Re: [PATCH v8 17/18] media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: Support runtime suspend

[Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>]

Hi Jai,

On Mon, Dec 08, 2025 at 01:17:21PM +0530, Jai Luthra wrote:
> > > @@ -1579,6 +1622,10 @@ static int ti_csi2rx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >               goto err_notifier;
> > >       }
> > >  
> > > +     pm_runtime_set_active(csi->dev);
> > > +     pm_runtime_enable(csi->dev);
> > 
> > Note that the sub-device driver's UAPI may be already available to users
> > when the async sub-device is registered. Therefore you'll need enable
> > runtime PM before that.
> > 
> 
> The only place where the driver actually writes registers to the hardware
> is in .start_streaming(), which I presume can only be called after the
> whole media pipeline is probed?

Correct, but without enabling runtime PM before registering the async
sub-device there's no guarantee of that order.

> 
> > > +     pm_request_idle(csi->dev);
> > > +
> > >       return 0;
> > >  
> > >  err_notifier:
> > > @@ -1609,6 +1656,9 @@ static void ti_csi2rx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >       mutex_destroy(&csi->mutex);
> > >       dma_free_coherent(csi->dev, csi->drain.len, csi->drain.vaddr,
> > >                         csi->drain.paddr);
> > 
> > Is there a guarantee the device is in a particular runtime PM state here,
> > e.g. suspended?
> > 
> 
> I don't think so, userspace could attempt to remove the device while
> streaming. Good point, I haven't checked what all goes wrong in that case.

We don't really support that yet. :-)

I'd still check the runtime Pm state and if it's active, I'd power the
device off.

> 
> > > +     pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
> > > +     pm_runtime_set_suspended(&pdev->dev);
> > > +
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  static const struct of_device_id ti_csi2rx_of_match[] = {
> > > @@ -1623,6 +1673,7 @@ static struct platform_driver ti_csi2rx_pdrv = {
> > >       .driver = {
> > >               .name = TI_CSI2RX_MODULE_NAME,
> > >               .of_match_table = ti_csi2rx_of_match,
> > > +             .pm             = &ti_csi2rx_pm_ops,
> > >       },
> > >  };
> > >  
> > 

-- 
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus