Re: [PATCH v2 01/15] media: i2c: os05b10: Use pm_runtime_get_if_active() when applying controls

[Tarang Raval]

Hi, Mehdi.

> On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 05:13:47PM +0530, Tarang Raval wrote:
> > os05b10_set_ctrl() currently uses pm_runtime_get_if_in_use() to decide
> > whether controls should be applied to hardware.
> >
> > This is not correct for the intended behavior. If the runtime PM usage
> > count is 0 while the device is still active, pm_runtime_get_if_in_use()
> > returns 0 and the control update is skipped, leaving the software state
> > updated but not the hardware state.
> >
> > Use pm_runtime_get_if_active() instead so controls are applied whenever
> > the device is runtime-active, regardless of the current usage count.
> >
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Fixes: 3aa9296a23ec4("media: i2c: add os05b10 image sensor driver")
>
> A space is missing here after the commit hash.
> See https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html
>
> checkpatch will warn you about it.

Recently, I found that this is not actually a bug. Using
pm_runtime_get_if_active() would simply allow more control updates to be
written over I²C while the device is runtime-active, even when the PM
usage count is zero. Since this is not a bug fix, I'll remove the Fixes
tag.

> with that:
> Reviewed-by: Mehdi Djait <mehdi.djait@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Signed-off-by: Tarang Raval <tarang.raval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/i2c/os05b10.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/os05b10.c b/drivers/media/i2c/os05b10.c
> > index e0453c988e4a..5da5b7d21f31 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/i2c/os05b10.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/os05b10.c
> > @@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static int os05b10_set_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
> >                       return ret;
> >       }
> >
> > -     if (pm_runtime_get_if_in_use(os05b10->dev) == 0)
> > +     if (pm_runtime_get_if_active(os05b10->dev) == 0)
>
> small nit: how about
>         if (!pm_runtime_get_if_active(os05b10->dev))
>
> consistent with other drivers using this call but really not important,
> up to you if you want to change it.

Sure, I will update.

Best Regards,
Tarang