[PATCH] [RFC PATCH] staging: media: atomisp: remove redundant ov2722_startup() helper

From: Mohit Mishra

Date: Sun Aug 09 2026 - 14:01:31 EST


In atomisp-ov2722.c, ov2722_startup() was invoked inside
ov2722_set_fmt() to program sensor hardware registers during format
negotiation, accompanied by a "TODO: remove it" comment.

Standard V4L2 subdevice drivers do not program hardware registers during
.set_fmt(), but defer hardware register configuration to stream start
(.s_stream(1)).

This patch:
1. Removes the ov2722_startup() helper function and its TODO comment.
2. Refactors register initialization into a static
ov2722_startup_registers() helper.
3. Moves sensor software reset and resolution register array configuration
into ov2722_s_stream() when enable == 1.
4. Preserves the PMIC power-cycle retry loop on startup failure inside
ov2722_s_stream(1) to maintain hardware fault-tolerance for AtomISP
tablets.
5. Updates ov2722_set_fmt() to purely update internal software state.

BEHAVIORAL RISK & UNTESTED NOTICE:
This is a functional timing change. Deferring hardware register writes to
.s_stream(1) has not been tested on physical Intel AtomISP hardware.
Submitted as RFC for review by AtomISP maintainers (Hans de Goede,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab).

Signed-off-by: Mohit Mishra <mishraloopmohit@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../media/atomisp/i2c/atomisp-ov2722.c | 109 +++++++++---------
1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/atomisp-ov2722.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/atomisp-ov2722.c
index 2c41c496daa6..5cbfbe5217a4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/atomisp-ov2722.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/atomisp-ov2722.c
@@ -599,39 +599,14 @@ static int ov2722_s_power(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int on)
return ret;
}

-/* TODO: remove it. */
-static int ov2722_startup(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
-{
- struct ov2722_device *dev = to_ov2722_sensor(sd);
- struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
- int ret = 0;
-
- ret = ov2722_write_reg(client, OV2722_8BIT,
- OV2722_SW_RESET, 0x01);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(&client->dev, "ov2722 reset err.\n");
- return ret;
- }
-
- ret = ov2722_write_reg_array(client, dev->res->regs);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(&client->dev, "ov2722 write register err.\n");
- return ret;
- }
-
- return ret;
-}
-
static int ov2722_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
struct v4l2_subdev_state *sd_state,
struct v4l2_subdev_format *format)
{
struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *fmt = &format->format;
struct ov2722_device *dev = to_ov2722_sensor(sd);
- struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
struct ov2722_resolution *res;
struct camera_mipi_info *ov2722_info = NULL;
- int ret = 0;

if (format->pad)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -662,38 +637,8 @@ static int ov2722_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
dev->pixels_per_line = dev->res->pixels_per_line;
dev->lines_per_frame = dev->res->lines_per_frame;

- ret = ov2722_startup(sd);
- if (ret) {
- int i = 0;
-
- dev_err(&client->dev, "ov2722 startup err, retry to power up\n");
- for (i = 0; i < OV2722_POWER_UP_RETRY_NUM; i++) {
- dev_err(&client->dev,
- "ov2722 retry to power up %d/%d times, result: ",
- i + 1, OV2722_POWER_UP_RETRY_NUM);
- power_down(sd);
- ret = power_up(sd);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(&client->dev, "power up failed, continue\n");
- continue;
- }
- ret = ov2722_startup(sd);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(&client->dev, " startup FAILED!\n");
- } else {
- dev_err(&client->dev, " startup SUCCESS!\n");
- break;
- }
- }
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(&client->dev, "ov2722 startup err\n");
- goto err;
- }
- }
-
-err:
mutex_unlock(&dev->input_lock);
- return ret;
+ return 0;
}

static int ov2722_get_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
@@ -746,6 +691,26 @@ static int ov2722_detect(struct i2c_client *client)
return 0;
}

+static int ov2722_startup_registers(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
+{
+ struct ov2722_device *dev = to_ov2722_sensor(sd);
+ struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = ov2722_write_reg(client, OV2722_8BIT,
+ OV2722_SW_RESET, 0x01);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(&client->dev, "ov2722 reset err.\n");
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ ret = ov2722_write_reg_array(client, dev->res->regs);
+ if (ret)
+ dev_err(&client->dev, "ov2722 write register err.\n");
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int ov2722_s_stream(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int enable)
{
struct ov2722_device *dev = to_ov2722_sensor(sd);
@@ -754,10 +719,42 @@ static int ov2722_s_stream(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int enable)

mutex_lock(&dev->input_lock);

+ if (enable) {
+ ret = ov2722_startup_registers(sd);
+ if (ret) {
+ int i;
+
+ dev_err(&client->dev, "ov2722 startup err, retry to power up\n");
+ for (i = 0; i < OV2722_POWER_UP_RETRY_NUM; i++) {
+ dev_err(&client->dev,
+ "ov2722 retry to power up %d/%d times, result: ",
+ i + 1, OV2722_POWER_UP_RETRY_NUM);
+ power_down(sd);
+ ret = power_up(sd);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(&client->dev, "power up failed, continue\n");
+ continue;
+ }
+ ret = ov2722_startup_registers(sd);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(&client->dev, " startup FAILED!\n");
+ } else {
+ dev_err(&client->dev, " startup SUCCESS!\n");
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(&client->dev, "ov2722 startup err\n");
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
ret = ov2722_write_reg(client, OV2722_8BIT, OV2722_SW_STREAM,
enable ? OV2722_START_STREAMING :
OV2722_STOP_STREAMING);

+unlock:
mutex_unlock(&dev->input_lock);
return ret;
}
--
2.43.0