[PATCH 1/8] media: uvcvideo: Fix deferred probing error

From: Ricardo Ribalda
Date: Thu Apr 03 2025 - 16:25:06 EST


uvc_gpio_parse() can return -EPROBE_DEFER when the GPIOs it depends on
have not yet been probed. This return code should be propagated to the
caller of uvc_probe() to ensure that probing is retried when the required
GPIOs become available.

Currently, this error code is incorrectly converted to -ENODEV,
causing some internal cameras to be ignored.

This commit fixes this issue by propagating the -EPROBE_DEFER error.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 2886477ff987 ("media: uvcvideo: Implement UVC_EXT_GPIO_UNIT")
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
index 107e0fafd80f54ec98c9657e5d58d17a6ed8c02f..25e9aea81196e0eddba6de74951a46a97ae0bdb8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
@@ -2232,13 +2232,16 @@ static int uvc_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
#endif

/* Parse the Video Class control descriptor. */
- if (uvc_parse_control(dev) < 0) {
+ ret = uvc_parse_control(dev);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;
uvc_dbg(dev, PROBE, "Unable to parse UVC descriptors\n");
goto error;
}

/* Parse the associated GPIOs. */
- if (uvc_gpio_parse(dev) < 0) {
+ ret = uvc_gpio_parse(dev);
+ if (ret < 0) {
uvc_dbg(dev, PROBE, "Unable to parse UVC GPIOs\n");
goto error;
}
@@ -2264,24 +2267,32 @@ static int uvc_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
}

/* Register the V4L2 device. */
- if (v4l2_device_register(&intf->dev, &dev->vdev) < 0)
+ ret = v4l2_device_register(&intf->dev, &dev->vdev);
+ if (ret < 0)
goto error;

/* Scan the device for video chains. */
- if (uvc_scan_device(dev) < 0)
+ if (uvc_scan_device(dev) < 0) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;
goto error;
+ }

/* Initialize controls. */
- if (uvc_ctrl_init_device(dev) < 0)
+ if (uvc_ctrl_init_device(dev) < 0) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;
goto error;
+ }

/* Register video device nodes. */
- if (uvc_register_chains(dev) < 0)
+ if (uvc_register_chains(dev) < 0) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;
goto error;
+ }

#ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER
/* Register the media device node */
- if (media_device_register(&dev->mdev) < 0)
+ ret = media_device_register(&dev->mdev);
+ if (ret < 0)
goto error;
#endif
/* Save our data pointer in the interface data. */
@@ -2315,7 +2326,7 @@ static int uvc_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
error:
uvc_unregister_video(dev);
kref_put(&dev->ref, uvc_delete);
- return -ENODEV;
+ return ret;
}

static void uvc_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)

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