linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] media: uvcvideo: Fix comments in uvc_meta_detect

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Message-ID: <577b3ed7-3f99-4fe3-ab97-a7f8fa6fd3a9@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:14:41 +0200
From: Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>
To: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>,
 Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
 Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] media: uvcvideo: Fix comments in uvc_meta_detect_msxu

Hi,

On 16-Jul-25 12:43 PM, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> The comments can be more precise. Let's fix them.
> 
> Fixes: 6cb786f040ad ("media: uvcvideo: Auto-set UVC_QUIRK_MSXU_META")
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
> ---
> This series fixes the uvc metadata series landed in:
> https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/project/linux-media/patch/998c5fb0-8d32-496c-a1e2-cc9c1a73ede0@kernel.org/
> 
> There is no need to Cc: stable, because the series have not landed in
> any stable kernel.
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Improve comment even more... Thanks Laurent
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250714-uvc-meta-followup-v1-1-67bd2dc05ef2@chromium.org

Thank you for your patch.

I have merged this into:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/linux-media/users/uvc/-/commits/for-next/

Regards,

Hans



> ---
>  drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_metadata.c | 13 +++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_metadata.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_metadata.c
> index 229e08ff323eed9129d835b24ea2e8085bb713b8..2eea543b0575598279d7537ea767ca521b6431c0 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_metadata.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_metadata.c
> @@ -196,7 +196,10 @@ static int uvc_meta_detect_msxu(struct uvc_device *dev)
>  	if (!data)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	/* Check if the metadata is already enabled. */
> +	/*
> +	 * Check if the metadata is already enabled, or if the device always
> +	 * returns metadata.
> +	 */
>  	ret = uvc_query_ctrl(dev, UVC_GET_CUR, entity->id, dev->intfnum,
>  			     MSXU_CONTROL_METADATA, data, sizeof(*data));
>  	if (ret)
> @@ -208,9 +211,11 @@ static int uvc_meta_detect_msxu(struct uvc_device *dev)
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * We have seen devices that require 1 to enable the metadata, others
> -	 * requiring a value != 1 and others requiring a value >1. Luckily for
> -	 * us, the value from GET_MAX seems to work all the time.
> +	 * Set the value of MSXU_CONTROL_METADATA to the value reported by
> +	 * GET_MAX to enable production of MSXU metadata. The GET_MAX request
> +	 * reports the maximum size of the metadata, if its value is 0 then MSXU
> +	 * metadata is not supported. For more information, see
> +	 * https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/stream/uvc-extensions-1-5#2229-metadata-control
>  	 */
>  	ret = uvc_query_ctrl(dev, UVC_GET_MAX, entity->id, dev->intfnum,
>  			     MSXU_CONTROL_METADATA, data, sizeof(*data));
> 
> ---
> base-commit: d968e50b5c26642754492dea23cbd3592bde62d8
> change-id: 20250714-uvc-meta-followup-1ccb6e8efc2b
> 
> Best regards,