc->log2_chroma_h : 0;
+
+        frame->data[i]    += (AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(frame->height, shift) - 1) * 
frame->linesize[i];
+        frame->linesize[i] = -frame->linesize[i];
+    }
+}
+
+static int test_format(AVBufferRef *device_ref, enum AVPixelFormat fmt,
+                       int flip_upload, int flip_download)
 {
     AVBufferRef *frames_ref = NULL;
     AVHWFramesContext *hwfc;
@@ -64,6 +75,8 @@ static int test_format(AVBufferRef *device_ref, enum 
AVPixelFormat fmt)
     ret = av_frame_get_buffer(sw_frame, 0);
     if (ret < 0)
         goto fail;
+    if (flip_upload)
+        vflip(sw_frame, desc);
 
     {
         int linesizes[4];
@@ -94,6 +107,8 @@ static int test_format(AVBufferRef *device_ref, enum 
AVPixelFormat fmt)
     ret = av_frame_get_buffer(download, 0);
     if (ret < 0)
         goto fail;
+    if (flip_download)
+        vflip(download, desc);
 
     ret = av_hwframe_transfer_data(download, hw_frame, 0);
     if (ret < 0)
@@ -108,9 +123,8 @@ static int test_format(AVBufferRef *device_ref, enum 
AVPixelFormat fmt)
             int h = AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(64, shift);
 
             for (int y = 0; y < h; y++) {
-                int off = y * FFMIN(sw_frame->linesize[i], 
download->linesize[i]);
-                if (memcmp(sw_frame->data[i] + off,
-                           download->data[i] + off,
+                if (memcmp(sw_frame->data[i] + y * sw_frame->linesize[i],
+                           download->data[i] + y * download->linesize[i],
                            linesizes[i])) {
                     printf("fail: %-16s plane %d row %d mismatch\n",
                            av_get_pix_fmt_name(fmt), i, y);
@@ -188,7 +202,9 @@ int main(void)
                 failures++;
             }
         } else {
-            ret = test_format(device_ref, fmt);
+            ret = 0;
+            for (int flip = 0; flip < 4 && ret >= 0; flip++)
+                ret = test_format(device_ref, fmt, flip & 1, flip & 2);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 printf("fail: %-16s %s\n",
                        av_get_pix_fmt_name(fmt),
-- 
2.52.0

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