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media: v4l2-async: Document asd allocation requirements

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The v4l2_async_notifier_add_subdev() function requires the asd pointer
it receives to be allocated dynamically, but doesn't explicitly say so.
Only one driver out of 13 get its right (atmel-sama5d2-isc.c, but with
memory leaks in the error paths), clearly showing we have an issue.

Update the v4l2_async_notifier_add_subdev() documentation to clearly
state the allocation requirement. Whether this will be enough to avoid
new offending code isn't certain, but it's a good first step
nonetheless.

Fixes: 9ca4653121 ("media: v4l: fwnode: Support generic parsing of graph endpoints in a device")
Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
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Laurent Pinchart 2020-08-11 22:59:35 +02:00 • committed by Mauro Carvalho Chehab
parent 2c61e48d0a
commit 6c11631480
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include/media/v4l2-async.h
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@ -154,8 +154,9 @@ void v4l2_async_notifier_init(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier);
* @notifier: pointer to &struct v4l2_async_notifier
* @asd: pointer to &struct v4l2_async_subdev
*
* Call this function before registering a notifier to link the
* provided asd to the notifiers master @asd_list.
* Call this function before registering a notifier to link the provided @asd to
* the notifiers master @asd_list. The @asd must be allocated with k*alloc() as
* it will be freed by the framework when the notifier is destroyed.
*/
int v4l2_async_notifier_add_subdev(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd);