Re: [PATCH 04/14] tw9910: init priv->scale and update standard

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Guennadi,

I want to make a pull request for this patch series. This patch is the only
outstanding one. Or do you have to review more patches? I only got Acks for
patches 1 and 2.

Regards,

	Hans

On 06/22/2015 09:29 AM, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 06/22/2015 09:21 AM, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
>> Hi Hans,
>>
>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2015, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/21/2015 07:23 PM, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 15 Jun 2015, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>> When the standard changes the VACTIVE and VDELAY values need to be updated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  drivers/media/i2c/soc_camera/tw9910.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/soc_camera/tw9910.c b/drivers/media/i2c/soc_camera/tw9910.c
>>>>> index df66417..e939c24 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/media/i2c/soc_camera/tw9910.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/soc_camera/tw9910.c
>>>>> @@ -820,6 +846,7 @@ static int tw9910_video_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>>>>>  		 "tw9910 Product ID %0x:%0x\n", id, priv->revision);
>>>>>  
>>>>>  	priv->norm = V4L2_STD_NTSC;
>>>>> +	priv->scale = &tw9910_ntsc_scales[0];
>>>>
>>>> Why do you need this? So far everywhere in the code priv->scale is either 
>>>> checked or set before use. Don't see why an additional initialisation is 
>>>> needed.
>>>
>>> If you just start streaming without explicitly setting up formats (which is
>>> allowed), then priv->scale is still NULL.
>>
>> Yes, it can well be NULL, but it is also unused. Before it is used it will 
>> be set, while it is unused it is allowed to stay NULL.
> 
> No. If you start streaming without the set_fmt op having been called, then
> s_stream will return an error since priv->scale is NULL. This is wrong. Since
> this driver defaults to NTSC the initial setup should be for NTSC and it should
> be ready for streaming.
> 
> So priv->scale *is* used: in s_stream. And it is not necessarily set before use.
> E.g. if you load the driver and run 'v4l2-ctl --stream-out-mmap' you will hit this
> case. It's how I found this bug.
> 
> It's a trivial one liner to ensure a valid priv->scale pointer.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Hans
> 
>>
>> Thanks
>> Guennadi
>>
>>> V4L2 always assumes that there is some initial format configured, and this line
>>> enables that for this driver (NTSC).
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> 	Hans

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