Re: [PATCH v11 04/15] media: v4l2-fwnode: add initial connector parsing support

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Hi Sakari,

just a few questions about the below helper.

On 20-01-08 16:36, Marco Felsch wrote:
> Hi Sakari,
> 
> On 19-11-16 01:34, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > Hi Marco,
> > 
> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 11:38:49AM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > +int v4l2_fwnode_connector_alloc_parse(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> > > +				      struct v4l2_fwnode_connector *connector)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct fwnode_handle *remote_pp, *remote_ep;
> > > +	const char *type_name;
> > > +	unsigned int i = 0, ep_num = 0;
> > > +	int err;
> > > +
> > > +	memset(connector, 0, sizeof(*connector));
> > > +
> > > +	remote_pp = fwnode_graph_get_remote_port_parent(fwnode);
> > > +	if (!remote_pp)
> > > +		return -ENOLINK;
> 
> I will align the API with the v4l2_fwnode_endpoint_alloc_parse()
> function so the caller need to pass the connector fwnode handle.

Should we really align this with v4l2_fwnode_endpoint_alloc_parse()? I
have some concerns because this moves the step to the user. Using the
current approach makes it easier for the user.

Regards,
  Marco

> > > +
> > > +	/* Parse all common properties first. */
> > > +	fwnode_graph_for_each_endpoint(remote_pp, remote_ep)
> > > +		ep_num++;
> > 
> > If there are no endpoints, ep_num will be zero and kmalloc_array() will
> > return NULL? There should be a way there are no endpoints, rather than
> > returning -ENOMEM.
> > 
> > > +
> > > +	connector->nr_of_links = ep_num;
> > > +	connector->links = kmalloc_array(ep_num, sizeof(*connector->links),
> > > +					 GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +	if (!connector->links) {
> > > +		err = -ENOMEM;
> > > +		goto err_put_fwnode;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	fwnode_graph_for_each_endpoint(remote_pp, remote_ep) {
> > > +		err = v4l2_fwnode_parse_link(remote_ep, &connector->links[i]);
> > 
> > If you start parsing a connector starting from another device connected to
> > it, nothing seems to prevent parsing the same links twice, in case the
> > connector is connected to more than one sub-device.
> > 
> > Or do I miss something crucial here?
> 
> Yes thats right but it seems that sharing connectors isn't supported at
> all. All bridge drivers using connectors implementing the connector
> handling by their self. Anyway, I will add a function parameter to check
> that we parse only the endpoints connected to the calling sub-dev.
> 
> Regards,
>   Marco
> 
> > > +		if (err) {
> > > +			fwnode_handle_put(remote_ep);
> > > +			goto err_free_links;
> > > +		}
> > > +		i++;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Links reference counting guarantees access -> no duplication needed
> > > +	 */
> > > +	fwnode_property_read_string(remote_pp, "label", &connector->label);
> > > +
> > > +	/* The connector-type is stored within the compatible string. */
> > > +	err = fwnode_property_read_string(remote_pp, "compatible", &type_name);
> > > +	if (err) {
> > > +		err = -EINVAL;
> > > +		goto err_free_links;
> > > +	}
> > > +	connector->type = v4l2_fwnode_string_to_connector_type(type_name);
> > > +
> > > +	/* Now parse the connector specific properties. */
> > > +	switch (connector->type) {
> > > +	case V4L2_CONN_COMPOSITE:
> > > +	case V4L2_CONN_SVIDEO:
> > > +		err = v4l2_fwnode_connector_parse_analog(remote_pp, connector);
> > > +		break;
> > > +	case V4L2_CONN_UNKNOWN:
> > > +	default:
> > > +		pr_err("Unknown connector type\n");
> > > +		err = -EINVAL;
> > > +		goto err_free_links;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	fwnode_handle_put(remote_pp);
> > > +
> > > +	return err;
> > > +
> > > +err_free_links:
> > > +	for (i = 0; i < ep_num; i++)
> > > +		v4l2_fwnode_put_link(&connector->links[i]);
> > > +	kfree(connector->links);
> > > +err_put_fwnode:
> > > +	fwnode_handle_put(remote_pp);
> > > +
> > > +	return err;
> > > +}
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_fwnode_connector_alloc_parse);
> > > +
> 
> 

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