Checking if the link setup operation is called for the sink or source pad doesn't require any locking. Move it out of the section protected by the mutex. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c index 4e85611fcdc6..3c68ee8b2a59 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c @@ -668,20 +668,23 @@ static int mipi_csis_link_setup(struct media_entity *entity, dev_dbg(state->dev, "link setup %s -> %s", remote_pad->entity->name, local_pad->entity->name); + /* We only care about the link to the source. */ + if (!(local_pad->flags & MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK)) + return 0; + remote_sd = media_entity_to_v4l2_subdev(remote_pad->entity); mutex_lock(&state->lock); - if (local_pad->flags & MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK) { - if (flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED) { - if (state->src_sd) { - ret = -EBUSY; - goto out; - } - state->src_sd = remote_sd; - } else { - state->src_sd = NULL; + if (flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED) { + if (state->src_sd) { + ret = -EBUSY; + goto out; } + + state->src_sd = remote_sd; + } else { + state->src_sd = NULL; } out: -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart