[PATCH 7/7] media: rzv2h-ivc: Replace workqueue with direct function call

From: Jacopo Mondi

Date: Fri Mar 13 2026 - 07:17:09 EST


From: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Scheduling of work items with an async workqueue opens the door to
potential races between multiple instances of a work item.

While the frame transfer function is now protected agains races, using a
workqueue doesn't provide much benefit considering the limited cost of
creating a job transfer.

Replace usage of the work queue with direct function calls.

Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc-dev.c | 2 +-
.../platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc-video.c | 21 +++++++--------------
.../media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc.h | 3 +--
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc-dev.c b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc-dev.c
index e9857eb5b51a..355842abb24b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc-dev.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static irqreturn_t rzv2h_ivc_isr(int irq, void *context)
* The second interrupt indicates that the post-frame transfer VBLANK
* has completed, we can now schedule a new frame transfer, if any.
*/
- queue_work(ivc->buffers.async_wq, &ivc->buffers.work);
+ rzv2h_ivc_transfer_buffer(ivc);

return IRQ_HANDLED;
}
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc-video.c b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc-video.c
index 3580a57738a6..b167f1bab7ef 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc-video.c
@@ -143,13 +143,11 @@ void rzv2h_ivc_buffer_done(struct rzv2h_ivc *ivc)
vb2_buffer_done(&buf->vb.vb2_buf, VB2_BUF_STATE_DONE);
}

-static void rzv2h_ivc_transfer_buffer(struct work_struct *work)
+void rzv2h_ivc_transfer_buffer(struct rzv2h_ivc *ivc)
{
- struct rzv2h_ivc *ivc = container_of(work, struct rzv2h_ivc,
- buffers.work);
struct rzv2h_ivc_buf *buf;

- guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&ivc->spinlock);
+ lockdep_assert_held(&ivc->spinlock);

if (ivc->vvalid_ifp)
return;
@@ -204,7 +202,7 @@ static void rzv2h_ivc_buf_queue(struct vb2_buffer *vb)

scoped_guard(spinlock_irq, &ivc->spinlock) {
if (vb2_is_streaming(vb->vb2_queue))
- queue_work(ivc->buffers.async_wq, &ivc->buffers.work);
+ rzv2h_ivc_transfer_buffer(ivc);
}
}

@@ -282,7 +280,9 @@ static int rzv2h_ivc_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int count)

rzv2h_ivc_format_configure(ivc);

- queue_work(ivc->buffers.async_wq, &ivc->buffers.work);
+ scoped_guard(spinlock_irq, &ivc->spinlock) {
+ rzv2h_ivc_transfer_buffer(ivc);
+ }

return 0;

@@ -449,11 +449,6 @@ int rzv2h_ivc_init_vdev(struct rzv2h_ivc *ivc, struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)

spin_lock_init(&ivc->buffers.lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ivc->buffers.queue);
- INIT_WORK(&ivc->buffers.work, rzv2h_ivc_transfer_buffer);
-
- ivc->buffers.async_wq = alloc_workqueue("rzv2h-ivc", 0, 0);
- if (!ivc->buffers.async_wq)
- return -EINVAL;

/* Initialise vb2 queue */
vb2q = &ivc->vdev.vb2q;
@@ -471,7 +466,7 @@ int rzv2h_ivc_init_vdev(struct rzv2h_ivc *ivc, struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
ret = vb2_queue_init(vb2q);
if (ret) {
dev_err(ivc->dev, "vb2 queue init failed\n");
- goto err_destroy_workqueue;
+ return ret;
}

/* Initialise Video Device */
@@ -520,8 +515,6 @@ int rzv2h_ivc_init_vdev(struct rzv2h_ivc *ivc, struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
media_entity_cleanup(&vdev->entity);
err_release_vb2q:
vb2_queue_release(vb2q);
-err_destroy_workqueue:
- destroy_workqueue(ivc->buffers.async_wq);

return ret;
}
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc.h b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc.h
index 049f223200e3..6f644ba796a9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzv2h-ivc/rzv2h-ivc.h
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ struct rzv2h_ivc {
struct {
/* Spinlock to guard buffer queue */
spinlock_t lock;
- struct workqueue_struct *async_wq;
- struct work_struct work;
struct list_head queue;
struct rzv2h_ivc_buf *curr;
unsigned int sequence;
@@ -130,3 +128,4 @@ void rzv2h_ivc_deinit_subdevice(struct rzv2h_ivc *ivc);
void rzv2h_ivc_write(struct rzv2h_ivc *ivc, u32 addr, u32 val);
void rzv2h_ivc_update_bits(struct rzv2h_ivc *ivc, unsigned int addr,
u32 mask, u32 val);
+void rzv2h_ivc_transfer_buffer(struct rzv2h_ivc *ivc);

--
2.53.0