linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] Revert "media: uvcvideo: Set unique vdev name based in type"

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Message-ID: <6e64bb76-14f5-b492-ca36-775a0011acba@xs4all.nl>
Date:   Tue, 7 Dec 2021 10:52:24 +0100
From:   Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>
To:     Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>,
        Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas@...fresne.ca>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tfiga@...omium.org
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] Revert "media: uvcvideo: Set unique vdev name
 based in type"

On 07/12/2021 01:38, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> A lot of userspace depends on a descriptive name for vdev. Without this
> patch, users have a hard time figuring out which camera shall they use
> for their video conferencing.
> 
> This reverts commit e3f60e7e1a2b451f538f9926763432249bcf39c4.
> 
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Fixes: e3f60e7e1a2b ("media: uvcvideo: Set unique vdev name based in type")
> Reported-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas@...fresne.ca>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>

Reviewed-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>

Thanks!

	Hans

> ---
>  drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c | 7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> index 7c007426e082..058d28a0344b 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> @@ -2193,7 +2193,6 @@ int uvc_register_video_device(struct uvc_device *dev,
>  			      const struct v4l2_file_operations *fops,
>  			      const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops *ioctl_ops)
>  {
> -	const char *name;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	/* Initialize the video buffers queue. */
> @@ -2222,20 +2221,16 @@ int uvc_register_video_device(struct uvc_device *dev,
>  	case V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE:
>  	default:
>  		vdev->device_caps = V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE | V4L2_CAP_STREAMING;
> -		name = "Video Capture";
>  		break;
>  	case V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT:
>  		vdev->device_caps = V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT | V4L2_CAP_STREAMING;
> -		name = "Video Output";
>  		break;
>  	case V4L2_BUF_TYPE_META_CAPTURE:
>  		vdev->device_caps = V4L2_CAP_META_CAPTURE | V4L2_CAP_STREAMING;
> -		name = "Metadata";
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
> -	snprintf(vdev->name, sizeof(vdev->name), "%s %u", name,
> -		 stream->header.bTerminalLink);
> +	strscpy(vdev->name, dev->name, sizeof(vdev->name));
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Set the driver data before calling video_register_device, otherwise
>