Re: [PATCH 05/11] media: exynos4-is: Improve support for sensors with multiple pads

From: Tomasz Figa
Date: Tue Jul 07 2020 - 14:13:16 EST


Hi Jonathan,

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 07:26:44PM -0700, Jonathan Bakker wrote:
> Commit 1c9f5bd7cb8a ("[media] s5p-fimc: Add support for sensors with
> multiple pads") caught the case where a sensor with multiple pads was
> connected via CSIS, but missed the case where the sensor was directly
> connected to the FIMC.
>
> This still assumes that the last pad of a sensor is the source.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Bakker <xc-racer2@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/media-dev.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Thank you for the patch. Please see my comments inline.

> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/media-dev.c b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/media-dev.c
> index 5c32abc7251b..b38445219c72 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/media-dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/media-dev.c
> @@ -991,7 +991,8 @@ static int fimc_md_create_links(struct fimc_md *fmd)
>
> case FIMC_BUS_TYPE_ITU_601...FIMC_BUS_TYPE_ITU_656:
> source = &sensor->entity;
> - pad = 0;
> + /* Assume the last pad is the source */
> + pad = sensor->entity.num_pads - 1;

Is 0 really any worse than num_pads - 1? This sounds like quite an ugly
hack.

Could you iterate over the pads of the sensor entity and explicitly find
a source pad instead?

Best regards,
Tomasz