[PATCH 2/9] media: rzg2l-cru: csi2: Add device_link from CSI-2 to sensor

From: Tommaso Merciai

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 13:13:11 EST


The CSI-2 receiver depends on its remote sensor being powered and
configured before it can receive data. Without an explicit device_link
the PM core has no knowledge of this dependency and may suspend the
sensor while CSI-2 is still active, or resume CSI-2 before the sensor
is ready.

Add a DL_FLAG_STATELESS device_link from the CSI-2 device to the sensor
device when the sensor subdev binds. This instructs the PM core to
suspend CSI-2 before the sensor and to resume the sensor before CSI-2.
The link is deleted on unbind.

Move csi2->remote_source assignment to the end of the function.

Signed-off-by: Tommaso Merciai <tommaso.merciai.xr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-csi2.c | 24 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-csi2.c b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-csi2.c
index 6dc4b53607b4..3a4bc4ef72fc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-csi2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-csi2.c
@@ -773,15 +773,28 @@ static int rzg2l_csi2_notify_bound(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
struct v4l2_async_connection *asd)
{
struct rzg2l_csi2 *csi2 = notifier_to_csi2(notifier);
+ int ret;

- csi2->remote_source = subdev;
+ if (!device_link_add(csi2->dev, subdev->dev, DL_FLAG_STATELESS)) {
+ dev_err(csi2->dev, "Failed to create device link to sensor %s\n",
+ subdev->name);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }

dev_dbg(csi2->dev, "Bound subdev: %s pad\n", subdev->name);

- return media_create_pad_link(&subdev->entity, RZG2L_CSI2_SINK,
- &csi2->subdev.entity, 0,
- MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED |
- MEDIA_LNK_FL_IMMUTABLE);
+ ret = media_create_pad_link(&subdev->entity, RZG2L_CSI2_SINK,
+ &csi2->subdev.entity, 0,
+ MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED |
+ MEDIA_LNK_FL_IMMUTABLE);
+ if (ret) {
+ device_link_remove(csi2->dev, subdev->dev);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ csi2->remote_source = subdev;
+
+ return 0;
}

static void rzg2l_csi2_notify_unbind(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
@@ -790,6 +803,7 @@ static void rzg2l_csi2_notify_unbind(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
{
struct rzg2l_csi2 *csi2 = notifier_to_csi2(notifier);

+ device_link_remove(csi2->dev, subdev->dev);
csi2->remote_source = NULL;

dev_dbg(csi2->dev, "Unbind subdev %s\n", subdev->name);
--
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