Start another capture, if one is already running, by checking for existing pipe. If it exists already, don't fail to start second capture, instead join it to the already running pipeline. Use the same stream struct used by already running capture. Signed-off-by: Kaaira Gupta <kgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-capture.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-capture.c b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-capture.c index 73e5bdd17c57..4d20eda9335e 100644 --- a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-capture.c +++ b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-capture.c @@ -247,9 +247,15 @@ static int vimc_cap_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count) atomic_inc(&vcap->ved.use_count); vcap->sequence = 0; - stream = kzalloc(sizeof(*stream), GFP_ATOMIC); - kref_init(&stream->refcount); - pipe = &stream->pipe; + if (vcap->ved.ent->pipe) { + pipe = vcap->ved.ent->pipe; + stream = container_of(pipe, struct vimc_stream, pipe); + kref_get(&stream->refcount); + } else { + stream = kzalloc(sizeof(*stream), GFP_ATOMIC); + kref_init(&stream->refcount); + pipe = &stream->pipe; + } /* Start the media pipeline */ ret = media_pipeline_start(entity, pipe); -- 2.17.1