Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] media: ipu-bridge: don't reference the module image from software nodes

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi D.,

On Sat, Oct 10, 2026 at 05:56:25PM +0200, D. Manresa wrote:
> The software nodes the bridge registers are deliberately never
> unregistered, so that a later rebind can reuse them. Nothing reachable
> from them may therefore point into the module image, but two properties
> still do: the "link-frequencies" values point at cfg->link_freqs in
> ipu_supported_sensors[], and the "lens-focus" property name is a string
> literal.
> 
> Both dangle once the module is unloaded. Re-probing sensor drivers then
> read poisoned link frequencies from the surviving nodes and fail:
> 
>   ov5693: supported link freq 419200000 not found
> 
> Copy both into struct ipu_sensor, where the other property names and
> values already live.
> 
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Fixes: 803abec64ef9 ("media: ipu3-cio2: Add cio2-bridge to ipu3-cio2 driver")
> Fixes: 68b9bcc8a534 ("media: ipu3-cio2: Add support for instantiating i2c-clients for VCMs")
> Signed-off-by: D. Manresa <dmanresa@xxxxxxxxx>

Could we have a real name here, please?

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Regards,

Sakari Ailus