Hi Laurent, Thanks for the patch. On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 04:23:52AM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > The v4l2_subdev_link_validate() function prints a one-time warning if it > gets called on a link whose source or sink is not a subdev. As links get > validated in the context of their sink, a call to the helper when the > link's sink is not a subdev indicates that the driver has set its > .link_validate() handler to v4l2_subdev_link_validate() on a non-subdev > entity, which is a clear driver bug. On the other hand, the link's > source not being a subdev indicates that the helper is used for a subdev > connected to a video output device, which is a lesser issue, if only > because this is currently common practice. > > There are no drivers left in the kernel that use > v4l2_subdev_link_validate() in a context where it may get called on a > non-subdev sink. Replace the pr_warn_once() with a WARN_ON() in this > case to make sure that new offenders won't be introduced. > > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c | 14 +++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c > index 4f71199bf592..2d5e39c79620 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c > @@ -1451,11 +1451,15 @@ int v4l2_subdev_link_validate(struct media_link *link) > bool states_locked; > int ret; > > - if (!is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(link->sink->entity) || > - !is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(link->source->entity)) { > - pr_warn_once("%s of link '%s':%u->'%s':%u is not a V4L2 sub-device, driver bug!\n", > - !is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(link->sink->entity) ? > - "sink" : "source", > + /* > + * Links are validated in the context of the sink entity. Usage of this > + * helper on a sink that is not a subdev is a clear driver bug. > + */ > + if (WARN_ON(!is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(link->sink->entity))) > + return -EINVAL; WARN*() is nowadays deprecated. Could you continue to use pr_warn_once() for this (or dev_warn_one())? > + > + if (!is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(link->source->entity)) { > + pr_warn_once("source of link '%s':%u->'%s':%u is not a V4L2 sub-device, driver bug!\n", > link->source->entity->name, link->source->index, > link->sink->entity->name, link->sink->index); > return 0; -- Kind regards, Sakari Ailus