[PATCH v4 5/7] media: uvcvideo: Turn on the camera if V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_SEND_INITIAL

From: Ricardo Ribalda
Date: Tue Jul 01 2025 - 02:46:27 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")
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
index 303b7509ec47964dc1bf0e28127075b4a3867511..efe609d7087752cb2ef516eef0fce12acd13e747 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
@@ -2072,18 +2072,24 @@ 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.
@@ -2092,6 +2098,8 @@ 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;

--
2.50.0.727.gbf7dc18ff4-goog