Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] media: Two oopses and a hang when unbinding a streaming sensor

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi Nicola,

On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 09:48:51PM +0200, Nicola Fiorillo wrote:
> Unbinding a camera sensor while a capture is running is a scenario that
> nothing in the IPU6 path handles: the kernel oopses twice, corrupts memory
> once, and leaves the application blocked forever. None of this is caused by
> the sensor drivers themselves, and all four failures are present in
> mainline today.

Thanks for the patchset. These are known issues and unfortunately unbinding
drivers while streaming isn't supported on MC-enabled drivers currently.
This is a MC/V4L2 framework limitation and cannot be meaningfully worked
around in drivers.

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Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus