Hans,
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 15:14:42, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> The function v4l2_device_register() is called too late in vpif_probe().
> This meant that vpif_obj.v4l2_dev is accessed before it is initialized which
> caused a crash.
>
> This used to work in the past, but video_register_device() is now actually
> using the v4l2_dev pointer.
I also found this issue today. Good catch!
>
> Note that vpif_display.c doesn't have this bug, there v4l2_device_register()
> is called at the beginning of vpif_probe.
>
> Signed-off-by: Georgios Plakaris <gplak...@cisco.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verk...@cisco.com>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/video/davinci/vpif_capture.c
> b/drivers/media/video/davinci/vpif_capture.c
> index 49e4deb..6504e40 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/video/davinci/vpif_capture.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/davinci/vpif_capture.c
> @@ -2177,6 +2177,12 @@ static __init int vpif_probe(struct platform_device
> *pdev)
> return err;
> }
>
> + err = v4l2_device_register(vpif_dev, &vpif_obj.v4l2_dev);
> + if (err) {
> + v4l2_err(vpif_dev->driver, "Error registering v4l2 device\n");
> + return err;
> + }
> +
> k = 0;
> while ((res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IRQ, k))) {
> for (i = res->start; i <= res->end; i++) { @@ -2246,12 +2252,6
> @@ static __init int vpif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> goto probe_out;
> }
>
> - err = v4l2_device_register(vpif_dev, &vpif_obj.v4l2_dev);
> - if (err) {
> - v4l2_err(vpif_dev->driver, "Error registering v4l2 device\n");
> - goto probe_subdev_out;
> - }
> -
> for (i = 0; i < subdev_count; i++) {
> subdevdata = &config->subdev_info[i];
> vpif_obj.sd[i] =
> @@ -2281,7 +2281,6 @@ probe_subdev_out:
>
> j = VPIF_CAPTURE_MAX_DEVICES;
> probe_out:
> - v4l2_device_unregister(&vpif_obj.v4l2_dev);
> for (k = 0; k < j; k++) {
> /* Get the pointer to the channel object */
> ch = vpif_obj.dev[k];
> @@ -2303,6 +2302,7 @@ vpif_int_err:
> if (res)
> i = res->end;
> }
> + v4l2_device_unregister(&vpif_obj.v4l2_dev);
> return err;
> }
>
>
>
>
ACKed by me. <manjunath.ha...@ti.com>
Thx,
-Manju
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