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62 changes: 61 additions & 1 deletion lib/llm/src/preprocessor/media/decoders/video.rs
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Expand Up @@ -239,10 +239,17 @@ fn decode_video(config: &VideoDecoder, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<DecodedMediaDat
frame_rate.denominator() > 0,
"Cannot determine the video frame rate"
);
let source_duration = if input_stream.duration() > 0 {

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When a stream has unknown video duration/frame count but the container duration is positive because of another stream, such as longer audio, this fallback treats the container duration as the video duration. get_num_requested_frames then derives total frame count and target sample times from that longer value; on the default non-strict frontend path the decoder reaches video EOF and returns fewer frames than the requested num_frames/max_frames, while metadata reports the inflated duration. Fall back only to a duration that is known to describe the video stream, or derive the video duration from decoded video packet/frame timestamps before using it for sampling.

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Replace the container-duration fallback with a video-stream duration derived from video packet/frame timestamps, or reject this case until such a video-specific duration is available.

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Confirmed by measurement. The container duration includes the audio, so an ordinary WebM with audio loses samples. A WebM with no container duration still fails before decoding. #15816 decodes all four cases below.

Measured on Linux with the in-tree FFmpeg 9.0.1, default frontend settings (`max_frames` 32, not strict).
input this PR #15816
60 s video and audio, audio ends 8 ms later 31 of 32 frames. Strict num_frames=3 fails with "2 of 3" 32 of 32
30 s video, 60 s audio 16 of 32 frames, source_duration 60.008. num_frames=3 returns 1 frame 32 of 32, 30.0 s
video starts at 5 s source_duration 8.0, timestamps 5.0 to 7.5 3.0 s, timestamps 0 to 2.5
no container duration (-live 1) Cannot determine the video frame count 6 of 6

Time::new(Some(input_stream.duration()), stream_time_base).as_secs() as f64
} else {
// WebM may expose duration only at container level, in AV_TIME_BASE units.
// Clamp unknown (AV_NOPTS_VALUE) or nonpositive durations to zero.
input.duration().max(0) as f64 / f64::from(ffmpeg_next::ffi::AV_TIME_BASE)

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rg -n -F -- 'fn get_target_times' lib/llm/src/preprocessor/media/decoders/video.rs
rg -n -F -- 'get_num_requested_frames(' lib/llm/src/preprocessor/media/decoders/video.rs
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rg -n -F -- 'max_frames' lib/llm/src/preprocessor/media/decoders/video.rs lib/llm/src/preprocessor/media || true
rg -n -F -- 'num_frames' lib/llm/src/preprocessor/media/decoders/video.rs lib/llm/src/preprocessor/media || true
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Bound container-derived frame counts before constructing target times.

When a WebM has no stream duration or frame count, an exaggerated positive container duration can make get_num_requested_frames return a very large count. get_target_times then allocates one Time value per requested frame before the max_alloc check runs. The later allocation expression also uses unchecked multiplication and can wrap in release builds.

Apply the allocation bound before get_target_times. Use checked arithmetic, and reject the frame count before proportional allocations. Optional max_frames and num_frames settings do not provide a default global cap.

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Review comment at @lib/llm/src/preprocessor/media/decoders/video.rs at line 247:
In get_num_requested_frames and the caller before get_target_times, enforce a
default global frame-count allocation bound before constructing target times;
use checked arithmetic for proportional allocation sizes and reject counts that
exceed the bound, independent of optional max_frames or num_frames settings.

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[P1] One request can get the frontend OOM-killed. video.rs:247. The fallback lets a WebM report a huge frame total, media_io_kwargs can request that many frames, and get_target_times fills 24 bytes per frame first. release/1.6.0-minimax-m3-dev.1 has this change through #14856 and fails the same way. Please run the max_alloc check, with checked multiplication, before get_target_times.

Measured in a running frontend, with steps to reproduce.

The input is a 2-frame VP9 WebM of 7 to 11 KB. Its second frame has a timestamp of 1e9 s. The frontend ran in its own container with --memory=8g --memory-swap=8g, next to a vLLM worker with --frontend-decoding --enable-multimodal (Qwen3-VL-2B).

image num_frames 2 num_frames 10,000,000 num_frames 10,000,000,000
main 8b11b44620 500, Cannot determine the video frame count same same, frontend stays up
release/1.6.0-minimax-m3-dev.1 7f10471620 200 500, frontend log exceed max alloc, memory peak 225 MB to 466 MB empty reply after 2.5 s, frontend container OOMKilled, exit 137

#15816 behaves the same, so the fix belongs before get_target_times in decode_video: run the max_alloc check there, with checked multiplication.

  1. Make the input. This uses FFmpeg 7.0.2 with libvpx.

    ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc2=size=224x224:rate=2 -frames:v 2 \
  -vf "setpts='if(eq(N,1),1000000000/TB,PTS)'" -fps_mode passthrough \
  -c:v libvpx-vp9 -f webm late_frame.webm

  2. Start a vLLM worker with --model Qwen/Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct --frontend-decoding --enable-multimodal, and a frontend with a memory limit.

  3. Build the request and send it.

    python3 - <<'EOF' > req.json
import base64, json
b64 = base64.b64encode(open("late_frame.webm", "rb").read()).decode()
print(json.dumps({
    "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct",
    "max_tokens": 8,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": [
        {"type": "video_url", "video_url": {"url": "data:video/webm;base64," + b64}}]}],
    "media_io_kwargs": {"video": {"num_frames": 10000000000}},
}))
EOF
curl -s http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @req.json

With num_frames 10000000 instead, the request returns a 500 and the frontend stays up. The frontend log shows Video dimensions 10000000x224x224x3 exceed max alloc 536870912.

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@dmitry-tokarev-nv Thanks for the reproduction and guidance. The supplied code confirms that get_target_times allocates before the max_alloc check. Checked multiplication alone will not prevent that earlier allocation.

  • Move decoder setup and dimension validation before get_target_times.
  • Calculate RGB allocation sizes with checked arithmetic. Reject overflow and requests above max_alloc before constructing target times.
  • Reuse the validated sizes for the frame buffer.
  • Add regression tests for oversized frame requests and arithmetic overflow. Preserve valid sampling behavior.
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};
(
input_stream.index(),
stream_time_base,
Time::new(Some(input_stream.duration()), stream_time_base).as_secs() as f64,
source_duration,
(frame_rate.numerator() as f32 / frame_rate.denominator() as f32) as f64,
input_stream.frames().max(0) as u64,
input_stream.parameters(),
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assert!(msg.contains("libvpx-vp9"), "no re-encode hint in: {msg}");
}

#[rstest]
#[case(None, None, 6)]
#[case(Some(1.0), None, 3)]
#[case(None, Some(2), 2)]
fn test_decode_webm_with_container_duration(
#[case] fps: Option<f64>,
#[case] num_frames: Option<u64>,
#[case] expected_frames: usize,
) {
// Finalized six-frame VP9 WebM from the reported data-URL request.

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This comment mostly repeats the fixture filename and nearby assertions, while the reference to the reported data-URL request is bug-history provenance rather than a lasting constraint needed to understand the test. Remove it or replace it only with non-obvious fixture requirements that are not already asserted below.

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let path = concat!(
env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
"/tests/data/media/224p_6_vp9.webm"
);
let input = ffmpeg_next::format::input(&path).unwrap();
let stream = input
.streams()
.best(ffmpeg_next::media::Type::Video)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(stream.duration(), ffmpeg_next::ffi::AV_NOPTS_VALUE);
assert_eq!(stream.frames(), 0);
assert_eq!(
input.duration(),
3 * i64::from(ffmpeg_next::ffi::AV_TIME_BASE)
);

let decoder = VideoDecoder {
fps,
num_frames,
strict: true,
..Default::default()
};
let decoded = decoder
.decode(EncodedMediaData::from_bytes(std::fs::read(path).unwrap()))
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(
decoded.tensor_info.shape,
vec![expected_frames, 224, 224, 3]
);
let Some(DecodedMediaMetadata::Video(metadata)) = decoded.tensor_info.metadata else {
panic!("missing video metadata");
};
assert_eq!(metadata.source_duration, 3.0);
assert_eq!(metadata.source_fps, 2.0);
assert_eq!(metadata.sampled_timestamps.len(), expected_frames);
assert!(
metadata
.sampled_timestamps
.iter()
.all(|t| (0.0..3.0).contains(t))
);
}

#[test]
fn test_decode_video_num_frames() {
let (encoded_data, width, height, _total_frames) = load_test_video("240p_10.mp4");
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