fix(encode/vulkan): unwind every open/import leak, and serve 24-bpp CPU instead of dying on it

Phase 5's Linux half (audit WP5.1 + WP5.4), each item shaped by the
review that rejected the obvious fix:

Dmabuf import unwind (vk_util): every failure after create_image leaked
the VkImage, and the dup'd dmabuf fd leaked as a raw i32. The sharp edge
is that a SUCCESSFUL vkAllocateMemory transfers fd ownership to Vulkan
(vkFreeMemory closes it), so the naive close-on-error is a double close
that clobbers whatever unrelated descriptor recycled the number. The dup
now lives in an OwnedFd released exactly in the allocate-success arm;
every other path drops it once, and bind/view failures free image+memory.

PyroWave open unwind: open_inner had ~20 fallible steps that each leaked
everything before them (instance, device, pyrowave objects, the whole
CSC pipeline). Rather than a parallel teardown guard — whose reviewed
hazards were a null-unsafe pyrowave_encoder_destroy and a drifting
duplicate of Drop — Self is now constructed right after create_device
with every later resource null, and the existing Drop (wait-idle first,
pw_enc null-guarded, delete-nullptr and VK_NULL_HANDLE destroys are
no-ops) is the single unwind path for error and normal teardown alike.
The ensure_cpu_rgb staging twins (create/allocate/bind, both backends)
and the RGB-direct make_view pair get the same discipline via a shared
make_host_buffer. Observed on hardware: 32 forced import failures, zero
fd drift (the new import_failure_leaks_no_fds smoke on RADV).

24-bpp CPU service (WP5.4): pixel_to_vk had no mapping for the packed
Rgb/Bgr the PipeWire portal negotiates, so a session committed to a path
the backend could not serve and died at its first frame. The filed
open-gate was rejected as a half-mirror — the dmabuf axis is keyed by
fourcc at submit, unknowable at open — so instead the CPU axis is
SERVED: a 3-to-4 expand at the staging upload (normalize_cpu_rgb, the
CPU twin of WP1.4's swscale expand), order-preserving for the CSC
samplers and BGRA-forced for the RGB-direct encode source, whose session
pictureFormat is B8G8R8A8 — the on-glass run caught R-first sources
violating VUID-vkCmdEncodeVideoKHR-pEncodeInfo-08207, a mismatch that
predates this change for plain Rgbx CPU sources. The dmabuf axis feeds
pf-zerocopy's raw-dmabuf degrade latch (3efbe416) from both Vulkan
import caches — deterministic refusals flip capture to CPU delivery,
which now serves every format capture produces; transient OOM and
native-NV12 sessions are excluded.

RECORDING-state hygiene: the fallible recording prefix (cursor prep,
import, staging) now resets the command buffer on error instead of
leaving it RECORDING for the next begin to trip
VUID-vkBeginCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00049; PyroWave's submit-level
blanket reset is replaced by the same scoped shape, closing its
fence-timeout hole where a reset hit a PENDING buffer
(VUID-vkResetCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00045).

Verified: docker linux/amd64 4-leg gate green; RADV 780M on-glass under
the validation layers at 1920x1080 — all 10 smokes pass (including the
new 24-bpp CSC + RGB-direct legs and both channel orders), decoded
colour truth checked with ffmpeg, and the only remaining validation
messages are the two documented VALVE-extension layer gaps plus a
pre-existing pyrowave shader/feature mismatch now filed in the planning
doc.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

crates/pf-encode/src/enc/linux/pyrowave.rs

@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 //! `PUNKTFUNK_ENCODER=pyrowave` and logs that loudly.
 // Every unsafe block in this module carries a `// SAFETY:` proof (parent module enforces it).
 
-use super::vk_util::{color_range, find_mem, import_rgb_dmabuf, make_plain_image, pixel_to_vk};
+use super::vk_util::{
+    color_range, import_failure_feeds_latch, import_rgb_dmabuf, make_host_buffer, make_plain_image,
+    normalize_cpu_rgb, pixel_to_vk,
+};
 use crate::{EncodedFrame, Encoder, EncoderCaps};
 use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use ash::vk;
@@ -184,6 +187,8 @@ pub struct PyroWaveEncoder {
     // CPU-input staging (software capture / smoke tests), lazily (re)created on format change.
     cpu_img: Option<(vk::Image, vk::DeviceMemory, vk::ImageView, vk::Format)>,
     cpu_stage: Option<(vk::Buffer, vk::DeviceMemory, u64)>,
+    /// Reused 3→4 expansion buffer for 24-bpp CPU payloads (`vk_util::normalize_cpu_rgb`).
+    cpu_expand: Vec<u8>,
 
     cmd_pool: vk::CommandPool,
     cmd: vk::CommandBuffer,
@@ -279,6 +284,14 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
             .create_instance(&hold.instance_ci, None)
             .context("create instance")?;
 
+        // Between `create_instance` and `create_device` the only live resource is the instance,
+        // so this whole stretch runs as one fallible block with a single manual destroy on its
+        // error arm. From the device on, a partially-constructed `Self` (below) makes the
+        // existing `Drop` the sole unwind path — these used to be a dozen `?`s that each leaked
+        // everything created before them.
+        // SAFETY: plain physical-device queries on the live instance just created, and a
+        // `create_device` whose create-infos are pinned in `hold` for the call's duration.
+        let selected = (|| unsafe {
             // Pick the first real GPU with a graphics+compute family (pyrowave requires a
             // graphics-capable queue in the device create info; the CSC + codec run on it).
             let (pd, family) = {
@@ -302,7 +315,6 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
                 }
                 found.context("no Vulkan GPU with a graphics+compute queue")?
             };
-        let mem_props = instance.get_physical_device_memory_properties(pd);
 
             // Feature gate — pyrowave's documented encoder requirements (pyrowave.h): shaderInt16,
             // storageBuffer8BitAccess, subgroup size control (1.3 core); shaderFloat16 is optional.
@@ -362,12 +374,80 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
             let device = instance
                 .create_device(pd, &hold.device_ci, None)
                 .context("create device")?;
+            Ok((pd, family, device))
+        })();
+        let (pd, family, device) = match selected {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(e) => {
+                instance.destroy_instance(None);
+                return Err(e);
+            }
+        };
         let queue = device.get_device_queue(family, 0);
         let ext_fd = ash::khr::external_memory_fd::Device::new(&instance, &device);
+        let mem_props = instance.get_physical_device_memory_properties(pd);
 
-        // ---- hand the device to pyrowave (create-infos stay pinned in `hold`) ----
+        // Construct `Self` NOW, every not-yet-created resource at its null value, and assign
+        // into it as resources come up. Any `?` from here drops `me`, and the existing `Drop`
+        // tears down exactly the prefix that exists: it `device_wait_idle()`s first, null-guards
+        // `pw_enc` (`pyrowave_encoder_destroy` dereferences before deleting),
+        // `pyrowave_device_destroy(null)` is a plain `delete nullptr` (pyrowave_c.cpp) and
+        // every `vkDestroy*`/`vkFree*` of a VK_NULL_HANDLE is the spec-defined no-op. One
+        // teardown path serves both the error unwind and the normal drop, so an open-path leak
+        // is unrepresentable rather than guarded (the c4c78129 shape, applied to ~20 resources).
+        let mut me = Self {
+            _entry: entry,
+            instance,
+            device,
+            ext_fd,
+            queue,
+            family,
+            mem_props,
+            _hold: hold,
+            pw_dev: std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            pw_enc: std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            csc_pipe: vk::Pipeline::null(),
+            csc_layout: vk::PipelineLayout::null(),
+            csc_dsl: vk::DescriptorSetLayout::null(),
+            csc_pool: vk::DescriptorPool::null(),
+            csc_set: vk::DescriptorSet::null(),
+            sampler: vk::Sampler::null(),
+            y_img: vk::Image::null(),
+            y_mem: vk::DeviceMemory::null(),
+            y_view: vk::ImageView::null(),
+            uv_img: vk::Image::null(),
+            uv_mem: vk::DeviceMemory::null(),
+            uv_view: vk::ImageView::null(),
+            cursor_img: vk::Image::null(),
+            cursor_mem: vk::DeviceMemory::null(),
+            cursor_view: vk::ImageView::null(),
+            cursor_stage: vk::Buffer::null(),
+            cursor_stage_mem: vk::DeviceMemory::null(),
+            cursor_serial: u64::MAX,
+            cursor_ready: false,
+            import_cache: Vec::new(),
+            cpu_img: None,
+            cpu_stage: None,
+            cpu_expand: Vec::new(),
+            cmd_pool: vk::CommandPool::null(),
+            cmd: vk::CommandBuffer::null(),
+            fence: vk::Fence::null(),
+            width: w,
+            height: h,
+            fps,
+            chroma444,
+            frame_budget: budget_for(bitrate, fps),
+            wire_chunk: None,
+            bitstream: Vec::new(),
+            pending: VecDeque::new(),
+            frame_count: 0,
+        };
+
+        // ---- hand the device to pyrowave (create-infos stay pinned in `me._hold` — pyrowave
+        //      retains the pointers for the device's lifetime, and the Boxes' heap data does
+        //      not move when `Self` does) ----
         let mut queue_info = pw::pyrowave_device_create_queue_info {
-            queue: queue.as_raw() as pw::VkQueue,
+            queue: me.queue.as_raw() as pw::VkQueue,
             familyIndex: family,
             index: 0,
         };
@@ -380,13 +460,13 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
                     *const c_char,
                 ) -> Option<unsafe extern "system" fn()>,
                 unsafe extern "C" fn(pw::VkInstance, *const c_char) -> pw::PFN_vkVoidFunction,
-            >(entry.static_fn().get_instance_proc_addr)),
-            instance: instance.handle().as_raw() as usize as pw::VkInstance,
+            >(me._entry.static_fn().get_instance_proc_addr)),
+            instance: me.instance.handle().as_raw() as usize as pw::VkInstance,
             physical_device: pd.as_raw() as usize as pw::VkPhysicalDevice,
-            device: device.handle().as_raw() as usize as pw::VkDevice,
-            instance_create_info: &*hold.instance_ci as *const vk::InstanceCreateInfo
+            device: me.device.handle().as_raw() as usize as pw::VkDevice,
+            instance_create_info: &*me._hold.instance_ci as *const vk::InstanceCreateInfo
                 as *const pw::VkInstanceCreateInfo,
-            device_create_info: &*hold.device_ci as *const vk::DeviceCreateInfo
+            device_create_info: &*me._hold.device_ci as *const vk::DeviceCreateInfo
                 as *const pw::VkDeviceCreateInfo,
             queue_info: &mut queue_info,
             queue_info_count: 1,
@@ -396,17 +476,16 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
             queue_unlock_callback: None,
             userdata: std::ptr::null_mut(),
         };
-        let mut pw_dev: pw::pyrowave_device = std::ptr::null_mut();
         pw_check(
-            pw::pyrowave_create_device(&create, &mut pw_dev),
+            pw::pyrowave_create_device(&create, &mut me.pw_dev),
             "create_device",
         )?;
         // Our explicit command buffers live on a compute-capable family.
         let _ =
-            pw::pyrowave_device_set_queue_type(pw_dev, pw::VkQueueFlagBits_VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT);
+            pw::pyrowave_device_set_queue_type(me.pw_dev, pw::VkQueueFlagBits_VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT);
 
         let einfo = pw::pyrowave_encoder_create_info {
-            device: pw_dev,
+            device: me.pw_dev,
             width: w as i32,
             height: h as i32,
             chroma: if chroma444 {
@@ -415,38 +494,41 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
                 pw::pyrowave_chroma_subsampling_PYROWAVE_CHROMA_SUBSAMPLING_420
             },
         };
-        let mut pw_enc: pw::pyrowave_encoder = std::ptr::null_mut();
-        if let Err(e) = pw_check(
-            pw::pyrowave_encoder_create(&einfo, &mut pw_enc),
+        pw_check(
+            pw::pyrowave_encoder_create(&einfo, &mut me.pw_enc),
             "encoder_create",
-        ) {
-            pw::pyrowave_device_destroy(pw_dev);
-            return Err(e);
-        }
+        )?;
 
         // ---- CSC planes: full-res R8 luma + RG8 chroma (half-res for 4:2:0, full-res for
         //      4:4:4), storage-written by the CSC and sampled directly by pyrowave (R/G view
         //      swizzles synthesize Cb/Cr) ----
+        let device = me.device.clone(); // cheap fn-table clone; lets `me.*` assignments interleave
         let (cw, ch) = if chroma444 { (w, h) } else { (w / 2, h / 2) };
         let (y_img, y_mem, y_view) = make_plain_image(
             &device,
-            &mem_props,
+            &me.mem_props,
             vk::Format::R8_UNORM,
             w,
             h,
             vk::ImageUsageFlags::STORAGE | vk::ImageUsageFlags::SAMPLED,
         )?;
+        me.y_img = y_img;
+        me.y_mem = y_mem;
+        me.y_view = y_view;
         let (uv_img, uv_mem, uv_view) = make_plain_image(
             &device,
-            &mem_props,
+            &me.mem_props,
             vk::Format::R8G8_UNORM,
             cw,
             ch,
             vk::ImageUsageFlags::STORAGE | vk::ImageUsageFlags::SAMPLED,
         )?;
+        me.uv_img = uv_img;
+        me.uv_mem = uv_mem;
+        me.uv_view = uv_view;
 
         // ---- CSC compute pipeline (same shader + layout as vulkan_video.rs) ----
-        let sampler = device.create_sampler(
+        me.sampler = device.create_sampler(
             &vk::SamplerCreateInfo::default()
                 .mag_filter(vk::Filter::NEAREST)
                 .min_filter(vk::Filter::NEAREST)
@@ -474,17 +556,17 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
             sb(2, vk::DescriptorType::STORAGE_IMAGE),
             sb(3, vk::DescriptorType::COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER), // cursor overlay
         ];
-        let csc_dsl = device.create_descriptor_set_layout(
+        me.csc_dsl = device.create_descriptor_set_layout(
             &vk::DescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo::default().bindings(&bindings),
             None,
         )?;
-        let dsls = [csc_dsl];
+        let dsls = [me.csc_dsl];
         // Push constant: cursor {ivec2 origin, ivec2 size} = 16 bytes (matches the shared CSC shader).
         let pc_ranges = [vk::PushConstantRange::default()
             .stage_flags(vk::ShaderStageFlags::COMPUTE)
             .offset(0)
             .size(16)];
-        let csc_layout = device.create_pipeline_layout(
+        me.csc_layout = device.create_pipeline_layout(
             &vk::PipelineLayoutCreateInfo::default()
                 .set_layouts(&dsls)
                 .push_constant_ranges(&pc_ranges),
@@ -494,16 +576,19 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
             .stage(vk::ShaderStageFlags::COMPUTE)
             .module(shader)
             .name(c"main");
-        let csc_pipe = device
-            .create_compute_pipelines(
+        let pipe_res = device.create_compute_pipelines(
             vk::PipelineCache::null(),
             &[vk::ComputePipelineCreateInfo::default()
-                    .layout(csc_layout)
+                .layout(me.csc_layout)
                 .stage(stage)],
             None,
-            )
-            .map_err(|(_, e)| e)?[0];
+        );
+        // The module is consumed by pipeline creation either way — destroy it BEFORE `?`ing the
+        // result, or the failure arm leaks it (it lives in no field). On failure the batch-of-1
+        // out array is all VK_NULL_HANDLE per spec, so the discarded Err-arm vec holds nothing —
+        // a future multi-entry batch could not assume that.
         device.destroy_shader_module(shader, None);
+        me.csc_pipe = pipe_res.map_err(|(_, e)| e)?[0];
 
         let pool_sizes = [
             vk::DescriptorPoolSize::default()
@@ -514,69 +599,62 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
                 .ty(vk::DescriptorType::STORAGE_IMAGE)
                 .descriptor_count(2),
         ];
-        let csc_pool = device.create_descriptor_pool(
+        me.csc_pool = device.create_descriptor_pool(
             &vk::DescriptorPoolCreateInfo::default()
                 .max_sets(1)
                 .pool_sizes(&pool_sizes),
             None,
         )?;
-        let csc_set = device.allocate_descriptor_sets(
+        me.csc_set = device.allocate_descriptor_sets(
             &vk::DescriptorSetAllocateInfo::default()
-                .descriptor_pool(csc_pool)
+                .descriptor_pool(me.csc_pool)
                 .set_layouts(&dsls),
         )?[0];
         // Cursor overlay: fixed CURSOR_MAX² RGBA8 sampled image + host staging (bound at binding 3).
         let (cursor_img, cursor_mem, cursor_view) = make_plain_image(
             &device,
-            &mem_props,
+            &me.mem_props,
             vk::Format::R8G8B8A8_UNORM,
             CURSOR_MAX,
             CURSOR_MAX,
             vk::ImageUsageFlags::SAMPLED | vk::ImageUsageFlags::TRANSFER_DST,
         )?;
-        let cursor_stage = device.create_buffer(
-            &vk::BufferCreateInfo::default()
-                .size((CURSOR_MAX * CURSOR_MAX * 4) as u64)
-                .usage(vk::BufferUsageFlags::TRANSFER_SRC),
-            None,
+        me.cursor_img = cursor_img;
+        me.cursor_mem = cursor_mem;
+        me.cursor_view = cursor_view;
+        let (cursor_stage, cursor_stage_mem) = make_host_buffer(
+            &device,
+            &me.mem_props,
+            (CURSOR_MAX * CURSOR_MAX * 4) as u64,
+            vk::BufferUsageFlags::TRANSFER_SRC,
         )?;
-        let cs_req = device.get_buffer_memory_requirements(cursor_stage);
-        let cursor_stage_mem = device.allocate_memory(
-            &vk::MemoryAllocateInfo::default()
-                .allocation_size(cs_req.size)
-                .memory_type_index(find_mem(
-                    &mem_props,
-                    cs_req.memory_type_bits,
-                    vk::MemoryPropertyFlags::HOST_VISIBLE | vk::MemoryPropertyFlags::HOST_COHERENT,
-                )),
-            None,
-        )?;
-        device.bind_buffer_memory(cursor_stage, cursor_stage_mem, 0)?;
+        me.cursor_stage = cursor_stage;
+        me.cursor_stage_mem = cursor_stage_mem;
         // Bindings 1/2 (Y, UV storage targets) + 3 (cursor sampler) are fixed for the encoder's life.
         let yi = [vk::DescriptorImageInfo::default()
-            .image_view(y_view)
+            .image_view(me.y_view)
             .image_layout(vk::ImageLayout::GENERAL)];
         let uvi = [vk::DescriptorImageInfo::default()
-            .image_view(uv_view)
+            .image_view(me.uv_view)
             .image_layout(vk::ImageLayout::GENERAL)];
         let curi = [vk::DescriptorImageInfo::default()
-            .sampler(sampler)
-            .image_view(cursor_view)
+            .sampler(me.sampler)
+            .image_view(me.cursor_view)
             .image_layout(vk::ImageLayout::SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL)];
         device.update_descriptor_sets(
             &[
                 vk::WriteDescriptorSet::default()
-                    .dst_set(csc_set)
+                    .dst_set(me.csc_set)
                     .dst_binding(1)
                     .descriptor_type(vk::DescriptorType::STORAGE_IMAGE)
                     .image_info(&yi),
                 vk::WriteDescriptorSet::default()
-                    .dst_set(csc_set)
+                    .dst_set(me.csc_set)
                     .dst_binding(2)
                     .descriptor_type(vk::DescriptorType::STORAGE_IMAGE)
                     .image_info(&uvi),
                 vk::WriteDescriptorSet::default()
-                    .dst_set(csc_set)
+                    .dst_set(me.csc_set)
                     .dst_binding(3)
                     .descriptor_type(vk::DescriptorType::COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER)
                     .image_info(&curi),
@@ -584,76 +662,30 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
             &[],
         );
 
-        let cmd_pool = device.create_command_pool(
+        me.cmd_pool = device.create_command_pool(
             &vk::CommandPoolCreateInfo::default()
                 .queue_family_index(family)
                 .flags(vk::CommandPoolCreateFlags::RESET_COMMAND_BUFFER),
             None,
         )?;
-        let cmd = device.allocate_command_buffers(
+        me.cmd = device.allocate_command_buffers(
             &vk::CommandBufferAllocateInfo::default()
-                .command_pool(cmd_pool)
+                .command_pool(me.cmd_pool)
                 .level(vk::CommandBufferLevel::PRIMARY)
                 .command_buffer_count(1),
         )?[0];
-        let fence = device.create_fence(&vk::FenceCreateInfo::default(), None)?;
+        me.fence = device.create_fence(&vk::FenceCreateInfo::default(), None)?;
 
-        let frame_budget = budget_for(bitrate, fps);
-        let props = instance.get_physical_device_properties(pd);
+        let props = me.instance.get_physical_device_properties(pd);
         tracing::info!(
             gpu = %props.device_name_as_c_str().unwrap_or(c"?").to_string_lossy(),
             mode = %format!("{w}x{h}@{fps}"),
-            budget_kib = frame_budget / 1024,
+            budget_kib = me.frame_budget / 1024,
             chroma = if chroma444 { "4:4:4" } else { "4:2:0" },
             "PyroWave encoder open (intra-only wavelet, BT.709 limited)"
         );
 
-        Ok(Self {
-            _entry: entry,
-            instance,
-            device,
-            ext_fd,
-            queue,
-            family,
-            mem_props,
-            _hold: hold,
-            pw_dev,
-            pw_enc,
-            csc_pipe,
-            csc_layout,
-            csc_dsl,
-            csc_pool,
-            csc_set,
-            sampler,
-            y_img,
-            y_mem,
-            y_view,
-            uv_img,
-            uv_mem,
-            uv_view,
-            cursor_img,
-            cursor_mem,
-            cursor_view,
-            cursor_stage,
-            cursor_stage_mem,
-            cursor_serial: u64::MAX,
-            cursor_ready: false,
-            import_cache: Vec::new(),
-            cpu_img: None,
-            cpu_stage: None,
-            cmd_pool,
-            cmd,
-            fence,
-            width: w,
-            height: h,
-            fps,
-            chroma444,
-            frame_budget,
-            wire_chunk: None,
-            bitstream: Vec::new(),
-            pending: VecDeque::new(),
-            frame_count: 0,
-        })
+        Ok(me)
     }
 
     /// Point CSC binding 0 at this frame's RGB view.
@@ -798,8 +830,25 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
         if let Some(&(_, _, img, _, view)) = self.import_cache.iter().find(|e| (e.0, e.1) == key) {
             return Ok((img, view, false));
         }
+        // Feed pf-zerocopy's raw-dmabuf degrade latch (the one 3efbe416 wired for the libav
+        // path): a driver that deterministically refuses what the compositor allocates refuses
+        // it identically forever, and only the latch — which flips capture to CPU delivery from
+        // the next session — recovers the host. The CPU path serves every format capture
+        // negotiates (24-bpp included, see `normalize_cpu_rgb`), so the degrade lands somewhere
+        // that works. Transient allocation OOM is excluded (`import_failure_feeds_latch`).
         let (img, mem, view) =
-            import_rgb_dmabuf(&self.device, &self.ext_fd, &self.mem_props, d, cw, ch)?;
+            match import_rgb_dmabuf(&self.device, &self.ext_fd, &self.mem_props, d, cw, ch) {
+                Ok(t) => {
+                    pf_zerocopy::note_raw_dmabuf_import_ok();
+                    t
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    if import_failure_feeds_latch(&e) {
+                        pf_zerocopy::note_raw_dmabuf_import_failure(&format!("{e:#}"));
+                    }
+                    return Err(e);
+                }
+            };
         while self.import_cache.len() >= IMPORT_CACHE_CAP {
             let (_, _, oi, om, ov) = self.import_cache.remove(0);
             self.device.destroy_image_view(ov, None);
@@ -840,25 +889,12 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
                 dev.destroy_buffer(b, None);
                 dev.free_memory(m, None);
             }
-            let buf = dev.create_buffer(
-                &vk::BufferCreateInfo::default()
-                    .size(need)
-                    .usage(vk::BufferUsageFlags::TRANSFER_SRC),
-                None,
-            )?;
-            let req = dev.get_buffer_memory_requirements(buf);
-            let mem = dev.allocate_memory(
-                &vk::MemoryAllocateInfo::default()
-                    .allocation_size(req.size)
-                    .memory_type_index(find_mem(
+            let (buf, mem) = make_host_buffer(
+                &dev,
                 &self.mem_props,
-                        req.memory_type_bits,
-                        vk::MemoryPropertyFlags::HOST_VISIBLE
-                            | vk::MemoryPropertyFlags::HOST_COHERENT,
-                    )),
-                None,
+                need,
+                vk::BufferUsageFlags::TRANSFER_SRC,
             )?;
-            dev.bind_buffer_memory(buf, mem, 0)?;
             self.cpu_stage = Some((buf, mem, need));
         }
         let (_, m, _) = self.cpu_stage.unwrap();
@@ -881,6 +917,16 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
         );
         let dev = self.device.clone();
         let (w, h) = (self.width, self.height);
+        // Everything from `begin` through `queue_submit` runs in one closure whose error arm
+        // resets `self.cmd`. On every arm inside it the reset is LEGAL: a mid-recording failure
+        // leaves RECORDING, a failed `end` leaves INVALID, a failed `queue_submit` enqueued
+        // nothing — never PENDING (the pool carries RESET_COMMAND_BUFFER). Failures AFTER the
+        // closure (the fence wait, packetize) must NOT reset: a fence timeout leaves the buffer
+        // PENDING, where a reset violates VUID-vkResetCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00045 — those
+        // paths propagate untouched and the recovery (`reset()`/`Drop`) `device_wait_idle()`s
+        // before anything touches `cmd`; a buffer that completed its one-time submit is INVALID,
+        // which the next `begin` may implicitly reset.
+        let record_and_submit = (|| -> Result<()> {
             dev.begin_command_buffer(
                 self.cmd,
                 &vk::CommandBufferBeginInfo::default()
@@ -926,8 +972,18 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
                     view
                 }
                 FramePayload::Cpu(bytes) => {
-                let fmt = pixel_to_vk(frame.format).context("unsupported CPU pixel format")?;
-                let view = self.ensure_cpu_rgb(fmt, bytes)?;
+                    // 24-bpp Rgb/Bgr expands 3→4 first (see `normalize_cpu_rgb`) — refusing it here
+                    // used to kill the session at its first frame with no fallback.
+                    let mut scratch = std::mem::take(&mut self.cpu_expand);
+                    let (norm_fmt, norm_bytes) =
+                        normalize_cpu_rgb(frame.format, bytes, &mut scratch, false);
+                    let fmt = pixel_to_vk(norm_fmt).context("unsupported CPU pixel format");
+                    let view = match fmt {
+                        Ok(f) => self.ensure_cpu_rgb(f, norm_bytes),
+                        Err(e) => Err(e),
+                    };
+                    self.cpu_expand = scratch;
+                    let view = view?;
                     let (img, ..) = self.cpu_img.unwrap();
                     let (stage, ..) = self.cpu_stage.unwrap();
                     let to_dst = vk::ImageMemoryBarrier2::default()
@@ -1119,6 +1175,14 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
                 &[vk::SubmitInfo::default().command_buffers(&cmds)],
                 self.fence,
             )?;
+            Ok(())
+        })();
+        if let Err(e) = record_and_submit {
+            // SAFETY: on every closure error arm the buffer is RECORDING/INVALID/EXECUTABLE —
+            // never PENDING (nothing was enqueued) — and the pool allows the reset.
+            let _ = dev.reset_command_buffer(self.cmd, vk::CommandBufferResetFlags::empty());
+            return Err(e);
+        }
         dev.wait_for_fences(&[self.fence], true, 5_000_000_000)
             .context("pyrowave encode fence")?;
 
@@ -1182,25 +1246,14 @@ impl PyroWaveEncoder {
 impl Encoder for PyroWaveEncoder {
     fn submit(&mut self, frame: &CapturedFrame) -> Result<()> {
         // SAFETY: single-threaded encoder; `encode_frame` records/submits on handles this
-        // struct owns and waits its own fence before touching results.
-        let r = unsafe { self.encode_frame(frame) };
-        if r.is_err() {
-            // `encode_frame` opens the recording window early and has several fallible steps
-            // inside it (cursor prep, dmabuf import, format mapping, the CPU-RGB staging path,
-            // an unsupported-payload bail, and the encode call itself). Every one returns with
-            // `self.cmd` still RECORDING, and nothing downstream repairs it — there is exactly
-            // one `begin_command_buffer` in this file and `reset()`/`Drop` never touch `cmd` —
-            // so the NEXT frame would call `begin` on a recording buffer, which is invalid usage.
-            // Legal here on every path: the pool carries RESET_COMMAND_BUFFER and the buffer is
-            // not pending (we never reached the submit, or the submit itself failed).
-            // SAFETY: `self.cmd` is owned by this encoder and, on these paths, not in flight.
-            unsafe {
-                let _ = self
-                    .device
-                    .reset_command_buffer(self.cmd, vk::CommandBufferResetFlags::empty());
-            }
-        }
-        r
+        // struct owns and waits its own fence before touching results. Command-buffer state on
+        // failure is `encode_frame`'s own business now: its record-and-submit closure resets the
+        // buffer on every pre-submit failure, and its post-submit failures (fence timeout —
+        // buffer possibly PENDING) deliberately do NOT reset, because that violates
+        // VUID-vkResetCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00045; the blanket reset that used to live
+        // here fired on exactly that path. Recovery (`reset()`/`Drop`) waits the device idle
+        // before anything touches `cmd` again.
+        unsafe { self.encode_frame(frame) }
     }
 
     fn caps(&self) -> EncoderCaps {
@@ -1295,6 +1348,12 @@ impl Drop for PyroWaveEncoder {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         // SAFETY: owned handles, destroyed exactly once, GPU idled first; pyrowave objects go
         // before the VkDevice they borrow (encoder before device, per pyrowave.h).
+        // This is also `open_inner`'s ONLY unwind path: it constructs `Self` right after
+        // `create_device` with every later resource at its null value and assigns as they come
+        // up, so on a failed open this runs against a partial prefix. That is sound because
+        // `pyrowave_device_destroy(null)` is a bare `delete nullptr` (pyrowave_c.cpp — safe
+        // no-op) and every `vkDestroy*`/`vkFree*` of VK_NULL_HANDLE is the spec-defined no-op;
+        // `pw_enc` is the one null-UNSAFE destroy and carries its own guard below.
         unsafe {
             self.device.device_wait_idle().ok();
             // Null when a failed `reset()` already destroyed it — `pyrowave_encoder_destroy`
@@ -1578,6 +1637,112 @@ mod tests {
     /// `Chroma444` pyrowave objects, verified by upstream's own 4:4:4 CPU decode. The
     /// busy-card leg then drives the rate controller at the ~2.6 bpp operating point —
     /// exactly the regime that overran upstream's 4:2:0-sized payload staging before
+    /// 24-bpp packed CPU frame (`PixelFormat::Rgb`/`Bgr`) — what the PipeWire portal negotiates
+    /// when dmabuf delivery is off. `rgb` is given as (r, g, b) regardless of `fmt`'s byte order.
+    fn cpu_frame_24(w: u32, h: u32, pts_ns: u64, rgb: [u8; 3], fmt: PixelFormat) -> CapturedFrame {
+        let px = match fmt {
+            PixelFormat::Rgb => [rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2]],
+            PixelFormat::Bgr => [rgb[2], rgb[1], rgb[0]],
+            _ => unreachable!("24-bpp helper"),
+        };
+        let mut buf = vec![0u8; (w * h * 3) as usize];
+        for p in buf.chunks_exact_mut(3) {
+            p.copy_from_slice(&px);
+        }
+        CapturedFrame {
+            width: w,
+            height: h,
+            pts_ns,
+            format: fmt,
+            payload: FramePayload::Cpu(buf),
+            cursor: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// WP5.4: 24-bpp CPU payloads are SERVED (3→4 expand, `vk_util::normalize_cpu_rgb`), not
+    /// refused — the refusal used to kill the session at its first frame with no fallback.
+    /// Channel order is the load-bearing assertion: an expand that swaps R/B or misplaces the
+    /// pad byte moves the decoded chroma means by tens of codes.
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "needs a real Vulkan 1.3 compute device (run on a GPU host, not the build box)"]
+    fn pyrowave_smoke_cpu_rgb24() {
+        let (w, h) = (256u32, 256u32);
+        let mut enc =
+            PyroWaveEncoder::open(w, h, 60, 40_000_000, crate::ChromaFormat::Yuv420).expect("open");
+        let colors: [[u8; 3]; 3] = [[200, 40, 40], [40, 200, 40], [40, 40, 200]];
+        for fmt in [PixelFormat::Rgb, PixelFormat::Bgr] {
+            for (i, c) in colors.iter().enumerate() {
+                enc.submit(&cpu_frame_24(w, h, i as u64 * 16_666_667, *c, fmt))
+                    .expect("submit 24-bpp");
+                let au = enc.poll().expect("poll").expect("one AU per frame");
+                // SAFETY: test-only FFI into the vendored decoder with locally-owned buffers.
+                let (ym, cbm, crm) = unsafe { decode_plane_means(w, h, &au.data, false) };
+                let (ye, cbe, cre) = bt709([c[2], c[1], c[0], 255]);
+                assert!(
+                    (ym - ye).abs() < 3.0 && (cbm - cbe).abs() < 3.0 && (crm - cre).abs() < 3.0,
+                    "{fmt:?} frame {i}: decoded plane means (Y {ym:.1}, Cb {cbm:.1}, Cr {crm:.1}) \
+                     vs expected (Y {ye:.1}, Cb {cbe:.1}, Cr {cre:.1})"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// WP5.1: a failed dmabuf import must leak neither the dup'd fd nor the VkImage. Drives
+    /// `vk_util::import_rgb_dmabuf` DIRECTLY — not `import_cached` — so the deliberate failures
+    /// cannot feed pf-zerocopy's raw-dmabuf degrade latch (which never un-latches by design).
+    /// Two failure shapes alternate: a garbage DRM modifier fails at `create_image` (the OwnedFd
+    /// drops), and a LINEAR memfd — not a real dmabuf — fails at `allocate_memory` (the error arm
+    /// drops it). Before the OwnedFd rework each failure leaked one fd, observable right here.
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "needs a real Vulkan 1.3 compute device (run on a GPU host, not the build box)"]
+    fn import_failure_leaks_no_fds() {
+        use std::os::fd::FromRawFd;
+        let enc = PyroWaveEncoder::open(64, 64, 60, 5_000_000, crate::ChromaFormat::Yuv420)
+            .expect("open");
+        let memfd_frame = |modifier: u64| {
+            // SAFETY: plain memfd_create; the fresh descriptor is immediately owned below.
+            let raw = unsafe { libc::memfd_create(c"pf-import-leak".as_ptr(), 0) };
+            assert!(raw >= 0, "memfd_create failed");
+            // SAFETY: `raw` is a freshly-created descriptor this closure owns.
+            let fd = unsafe { std::os::fd::OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(raw) };
+            // SAFETY: sizing the owned memfd so an mmap-happy driver sees real pages.
+            unsafe { libc::ftruncate(fd.as_raw_fd(), 64 * 64 * 4) };
+            pf_frame::DmabufFrame {
+                fd,
+                fourcc: 0x3432_5258, // XR24 — maps, so the failure lands PAST the fourcc gate
+                modifier,
+                plane1: None,
+                offset: 0,
+                stride: 64 * 4,
+            }
+        };
+        let fd_count = || std::fs::read_dir("/proc/self/fd").expect("procfs").count();
+        // Warm any lazily-opened driver/loader descriptors before taking the baseline.
+        for modifier in [u64::MAX - 1, 0] {
+            let d = memfd_frame(modifier);
+            // SAFETY: live device/ext_fd/mem_props owned by `enc`; the frame is locally owned.
+            let _ =
+                unsafe { import_rgb_dmabuf(&enc.device, &enc.ext_fd, &enc.mem_props, &d, 64, 64) };
+        }
+        let baseline = fd_count();
+        for i in 0..32 {
+            let modifier = if i % 2 == 0 { u64::MAX - 1 } else { 0 };
+            let d = memfd_frame(modifier);
+            // SAFETY: as above.
+            let r =
+                unsafe { import_rgb_dmabuf(&enc.device, &enc.ext_fd, &enc.mem_props, &d, 64, 64) };
+            assert!(
+                r.is_err(),
+                "a memfd/garbage-modifier import must fail (iteration {i})"
+            );
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            fd_count(),
+            baseline,
+            "fd count drifted across 32 failed imports — the unwind leaks"
+        );
+    }
+
     /// `patches/0001-payload-data-444-sizing.patch` (the Phase-0 finding): it must stay
     /// within budget, decode, and be run-to-run deterministic (the overrun was not).
     #[test]

crates/pf-encode/src/enc/linux/vk_util.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,59 @@ pub(crate) fn pixel_to_vk(fmt: PixelFormat) -> Option<vk::Format> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Normalize a CPU RGB payload for Vulkan upload. The packed 24-bpp `Rgb`/`Bgr` the PipeWire
+/// capturer can negotiate are expanded 3→4 into `scratch` (kept by the caller across frames — no
+/// per-frame allocation) with the pad byte = 0xFF; refusing them instead used to kill a session
+/// at its first frame (WP5.4). No packed 24-bpp VkFormat is reliably uploadable/sampleable on
+/// target GPUs, and this path is CPU-sourced by definition, so one cheap expand pass serves it
+/// (the same call NVENC answers with its swscale 3→4 expand, WP1.4).
+///
+/// `bgra_target = false` (the CSC paths): channel order is preserved — the sampler reads through
+/// the matching view format, so any 4-bpp order works and 4-bpp inputs pass through borrowed.
+/// `bgra_target = true` (the RGB-direct encode source): the output byte order is forced to
+/// B,G,R,X, because the video session's `pictureFormat` is `B8G8R8A8_UNORM` and
+/// VUID-vkCmdEncodeVideoKHR-pEncodeInfo-08207 requires the source image to match it — an
+/// R-first source (`Rgbx`/`Rgba`/`Rgb`) is channel-swapped during the same pass. (Caught live on
+/// RADV by `vulkan_smoke_rgb_cpu24`; the mismatch predates the 24-bpp support for `Rgbx` CPU
+/// sources.)
+///
+/// Payloads are tightly packed with no row padding (`FramePayload::Cpu`'s contract), so the
+/// conversion is row-agnostic; a truncated source yields a truncated output, which the upload
+/// paths already bound-check exactly as they did the raw bytes.
+pub(crate) fn normalize_cpu_rgb<'a>(
+    fmt: PixelFormat,
+    bytes: &'a [u8],
+    scratch: &'a mut Vec<u8>,
+    bgra_target: bool,
+) -> (PixelFormat, &'a [u8]) {
+    // Per-pixel source layout: bytes-per-pixel + where R, G, B sit in each pixel.
+    let (bpp, r, g, b) = match fmt {
+        PixelFormat::Rgb => (3usize, 0usize, 1usize, 2usize),
+        PixelFormat::Bgr => (3, 2, 1, 0),
+        PixelFormat::Rgbx | PixelFormat::Rgba => (4, 0, 1, 2),
+        PixelFormat::Bgrx | PixelFormat::Bgra => (4, 2, 1, 0),
+        _ => return (fmt, bytes),
+    };
+    if bpp == 4 && (!bgra_target || b == 0) {
+        return (fmt, bytes); // 4-bpp in an acceptable order: borrow untouched
+    }
+    let px = bytes.len() / bpp;
+    scratch.clear();
+    scratch.resize(px * 4, 0xFF);
+    let (dr, dg, db) = if bgra_target { (2, 1, 0) } else { (r, g, b) };
+    for (dst, src) in scratch.chunks_exact_mut(4).zip(bytes.chunks_exact(bpp)) {
+        dst[dr] = src[r];
+        dst[dg] = src[g];
+        dst[db] = src[b];
+    }
+    let out_fmt = if bgra_target || b == 0 {
+        PixelFormat::Bgrx
+    } else {
+        PixelFormat::Rgbx
+    };
+    (out_fmt, scratch.as_slice())
+}
+
 pub(crate) unsafe fn make_view(
     device: &ash::Device,
     image: vk::Image,
@@ -70,6 +123,21 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn make_view(
     )?)
 }
 
+/// Whether a failed dmabuf import should count toward pf-zerocopy's raw-dmabuf degrade latch
+/// (`note_raw_dmabuf_import_failure` — 3 consecutive failures flip capture to CPU delivery for
+/// the process). Deterministic refusals (unsupported fourcc, the driver rejecting the buffer)
+/// must count — they repeat identically forever and the latch is their only recovery. Transient
+/// VRAM pressure must NOT: three tight allocation OOMs would otherwise permanently downgrade a
+/// working host to CPU capture.
+pub(crate) fn import_failure_feeds_latch(e: &anyhow::Error) -> bool {
+    match e.downcast_ref::<vk::Result>() {
+        Some(&r) => {
+            r != vk::Result::ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY && r != vk::Result::ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
+        }
+        None => true,
+    }
+}
+
 /// Import a packed-RGB dmabuf as a SAMPLED VkImage (explicit DRM modifier). Caller destroys all
 /// three returned handles. Extracted verbatim from `vulkan_video.rs`'s import path.
 pub(crate) unsafe fn import_rgb_dmabuf(
@@ -108,9 +176,15 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn import_rgb_dmabuf_as(
     profile_list: Option<&mut vk::VideoProfileListInfoKHR>,
 ) -> Result<(vk::Image, vk::DeviceMemory, vk::ImageView)> {
     use anyhow::Context;
-    use std::os::fd::IntoRawFd;
+    use std::os::fd::{AsRawFd, IntoRawFd};
     let fmt = fourcc_to_vk(d.fourcc)
         .with_context(|| format!("unsupported dmabuf fourcc {:#x}", d.fourcc))?;
+    // Dup the fd FIRST, and keep it OWNED: ownership transfers to Vulkan only on a SUCCESSFUL
+    // `allocate_memory` (VK_KHR_external_memory_fd — from then on `vkFreeMemory` closes it), so
+    // the release below sits in exactly that arm. Every earlier failure drops the `OwnedFd` for
+    // a single clean close. An explicit `close` after a successful import would be a double
+    // close — and a recycled fd number then clobbers an unrelated descriptor in this process.
+    let dup = d.fd.try_clone().context("dup dmabuf fd")?;
     let planes: Vec<vk::SubresourceLayout> = if fmt == vk::Format::G8_B8R8_2PLANE_420_UNORM {
         let (uv_offset, uv_stride) = d.plane1.map(|(o, s)| (o as u64, s as u64)).unwrap_or((
             d.offset as u64 + d.stride as u64 * ch as u64,
@@ -155,14 +229,16 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn import_rgb_dmabuf_as(
         ci = ci.push_next(pl);
     }
     let img = device.create_image(&ci, None)?;
-    // dup the fd; Vulkan takes ownership of the dup on a successful import.
-    let dup = d.fd.try_clone().context("dup dmabuf fd")?.into_raw_fd();
+    // Unwind discipline below mirrors `make_plain_image`: every failure destroys what this call
+    // created (and ONLY that — the caller's `DmabufFrame` fd stays theirs).
     let fd_props = {
         let mut p = vk::MemoryFdPropertiesKHR::default();
+        // Borrow-only query (no ownership transfer); an error leaves memory_type_bits = 0 and
+        // the fallback below uses the image requirements alone.
         let _ = (ext_fd.fp().get_memory_fd_properties_khr)(
             device.handle(),
             vk::ExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlags::DMA_BUF_EXT,
-            dup,
+            dup.as_raw_fd(),
             &mut p,
         );
         p.memory_type_bits
@@ -181,27 +257,87 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn import_rgb_dmabuf_as(
     let mut ded = vk::MemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::default().image(img);
     let mut import = vk::ImportMemoryFdInfoKHR::default()
         .handle_type(vk::ExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlags::DMA_BUF_EXT)
-        .fd(dup);
-    let mem = device.allocate_memory(
+        .fd(dup.as_raw_fd());
+    let mem = match device.allocate_memory(
         &vk::MemoryAllocateInfo::default()
             .allocation_size(req.size)
             .memory_type_index(ti)
             .push_next(&mut ded)
             .push_next(&mut import),
         None,
-    )?;
-    device.bind_image_memory(img, mem, 0)?;
-    let view = device.create_image_view(
+    ) {
+        Ok(mem) => {
+            // Success transferred fd ownership to the memory object — release, don't close.
+            let _ = dup.into_raw_fd();
+            mem
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            device.destroy_image(img, None);
+            return Err(e.into()); // `dup` drops here: the one close of the failed import's fd
+        }
+    };
+    if let Err(e) = device.bind_image_memory(img, mem, 0) {
+        device.destroy_image(img, None);
+        device.free_memory(mem, None); // closes the imported fd
+        return Err(e.into());
+    }
+    let view = match device.create_image_view(
         &vk::ImageViewCreateInfo::default()
             .image(img)
             .view_type(vk::ImageViewType::TYPE_2D)
             .format(fmt)
             .subresource_range(color_range(0)),
         None,
-    )?;
+    ) {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(e) => {
+            device.destroy_image(img, None);
+            device.free_memory(mem, None);
+            return Err(e.into());
+        }
+    };
     Ok((img, mem, view))
 }
 
+/// Create + allocate + bind a host-visible/coherent buffer with `make_plain_image`'s unwind
+/// discipline: on any failure everything this call created is destroyed before returning, so
+/// callers can `?` freely. Both `ensure_cpu_rgb` staging twins open-coded this sequence and
+/// leaked the buffer (and then buffer+memory) on the allocate/bind failure arms.
+pub(crate) unsafe fn make_host_buffer(
+    device: &ash::Device,
+    mp: &vk::PhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties,
+    size: u64,
+    usage: vk::BufferUsageFlags,
+) -> Result<(vk::Buffer, vk::DeviceMemory)> {
+    let buf = device.create_buffer(
+        &vk::BufferCreateInfo::default().size(size).usage(usage),
+        None,
+    )?;
+    let req = device.get_buffer_memory_requirements(buf);
+    let mem = match device.allocate_memory(
+        &vk::MemoryAllocateInfo::default()
+            .allocation_size(req.size)
+            .memory_type_index(find_mem(
+                mp,
+                req.memory_type_bits,
+                vk::MemoryPropertyFlags::HOST_VISIBLE | vk::MemoryPropertyFlags::HOST_COHERENT,
+            )),
+        None,
+    ) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(e) => {
+            device.destroy_buffer(buf, None);
+            return Err(e.into());
+        }
+    };
+    if let Err(e) = device.bind_buffer_memory(buf, mem, 0) {
+        device.destroy_buffer(buf, None);
+        device.free_memory(mem, None);
+        return Err(e.into());
+    }
+    Ok((buf, mem))
+}
+
 pub(crate) unsafe fn make_plain_image(
     device: &ash::Device,
     mp: &vk::PhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties,
@@ -259,3 +395,80 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn make_plain_image(
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// CSC mode (`bgra_target = false`): the 3→4 expand is a pure byte shuffle — no channel
+    /// reorder, pad byte 0xFF, truncated tail pixels dropped (never overrun) — and 4-bpp inputs
+    /// pass through borrowed untouched.
+    #[test]
+    fn normalize_cpu_rgb_expands_24bpp_and_borrows_4bpp() {
+        let mut scratch = Vec::new();
+        let (f, b) = normalize_cpu_rgb(PixelFormat::Rgb, &[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], &mut scratch, false);
+        assert_eq!(f, PixelFormat::Rgbx);
+        assert_eq!(b, &[1, 2, 3, 0xFF, 4, 5, 6, 0xFF]);
+
+        let mut scratch = Vec::new();
+        let (f, b) = normalize_cpu_rgb(PixelFormat::Bgr, &[9, 8, 7], &mut scratch, false);
+        assert_eq!(f, PixelFormat::Bgrx);
+        assert_eq!(b, &[9, 8, 7, 0xFF]);
+
+        // Truncated tail: 5 bytes = one whole pixel + a 2-byte remainder that must be dropped.
+        let mut scratch = Vec::new();
+        let (_, b) = normalize_cpu_rgb(PixelFormat::Rgb, &[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], &mut scratch, false);
+        assert_eq!(b, &[1, 2, 3, 0xFF]);
+
+        // 4-bpp passthrough: borrowed, scratch untouched.
+        let src = [10u8, 20, 30, 40];
+        let mut scratch = Vec::new();
+        let (f, b) = normalize_cpu_rgb(PixelFormat::Bgrx, &src, &mut scratch, false);
+        assert_eq!(f, PixelFormat::Bgrx);
+        assert!(std::ptr::eq(b.as_ptr(), src.as_ptr()));
+        assert!(scratch.is_empty());
+
+        // The 4-bpp mapping the expand lands on matches pixel_to_vk's existing table.
+        assert_eq!(
+            pixel_to_vk(PixelFormat::Rgbx),
+            Some(vk::Format::R8G8B8A8_UNORM)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            pixel_to_vk(PixelFormat::Bgrx),
+            Some(vk::Format::B8G8R8A8_UNORM)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// RGB-direct mode (`bgra_target = true`): everything lands in B,G,R,X order because the
+    /// video session's `pictureFormat` is `B8G8R8A8_UNORM` and the encode source must match it
+    /// (VUID-vkCmdEncodeVideoKHR-pEncodeInfo-08207 — caught live on RADV). B-first inputs pass
+    /// through borrowed; R-first inputs are channel-swapped, 3-bpp and 4-bpp alike.
+    #[test]
+    fn normalize_cpu_rgb_forces_bgra_for_the_encode_source() {
+        // Rgb (R,G,B) → B,G,R,X with the swap folded into the expand.
+        let mut scratch = Vec::new();
+        let (f, b) = normalize_cpu_rgb(PixelFormat::Rgb, &[1, 2, 3], &mut scratch, true);
+        assert_eq!(f, PixelFormat::Bgrx);
+        assert_eq!(b, &[3, 2, 1, 0xFF]);
+
+        // Bgr (B,G,R) → same order, expanded.
+        let mut scratch = Vec::new();
+        let (f, b) = normalize_cpu_rgb(PixelFormat::Bgr, &[9, 8, 7], &mut scratch, true);
+        assert_eq!(f, PixelFormat::Bgrx);
+        assert_eq!(b, &[9, 8, 7, 0xFF]);
+
+        // Rgbx: 4-bpp but R-first — swapped, alpha replaced by the 0xFF pad.
+        let mut scratch = Vec::new();
+        let (f, b) = normalize_cpu_rgb(PixelFormat::Rgbx, &[1, 2, 3, 4], &mut scratch, true);
+        assert_eq!(f, PixelFormat::Bgrx);
+        assert_eq!(b, &[3, 2, 1, 0xFF]);
+
+        // Bgrx/Bgra already match the session order: borrowed untouched.
+        let src = [10u8, 20, 30, 40];
+        let mut scratch = Vec::new();
+        let (f, b) = normalize_cpu_rgb(PixelFormat::Bgra, &src, &mut scratch, true);
+        assert_eq!(f, PixelFormat::Bgra);
+        assert!(std::ptr::eq(b.as_ptr(), src.as_ptr()));
+        assert!(scratch.is_empty());
+    }
+}

crates/pf-encode/src/enc/linux/vulkan_video.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 //! The AV1 encode structs our pinned `ash 0.38` predates are vendored in `vk_av1_encode.rs`.
 #![allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 
-use super::vk_util::{color_range, find_mem, make_plain_image, make_view, pixel_to_vk};
+use super::vk_util::{
+    color_range, find_mem, import_failure_feeds_latch, make_host_buffer, make_plain_image,
+    make_view, normalize_cpu_rgb, pixel_to_vk,
+};
 use crate::{Codec, EncodedFrame, Encoder, EncoderCaps};
 use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use ash::vk;
@@ -560,6 +563,8 @@ pub struct VulkanVideoEncoder {
     /// separately from the host's fence wait; 0.0 means disabled or unsupported.
     ts_period_ns: f64,
     perf_at: std::time::Instant,
+    /// Reused 3→4 expansion buffer for 24-bpp CPU payloads (`vk_util::normalize_cpu_rgb`).
+    cpu_expand: Vec<u8>,
     /// RGB-direct (EFC) session config — `Some` ⇒ the session's picture format is BGRA, frames
     /// are handed to the encoder as RGB (dmabuf import or CPU upload) and the VCN front-end does
     /// the CSC; `None` ⇒ the compute-CSC path. Fixed per session (the picture format is baked
@@ -1306,6 +1311,7 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
             quality_level,
             ts_period_ns,
             perf_at: std::time::Instant::now(),
+            cpu_expand: Vec::new(),
             rgb: rgb_cfg,
             native_nv12,
             warned_cursor: false,
@@ -1545,7 +1551,27 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
         if let Some(&(_, _, img, _, view)) = self.import_cache.iter().find(|e| (e.0, e.1) == key) {
             return Ok((img, view, false));
         }
-        let (img, mem, view) = self.import_dmabuf(d, cw, ch)?;
+        // Feed pf-zerocopy's raw-dmabuf degrade latch (wired for the libav path in 3efbe416):
+        // a deterministic import refusal repeats identically forever, and the latch — capture
+        // negotiates CPU delivery from the next session — is its only recovery; the CPU path
+        // serves every format capture produces (`normalize_cpu_rgb`). Excluded: transient
+        // allocation OOM (`import_failure_feeds_latch`), and native-NV12 sessions entirely — an
+        // NV12-layout quirk should cost the NV12 preference, not ALL dmabuf capture, and that
+        // narrower response doesn't exist yet (noted in the phase-5 handoff as follow-up).
+        let (img, mem, view) = match self.import_dmabuf(d, cw, ch) {
+            Ok(t) => {
+                if !self.native_nv12 {
+                    pf_zerocopy::note_raw_dmabuf_import_ok();
+                }
+                t
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                if !self.native_nv12 && import_failure_feeds_latch(&e) {
+                    pf_zerocopy::note_raw_dmabuf_import_failure(&format!("{e:#}"));
+                }
+                return Err(e);
+            }
+        };
         // Bound the cache; evict oldest (FIFO). A stable PipeWire pool never trips this in steady state
         // (all imports resident); it only cycles across a pool change (which also rebuilds the session).
         // Up to `ring_depth - 1` submitted frames may still be executing against a cached image
@@ -1631,7 +1657,16 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
                     &mut plist,
                     &fams,
                 )?;
-                let v = make_view(&dev, i, fmt, 0)?;
+                // `make_video_image` unwinds internally, but a view failure here leaked the
+                // image+memory pair it had just handed over.
+                let v = match make_view(&dev, i, fmt, 0) {
+                    Ok(v) => v,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        dev.destroy_image(i, None);
+                        dev.free_memory(m, None);
+                        return Err(e);
+                    }
+                };
                 (i, m, v)
             } else {
                 make_plain_image(
@@ -1654,25 +1689,12 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
                 dev.destroy_buffer(b, None);
                 dev.free_memory(m, None);
             }
-            let buf = dev.create_buffer(
-                &vk::BufferCreateInfo::default()
-                    .size(need)
-                    .usage(vk::BufferUsageFlags::TRANSFER_SRC),
-                None,
-            )?;
-            let req = dev.get_buffer_memory_requirements(buf);
-            let mem = dev.allocate_memory(
-                &vk::MemoryAllocateInfo::default()
-                    .allocation_size(req.size)
-                    .memory_type_index(find_mem(
+            let (buf, mem) = make_host_buffer(
+                &dev,
                 &self.mem_props,
-                        req.memory_type_bits,
-                        vk::MemoryPropertyFlags::HOST_VISIBLE
-                            | vk::MemoryPropertyFlags::HOST_COHERENT,
-                    )),
-                None,
+                need,
+                vk::BufferUsageFlags::TRANSFER_SRC,
             )?;
-            dev.bind_buffer_memory(buf, mem, 0)?;
             self.frames[slot].cpu_stage = Some((buf, mem, need));
         }
         let (_, m, _) = self.frames[slot].cpu_stage.unwrap();
@@ -1832,6 +1854,13 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
             &vk::CommandBufferBeginInfo::default()
                 .flags(vk::CommandBufferUsageFlags::ONE_TIME_SUBMIT),
         )?;
+        // The fallible recording prefix (cursor prep, dmabuf import, CPU staging) runs in one
+        // closure whose error arm resets `compute_cmd`: an early return used to leave the buffer
+        // RECORDING, and the next frame's `begin` on a RECORDING buffer violates
+        // VUID-vkBeginCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00049 — the pool's implicit reset covers only
+        // INITIAL/EXECUTABLE/INVALID. Never PENDING here: nothing is submitted until stage 4, so
+        // the error-arm reset is legal on every path.
+        let prefix = (|| -> Result<([i32; 4], vk::ImageView)> {
             // PUNKTFUNK_PERF: bracket the whole compute batch (import barriers + cursor prep + CSC
             // dispatch + plane copies) with timestamps — read back in `read_slot` as `csc_us`, the
             // half of the fence wait that is NOT the ASIC encode.
@@ -1843,8 +1872,9 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
                 self.frames[slot].ts_written = true;
             }
 
-        // Cursor-as-metadata: refresh this slot's cursor image (only when the bitmap changed) and
-        // get the shader push constant. Recorded into `compute_cmd` before the CSC dispatch samples it.
+            // Cursor-as-metadata: refresh this slot's cursor image (only when the bitmap changed)
+            // and get the shader push constant. Recorded into `compute_cmd` before the CSC
+            // dispatch samples it.
             let cursor_pc = self.prep_cursor(slot, compute_cmd, frame.cursor.as_ref())?;
 
             let rgb_view = match &frame.payload {
@@ -1889,8 +1919,22 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
                     view
                 }
                 FramePayload::Cpu(bytes) => {
-                let fmt = pixel_to_vk(frame.format).context("unsupported CPU pixel format")?;
-                let view = self.ensure_cpu_rgb(slot, fmt, bytes, frame.width, frame.height)?;
+                    // 24-bpp Rgb/Bgr expands 3→4 first (see `normalize_cpu_rgb`) — refusing it here
+                    // used to kill the session at its first frame, and the RGB-direct padding branch
+                    // in `ensure_cpu_rgb` does 4-bpp index math on the raw bytes, so the expansion
+                    // must happen BEFORE any of it sees the payload.
+                    let mut scratch = std::mem::take(&mut self.cpu_expand);
+                    let (norm_fmt, norm_bytes) =
+                        normalize_cpu_rgb(frame.format, bytes, &mut scratch, false);
+                    let fmt = pixel_to_vk(norm_fmt).context("unsupported CPU pixel format");
+                    let view = match fmt {
+                        Ok(f) => {
+                            self.ensure_cpu_rgb(slot, f, norm_bytes, frame.width, frame.height)
+                        }
+                        Err(e) => Err(e),
+                    };
+                    self.cpu_expand = scratch;
+                    let view = view?;
                     let (img, ..) = self.frames[slot].cpu_img.unwrap();
                     let (stage, ..) = self.frames[slot].cpu_stage.unwrap();
                     let to_dst = vk::ImageMemoryBarrier2::default()
@@ -1948,6 +1992,16 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
                 }
                 _ => bail!("vulkan-encode: unsupported FramePayload (need Dmabuf or Cpu RGB)"),
             };
+            Ok((cursor_pc, rgb_view))
+        })();
+        let (cursor_pc, rgb_view) = match prefix {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(e) => {
+                // SAFETY-ADJACENT: RECORDING (never submitted in this fn yet), pool allows reset.
+                let _ = dev.reset_command_buffer(compute_cmd, vk::CommandBufferResetFlags::empty());
+                return Err(e);
+            }
+        };
         self.bind_rgb(csc_set, rgb_view);
 
         // y/uv -> GENERAL (shader write); nv12_src -> GENERAL (transfer dst, discard prior)
@@ -2500,8 +2554,23 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
                 (pad_img, pad_view, SrcAcquire::CscGeneral, true)
             }
             FramePayload::Cpu(bytes) => {
-                let fmt = pixel_to_vk(frame.format).context("unsupported CPU pixel format")?;
-                let view = self.ensure_cpu_rgb(slot, fmt, bytes, frame.width, frame.height)?;
+                // 24-bpp Rgb/Bgr expands 3→4 BEFORE the staging/padding math (which is all
+                // 4-bpp) — see `normalize_cpu_rgb`. BGRA-forced: this image is the ENCODE
+                // source, and the session's `pictureFormat` is B8G8R8A8, so an R-first source
+                // violates VUID-vkCmdEncodeVideoKHR-pEncodeInfo-08207 (caught on RADV by
+                // `vulkan_smoke_rgb_cpu24`; true for plain `Rgbx` CPU sources before the 24-bpp
+                // work too). This arm's `begin_command_buffer` comes AFTER the fallible steps,
+                // so no reset-on-error wrap is needed here.
+                let mut scratch = std::mem::take(&mut self.cpu_expand);
+                let (norm_fmt, norm_bytes) =
+                    normalize_cpu_rgb(frame.format, bytes, &mut scratch, true);
+                let fmt = pixel_to_vk(norm_fmt).context("unsupported CPU pixel format");
+                let view = match fmt {
+                    Ok(f) => self.ensure_cpu_rgb(slot, f, norm_bytes, frame.width, frame.height),
+                    Err(e) => Err(e),
+                };
+                self.cpu_expand = scratch;
+                let view = view?;
                 let (img, ..) = self.frames[slot].cpu_img.expect("ensure_cpu_rgb built it");
                 let (stage, ..) = self.frames[slot]
                     .cpu_stage
@@ -4858,6 +4927,99 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    /// 24-bpp packed CPU frame (`PixelFormat::Rgb`/`Bgr` — the PipeWire portal's CPU
+    /// negotiation). `rgb` is (r, g, b) regardless of `fmt`'s byte order.
+    fn cpu_frame_24(w: u32, h: u32, pts_ns: u64, rgb: [u8; 3], fmt: PixelFormat) -> CapturedFrame {
+        let px = match fmt {
+            PixelFormat::Rgb => [rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2]],
+            PixelFormat::Bgr => [rgb[2], rgb[1], rgb[0]],
+            _ => unreachable!("24-bpp helper"),
+        };
+        let mut buf = vec![0u8; (w * h * 3) as usize];
+        for p in buf.chunks_exact_mut(3) {
+            p.copy_from_slice(&px);
+        }
+        CapturedFrame {
+            width: w,
+            height: h,
+            pts_ns,
+            format: fmt,
+            payload: FramePayload::Cpu(buf),
+            cursor: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Drive one whole 24-bpp CPU session (WP5.4: served via `normalize_cpu_rgb`, not refused).
+    /// Frames alternate Rgb/Bgr, which also crosses the staging image's format re-key each
+    /// frame. Returns the AUs; colour truth is checked out-of-band (the dump + ffmpeg bars
+    /// recipe from WP1.4) — in-tree the load-bearing assertions are that every submit encodes
+    /// and, on-glass, that the validation layers stay silent through the expand + upload.
+    fn run_smoke_cpu24(rgb_direct: bool) -> Option<Vec<crate::EncodedFrame>> {
+        let env_dim = |k: &str, d: u32| {
+            std::env::var(k)
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|v| v.parse().ok())
+                .unwrap_or(d)
+        };
+        let (w, h) = (env_dim("PF_SMOKE_W", 256), env_dim("PF_SMOKE_H", 256));
+        let mut enc = VulkanVideoEncoder::open_opts(Codec::H265, w, h, 60, 10_000_000, rgb_direct)
+            .expect("open");
+        if rgb_direct && enc.rgb.is_none() {
+            eprintln!("run_smoke_cpu24: RGB-direct unavailable on this driver — skipping");
+            return None;
+        }
+        let colors: [[u8; 3]; 4] = [[200, 40, 40], [40, 200, 40], [40, 40, 200], [200, 200, 40]];
+        let mut aus: Vec<crate::EncodedFrame> = Vec::new();
+        for i in 0..8usize {
+            let fmt = if i % 2 == 0 {
+                PixelFormat::Rgb
+            } else {
+                PixelFormat::Bgr
+            };
+            let frame = cpu_frame_24(w, h, i as u64 * 16_666_667, colors[i / 2], fmt);
+            enc.submit_indexed(&frame, i as u32).expect("submit 24-bpp");
+            while let Some(au) = enc.poll().expect("poll") {
+                aus.push(au);
+            }
+        }
+        enc.flush().expect("flush");
+        while let Some(au) = enc.poll().expect("poll") {
+            aus.push(au);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(aus.len(), 8, "one AU per 24-bpp frame");
+        assert!(aus[0].keyframe, "frame 0 must be IDR");
+        Some(aus)
+    }
+
+    /// WP5.4 smoke — 24-bpp CPU frames through the CSC path.
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "needs a real VK_KHR_video_encode_h265 device (run on the RADV host, not the build box)"]
+    fn vulkan_smoke_cpu_rgb24() {
+        let aus = run_smoke_cpu24(false).expect("CSC mode never soft-skips");
+        if let Ok(home) = std::env::var("HOME") {
+            let full: Vec<u8> = aus.iter().flat_map(|a| a.data.iter().copied()).collect();
+            let p = format!("{home}/vkenc-host-smoke-cpu24.h265");
+            let _ = std::fs::write(&p, &full);
+            eprintln!("vulkan_smoke_cpu_rgb24: wrote {p} ({} bytes)", full.len());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// WP5.4 smoke, RGB-direct twin — the expanded R8G8B8A8/B8G8R8A8 image IS the encode source
+    /// here, so this also answers whether the EFC profile accepts an RGBA-order source on this
+    /// hardware (critique F7: unverified until run). Soft-skips without the VALVE extension.
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "needs VK_VALVE_video_encode_rgb_conversion (RADV >= Mesa 26.0 on EFC hardware)"]
+    fn vulkan_smoke_rgb_cpu24() {
+        if let Some(aus) = run_smoke_cpu24(true) {
+            if let Ok(home) = std::env::var("HOME") {
+                let full: Vec<u8> = aus.iter().flat_map(|a| a.data.iter().copied()).collect();
+                let p = format!("{home}/vkenc-host-smoke-rgb-cpu24.h265");
+                let _ = std::fs::write(&p, &full);
+                eprintln!("vulkan_smoke_rgb_cpu24: wrote {p} ({} bytes)", full.len());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// A CPU-capture source that CHANGES SIZE mid-session must not copy past the cached staging
     /// image. `ensure_cpu_rgb` keys that image on (format, width, height); when it was keyed on
     /// format alone the image kept the FIRST frame's size while `cmd_copy_buffer_to_image` used the