linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] media: platform: Add Renesas RZ/G2L CRU driver

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Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:19:32 +0000
From:   Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
Cc:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@...ndi.org>,
        Niklas Söderlund 
        <niklas.soderlund@...natech.se>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>,
        Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] media: platform: Add Renesas RZ/G2L CRU driver

Hi Prabhakar,

On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 10:32:43PM +0000, Lad, Prabhakar wrote:
> Hi Sakari,
> 
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 1:22 PM Sakari Ailus
> <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Prabhakar,
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 08:04:40PM +0100, Lad, Prabhakar wrote:
> > ...
> > > > > +static int rzg2l_cru_ip_s_stream(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int enable)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +     struct rzg2l_cru_dev *cru;
> > > > > +     int ret;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     cru = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     if (!cru->is_csi)
> > > > > +             return -EINVAL;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     ret = v4l2_subdev_call(cru->ip.remote, video, s_stream, enable);
> > > >
> > > > It's up to the driver how call pre_streamon() and post_streamoff(), as long
> > > > as it takes place on both sides of s_stream().
> > > >
> > > > In other words, as it seems your device doesn't need anything special, you
> > > > could waive implemeting the callbacks yourself and call pre_streamon() and
> > > > post_streamoff() here.
> > > >
> > > Here the cru->ip.remote = CSI, in the rzg2l_cru_set_stream(1) where we
> > > are calling pre_streamon()/post_streamoff() callbacks the subdev is
> > > CRU-IP. So the calls from rzg2l_cru_set_stream() land into
> > > rzg2l_cru_ip_pre_streamon() and rzg2l_cru_ip_post_streamoff() which
> > > are calling pre_streamon/post_streamoff for the CSI subdev.
> >
> > Again, you should call the source sub-device's pre_streamon and
> > post_streamoff from the s_stream handler (not from
> > rzg2l_cru_ip_pre_streamon or rzg2l_cru_ip_post_streamoff).
> >
> > Starting streaming takes place link by link. This allows a driver to omit
> > implementing pre_streamon and post_streamon callbacks if it doesn't need
> > them.
> >
> Thank you for the explanation that makes sense now to me.
> 
> Now with this approach the initialization sequence of CSI + CRU won't
> align as per the HW manual. Unfortunately I'll have to switch back on
> exporting the functions. I hope that's okay?

It is not.

What exactly would you like to do that you can't with the
pre_streamon/post_streamoff callbacks called from s_stream?

In the worst case we can redefine where they are to be called.

-- 
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus