Re: [PATCH v6 5/6] media: platform: Add Raspberry Pi HEVC decoder driver

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 04/03/2026 15:05, Dave Stevenson wrote:
> +static int hevc_d_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct hevc_d_dev *dev;
> +	struct video_device *vfd;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!dev)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	dev->vfd = hevc_d_video_device;
> +	dev->dev = &pdev->dev;
> +	dev->pdev = pdev;
> +
> +	ret = hevc_d_hw_probe(dev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to probe hardware - %d\n", ret);

Here and...

> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	mutex_init(&dev->dev_mutex);
> +
> +	ret = v4l2_device_register(&pdev->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register V4L2 device\n");

return dev_err_probe. I would say same in other places (instead of v4l
wrapper), but I guess media maintainers know better what do they prefer.

> +		return ret;
> +	}



> +
> +static struct platform_driver hevc_d_driver = {
> +	.probe		= hevc_d_probe,
> +	.remove		= hevc_d_remove,
> +	.driver		= {
> +		.name = HEVC_D_NAME,
> +		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(hevc_d_dt_match),

You have warning here. Drop of_match_ptr. Better if you start from new
drivers, not some old code.

> +	},
> +};
> +module_platform_driver(hevc_d_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("John Cox <john.cox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Raspberry Pi HEVC V4L2 driver");


Best regards,
Krzysztof