[PATCH 1/3] media: v4l: async: add helper API v4l2_async_pad_init_and_register_subdev()

From: Frank Li

Date: Tue Feb 10 2026 - 16:42:47 EST


Add the helper API v4l2_async_pad_init_and_register_subdev(), which
combines media_entity_pads_init(), v4l2_subdev_init_finalize(), and
v4l2_async_register_subdev() into a single call.

Reduce code duplication and simplify error handling in drivers.

Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/media/v4l2-async.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
index 1c08bba9ecb91f46b7479da613d6c1688d4b0b5c..65e4aa46372a02f9ddc04571436f46c90259e200 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/types.h>

+#include <media/media-entity.h>
#include <media/v4l2-async.h>
#include <media/v4l2-device.h>
#include <media/v4l2-fwnode.h>
@@ -881,6 +882,35 @@ int __v4l2_async_register_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct module *module)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__v4l2_async_register_subdev);

+int __v4l2_async_pad_init_and_register_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
+ u16 num_pads,
+ struct media_pad *pads,
+ struct module *module)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = media_entity_pads_init(&sd->entity, num_pads, pads);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = v4l2_subdev_init_finalize(sd);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_entity_cleanup;
+
+ ret = __v4l2_async_register_subdev(sd, module);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_subdev_cleanup;
+
+ return 0;
+
+err_subdev_cleanup:
+ v4l2_subdev_cleanup(sd);
+err_entity_cleanup:
+ media_entity_cleanup(&sd->entity);
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__v4l2_async_pad_init_and_register_subdev);
+
void v4l2_async_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
{
struct v4l2_async_connection *asc, *asc_tmp;
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-async.h b/include/media/v4l2-async.h
index f26c323e9c963065fd7c19d6d9835df1194bc069..81f1f418a246902178d5fa8f9d5e48b14301386f 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-async.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-async.h
@@ -336,6 +336,24 @@ int __v4l2_async_register_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct module *module);
int __must_check
v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor(struct v4l2_subdev *sd);

+struct media_pad;
+int __must_check
+__v4l2_async_pad_init_and_register_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, u16 num_pads,
+ struct media_pad *pads,
+ struct module *module);
+/**
+ * v4l2_async_pad_init_and_register_subdev - Initialize the entity pads and
+ * registers a sub-device to the
+ * asynchronous subdevice framework
+ * @sd: pointer to &struct v4l2_subdev
+ * @num_pads: total number of sink and source pads
+ * @pads: Array of @num_pads pads.
+ *
+ * Returns an error on failure, 0 on success.
+ */
+#define v4l2_async_pad_init_and_register_subdev(sd, num_pads, pads) \
+ __v4l2_async_pad_init_and_register_subdev(sd, num_pads, pads, \
+ THIS_MODULE)
/**
* v4l2_async_unregister_subdev - unregisters a sub-device to the asynchronous
* subdevice framework

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