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.pinch...@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) ?

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;
 }

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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