Re: [PATCH v5 06/10] media: rcar-csi2: Add .get_frame_desc op

From: Laurent Pinchart

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 09:22:44 EST


On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 04:12:31PM +0300, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> On 16/06/2026 15:30, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 02:30:05PM +0300, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> >> On 18/03/2026 23:16, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 03:53:19PM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> >>>> Add v4l2_subdev_pad_ops.get_frame_desc() implementation.
> >>>>
> >>>> We also implement a fallback for the case where the upstream subdevice
> >>>> does not implement .get_frame_desc. It assumes a single stream with VC =
> >>>> 0 and DT based on the configured stream mbus format.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/media/platform/renesas/rcar-csi2.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>> 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rcar-csi2.c b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rcar-csi2.c
> >>>> index ad62c95c8f9a..b8baf7c65e90 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rcar-csi2.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rcar-csi2.c
> >>>> @@ -1935,12 +1935,82 @@ static int rcsi2_set_pad_format(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
> >>>> return 0;
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> +static int rcsi2_get_frame_desc_fallback(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
> >>>> + unsigned int pad,
> >>>> + struct v4l2_mbus_frame_desc *fd)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> + struct v4l2_subdev_route *route;
> >>>> + const struct rcar_csi2_format *format;
> >>>> + struct v4l2_subdev_state *state;
> >>>> + struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *fmt;
> >>>> + int ret = 0;
> >>>> +
> >>>> + state = v4l2_subdev_lock_and_get_active_state(sd);
> >>>> +
> >>>> + if (state->routing.num_routes != 1) {
> >>>> + ret = -EINVAL;
> >>>> + goto out;
> >>>> + }
> >>>> +
> >>>> + route = &state->routing.routes[0];
> >>>> +
> >>>> + if (route->source_pad != pad) {
> >>>> + ret = -EINVAL;
> >>>> + goto out;
> >>>> + }
> >>>> +
> >>>> + fmt = v4l2_subdev_state_get_format(state, route->sink_pad,
> >>>> + route->sink_stream);
> >>>> + if (!fmt) {
> >>>> + ret = -EINVAL;
> >>>> + goto out;
> >>>> + }
> >>>> +
> >>>> + format = rcsi2_code_to_fmt(fmt->code);
> >>>> + if (!format) {
> >>>> + ret = -EINVAL;
> >>>> + goto out;
> >>>> + }
> >>>> +
> >>>> + fd->num_entries = 1;
> >>>> + fd->type = V4L2_MBUS_FRAME_DESC_TYPE_CSI2;
> >>>> + fd->entry[0].stream = route->source_stream;
> >>>> + fd->entry[0].pixelcode = fmt->code;
> >>>> + fd->entry[0].bus.csi2.vc = 0;
> >>>> + fd->entry[0].bus.csi2.dt = format->datatype;
> >>>> +
> >>>> +out:
> >>>> + v4l2_subdev_unlock_state(state);
> >>>> +
> >>>> + return ret;
> >>>> +}
> >>>> +
> >>>> +static int rcsi2_get_frame_desc(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, unsigned int pad,
> >>>> + struct v4l2_mbus_frame_desc *fd)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> + struct rcar_csi2 *priv = sd_to_csi2(sd);
> >>>> + int ret;
> >>>> +
> >>>> + if (WARN_ON(!priv->info->use_isp))
> >>>> + return -ENOTTY;
> >>>
> >>> Why is that, can't the get frame desc operation be supported on Gen3 ?
> >>
> >> It can, and it is, in this patch. The thing here is that
> >> rcsi2_get_frame_desc() is the implementation for
> >> v4l2_subdev_pad_ops.get_frame_desc(). On gen4, csisp calls it, but on
> >> gen3, there's no one to call it as on gen3 the csi2 does the demuxing.
> >>
> >> So the above check is just a "yell if our drivers do a totally wrong thing".
> >
> > A comment would be useful.
>
> Sure, I'll add one here.
>
> >>>> +
> >>>> + if (WARN_ON(pad != RCAR_CSI2_SOURCE_VC0))
> >>>> + return -EINVAL;
> >>>> +
> >>>> + ret = v4l2_subdev_get_frame_desc_passthrough(sd, pad, fd);
> >>>> + if (ret == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
> >>>> + ret = rcsi2_get_frame_desc_fallback(sd, pad, fd);
> >>>
> >>> A dev_warn_once() would be good here, to get people to fix the source
> >>> device driver.
> >>
> >> Perhaps at some point, but do we want to add it already?
> >>
> >> Hmm, actually, this will go away with Sakari's series that adds
> >> framework level fallback handling, so I think warning now about a thing
> >> that is no longer a thing in the future serves no purpose.
> >
> > Or you could consider that adding a dev_warn_once() isn't an issue as
> > the code will be replaced soon :-) Up to you.
>
> I meant that if we add dev_warn here, it'll start printing a warning "to
> get people to fix the source driver", but with Sakari's series that
> "fix" is not needed at all, so the people would end up doing unnecessary
> work.

Right, let's defer that then and see if anything is still needed when
Sakari's patches land.

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart