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

From: Hans Verkuil
Date: Tue Dec 07 2021 - 04:52:34 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: e3f60e7e1a2b ("media: uvcvideo: Set unique vdev name based in type")
> Reported-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx>

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
>