[PATCH v2 5/9] media: uvcvideo: Turn on the camera if V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_SEND_INITIAL

From: Ricardo Ribalda
Date: Mon Jun 02 2025 - 09:08:14 EST


If we subscribe to an event with V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_SEND_INITIAL, the
driver needs to report back some values that require the camera to be
powered on. But VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT is not part of the ioctls that
turn on the camera.

We could unconditionally turn on the camera during
VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT, but it is more efficient to turn it on only
during V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_SEND_INITIAL, which we believe is not a common
usecase.

To avoid a list_del if uvc_pm_get() fails, we move list_add_tail to the
end of the function.

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hansg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: d1b618e79548 ("media: uvcvideo: Do not turn on the camera for some ioctls")
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
index 44b6513c526421943bb9841fb53dc5f8e9f93f02..ceff17d65c60761703f473f13d87c8f2b5f25129 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
@@ -2033,18 +2033,23 @@ static int uvc_ctrl_add_event(struct v4l2_subscribed_event *sev, unsigned elems)
goto done;
}

- list_add_tail(&sev->node, &mapping->ev_subs);
if (sev->flags & V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_SEND_INITIAL) {
struct v4l2_event ev;
u32 changes = V4L2_EVENT_CTRL_CH_FLAGS;
s32 val = 0;

+ ret = uvc_pm_get(handle->chain->dev);
+ if (ret)
+ goto done;
+
if (uvc_ctrl_mapping_is_compound(mapping) ||
__uvc_ctrl_get(handle->chain, ctrl, mapping, &val) == 0)
changes |= V4L2_EVENT_CTRL_CH_VALUE;

uvc_ctrl_fill_event(handle->chain, &ev, ctrl, mapping, val,
changes);
+
+ uvc_pm_put(handle->chain->dev);
/*
* Mark the queue as active, allowing this initial event to be
* accepted.
@@ -2053,6 +2058,7 @@ static int uvc_ctrl_add_event(struct v4l2_subscribed_event *sev, unsigned elems)
v4l2_event_queue_fh(sev->fh, &ev);
}

+ list_add_tail(&sev->node, &mapping->ev_subs);
done:
mutex_unlock(&handle->chain->ctrl_mutex);
return ret;

--
2.49.0.1266.g31b7d2e469-goog