{
        unsigned int plane;
 
+       if (V4L2_TYPE_IS_OUTPUT(b->type)) {
+               if (WARN_ON_ONCE(b->bytesused == 0)) {
+                       pr_warn_once("use of bytesused == 0 is deprecated and will be removed in the future,\n");
+                       if (vb->vb2_queue->allow_zero_bytesused)
+                               pr_warn_once("use VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD(V4L2_DEC_CMD_STOP) instead.\n");
+                       else
+                               pr_warn_once("use the actual size instead.\n");
+               }
+       }
+
        if (V4L2_TYPE_IS_MULTIPLANAR(b->type)) {
                if (b->memory == V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR) {
                        for (plane = 0; plane < vb->num_planes; ++plane) {
                         * userspace clearly never bothered to set it and
                         * it's a safe assumption that they really meant to
                         * use the full plane sizes.
+                        *
+                        * Some drivers, e.g. old codec drivers, use bytesused == 0
+                        * as a way to indicate that streaming is finished.
+                        * In that case, the driver should use the
+                        * allow_zero_bytesused flag to keep old userspace
+                        * applications working.
                         */
                        for (plane = 0; plane < vb->num_planes; ++plane) {
                                struct v4l2_plane *pdst = &v4l2_planes[plane];
                                struct v4l2_plane *psrc = &b->m.planes[plane];
 
-                               pdst->bytesused = psrc->bytesused ?
-                                       psrc->bytesused : pdst->length;
+                               if (vb->vb2_queue->allow_zero_bytesused)
+                                       pdst->bytesused = psrc->bytesused;
+                               else
+                                       pdst->bytesused = psrc->bytesused ?
+                                               psrc->bytesused : pdst->length;
                                pdst->data_offset = psrc->data_offset;
                        }
                }
                 *
                 * If bytesused == 0 for the output buffer, then fall back
                 * to the full buffer size as that's a sensible default.
+                *
+                * Some drivers, e.g. old codec drivers, use bytesused == 0 as
+                * a way to indicate that streaming is finished. In that case,
+                * the driver should use the allow_zero_bytesused flag to keep
+                * old userspace applications working.
                 */
                if (b->memory == V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR) {
                        v4l2_planes[0].m.userptr = b->m.userptr;
                        v4l2_planes[0].length = b->length;
                }
 
-               if (V4L2_TYPE_IS_OUTPUT(b->type))
-                       v4l2_planes[0].bytesused = b->bytesused ?
-                               b->bytesused : v4l2_planes[0].length;
-               else
+               if (V4L2_TYPE_IS_OUTPUT(b->type)) {
+                       if (vb->vb2_queue->allow_zero_bytesused)
+                               v4l2_planes[0].bytesused = b->bytesused;
+                       else
+                               v4l2_planes[0].bytesused = b->bytesused ?
+                                       b->bytesused : v4l2_planes[0].length;
+               } else
                        v4l2_planes[0].bytesused = 0;
 
        }
 
  * @io_modes:  supported io methods (see vb2_io_modes enum)
  * @fileio_read_once:          report EOF after reading the first buffer
  * @fileio_write_immediately:  queue buffer after each write() call
+ * @allow_zero_bytesused:      allow bytesused == 0 to be passed to the driver
  * @lock:      pointer to a mutex that protects the vb2_queue struct. The
  *             driver can set this to a mutex to let the v4l2 core serialize
  *             the queuing ioctls. If the driver wants to handle locking
        unsigned int                    io_modes;
        unsigned                        fileio_read_once:1;
        unsigned                        fileio_write_immediately:1;
+       unsigned                        allow_zero_bytesused:1;
 
        struct mutex                    *lock;
        struct v4l2_fh                  *owner;