Re: [PATCH v2] media: rppx1: describe the MAIN_POST white balance gains block

From: Jacopo Mondi

Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 05:45:09 EST


Hello Linmao

On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 10:09:33AM +0800, Linmao Li wrote:
> rppx1_ext_params_blocks_info[] is indexed by block type and is built
> with designated initialisers, so a block type without an entry is left
> as a zero-sized hole. RPPX1_PARAMS_BLOCK_TYPE_AWBG_POST is the only
> such hole: a block reporting that type and a size of zero passes
> v4l2_isp_params_validate_buffer(), which then has nothing to advance
> the walk with.
>
> Describe the block, so the array covers all block types the uAPI
> defines. The MAIN_POST white balance gains module is probed and started
> with the rest of the POST pipe, and RPPX1_PARAMS_MAX_SIZE already
> reserves room for all three white balance gains blocks.
>
> The block is not dispatched by rppx1_params(), in line with the other
> described blocks that have no users yet.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linmao Li <lilinmao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks

Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Changes since v1 [1]:
> - dropped the rppx1_params() dispatch hunk, the block stays undispatched
> like the other described blocks that have no users yet (Niklas);
> - retitled, and the commit message now leads with the hole in the array;
> - dropped the Fixes: tag, the fix is expected to be collected together
> with the driver for v7.3 (Jacopo).

I'll sync with Sakari/Hans to see if this can collected as soon as
-rc1 is out

>
> The second patch of v1, "media: rppx1: bls: read the raw pattern from
> the PRE2 acquisition module", is dropped for now and will be resent when
> PRE2 support lands.

If you wish to resend, we could collect that one as well!

Thanks
j

>
> The zero-sized block problem in the common validator is addressed by
> David Carlier's "media: v4l2-isp: reject zero-sized parameter blocks"
> [2], so it is not touched here.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20260817104529.3132552-1-lilinmao@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20260815193839.141406-1-devnexen@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> drivers/media/platform/dreamchip/rppx1/rpp_params.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/dreamchip/rppx1/rpp_params.c b/drivers/media/platform/dreamchip/rppx1/rpp_params.c
> index a75a27a8afd09..5e6727d589464 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/dreamchip/rppx1/rpp_params.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/dreamchip/rppx1/rpp_params.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ rppx1_ext_params_blocks_info[] = {
> RPPX1_PARAMS_BLOCK_INFO(LSC_PRE2, lsc),
> RPPX1_PARAMS_BLOCK_INFO(AWBG_PRE1, awbg),
> RPPX1_PARAMS_BLOCK_INFO(AWBG_PRE2, awbg),
> + RPPX1_PARAMS_BLOCK_INFO(AWBG_POST, awbg),
> RPPX1_PARAMS_BLOCK_INFO(CCOR_POST, ccor),
> RPPX1_PARAMS_BLOCK_INFO(HIST_PRE1, hist),
> RPPX1_PARAMS_BLOCK_INFO(HIST_PRE2, hist),
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>