[Libav-user] cuvid decoder occupy a whole core of cpu

jing zhang zhangjing.lm at gmail.com
Tue Jul 18 03:27:41 EEST 2017


I use ffmpeg command directly to decode hevc file to yuv. There is also a
thread taking a whole cpu core until the decode process end.

2017-07-10 10:39 GMT+08:00 张晶 <zhangjing.lm at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to use h264_cuvid and hevc_cuvid decoders.
>
> There is a cuda thread taking a whole cpu core, like some kind of busy
> waiting. The stack looks like:
>
> Thread 1 (process 9104):
> #0  0x00007f6697702e60 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libcuda.so.1
> #1  0x00007f66976f639d in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libcuda.so.1
> #2  0x00007f66977038a8 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libcuda.so.1
> #3  0x00007f672a63583d in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> #4  0x00007f6729a00fcd in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>
> If I create multiple decoders in a proccess, only one cuda thread occupy a
> single cpu core.
>
> If I create a decoder in one proccess, each proccess has a thread taking a
> whole cpu core.
>
> Even when I delete the decoder, this thread remains. Only when I kill the
> proccess, this thread quit.
>
> I have test several versions of ffmpeg: 3.3.1, 3.3.2, git snap shot  of
> 2017-07-07,
>
> And test two nvidia cards: quadro k1200, gtx 1060.
>
> This situation remains the same.
>
> Is this a problem? Are there some work arounds?
>
>
> Jing Zhang
>
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