Hi, On 26.07.2021 10:01, Robert Foss wrote: > vfe_set_power() is invoced a few times, which causes a lot of > VFE HW version prints. > > Secondly there is no real reason for calling hw_version_read() from > this location specifically, since it does nothing more than print > the VFE HW version. > > A better location for the hw_version_read() call would be somewhere > which is only executed once per VFE unit. > > Signed-off-by: Robert Foss <robert.foss@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch landed recently in linux-next as commit b10b5334528a ("media: camss: vfe: Don't read hardware version needlessly"). Sadly it causes a following regression on DragonBoard410c (arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/apq8016-sbc.dts): Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x96000006 EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault input: pm8941_resin as /devices/platform/soc/200f000.spmi/spmi-0/0-00/200f000.spmi:pmic@0:pon@800/200f000.spmi:pmic@0:pon@800:resin/input/input2 Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006 CM = 0, WnR = 0 user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000087ca0000 [0000000000000000] pgd=0800000084c4c003, p4d=0800000084c4c003, pud=08000000859c2003, pmd=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: msm(+) qcom_pon rtc_pm8xxx qcom_spmi_vadc qcom_vadc_common qcom_camss(+) snd_soc_msm8916_analog qcom_spmi_temp_alarm venus_core(+) videobuf2_dma_sg v4l2_fwnode snd_soc_lpass_apq8016 v4l2_async videobuf2_memops snd_soc_lpass_cpu v4l2_mem2mem snd_soc_apq8016_sbc snd_soc_lpass_platform snd_soc_msm8916_digital videobuf2_v4l2 snd_soc_qcom_common videobuf2_common qnoc_msm8916 qcom_rng videodev i2c_qcom_cci mdt_loader mc icc_smd_rpm crct10dif_ce socinfo rmtfs_mem display_connector adreno 1c00000.gpu: Adding to iommu group 2 CPU: 1 PID: 286 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.14.0-rc4+ #3778 Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. APQ 8016 SBC (DT) pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--) pc : vfe_hw_version_read+0x4/0x10 [qcom_camss] platform 1a98000.dsi: Fixing up cyclic dependency with 3-0039 lr : msm_vfe_subdev_init+0x84/0x558 [qcom_camss] platform 1a98000.dsi: Fixing up cyclic dependency with 1a01000.mdp sp : ffff8000148337f0 x29: ffff8000148337f0 x28: ffff000006c1d800 x27: 0000000000000001 x26: 0000000000000002 x25: ffff8000091976d0 x24: ffff000006a98080 x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff000006c1d800 x21: ffff000000298010 x20: ffff800009197028 x19: ffff000000298000 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 2e726f74616c7567 x16: 0000000000000028 x15: 0000b5f01da86af8 x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 000000000000001f x12: 0000000000000001 x11: 0000000000000010 x10: 0101010101010101 x9 : ffff8000091922f0 x8 : ffff8000091949f0 x7 : ffff800009194a08 x6 : ffff8000091925c8 x5 : ffff800009191f00 x4 : ffff000006a9ca00 x3 : ffff000006a9c080 x2 : ffff80000918d3a0 x1 : ffff000000298010 x0 : 0000000000000000 msm_mdp 1a01000.mdp: Adding to iommu group 3 Call trace: vfe_hw_version_read+0x4/0x10 [qcom_camss] camss_probe+0x370/0xdd0 [qcom_camss] platform_probe+0x90/0xd8 really_probe+0x138/0x2d0 __driver_probe_device+0x78/0xd8 driver_probe_device+0x40/0x110 __driver_attach+0xcc/0x118 bus_for_each_dev+0x68/0xc8 driver_attach+0x20/0x28 bus_add_driver+0x168/0x1f8 driver_register+0x60/0x110 __platform_driver_register+0x24/0x30 qcom_camss_driver_init+0x1c/0x1000 [qcom_camss] do_one_initcall+0x84/0x450 do_init_module+0x58/0x200 load_module+0x1f54/0x26a0 __do_sys_finit_module+0xe4/0x100 __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x18/0x20 invoke_syscall+0x40/0xf8 el0_svc_common+0x60/0x100 do_el0_svc_compat+0x1c/0x48 el0_svc_compat+0x20/0x30 el0t_32_sync_handler+0xec/0x140 el0t_32_sync+0x168/0x16c Code: 88dffc63 88dffc63 00000000 f9400800 (b9400000) ---[ end trace e1e3b303eae40654 ]--- Let me know if I can help somehow to fix this issue. > --- > drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-vfe.c | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-vfe.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-vfe.c > index e0f3a36f3f3f..f6e889c1598e 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-vfe.c > +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-vfe.c > @@ -713,8 +713,6 @@ static int vfe_set_power(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int on) > ret = vfe_get(vfe); > if (ret < 0) > return ret; > - > - vfe->ops->hw_version_read(vfe, vfe->camss->dev); > } else { > vfe_put(vfe); > } > @@ -1301,6 +1299,7 @@ int msm_vfe_subdev_init(struct camss *camss, struct vfe_device *vfe, > return -EINVAL; > } > vfe->ops->subdev_init(dev, vfe); > + vfe->ops->hw_version_read(vfe, dev); > > /* Memory */ > Best regards -- Marek Szyprowski, PhD Samsung R&D Institute Poland