linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] media: v4l2-dev.c: Allow driver-defined entity names

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Date:   Tue,  7 Dec 2021 01:06:28 +0100
From:   Ricardo Ribalda <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com>
To:     Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas@...fresne.ca>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        ": Ricardo Ribalda" <ribalda@...omium.org>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
        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, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] media: v4l2-dev.c: Allow driver-defined entity names

If the driver provides an name for an entity, use it.
This is particularly useful for drivers that export multiple video
devices for the same hardware (i.e. metadata and data).

Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
---
 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index d03ace324db0..4c00503b9349 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -832,7 +832,9 @@ static int video_register_media_controller(struct video_device *vdev)
 	}
 
 	if (vdev->entity.function != MEDIA_ENT_F_UNKNOWN) {
-		vdev->entity.name = vdev->name;
+		/* Use entity names provided by the driver, if available. */
+		if (!vdev->entity.name)
+			vdev->entity.name = vdev->name;
 
 		/* Needed just for backward compatibility with legacy MC API */
 		vdev->entity.info.dev.major = VIDEO_MAJOR;
-- 
2.33.0