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[v2,7/9] soc-camera: Continue the power off sequence if one of the steps fails

Message ID 11676269.DxxC5Mj13x@avalon (mailing list archive)
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Laurent Pinchart July 16, 2012, 11:45 p.m. UTC
Hi David,

Thank you for the review.

On Monday 16 July 2012 01:24:37 David Cohen wrote:
> On 07/05/2012 11:38 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > Powering off a device is a "best effort" task: failure to execute one of
> > the steps should not prevent the next steps to be executed. For
> > instance, an I2C communication error when putting the chip in stand-by
> > mode should not prevent the more agressive next step of turning the
> > chip's power supply off.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> > ---
> > 
> >   drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c |    9 +++------
> >   1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
> > b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c index 55b981f..bbd518f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
> > @@ -89,18 +89,15 @@ static int soc_camera_power_off(struct
> > soc_camera_device *icd,> 
> >   				struct soc_camera_link *icl)
> >   {
> >   	struct v4l2_subdev *sd = soc_camera_to_subdev(icd);
> > -	int ret = v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, s_power, 0);
> > +	int ret;
> > 
> > -	if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOIOCTLCMD && ret != -ENODEV)
> > -		return ret;
> > +	v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, s_power, 0);
> 
> Fair enough. I agree we should not prevent power off because of failure
> in this step. But IMO we should not silently bypass it too. How about
> an error message?

I'll add that.

> >   	if (icl->power) {
> >   	
> >   		ret = icl->power(icd->control, 0);
> > 
> > -		if (ret < 0) {
> > +		if (ret < 0)
> > 
> >   			dev_err(icd->pdev,
> >   			
> >   				"Platform failed to power-off the camera.\n");
> > 
> > -			return ret;
> > -		}
> > 
> >   	}
> >   	
> >   	ret = regulator_bulk_disable(icl->num_regulators,
> 
> One more comment. Should this function's return value being based fully
> on last action? If any earlier error happened but this last step is
> fine, IMO we should not return 0.

Good point. What about this (on top of the current patch) ?

Comments

David Cohen July 17, 2012, 11:03 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Laurent,

On 07/17/2012 02:45 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thank you for the review.

You're welcome.

>
> On Monday 16 July 2012 01:24:37 David Cohen wrote:
>> On 07/05/2012 11:38 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>> Powering off a device is a "best effort" task: failure to execute one of
>>> the steps should not prevent the next steps to be executed. For
>>> instance, an I2C communication error when putting the chip in stand-by
>>> mode should not prevent the more agressive next step of turning the
>>> chip's power supply off.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>>    drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c |    9 +++------
>>>    1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
>>> b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c index 55b981f..bbd518f 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
>>> @@ -89,18 +89,15 @@ static int soc_camera_power_off(struct
>>> soc_camera_device *icd,>
>>>    				struct soc_camera_link *icl)
>>>    {
>>>    	struct v4l2_subdev *sd = soc_camera_to_subdev(icd);
>>> -	int ret = v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, s_power, 0);
>>> +	int ret;
>>>
>>> -	if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOIOCTLCMD && ret != -ENODEV)
>>> -		return ret;
>>> +	v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, s_power, 0);
>>
>> Fair enough. I agree we should not prevent power off because of failure
>> in this step. But IMO we should not silently bypass it too. How about
>> an error message?
>
> I'll add that.
>
>>>    	if (icl->power) {
>>>    	
>>>    		ret = icl->power(icd->control, 0);
>>>
>>> -		if (ret < 0) {
>>> +		if (ret < 0)
>>>
>>>    			dev_err(icd->pdev,
>>>    			
>>>    				"Platform failed to power-off the camera.\n");
>>>
>>> -			return ret;
>>> -		}
>>>
>>>    	}
>>>    	
>>>    	ret = regulator_bulk_disable(icl->num_regulators,
>>
>> One more comment. Should this function's return value being based fully
>> on last action? If any earlier error happened but this last step is
>> fine, IMO we should not return 0.
>
> Good point. What about this (on top of the current patch) ?

That sounds nice to me :)

Regards,

David Cohen

>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
> index bbd518f..7bf21da 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
> @@ -89,21 +89,30 @@ static int soc_camera_power_off(struct soc_camera_device *icd,
>                                  struct soc_camera_link *icl)
>   {
>          struct v4l2_subdev *sd = soc_camera_to_subdev(icd);
> -       int ret;
> +       int ret = 0;
> +       int err;
>
> -       v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, s_power, 0);
> +       err = v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, s_power, 0);
> +       if (err < 0 && err != -ENOIOCTLCMD && err != -ENODEV) {
> +               dev_err(icd->pdev, "Subdev failed to power-off the camera.\n");
> +               ret = err;
> +       }
>
>          if (icl->power) {
> -               ret = icl->power(icd->control, 0);
> -               if (ret < 0)
> +               err = icl->power(icd->control, 0);
> +               if (err < 0) {
>                          dev_err(icd->pdev,
>                                  "Platform failed to power-off the camera.\n");
> +                       ret = ret ? : err;
> +               }
>          }
>
> -       ret = regulator_bulk_disable(icl->num_regulators,
> +       err = regulator_bulk_disable(icl->num_regulators,
>                                       icl->regulators);
> -       if (ret < 0)
> +       if (err < 0) {
>                  dev_err(icd->pdev, "Cannot disable regulators\n");
> +               ret = ret ? : err;
> +       }
>
>          return ret;
>   }
>


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diff --git a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
index bbd518f..7bf21da 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
@@ -89,21 +89,30 @@  static int soc_camera_power_off(struct soc_camera_device *icd,
                                struct soc_camera_link *icl)
 {
        struct v4l2_subdev *sd = soc_camera_to_subdev(icd);
-       int ret;
+       int ret = 0;
+       int err;
 
-       v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, s_power, 0);
+       err = v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, s_power, 0);
+       if (err < 0 && err != -ENOIOCTLCMD && err != -ENODEV) {
+               dev_err(icd->pdev, "Subdev failed to power-off the camera.\n");
+               ret = err;
+       }
 
        if (icl->power) {
-               ret = icl->power(icd->control, 0);
-               if (ret < 0)
+               err = icl->power(icd->control, 0);
+               if (err < 0) {
                        dev_err(icd->pdev,
                                "Platform failed to power-off the camera.\n");
+                       ret = ret ? : err;
+               }
        }
 
-       ret = regulator_bulk_disable(icl->num_regulators,
+       err = regulator_bulk_disable(icl->num_regulators,
                                     icl->regulators);
-       if (ret < 0)
+       if (err < 0) {
                dev_err(icd->pdev, "Cannot disable regulators\n");
+               ret = ret ? : err;
+       }
 
        return ret;
 }