Re: [PATCH] v4l: omap3isp: Move code out of mutex-protected section

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Hi Sakari,

On Monday 04 November 2013 13:20:11 Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Laurent,
> 
> Thanks for the patch.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 11:07:48AM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > The pad::get_fmt call must be protected by a mutex, but preparing its
> > arguments doesn't need to be. Move the non-critical code out of the
> > mutex-protected section.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> >  drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispvideo.c | 7 ++-----
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispvideo.c
> > b/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispvideo.c index a908d00..f6304bb
> > 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispvideo.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispvideo.c
> > @@ -339,14 +339,11 @@ __isp_video_get_format(struct isp_video *video,
> > struct v4l2_format *format)> 
> >  	if (subdev == NULL)
> >  	
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> > 
> > -	mutex_lock(&video->mutex);
> > -
> > 
> >  	fmt.pad = pad;
> >  	fmt.which = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE;
> > 
> > -	ret = v4l2_subdev_call(subdev, pad, get_fmt, NULL, &fmt);
> > -	if (ret == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
> > -		ret = -EINVAL;
> 
> By removing these lines, you're also returning -ENOIOCTLCMD to the caller.
> Is this intentional?
> 
> That return value will end up to at least one place which seems to be
> isp_video_streamon() and, unless I'm mistaken, will cause
> ioctl(VIDIOC_STREAMON) also return ENOTTY.

I should have split this in two patches, or at least explained the rationale 
in the commit message. The remote subdev is always an internal ISP subdev, the 
pad::get_fmt operation is thus guaranteed to be implemented. There's no need 
to check for ENOIOCTLCMD.

> > +	mutex_lock(&video->mutex);
> > +	ret = v4l2_subdev_call(subdev, pad, get_fmt, NULL, &fmt);
> > 
> >  	mutex_unlock(&video->mutex);
> >  	
> >  	if (ret)
-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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