linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v9 6/9] media: tegra: Add Tegra210 Video input driver

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Date:   Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:19:19 -0700
From:   Sowjanya Komatineni <skomatineni@...dia.com>
To:     Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>, <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        <jonathanh@...dia.com>, <frankc@...dia.com>, <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
        <sakari.ailus@....fi>, <helen.koike@...labora.com>
CC:     <sboyd@...nel.org>, <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v9 6/9] media: tegra: Add Tegra210 Video input driver


On 4/23/20 4:16 PM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
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> 22.04.2020 09:18, Sowjanya Komatineni пишет:
>> +static int chan_capture_kthread_start(void *data)
>> +{
>> +     struct tegra_vi_channel *chan = data;
>> +     struct tegra_channel_buffer *buf;
>> +     int err = 0;
>> +
>> +     set_freezable();
>> +
>> +     while (1) {
>> +             try_to_freeze();
>> +
>> +             wait_event_interruptible(chan->start_wait,
>> +                                      !list_empty(&chan->capture) ||
>> +                                      kthread_should_stop());
>> +
>> +             if (kthread_should_stop())
>> +                     break;
>> +
>> +             /*
>> +              * Source is not streaming if error is non-zero.
>> +              * So, do not dequeue buffers on capture error.
>> +              */
>> +             if (err)
>> +                     continue;
> This will result in an endless loop, I suppose it wasn't the intention.

no it will not. on error we report vb2_queue_error which will do 
streaming stop request.

So thread will be stopped on streaming stop request thru kthread stop signal