Hi Todor,
On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 07:36:47PM +0300, Todor Tomov wrote:
> >> +/*
> >> + * csiphy_link_setup - Setup CSIPHY connections
> >> + * @entity: Pointer to media entity structure
> >> + * @local: Pointer to local pad
> >> + * @remote: Pointer to remote pad
> >> + * @flags: Link flags
> >> + *
> >> + * Rreturn 0 on success
> >> + */
> >> +static int csiphy_link_setup(struct media_entity *entity,
> >> + const struct media_pad *local,
> >> + const struct media_pad *remote, u32 flags)
> >> +{
> >> + if ((local->flags & MEDIA_PAD_FL_SOURCE) &&
> >> + (flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED)) {
> >> + struct v4l2_subdev *sd;
> >> + struct csiphy_device *csiphy;
> >> + struct csid_device *csid;
> >> +
> >> + if (media_entity_remote_pad((struct media_pad *)local))
> >
> > This is ugly.
> >
> > What do you intend to find with media_entity_remote_pad()? The pad flags
> > haven't been assigned to the pad yet, so media_entity_remote_pad() could
> > give you something else than remote.
>
> This is an attempt to check whether the pad is already linked - to refuse
> a second active connection from the same src pad. As far as I can say, it
> was a successful attempt. Do you see any problem with it?
Ah. So you have multiple links here only one of which may be active?
I guess you can well use media_entity_remote_pad(), but then
media_entity_remote_pad() argument needs to be made const. Feel free to
spin a patch. I don't think it'd have further implications elsewhere.
--
Regards,
Sakari Ailus
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