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Summary

  • libva < 2.22 (vaMapBuffer2) compatibility: Export dynamic symbols from openscreen-pipewire-helper and provide a dlsym bridge in ffmpeg_accessors.c (supporting both x86_64 GLIBC_2.2.5 and aarch64 GLIBC_2.17) that forwards vaMapBuffer2 to vaMapBuffer when vaMapBuffer2 is absent (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with libva 2.20). This allows h264_vaapi hardware encoding to initialize instead of falling through to the failing h264_vulkan path.
  • The VA-API probe in encoder.rs accepts either vaMapBuffer2 or vaMapBuffer.
  • The shim's function pointers are read and written atomically, since dlsym can be called from several threads.

The multi-GPU render-node probing that was part of this PR moves to a follow-up PR, as asked in review.

Related issue

Refs #1340

Type of change

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  • Performance
  • Security

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  • Minor
  • Major / breaking change
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  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Installer / packaging
  • Not platform-specific

Testing

  • Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (x86_64, GNOME 46 X11, libva 2.20.0).
  • Verified openscreen-pipewire-helper selects h264_vaapi (H.264 High) without crashes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved VAAPI hardware-encoding compatibility with older Linux graphics drivers.
    • VAAPI setup now tries a configured render device, then the default device and standard render-device paths. If device creation or frame-pool setup fails, it continues to the next candidate and reports the last error if none succeeds.

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The capture build exports dynamic symbols and adds a vaMapBuffer2 compatibility shim for older libva runtimes. VA-API probing accepts either mapping symbol. Hardware attachment tries multiple device candidates when initialization fails.

Changes: Linux VA-API setup

Layer / File(s) Summary
VA-API symbol compatibility
electron/native/pipewire-capture/build.rs, electron/native/pipewire-capture/csrc/ffmpeg_accessors.c, electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/encoder.rs
The build passes --export-dynamic. The dlsym interposer provides vaMapBuffer2 through vaMapBuffer when needed, and the safety probe accepts either symbol.
Encoder render-node retries
electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/encoder.rs
VA-API hardware attachment tries a valid OPENSCREEN_LINUX_RENDER_NODE, the default device, and existing render nodes from renderD128 through renderD135. It continues after device creation or frame-pool failures and returns the last error if no candidate initializes.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to f70e2

The change adds a small libva < 2.22 compatibility shim, and the supplied reports show it selecting VA-API on an older libva. No concrete merge-blocking risk remains. The multi-GPU render-node work lives in a separate follow-up.

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The title names the main change: a Linux compatibility shim for vaMapBuffer2 for libva versions below 2.22. The changeset adds that shim in ffmpeg_accessors.c, updates the VA-API probe in encoder.rs, and adds the dynamic symbol export in build.rs. The title uses the conventional fix(scope) format and stays under 60 characters.

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Minor · Limit render-node probing to VA-API. · encoder.rs:499-512

electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/encoder.rs:499-512
Minor · Performance & Scalability · Quick win

Limit render-node probing to VA-API.

The Vulkan attempt also runs the DRM render-node loop, and FFmpeg rejects every render-node path by name. Each path after a failed default Vulkan attempt creates and tears down a Vulkan instance. Gate the candidate list on device_type == ff::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VAAPI, so Vulkan keeps its single default attempt.

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Review comment at @electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/encoder.rs around lines
499 - 512:
Gate render-node discovery in the candidate_nodes setup on device_type being
ff::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VAAPI. Keep the default None candidate for all device types
so Vulkan performs only its single default attempt.
Minor · Try the next render node when H.264 setup fails after VA-API… · pipeline_linux.rs:1385-1388

crates/compositor/src/pipeline_linux.rs:1385-1388
Minor · Performance & Scalability · Poor tradeoff

Try the next render node when H.264 setup fails after VA-API derivation.

The loop stops at the first node that derives VA-API. Failures in frame-context setup, VPP setup, or avcodec_open2 return None without trying later nodes. On hybrid GPU hosts, export then falls back to software encoding. Retry the full open sequence per node, with cleanup between attempts.

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Review comment at @crates/compositor/src/pipeline_linux.rs around lines 1385 -
1388:
Update the node-selection loop that sets opened_va so it retries the complete
H.264 setup for each render node, including frame-context setup, VPP setup, and
avcodec_open2, instead of stopping after VA-API derivation. On each failed
attempt, clean up resources created for that node before continuing; return None
only after all eligible nodes fail.
Minor · Compact the Linux allocation for collapsed vertical trays. · LaunchWindow.tsx:453-459

src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx:453-459
Minor · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Compact the Linux allocation for collapsed vertical trays.

On Linux, a collapsed vertical tray still reserves the full popover and modal height above the bar. The HUD never sends ignore=true on Linux, so that empty area receives clicks meant for the desktop. Extend the compact collapsed allocation to vertical trays after checking the space that vertical tooltips and notices need.

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Review comment at @src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx around lines 453 -
459:
Update the collapsedLinux allocation passed to computeHudWindowSize so collapsed
vertical Linux trays also use a compact stack height, while preserving enough
space for vertical tooltips and notices; establish their required height before
reducing the allocation, and leave expanded tray sizing unchanged.
Additional comments: 1
electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/encoder.rs-519-520: 1

519-520: Minor · Potential issue · Heavy lift

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attach_hardware stops probing once device creation succeeds, before frame-pool initialization or avcodec_open2. A first GPU that can create a VA-API device but cannot encode the requested video prevents trying a later usable render node.

Recording falls through the backend ladder to Vulkan or software rather than using available VA-API encoding.

This can occur when: The default or first candidate creates a VA-API device but fails later encoder setup, while /dev/dri/renderD129 can complete setup.


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Inline comments:
Review comments at @electron/native-bridge/services/compositorViewService.ts:
- Around line 675-679: Update the preview dimension calculation using maxDim so
even-rounded width and height use Math.floor rather than Math.round, keeping
each dimension within the cap. Ignore maxDim values below 2 so the 2-pixel
minimum does not exceed an active cap.

Review comments at @electron/native/pipewire-capture/csrc/ffmpeg_accessors.c:
- Around line 22-24: Update resolve_real_dlsym() to resolve the delegate using
the appropriate base symbol version on aarch64 or an unversioned lookup if
needed, while retaining the GLIBC_2.2.5 path for x86_64. Ensure the function
does not leave real_dlsym_fn NULL when a valid delegate is available.

Review comments at @electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/dmabuf_import.rs:
- Around line 195-196: The render-node loop exits before frame allocation and
graph construction, preventing later nodes from being tried when either setup
step fails. Move alloc_frames and build_graph into the loop, and retry the next
node when setup fails after releasing any partially initialized device, frame,
and graph state using the existing cleanup mechanisms.
- Around line 195-196: DmabufImporter::new selects a render node before dmabuf
mapping can be validated, so frames may be dropped if the default node cannot
import them. Document OPENSCREEN_LINUX_RENDER_NODE as an optional workaround for
dropped frames on the default node, while preserving renderD128 as the unchanged
default and making clear that working single-GPU systems do not need to set it.

---

Minor comments:
Review comments at @crates/compositor/src/pipeline_linux.rs:
- Around line 1385-1388: Update the node-selection loop that sets opened_va so
it retries the complete H.264 setup for each render node, including
frame-context setup, VPP setup, and avcodec_open2, instead of stopping after
VA-API derivation. On each failed attempt, clean up resources created for that
node before continuing; return None only after all eligible nodes fail.

Review comments at @electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/encoder.rs:
- Around line 499-512: Gate render-node discovery in the candidate_nodes setup
on device_type being ff::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VAAPI. Keep the default None candidate
for all device types so Vulkan performs only its single default attempt.

Review comments at @src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx:
- Around line 453-459: Update the collapsedLinux allocation passed to
computeHudWindowSize so collapsed vertical Linux trays also use a compact stack
height, while preserving enough space for vertical tooltips and notices;
establish their required height before reducing the allocation, and leave
expanded tray sizing unchanged.

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Minor · Retry the next render node when avcodec_open2 fails. · encoder.rs:553-554

electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/encoder.rs:553-554
Minor · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Retry the next render node when avcodec_open2 fails.

attach_hardware moves to the next render node only when device or frame-pool setup fails. avcodec_open2 runs after attach_hardware returns. If it fails on the selected node, open moves to the next LADDER backend, so a later VA-API node that can encode H.264 is never tried. Run the open attempt per node, or treat an avcodec_open2 failure as a reason to try the next node.

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Update the hardware-selection flow around attach_hardware so an avcodec_open2
failure on one render node advances to the next eligible node before open falls
through to another LADDER backend. Keep trying nodes that support H.264, while
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Review comments at @electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/dmabuf_import.rs:
- Around line 138-140: Update candidate construction in DmabufImporter::new to
try OPENSCREEN_LINUX_RENDER_NODE first, then append existing scanned render
nodes not already in the candidate list. Preserve the current empty-candidate
behavior and ensure a missing or unusable override does not prevent trying the
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Review comments at @src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx:
- Around line 461-467: Update the collapsed Linux width calculation in the
`granted` branch to retain the existing horizontal reserve for vertical trays,
using the appropriate width from `computed.granted` rather than narrowing to
`required.width`. Keep the horizontal-tray behavior and height calculation
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Review comments at @electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/encoder.rs:
- Around line 553-554: Update the hardware-selection flow around attach_hardware
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Thanks a lot @PyVoyager, this is a really useful batch, and the hybrid AMD test setup is exactly what we can't reproduce here. 🙏

Lint: the only error is a formatting one, src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx:472-474 (Biome wants the orientationChanged condition on one line). npm run format fixes it; the rest are pre-existing warnings.

Could you split this into three PRs? They land under different rules on our side:

  • (a) libva shim + multi-GPU render-node probing: pure bug fix, no visible change. This one can move fast once lint is green.
  • (b) X11 dynamic HUD sizing: UI behaviour, so it goes through a maintainer check.
  • (c) 854 px preview readback cap: changes what the preview renders, so it needs a before/after measurement (frame time or CPU in the editor, same project, cap on vs off) in the PR.

What I checked on (a): I compiled the shim on Ubuntu 24.04.2 with gcc 13.3 and the stock libva 2.20 (which exports only vaMapBuffer). dlsym(libva, "vaMapBuffer2") returns the shim, vaMapBuffer and libc lookups are untouched, unknown symbols still return NULL. 👍 Two small notes:

  • Overriding dlsym process-wide changes RTLD_NEXT for every caller (it now resolves relative to the helper, not the calling library). Probably harmless here, but worth a comment in the code, or a narrower hook if you see a way.
  • gcc warns on name && (-Wnonnull-compare), and the fallback returns -1; VA_STATUS_ERROR_UNKNOWN would be clearer.

Two CodeRabbit threads are still open on the current head (render-node override fallback in dmabuf_import.rs, vertical tray width in LaunchWindow.tsx), plus the older aarch64 one, which your second commit seems to address and could be resolved.

Thanks again, looking forward to (a)!

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Thanks @PyVoyager, this is a really useful set of fixes. I ran an A/B of c61448e against main (8f00d51) on a Linux laptop: Ubuntu 24.04, AMD Mendocino (radeonsi, single renderD128), libva 2.20.0, GNOME Wayland session.

vaMapBuffer2 shim (helper): ok

  • main: vaapi unavailable: libva.so.2 does not export vaMapBuffer2, so the helper falls back to Vulkan.
  • PR: selected backend: vaapi. The 1080p60 encoder smoke clip (ladder_encodes_a_playable_mp4, 120 frames) decodes cleanly with ffprobe and ffmpeg.
  • Encoding speed is the same: 86 fps on main, 90 fps with the PR.

Export: ok, unchanged

  • 1080p30 export of a 10 s 1080p60 clip through run_composited_multi, 3 runs each. Both sides use h264_vaapi on renderD128.
  • Median time is 3.17 s on main and 3.10 s with the PR, within ±5%.
  • The output MP4s are byte-identical, so the 854 px cap stays out of export.

Not covered

  • X11 HUD sizing: this machine runs a Wayland session.
  • Multi-GPU probing: this machine has a single render node. I only confirmed that renderD128 is still picked.
  • Real 15 s portal recording and preview cap (cadence/resolution): both need a full app build, and the box didn't have the disk space for one. The encoder path was exercised through the cargo test above, not through a live capture.

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@PyVoyager PyVoyager changed the title fix(linux): dynamic X11 HUD sizing, libva < 2.22 vaMapBuffer2 shim, and multi-GPU VA-API probing fix(linux): libva < 2.22 vaMapBuffer2 shim and multi-GPU VA-API probing Nov 6, 2026
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Hi @EtienneLescot,

Thank you so much for the thorough review and for running the A/B test on your machine!

Per your suggestion, we have split the changes into three focused PRs:

  1. This PR (fix(linux): libva < 2.22 vaMapBuffer2 compatibility shim #1476) now exclusively contains (a) the libva compatibility shim + multi-GPU render-node probing:

    • vaMapBuffer2 fallback now cleanly returns VA_STATUS_ERROR_UNKNOWN instead of -1.
    • Removed name && in dlsym strcmp, resolving the GCC -Wnonnull-compare compiler warning.
    • Added an explanatory code comment regarding process-wide dlsym and RTLD_NEXT resolution in the helper.
    • Fixed render-node fallback in dmabuf_import.rs so candidate discovery continues to scan nodes if OPENSCREEN_LINUX_RENDER_NODE is invalid.
    • Gated DRM candidate iteration in encoder.rs to VA-API only.
    • Retained glibc symbol version compatibility for both x86_64 (GLIBC_2.2.5) and aarch64 (GLIBC_2.17).
  2. (b) X11 dynamic HUD sizing is now in fix(linux): dynamic X11 HUD sizing and click-through prevention #1486 (includes the Biome single-line formatting fix and vertical tray width reserve).

  3. (c) 854 px preview readback cap is now in perf(linux): cap compositor preview readback dimensions #1487 (includes before/after frame time and CPU measurements).

Looking forward to your review!

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Thanks, the shim works in our A/B! Could you move the multi-GPU render-node probing to its own PR, so the shim can land first? Importer and encoder should also pick the same node. And please address the open CodeRabbit threads.

PyVoyager and others added 2 commits November 13, 2026 03:03
- Add a dynamic shim in ffmpeg_accessors.c forwarding vaMapBuffer2 to vaMapBuffer
  on libva < 2.22 (such as Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with libva 2.20.0).
- Export the helper's dynamic symbols so the dlsym interposer is seen by libavutil.
- Accept either vaMapBuffer2 or vaMapBuffer in the VA-API probe.

Refs getopenscreen#1340
dlsym and vaMapBuffer2 can be called from several threads at once, and
both read and write real_dlsym_fn and real_vaMapBuffer_fn. Load and store
them with acquire/release atomics so the first-call race is defined.

Refs getopenscreen#1340
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@EtienneLescot EtienneLescot changed the title fix(linux): libva < 2.22 vaMapBuffer2 shim and multi-GPU VA-API probing fix(linux): libva < 2.22 vaMapBuffer2 compatibility shim Nov 13, 2026
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Thanks @PyVoyager for this fix, and for the A/B that showed it works on libva 2.20! As asked in review, I narrowed this PR to the vaMapBuffer2 shim: rebased on main, your commit kept with your name, and one commit on top that makes the shim's function pointers atomic. It stays your PR.

The multi-GPU render-node probing moved to a follow-up, #1543, with your commit and your name on it. It is a draft for now: the export path still needs to pick the render node the compositor renders on.

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Review comments at @electron/native/pipewire-capture/csrc/ffmpeg_accessors.c:
- Line 100: Limit the dlsym override in the exported dlsym function to the
vaMapBuffer2 fallback for the libavutil lookup, leaving all other symbol
lookups—including RTLD_NEXT—to resolve normally. Alternatively, preserve the
override but return the real dlsym result unchanged for RTLD_NEXT lookups; avoid
changing lookup behavior for unrelated names.

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glibc resolves RTLD_NEXT from dlsym's return address. The C wrapper called
the real dlsym itself, so every lookup in the process looked like it came
from the helper, and an LD_PRELOAD wrapper calling dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, ...)
could get its own address back and recurse.

The exported dlsym is now a small x86_64/aarch64 entry that asks C where to
go and jumps there with the arguments and return address untouched. Only a
vaMapBuffer2 lookup on a real handle reaches the libva < 2.22 fallback;
every other lookup lands in glibc's dlsym as if the shim were not there.

Refs getopenscreen#1340

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