Re: [PATCH 4/4] media: mt9m111: remove .s_power callback

From: Jacopo Mondi
Date: Fri Aug 19 2022 - 03:35:52 EST


Hi Marco

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 09:18:32AM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:
> Hi Jacopo,
>
> thanks for your fast feedback :)
>
> On 22-08-18, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > Hi Marco
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 04:47:12PM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:
> > > This is in preparation of switching to the generic dev PM mechanism.
> > > Since the .s_power callback will be removed in the near future move the
> > > powering into the .s_stream callback. So this driver no longer depends
> > > on the .s_power mechanism.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Marco Felsch <m.felsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > If you want to move to runtime_pm, I would implement it first and have
> > s_power call the _resume and _suspend routines, as some platform
> > drivers still use s_power() and some of them might depend on it.
>
> Do we really have platforms which depend on this? IMHO if that is the

$ git grep "v4l2_subdev_call(.*, s_power" drivers/media/platform/ | cut -d : -f1 | uniq | wc -l
8

> case than we should fix those platfoms. Since new drivers shouldn't use
> this callback anymore.

Patches are clearly welcome I guess..

>
> In my case, I worked on [1] and wondered why the sensor was enabled
> before I told him to do so. Since I didn't implement the s_power()
> callback, I had no chance to get enabled before.
>

I'm not sure I got this part

> Can we please decide:
> - Do we wanna get rid of the s_power() callback?

I think that would be everyone's desire, but drivers have to be moved
away from it

> - If not, how do we handle those devices then with drivers not
> implementing this callback?

By maintaining compatibility. I suggested to move to runtime_pm() and
wrap _resume/_suspend in s_power(). My understanding is that the two
(runtime_pm/s_power) are mutually exclusive, but even if that was not
the case, runtime_pm is reference counted, hence as long as calls are
balanced this should work, right ?

>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220818143307.967150-1-m.felsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> > It's a slippery slope.. I would love to get rid of s_power() but if
> > any platform uses it with this sensor, it would stop working after
> > this change.
> >
> > > ---
> > > drivers/media/i2c/mt9m111.c | 7 ++++++-
> > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m111.c b/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m111.c
> > > index cd74c408e110..8e8ba5a8e6ea 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m111.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m111.c
> > > @@ -1065,7 +1065,6 @@ static const struct v4l2_ctrl_ops mt9m111_ctrl_ops = {
> > > };
> > >
> > > static const struct v4l2_subdev_core_ops mt9m111_subdev_core_ops = {
> > > - .s_power = mt9m111_s_power,
> > > .log_status = v4l2_ctrl_subdev_log_status,
> > > .subscribe_event = v4l2_ctrl_subdev_subscribe_event,
> > > .unsubscribe_event = v4l2_event_subdev_unsubscribe,
> > > @@ -1136,8 +1135,14 @@ static int mt9m111_enum_mbus_code(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
> > > static int mt9m111_s_stream(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int enable)
> > > {
> > > struct mt9m111 *mt9m111 = container_of(sd, struct mt9m111, subdev);
> > > + int ret;
> > >
> > > mt9m111->is_streaming = !!enable;
> > > +
> > > + ret = mt9m111_s_power(sd, enable);
> > > + if (ret)
> > > + return ret;
> > > +
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.30.2
> > >
> >