Re: [media] duplicate code in media drivers

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Tue May 22 2018 - 11:42:30 EST


Mauro,

I already sent some patches based on your comments.

Thanks!
--
Gustavo

On 05/21/2018 03:14 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
Em Mon, 21 May 2018 14:39:51 -0500
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

Hi Mauro,

I found some duplicate code with the help of Coccinelle and Coverity. Notice that these are not code patches, they only point out the duplicate code in some media drivers:

diff -u -p drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c /tmp/nothing/media/pci/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c
--- drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c
+++ /tmp/nothing/media/pci/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c
@@ -389,9 +389,7 @@ static int advbt771_samsung_tdtc9251dh0_
else if (c->frequency < 600000000)
bs = 0x08;
else if (c->frequency < 730000000)
- bs = 0x08;
else
- bs = 0x08;

pllbuf[0] = 0x61;
pllbuf[1] = div >> 8;


Hmm... I *suspect* that "bs" here controls the frequency range for the
tuner. Analog tuners have separate frequency regions that are controlled
via a register, into a 4 or 5 bytes I2C sequence. They're all somewhat
a clone of an old Philips design.

It should be safe to convert the "BS" sequence on something like:

if (c->frequency < 173000000)
bs = 0x01;
else if (c->frequency < 470000000)
bs = 0x02;
else
bs = 0x08;



diff -u -p drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c /tmp/nothing/media/usb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c
--- drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c
+++ /tmp/nothing/media/usb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c
@@ -1741,13 +1741,6 @@ static int dib809x_tuner_attach(struct d
struct dib0700_adapter_state *st = adap->priv;
struct i2c_adapter *tun_i2c = st->dib8000_ops.get_i2c_master(adap->fe_adap[0].fe, DIBX000_I2C_INTERFACE_TUNER, 1);

- if (adap->id == 0) {
- if (dvb_attach(dib0090_register, adap->fe_adap[0].fe, tun_i2c, &dib809x_dib0090_config) == NULL)
- return -ENODEV;
- } else {
- if (dvb_attach(dib0090_register, adap->fe_adap[0].fe, tun_i2c, &dib809x_dib0090_config) == NULL)
- return -ENODEV;
- }

I'm almost sure that, on the second if, it should be adap->fe_adap[1].fe.
I tried in the past to check this, but didn't got an answer from the one
that wrote the code.

Maybe we could add a /* FIXME: check if it is fe_adap[1] */ on the
second clause.


st->set_param_save = adap->fe_adap[0].fe->ops.tuner_ops.set_params;
adap->fe_adap[0].fe->ops.tuner_ops.set_params = dib8096_set_param_override;
diff -u -p drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a16.c /tmp/nothing/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a16.c
--- drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a16.c
+++ /tmp/nothing/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a16.c
@@ -1466,9 +1466,7 @@ static int mb86a16_set_fe(struct mb86a16
wait_t = (1572864 + state->srate / 2) / state->srate;
if (state->srate < 5000)
/* FIXME ! , should be a long wait ! */
- msleep_interruptible(wait_t);
else
- msleep_interruptible(wait_t);

I suspect that the goal here is to point that sleeping for
(1572864 + state->srate / 2) / state->srate when srate is low will mean
that it will take a lot of time to converge (probably causing timeout at
userspace).

Basically, if srate is < 5000, the sleep time will be between
314 and 1575364 ms. The worse case scenario - although not realistic,
in practice - is to wait up to 26 seconds. This is a very long time!

Probably, the right fix here would be to check if wait_t is bigger than
a certain amount of time. If so, return an error.

I'm not against removing the if, but, if so, better to add a /* FIXME */
block explaining that.

That's said, this is an old device. I doubt anyone would fix it.



if (sync_chk(state, &junk) == 0) {
iq_vt_set(state, 1);
diff -u -p drivers/media/dvb-frontends/au8522_decoder.c /tmp/nothing/media/dvb-frontends/au8522_decoder.c
--- drivers/media/dvb-frontends/au8522_decoder.c
+++ /tmp/nothing/media/dvb-frontends/au8522_decoder.c
@@ -280,14 +280,9 @@ static void setup_decoder_defaults(struc
AU8522_TOREGAAGC_REG0E5H_CVBS);
au8522_writereg(state, AU8522_REG016H, AU8522_REG016H_CVBS);

- if (is_svideo) {
/* Despite what the table says, for the HVR-950q we still need
to be in CVBS mode for the S-Video input (reason unknown). */
/* filter_coef_type = 3; */
- filter_coef_type = 5;
- } else {
- filter_coef_type = 5;
- }

Better ask Devin about this (c/c).


/* Load the Video Decoder Filter Coefficients */
for (i = 0; i < NUM_FILTER_COEF; i++) {


I wonder if some of the cases above were intentionally coded that way or some code needs to be removed.

Thanks
--
Gustavo



Thanks,
Mauro