linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/19] media: camss: Add CSIPHY files

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Message-ID: <20170629235332.m6ru4uxvdt6bmsod@valkosipuli.retiisi.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 30 Jun 2017 02:53:32 +0300
From:   Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
To:     Todor Tomov <todor.tomov@...aro.org>
Cc:     mchehab@...nel.org, hans.verkuil@...co.com, javier@....samsung.com,
        s.nawrocki@...sung.com, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/19] media: camss: Add CSIPHY files

Hi Todor,

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 07:36:47PM +0300, Todor Tomov wrote:
> >> +/*
> >> + * csiphy_link_setup - Setup CSIPHY connections
> >> + * @entity: Pointer to media entity structure
> >> + * @local: Pointer to local pad
> >> + * @remote: Pointer to remote pad
> >> + * @flags: Link flags
> >> + *
> >> + * Rreturn 0 on success
> >> + */
> >> +static int csiphy_link_setup(struct media_entity *entity,
> >> +			     const struct media_pad *local,
> >> +			     const struct media_pad *remote, u32 flags)
> >> +{
> >> +	if ((local->flags & MEDIA_PAD_FL_SOURCE) &&
> >> +	    (flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED)) {
> >> +		struct v4l2_subdev *sd;
> >> +		struct csiphy_device *csiphy;
> >> +		struct csid_device *csid;
> >> +
> >> +		if (media_entity_remote_pad((struct media_pad *)local))
> > 
> > This is ugly.
> > 
> > What do you intend to find with media_entity_remote_pad()? The pad flags
> > haven't been assigned to the pad yet, so media_entity_remote_pad() could
> > give you something else than remote.
> 
> This is an attempt to check whether the pad is already linked - to refuse
> a second active connection from the same src pad. As far as I can say, it
> was a successful attempt. Do you see any problem with it?

Ah. So you have multiple links here only one of which may be active?

I guess you can well use media_entity_remote_pad(), but then
media_entity_remote_pad() argument needs to be made const. Feel free to
spin a patch. I don't think it'd have further implications elsewhere.

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@....fi	XMPP: sailus@...iisi.org.uk