Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] media: imx-mipi-csis: Support active data lanes differing from maximum

[Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>]

On 22/10/2025 11:22, Isaac Scott wrote:
> Call on v4l2_get_active_data_lanes() to check if the driver reports that
> the number of lanes actively used by the MIPI CSI transmitter differs to
> the maximum defined in device tree.
> 
> If the number of active data lanes reported by the driver is invalid, or
> the operation is not supported, fall back to the number of allowed data
> lanes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Isaac Scott <isaac.scott@ideasonboard.com>
> ---
>   drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c | 4 ++++
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c
> index 838a1ad123b5..637ef6e614fa 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c
> @@ -1034,6 +1034,10 @@ static int mipi_csis_s_stream(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int enable)
>   	format = v4l2_subdev_state_get_format(state, CSIS_PAD_SINK);
>   	csis_fmt = find_csis_format(format->code);
> 
> +	ret = v4l2_get_active_data_lanes(csis->source.pad,
> +					 csis->bus.num_data_lanes);
> +	csis->num_data_lanes = ret < 0 ? csis->bus.num_data_lanes : ret;

The function you've added can return -EINVAL;

Isn't that a fundamental error at this point ? It would make sense to 
trap -EINVAL and refuse to go further.

> +
>   	ret = mipi_csis_calculate_params(csis, csis_fmt);
>   	if (ret < 0)
>   		goto err_unlock;
> --
> 2.43.0
> 
>