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Message-ID: <556F2EB4.6030108@iki.fi>
Date:	Wed, 03 Jun 2015 19:43:32 +0300
From:	Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ts2020: Provide DVBv5 API signal strength

On 06/03/2015 07:37 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Yes, also, the workqueue appears not to be initialized when using the dvb
>>>> attached method.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what you're referring to.  It's initialised in ts2020_probe()
>>> just after the ts2020_priv struct is allocated - the only place it is
>>> allocated.
>>>
>> ts2020_probe() isn't touched by devices not converted to I2C binding.
>
> Hmmm...  Doesn't that expose a larger problem?  The only place the ts2020_priv
> struct is allocated is in ts2020_probe() within ts2020.c and the struct
> definition is private to that file and so it can't be allocated from outside.
> So if you don't pass through ts2020_probe(), fe->tuner_priv will remain NULL
> and the driver will crash.

Malcolm misses some pending patches where attach() is wrapped to I2C 
model probe().
http://git.linuxtv.org/cgit.cgi/anttip/media_tree.git/log/?h=ts2020

regards
Antti

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