Hi Niklas, Thank you for the patch. Do you happen to have a driver that would use this, to see some example of how the code is to be used? Could you update the documentation in Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst, too? On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:30:35AM +0200, Niklas Söderlund wrote: > When registered() of v4l2_subdev_internal_ops is called the subdevice > have access to the master devices v4l2_dev and it's called with the > async frameworks list_lock held. In this context the subdevice can > register its own notifiers to allow for incremental discovery of > subdevices. > > The master device registers the subdevices closest to itself in its > notifier while the subdevice(s) themself register notifiers for there > closest neighboring devices when they are registered. Using this > incremental approach two problems can be solved. > > 1. The master device no longer have to care how many subdevices exist in s/subdevices/devices/ ? A single sub-device driver can expose multiple sub-devices for a single device. > the pipeline. It only needs to care about its closest subdevice and > arbitrary long pipelines can be created without having to adapt the > master device for each case. > > 2. Subdevices which are represented as a single DT node but register > more then one subdevice can use this to further the pipeline > discovery. Since the subdevice driver is the only one who knows which > of its subdevices is linked with which subdevice of a neighboring DT > node. > > To enable subdevices to register/unregister notifiers from the > registered()/unregistered() callback v4l2_async_subnotifier_register() > and v4l2_async_subnotifier_unregister() are added. These new notifier > register functions are similar to the master device equivalent functions > but run without taking the v4l2-async list_lock which already are held > when he registered()/unregistered() callbacks are called. > > Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- > include/media/v4l2-async.h | 22 +++++++++ > 2 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c > index 96cc733f35ef72b0..d4a676a2935eb058 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c > @@ -136,12 +136,13 @@ static void v4l2_async_cleanup(struct v4l2_subdev *sd) > sd->dev = NULL; > } > > -int v4l2_async_notifier_register(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev, > - struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier) > +static int v4l2_async_do_notifier_register(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev, > + struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier, > + bool subnotifier) > { > struct v4l2_subdev *sd, *tmp; > struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd; > - int i; > + int found, i; If you need a boolean value, you could use bool type. > > if (!notifier->num_subdevs || notifier->num_subdevs > V4L2_MAX_SUBDEVS) > return -EINVAL; > @@ -168,32 +169,69 @@ int v4l2_async_notifier_register(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev, > list_add_tail(&asd->list, ¬ifier->waiting); > } > > - mutex_lock(&list_lock); > + if (!subnotifier) > + mutex_lock(&list_lock); Just to be sure, I'd verify the mutex is indeed acquired. lockdep_assert_held(mutex) ? > + > + /* > + * This function can be called recursively so the list > + * might be modified in a recursive call. Start from the > + * top of the list each iteration. > + */ > + found = 1; > + while (found) { > + found = 0; > > - list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &subdev_list, async_list) { > - int ret; > + list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &subdev_list, async_list) { > + int ret; > > - asd = v4l2_async_belongs(notifier, sd); > - if (!asd) > - continue; > + asd = v4l2_async_belongs(notifier, sd); > + if (!asd) > + continue; > > - ret = v4l2_async_test_notify(notifier, sd, asd); > - if (ret < 0) { > - mutex_unlock(&list_lock); > - return ret; > + ret = v4l2_async_test_notify(notifier, sd, asd); > + if (ret < 0) { > + if (!subnotifier) > + mutex_unlock(&list_lock); > + return ret; > + } > + > + found = 1; > + break; > } > } > > /* Keep also completed notifiers on the list */ > list_add(¬ifier->list, ¬ifier_list); > > - mutex_unlock(&list_lock); > + if (!subnotifier) > + mutex_unlock(&list_lock); > > return 0; > } > + > +int v4l2_async_subnotifier_register(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, > + struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier) > +{ > + if (!sd->v4l2_dev) { > + dev_err(sd->dev ? sd->dev : NULL, > + "Can't register subnotifier for without v4l2_dev\n"); > + return -EINVAL; When did this start happening? :-) > + } > + > + return v4l2_async_do_notifier_register(sd->v4l2_dev, notifier, true); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(v4l2_async_subnotifier_register); > + > +int v4l2_async_notifier_register(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev, > + struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier) > +{ > + return v4l2_async_do_notifier_register(v4l2_dev, notifier, false); > +} > EXPORT_SYMBOL(v4l2_async_notifier_register); > > -void v4l2_async_notifier_unregister(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier) > +static void > +v4l2_async_do_notifier_unregister(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier, > + bool subnotifier) > { > struct v4l2_subdev *sd, *tmp; > unsigned int notif_n_subdev = notifier->num_subdevs; > @@ -210,7 +248,8 @@ void v4l2_async_notifier_unregister(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier) > "Failed to allocate device cache!\n"); > } > > - mutex_lock(&list_lock); > + if (!subnotifier) > + mutex_lock(&list_lock); > > list_del(¬ifier->list); > > @@ -237,15 +276,20 @@ void v4l2_async_notifier_unregister(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier) > put_device(d); > } > > - mutex_unlock(&list_lock); > + if (!subnotifier) > + mutex_unlock(&list_lock); > > /* > * Call device_attach() to reprobe devices > * > * NOTE: If dev allocation fails, i is 0, and the whole loop won't be > * executed. > + * TODO: If we are unregistering a subdevice notifier we can't reprobe > + * since the lock_list is held by the master device and attaching that > + * device would call v4l2_async_register_subdev() and end in a deadlock > + * on list_lock. > */ > - while (i--) { > + while (i-- && !subnotifier) { Why is this not done for sub-notifiers? That said, the code here looks really dubious. But that's out of scope of the patchset. > struct device *d = dev[i]; > > if (d && device_attach(d) < 0) { > @@ -269,6 +313,17 @@ void v4l2_async_notifier_unregister(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier) > * upon notifier registration. > */ > } > + > +void v4l2_async_subnotifier_unregister(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier) > +{ > + v4l2_async_do_notifier_unregister(notifier, true); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(v4l2_async_subnotifier_unregister); > + > +void v4l2_async_notifier_unregister(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier) > +{ > + v4l2_async_do_notifier_unregister(notifier, false); > +} > EXPORT_SYMBOL(v4l2_async_notifier_unregister); > > int v4l2_async_register_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd) > diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-async.h b/include/media/v4l2-async.h > index 8e2a236a4d039df6..dee070be59f211bd 100644 > --- a/include/media/v4l2-async.h > +++ b/include/media/v4l2-async.h > @@ -105,6 +105,18 @@ struct v4l2_async_notifier { > }; > > /** > + * v4l2_async_notifier_register - registers a subdevice asynchronous subnotifier > + * > + * @sd: pointer to &struct v4l2_subdev > + * @notifier: pointer to &struct v4l2_async_notifier > + * > + * This function assumes the async list_lock is already locked, allowing > + * it to be used from struct v4l2_subdev_internal_ops registered() callback. > + */ > +int v4l2_async_subnotifier_register(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, > + struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier); > + > +/** > * v4l2_async_notifier_register - registers a subdevice asynchronous notifier > * > * @v4l2_dev: pointer to &struct v4l2_device > @@ -114,6 +126,16 @@ int v4l2_async_notifier_register(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev, > struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier); > > /** > + * v4l2_async_subnotifier_unregister - unregisters a asynchronous subnotifier > + * > + * @notifier: pointer to &struct v4l2_async_notifier > + * > + * This function assumes the async list_lock is already locked, allowing > + * it to be used from struct v4l2_subdev_internal_ops unregistered() callback. > + */ > +void v4l2_async_subnotifier_unregister(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier); > + > +/** > * v4l2_async_notifier_unregister - unregisters a subdevice asynchronous notifier > * > * @notifier: pointer to &struct v4l2_async_notifier -- Kind regards, Sakari Ailus e-mail: sakari.ailus@xxxxxx XMPP: sailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx