linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] media: i2c: imx274: Remove stop stream i2c writes during remove

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Date:   Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:47:47 +0300
From:   Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
To:     Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>
Cc:     Sowjanya Komatineni <skomatineni@...dia.com>,
        thierry.reding@...il.com, jonathanh@...dia.com, hverkuil@...all.nl,
        jacopo+renesas@...ndi.org, leonl@...pardimaging.com,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, lgirdwood@...il.com, broonie@...nel.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] media: i2c: imx274: Remove stop stream i2c writes
 during remove

Hi Luca,

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 10:09:33AM +0200, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 21/09/20 23:39, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
> > Sensor should already be in standby during remove and there is no
> > need to configure sensor registers for stream stop.
> 
> I beg your pardon for the newbie question: does the V4L2 framework
> guarantee that the stream is stopped (.s_stream(..., 0)) before removing
> the driver?

It doesn't. That's however one of the lesser concerns, and I don't think
it'd help if drivers tried to prepare for that.

-- 
Sakari Ailus