Re: [PATCH 01/57] media: v4l2-subdev: Document .s_stream() operation requirements

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Hi Ricardo,

On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 09:49:27AM +0200, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 8:16 PM Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> >
> > The subdev .s_stream() operation must not be called to start an already
> > started subdev, or stop an already stopped one. This requirement has
> > never been formally documented. Fix it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  include/media/v4l2-subdev.h | 4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
> > index d9fca929c10b..282914ea9d45 100644
> > --- a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
> > +++ b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
> > @@ -446,7 +446,9 @@ enum v4l2_subdev_pre_streamon_flags {
> >   * @s_stream: start (enabled == 1) or stop (enabled == 0) streaming on the
> >   *     sub-device. Failure on stop will remove any resources acquired in
> >   *     streaming start, while the error code is still returned by the driver.
> > - *     Also see call_s_stream wrapper in v4l2-subdev.c.
> > + *     The caller shall track the subdev state, and refrain from starting or
> 
> What about
> 
> s/refrain/ shall not/ ?
> 
> I refrain (and fail) from eating chocolate, but I shall not eat rat poison :P

I know someone who would tell you chocolate is at least as bad as rat
poison. That's a fairly extreme point of view, I agree with your
suggestion. I'll update this in v2.

> > + *     stopping an already started or stopped subdev. AAlso see call_s_stream
> > + *     wrapper in v4l2-subdev.c.
> 
> s/AAlso/Also/
> 
> >   *
> >   * @g_pixelaspect: callback to return the pixelaspect ratio.
> >   *

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart



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