[PATCH 0/4] media: Register read-only sub-dev devnode

[PATCH 0/4] media: Register read-only sub-dev devnode

[Jacopo Mondi]

Add new functio v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes() to pair with
v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes() that allows a bridge driver to register the
device node for its subdevices in read-only mode.

devnode-centric (aka non-MC) bridge drivers control their subdevices through
direct calls to v4l2 subdev operations and do not want userspace to be able
to control the subdevice configuration by calling ioctls on the sub-device
devnode. For this reason, they mostly refrain from registering any devnode at
all for their subdevices.

However it is sometimes required for userspace to access the sub-dev device
nodes to collect information on the actual configuration, without changing
the one currently applied to the device.

This requirement became pressing while working on libcamera on devnode-centric
platforms that do not expose any sub-device for their camera sensor to prevent
userspace from changing their configuration. To allow them to register device
node and being guaranteed to retain control of the subdevice configuration this
series proposes a way to register device nodes in read-only to restrict
access to all ioctls that could potentially affect the sub-dev configuration.

Thanks
   j

Jacopo Mondi (4):
  Documentation: media: Document read-only subdevice
  media: v4l2-dev: Add v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_node()
  media: bcm2835: Register sensor devnode as read-only
  media: bcm2835: Fix trivial whitespace error

 Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst      | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst    |  6 +++
 Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst |  6 +++
 .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst   |  9 +++++
 .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst    |  8 ++++
 .../v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst    |  8 ++++
 .../uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst    |  8 ++++
 .../media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c   |  4 +-
 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c         | 16 +++++++-
 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c         | 19 ++++++++++
 include/media/v4l2-dev.h                      |  7 ++++
 include/media/v4l2-device.h                   | 10 +++++
 12 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--
2.25.1

[PATCH 1/4] Documentation: media: Document read-only subdevice

[Jacopo Mondi]

Document a new kapi function to register subdev device nodes in read only
mode and for each affected ioctl report how access is restricted.

Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
---
 Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst      | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst    |  6 +++
 Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst |  6 +++
 .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst   |  9 +++++
 .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst    |  8 ++++
 .../v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst    |  8 ++++
 .../uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst    |  8 ++++
 7 files changed, 83 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
index 29e07e23f888..26edb4178eea 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
@@ -327,6 +327,44 @@ Private ioctls
 	All ioctls not in the above list are passed directly to the sub-device
 	driver through the core::ioctl operation.
 
+Read-only sub-device userspace API
+----------------------------------
+
+Bridge drivers that control their connected subdevices through direct calls to
+the kernel API realized by :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_ops` structure do not usually
+want userspace to be able to change the same parameters through the subdevice
+device node and thus do not usually register any.
+
+Although, it is sometime useful to report to userspace the current subdevice
+configuration through a read-only API, that do not allow any change to the
+device parameters but allows userspace applications to interface to the
+subdevice device node and inspect them. To register a read-only device node for
+all the registered sub-devices marked with ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE``
+the :c:type:`v4l2_device` driver should call
+:c:func:`v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes`.
+
+Access to the following ioctls for userspace applications is restricted on
+sub-device device nodes registered with
+:c:func:`v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes`.
+
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL``
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION``
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS``
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP``
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD``
+
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``, ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` and
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` are only allowed on a read-only subdevice device node
+only if the format to modify is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY`` (
+:ref:`v4l2_subdev_format_whence <v4l2-subdev-format-whence>`).
+
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL``, ``VIDIOC_S_DV_TIMINGS`` and
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` are always disallowed on a read-only subdevice node.
+
+In case the ioclt is not allowed at all or the format to modify is set to
+``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``, the core returns a negative error code and
+sets the errno variable to ``-EPERM``.
 
 I2C sub-device drivers
 ----------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst
index 5712bd48e687..435d955aaf85 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ pointer to the struct :c:type:`v4l2_dv_timings`
 structure as argument. If the ioctl is not supported or the timing
 values are not correct, the driver returns ``EINVAL`` error code.
 
+Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS`` on a subdev device node that has been
+registered in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno
+variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
+
 The ``linux/v4l2-dv-timings.h`` header can be used to get the timings of
 the formats in the :ref:`cea861` and :ref:`vesadmt` standards. If
 the current input or output does not support DV timings (e.g. if
@@ -81,6 +85,8 @@ ENODATA
 EBUSY
     The device is busy and therefore can not change the timings.
 
+EPERM
+    ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS`` has been called on a read-only subdevice.
 
 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
 
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst
index e633e42e3910..e220b38b859f 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ video timings (e.g. if :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT`
 does not set the ``V4L2_IN_CAP_STD`` flag), then ``ENODATA`` error code is
 returned.
 
+Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` on a subdev device node that has been registered
+in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno variable is
+set to ``-EPERM``.
 
 Return Value
 ============
@@ -79,3 +82,6 @@ EINVAL
 
 ENODATA
     Standard video timings are not supported for this input or output.
+
+EPERM
+    ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` has been called on a read-only subdevice.
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst
index 632ee053accc..62f5d9870ca7 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ crop rectangles and stored in the sub-device file handle. Two
 applications querying the same sub-device would thus not interact with
 each other.
 
+If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode calls to
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to
+``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno
+variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
+
 Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested crop
 rectangle doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead
 modify the rectangle to match what the hardware can provide. The
@@ -123,3 +128,7 @@ EINVAL
     references a non-existing pad, the ``which`` field references a
     non-existing format, or cropping is not supported on the given
     subdev pad.
+
+EPERM
+    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` ioctl has been called on a read-only subdevice
+    and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``.
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst
index 472577bd1745..3a2f64bb00e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ current links configuration or sub-device controls value. For instance,
 a low-pass noise filter might crop pixels at the frame boundaries,
 modifying its output frame size.
 
+If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode calls to
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to
+``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno
+variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
+
 Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested format
 doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead modify the
 format to match what the hardware can provide. The modified format
@@ -146,6 +151,9 @@ EINVAL
     ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, or the ``which`` field
     references a non-existing format.
 
+EPERM
+    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT`` ioctl has been called on a read-only subdevice
+    and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``.
 
 ============
 
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst
index 4b1b4bc78bfe..34aa39096e3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ struct
 contains the current frame interval as would be returned by a
 ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL`` call.
 
+Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL`` on a subdev device node that has been
+registered in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno
+variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
+
 Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested interval
 doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead modify the
 interval to match what the hardware can provide. The modified interval
@@ -118,3 +122,7 @@ EINVAL
     :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_frame_interval`
     ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, or the pad doesn't support
     frame intervals.
+
+EPERM
+    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL`` ioctl has been called on a read-only
+    subdevice.
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst
index fc73d27e6d74..abd046cef612 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ function of the crop API, and more, are supported by the selections API.
 See :ref:`subdev` for more information on how each selection target
 affects the image processing pipeline inside the subdevice.
 
+If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode calls to
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to
+``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno
+variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
 
 Types of selection targets
 --------------------------
@@ -123,3 +127,7 @@ EINVAL
     ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, the ``which`` field
     references a non-existing format, or the selection target is not
     supported on the given subdev pad.
+
+EPERM
+    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` ioctl has been called on a read-only
+    subdevice and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``.
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [libcamera-devel] [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: media: Document read-only subdevice

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Jacopo,

Thank you for the patch.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 09:28:41PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> Document a new kapi function to register subdev device nodes in read only
> mode and for each affected ioctl report how access is restricted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst      | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst    |  6 +++
>  Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst |  6 +++
>  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst   |  9 +++++
>  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst    |  8 ++++
>  .../v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst    |  8 ++++
>  .../uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst    |  8 ++++
>  7 files changed, 83 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
> index 29e07e23f888..26edb4178eea 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
> @@ -327,6 +327,44 @@ Private ioctls
>  	All ioctls not in the above list are passed directly to the sub-device
>  	driver through the core::ioctl operation.
>  
> +Read-only sub-device userspace API
> +----------------------------------
> +
> +Bridge drivers that control their connected subdevices through direct calls to
> +the kernel API realized by :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_ops` structure do not usually
> +want userspace to be able to change the same parameters through the subdevice
> +device node and thus do not usually register any.

I think part of this belongs to the previous section.

diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
index 29e07e23f888..41ccb3e5c707 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
@@ -275,8 +275,13 @@ system the .unbind() method is called. All three callbacks are optional.
 V4L2 sub-device userspace API
 -----------------------------
 
-Beside exposing a kernel API through the :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_ops` structure,
-V4L2 sub-devices can also be controlled directly by userspace applications.
+Bridge drivers traditionally expose one or multiple video nodes to userspace,
+and control subdevices through the :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_ops` operations in
+response to video node operations. This hides the complexity of the underlying
+hardware from applications. For complex devices, finer-grained control of the
+device than what the video nodes offer may be required. In those cases, bridge
+drivers that implement :ref:`the media controller API <media_controller>` may
+opt for making the subdevice operations directly accessible from userpace.
 
 Device nodes named ``v4l-subdev``\ *X* can be created in ``/dev`` to access
 sub-devices directly. If a sub-device supports direct userspace configuration

> +
> +Although, it is sometime useful to report to userspace the current subdevice

s/Although/However/
s/sometime/sometimes/

> +configuration through a read-only API, that do not allow any change to the
> +device parameters but allows userspace applications to interface to the
> +subdevice device node and inspect them. To register a read-only device node for
> +all the registered sub-devices marked with ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE``
> +the :c:type:`v4l2_device` driver should call
> +:c:func:`v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes`.

This would become

It is sometimes useful to report detailed information about subdevice
configuration to userspace without exposing full direct control of the
subdevice. For instance, to implement cameras based on computational
photography, userspace needs to know the detailed camera sensor configuration
(in terms of skipping, binning, cropping and scaling) for each supported
output resolution. To support such use cases, bridge drivers may opt for
exposing subdevice operations to userspace in a read-only fashion.

The subdevice read-only userspace API requires the subdevices to set the
``V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE`` before being registered, exactly as for the
previously described subdevice userspace API. The :c:type:`v4l2_device`
driver shall then call :c:func:`v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes` to
create the subdevice device nodes.

> +Access to the following ioctls for userspace applications is restricted on
> +sub-device device nodes registered with
> +:c:func:`v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes`.
> +
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL``
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION``
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS``
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP``
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD``
> +
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``, ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` and
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` are only allowed on a read-only subdevice device node
> +only if the format to modify is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY`` (
> +:ref:`v4l2_subdev_format_whence <v4l2-subdev-format-whence>`).
> +
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL``, ``VIDIOC_S_DV_TIMINGS`` and
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` are always disallowed on a read-only subdevice node.
> +
> +In case the ioclt is not allowed at all or the format to modify is set to
> +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``, the core returns a negative error code and
> +sets the errno variable to ``-EPERM``.

I would split the list in two.

``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``,
``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP``,
``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION``:

	These ioctls are only allowed for the
	:ref:`V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY <v4l2-subdev-format-whence>` formats and
	selection rectangles. Any attempt to access the
	:ref:`V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE <v4l2-subdev-format-whence>`
	configuration results in a ``-EPERM`` error.

``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL``,
``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS``,
``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD``:

	These ioctls are not allowed and result in a ``-EPERM`` error.

>  
>  I2C sub-device drivers
>  ----------------------
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst
> index 5712bd48e687..435d955aaf85 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst
> @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ pointer to the struct :c:type:`v4l2_dv_timings`
>  structure as argument. If the ioctl is not supported or the timing
>  values are not correct, the driver returns ``EINVAL`` error code.
>  
> +Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS`` on a subdev device node that has been
> +registered in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno
> +variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
> +
>  The ``linux/v4l2-dv-timings.h`` header can be used to get the timings of
>  the formats in the :ref:`cea861` and :ref:`vesadmt` standards. If
>  the current input or output does not support DV timings (e.g. if
> @@ -81,6 +85,8 @@ ENODATA
>  EBUSY
>      The device is busy and therefore can not change the timings.
>  
> +EPERM
> +    ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS`` has been called on a read-only subdevice.
>  
>  .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
>  
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst
> index e633e42e3910..e220b38b859f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst
> @@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ video timings (e.g. if :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT`
>  does not set the ``V4L2_IN_CAP_STD`` flag), then ``ENODATA`` error code is
>  returned.
>  
> +Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` on a subdev device node that has been registered
> +in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno variable is
> +set to ``-EPERM``.
>  
>  Return Value
>  ============
> @@ -79,3 +82,6 @@ EINVAL
>  
>  ENODATA
>      Standard video timings are not supported for this input or output.
> +
> +EPERM
> +    ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` has been called on a read-only subdevice.
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst
> index 632ee053accc..62f5d9870ca7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst
> @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ crop rectangles and stored in the sub-device file handle. Two
>  applications querying the same sub-device would thus not interact with
>  each other.
>  
> +If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode calls to
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to
> +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno
> +variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
> +
>  Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested crop
>  rectangle doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead
>  modify the rectangle to match what the hardware can provide. The
> @@ -123,3 +128,7 @@ EINVAL
>      references a non-existing pad, the ``which`` field references a
>      non-existing format, or cropping is not supported on the given
>      subdev pad.
> +
> +EPERM
> +    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` ioctl has been called on a read-only subdevice
> +    and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``.
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst
> index 472577bd1745..3a2f64bb00e7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst
> @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ current links configuration or sub-device controls value. For instance,
>  a low-pass noise filter might crop pixels at the frame boundaries,
>  modifying its output frame size.
>  
> +If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode calls to
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to
> +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno
> +variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
> +
>  Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested format
>  doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead modify the
>  format to match what the hardware can provide. The modified format
> @@ -146,6 +151,9 @@ EINVAL
>      ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, or the ``which`` field
>      references a non-existing format.
>  
> +EPERM
> +    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT`` ioctl has been called on a read-only subdevice
> +    and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``.
>  
>  ============
>  
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst
> index 4b1b4bc78bfe..34aa39096e3d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst
> @@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ struct
>  contains the current frame interval as would be returned by a
>  ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL`` call.
>  
> +Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL`` on a subdev device node that has been
> +registered in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno
> +variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
> +
>  Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested interval
>  doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead modify the
>  interval to match what the hardware can provide. The modified interval
> @@ -118,3 +122,7 @@ EINVAL
>      :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_frame_interval`
>      ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, or the pad doesn't support
>      frame intervals.
> +
> +EPERM
> +    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL`` ioctl has been called on a read-only
> +    subdevice.
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst
> index fc73d27e6d74..abd046cef612 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst
> @@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ function of the crop API, and more, are supported by the selections API.
>  See :ref:`subdev` for more information on how each selection target
>  affects the image processing pipeline inside the subdevice.
>  
> +If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode calls to
> +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to
> +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno
> +variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
>  
>  Types of selection targets
>  --------------------------
> @@ -123,3 +127,7 @@ EINVAL
>      ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, the ``which`` field
>      references a non-existing format, or the selection target is not
>      supported on the given subdev pad.
> +
> +EPERM
> +    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` ioctl has been called on a read-only
> +    subdevice and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``.

This looks good, but you also need to explain the read-only subdev API
in dev-subdev.rst.

diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst
index 029bb2d9928a..6082f9c2f8f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ will feature a character device node on which ioctls can be called to
 Sub-device character device nodes, conventionally named
 ``/dev/v4l-subdev*``, use major number 81.
 
+Drivers may opt to limit the sub-device character devices to only expose
+operations that don't modify the device state. In such a case the sub-devices
+are referred to as ``read-only`` in the rest of this documentation, and the
+related restrictions are documented in individual ioctls.
+
 
 Controls
 ========

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

Re: [libcamera-devel] [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: media: Document read-only subdevice

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Jacopo,

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 11:37:20PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 09:28:41PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > Document a new kapi function to register subdev device nodes in read only
> > mode and for each affected ioctl report how access is restricted.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst      | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst    |  6 +++
> >  Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst |  6 +++
> >  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst   |  9 +++++
> >  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst    |  8 ++++
> >  .../v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst    |  8 ++++
> >  .../uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst    |  8 ++++
> >  7 files changed, 83 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
> > index 29e07e23f888..26edb4178eea 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
> > @@ -327,6 +327,44 @@ Private ioctls
> >  	All ioctls not in the above list are passed directly to the sub-device
> >  	driver through the core::ioctl operation.
> >  
> > +Read-only sub-device userspace API
> > +----------------------------------
> > +
> > +Bridge drivers that control their connected subdevices through direct calls to
> > +the kernel API realized by :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_ops` structure do not usually
> > +want userspace to be able to change the same parameters through the subdevice
> > +device node and thus do not usually register any.
> 
> I think part of this belongs to the previous section.
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
> index 29e07e23f888..41ccb3e5c707 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst
> @@ -275,8 +275,13 @@ system the .unbind() method is called. All three callbacks are optional.
>  V4L2 sub-device userspace API
>  -----------------------------
>  
> -Beside exposing a kernel API through the :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_ops` structure,
> -V4L2 sub-devices can also be controlled directly by userspace applications.
> +Bridge drivers traditionally expose one or multiple video nodes to userspace,
> +and control subdevices through the :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_ops` operations in
> +response to video node operations. This hides the complexity of the underlying
> +hardware from applications. For complex devices, finer-grained control of the
> +device than what the video nodes offer may be required. In those cases, bridge
> +drivers that implement :ref:`the media controller API <media_controller>` may
> +opt for making the subdevice operations directly accessible from userpace.
>  
>  Device nodes named ``v4l-subdev``\ *X* can be created in ``/dev`` to access
>  sub-devices directly. If a sub-device supports direct userspace configuration
> 
> > +
> > +Although, it is sometime useful to report to userspace the current subdevice
> 
> s/Although/However/
> s/sometime/sometimes/
> 
> > +configuration through a read-only API, that do not allow any change to the
> > +device parameters but allows userspace applications to interface to the
> > +subdevice device node and inspect them. To register a read-only device node for
> > +all the registered sub-devices marked with ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE``
> > +the :c:type:`v4l2_device` driver should call
> > +:c:func:`v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes`.
> 
> This would become
> 
> It is sometimes useful to report detailed information about subdevice
> configuration to userspace without exposing full direct control of the
> subdevice. For instance, to implement cameras based on computational
> photography, userspace needs to know the detailed camera sensor configuration
> (in terms of skipping, binning, cropping and scaling) for each supported
> output resolution. To support such use cases, bridge drivers may opt for
> exposing subdevice operations to userspace in a read-only fashion.
> 
> The subdevice read-only userspace API requires the subdevices to set the
> ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE`` before being registered, exactly as for the
> previously described subdevice userspace API. The :c:type:`v4l2_device`
> driver shall then call :c:func:`v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes` to
> create the subdevice device nodes.

I would like to publicly apologize for proposing a full rewrite of your
work. I realize how harsh this is, and I want to emphasize that I didn't
mean to imply in any way that your version was unacceptable or to
diminish your work. Please feel free to ignore these comments.

> > +Access to the following ioctls for userspace applications is restricted on
> > +sub-device device nodes registered with
> > +:c:func:`v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes`.
> > +
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL``
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION``
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS``
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP``
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD``
> > +
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``, ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` and
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` are only allowed on a read-only subdevice device node
> > +only if the format to modify is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY`` (
> > +:ref:`v4l2_subdev_format_whence <v4l2-subdev-format-whence>`).
> > +
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL``, ``VIDIOC_S_DV_TIMINGS`` and
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` are always disallowed on a read-only subdevice node.
> > +
> > +In case the ioclt is not allowed at all or the format to modify is set to
> > +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``, the core returns a negative error code and
> > +sets the errno variable to ``-EPERM``.
> 
> I would split the list in two.
> 
> ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``,
> ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP``,
> ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION``:
> 
> 	These ioctls are only allowed for the
> 	:ref:`V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY <v4l2-subdev-format-whence>` formats and
> 	selection rectangles. Any attempt to access the
> 	:ref:`V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE <v4l2-subdev-format-whence>`
> 	configuration results in a ``-EPERM`` error.
> 
> ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL``,
> ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS``,
> ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD``:
> 
> 	These ioctls are not allowed and result in a ``-EPERM`` error.
> 
> >  
> >  I2C sub-device drivers
> >  ----------------------
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst
> > index 5712bd48e687..435d955aaf85 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst
> > @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ pointer to the struct :c:type:`v4l2_dv_timings`
> >  structure as argument. If the ioctl is not supported or the timing
> >  values are not correct, the driver returns ``EINVAL`` error code.
> >  
> > +Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS`` on a subdev device node that has been
> > +registered in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno
> > +variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
> > +
> >  The ``linux/v4l2-dv-timings.h`` header can be used to get the timings of
> >  the formats in the :ref:`cea861` and :ref:`vesadmt` standards. If
> >  the current input or output does not support DV timings (e.g. if
> > @@ -81,6 +85,8 @@ ENODATA
> >  EBUSY
> >      The device is busy and therefore can not change the timings.
> >  
> > +EPERM
> > +    ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS`` has been called on a read-only subdevice.
> >  
> >  .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
> >  
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst
> > index e633e42e3910..e220b38b859f 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst
> > @@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ video timings (e.g. if :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT`
> >  does not set the ``V4L2_IN_CAP_STD`` flag), then ``ENODATA`` error code is
> >  returned.
> >  
> > +Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` on a subdev device node that has been registered
> > +in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno variable is
> > +set to ``-EPERM``.
> >  
> >  Return Value
> >  ============
> > @@ -79,3 +82,6 @@ EINVAL
> >  
> >  ENODATA
> >      Standard video timings are not supported for this input or output.
> > +
> > +EPERM
> > +    ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD`` has been called on a read-only subdevice.
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst
> > index 632ee053accc..62f5d9870ca7 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst
> > @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ crop rectangles and stored in the sub-device file handle. Two
> >  applications querying the same sub-device would thus not interact with
> >  each other.
> >  
> > +If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode calls to
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to
> > +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno
> > +variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
> > +
> >  Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested crop
> >  rectangle doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead
> >  modify the rectangle to match what the hardware can provide. The
> > @@ -123,3 +128,7 @@ EINVAL
> >      references a non-existing pad, the ``which`` field references a
> >      non-existing format, or cropping is not supported on the given
> >      subdev pad.
> > +
> > +EPERM
> > +    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP`` ioctl has been called on a read-only subdevice
> > +    and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``.
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst
> > index 472577bd1745..3a2f64bb00e7 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst
> > @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ current links configuration or sub-device controls value. For instance,
> >  a low-pass noise filter might crop pixels at the frame boundaries,
> >  modifying its output frame size.
> >  
> > +If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode calls to
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to
> > +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno
> > +variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
> > +
> >  Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested format
> >  doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead modify the
> >  format to match what the hardware can provide. The modified format
> > @@ -146,6 +151,9 @@ EINVAL
> >      ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, or the ``which`` field
> >      references a non-existing format.
> >  
> > +EPERM
> > +    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT`` ioctl has been called on a read-only subdevice
> > +    and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``.
> >  
> >  ============
> >  
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst
> > index 4b1b4bc78bfe..34aa39096e3d 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst
> > @@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ struct
> >  contains the current frame interval as would be returned by a
> >  ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL`` call.
> >  
> > +Calling ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL`` on a subdev device node that has been
> > +registered in read-only mode is not allowed. An error is returned and the errno
> > +variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
> > +
> >  Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested interval
> >  doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead modify the
> >  interval to match what the hardware can provide. The modified interval
> > @@ -118,3 +122,7 @@ EINVAL
> >      :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_frame_interval`
> >      ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, or the pad doesn't support
> >      frame intervals.
> > +
> > +EPERM
> > +    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL`` ioctl has been called on a read-only
> > +    subdevice.
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst
> > index fc73d27e6d74..abd046cef612 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst
> > @@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ function of the crop API, and more, are supported by the selections API.
> >  See :ref:`subdev` for more information on how each selection target
> >  affects the image processing pipeline inside the subdevice.
> >  
> > +If the subdev device node has been registered in read-only mode calls to
> > +``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` are only valid if the ``which`` field is set to
> > +``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``, otherwise an error is returned and the errno
> > +variable is set to ``-EPERM``.
> >  
> >  Types of selection targets
> >  --------------------------
> > @@ -123,3 +127,7 @@ EINVAL
> >      ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, the ``which`` field
> >      references a non-existing format, or the selection target is not
> >      supported on the given subdev pad.
> > +
> > +EPERM
> > +    The ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION`` ioctl has been called on a read-only
> > +    subdevice and the ``which`` field is set to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``.
> 
> This looks good, but you also need to explain the read-only subdev API
> in dev-subdev.rst.
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst
> index 029bb2d9928a..6082f9c2f8f4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-subdev.rst
> @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ will feature a character device node on which ioctls can be called to
>  Sub-device character device nodes, conventionally named
>  ``/dev/v4l-subdev*``, use major number 81.
>  
> +Drivers may opt to limit the sub-device character devices to only expose
> +operations that don't modify the device state. In such a case the sub-devices
> +are referred to as ``read-only`` in the rest of this documentation, and the
> +related restrictions are documented in individual ioctls.
> +
>  
>  Controls
>  ========
> 

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

[PATCH 2/4] media: v4l2-dev: Add v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_node()

[Jacopo Mondi]

Add to the V4L2 code a function to register device nodes for video
subdevices in read-only mode.

Registering a device node in read-only mode is useful to expose to
userspace the current sub-device configuration, without allowing
application to change it by using the V4L2 subdevice ioctls.

Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
---
 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 include/media/v4l2-dev.h              |  7 +++++++
 include/media/v4l2-device.h           | 10 ++++++++++
 4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
index 63d6b147b21e..6f9dba36eda1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ static void v4l2_device_release_subdev_node(struct video_device *vdev)
 	kfree(vdev);
 }
 
-int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
+int __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev,
+					bool read_only)
 {
 	struct video_device *vdev;
 	struct v4l2_subdev *sd;
@@ -217,6 +218,8 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
 		vdev->fops = &v4l2_subdev_fops;
 		vdev->release = v4l2_device_release_subdev_node;
 		vdev->ctrl_handler = sd->ctrl_handler;
+		if (read_only)
+			vdev->flags |= V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE;
 		err = __video_register_device(vdev, VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV, -1, 1,
 					      sd->owner);
 		if (err < 0) {
@@ -254,8 +257,19 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
 
 	return err;
 }
+
+int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
+{
+	return __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(v4l2_dev, false);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes);
 
+int v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
+{
+	return __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(v4l2_dev, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes);
+
 void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 {
 	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
index f725cd9b66b9..9247ee6c293f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 	struct v4l2_fh *vfh = file->private_data;
 #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API)
 	struct v4l2_subdev_fh *subdev_fh = to_v4l2_subdev_fh(vfh);
+	bool ro_devnode = !!(vdev->flags & V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE);
 	int rval;
 #endif
 
@@ -453,6 +454,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT: {
 		struct v4l2_subdev_format *format = arg;
 
+		if (format->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY && ro_devnode)
+			return -EPERM;
+
 		memset(format->reserved, 0, sizeof(format->reserved));
 		memset(format->format.reserved, 0, sizeof(format->format.reserved));
 		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, pad, set_fmt, subdev_fh->pad, format);
@@ -480,6 +484,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 		struct v4l2_subdev_crop *crop = arg;
 		struct v4l2_subdev_selection sel;
 
+		if (crop->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY && ro_devnode)
+			return -EPERM;
+
 		memset(crop->reserved, 0, sizeof(crop->reserved));
 		memset(&sel, 0, sizeof(sel));
 		sel.which = crop->which;
@@ -521,6 +528,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL: {
 		struct v4l2_subdev_frame_interval *fi = arg;
 
+		if (ro_devnode)
+			return -EPERM;
+
 		memset(fi->reserved, 0, sizeof(fi->reserved));
 		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_frame_interval, arg);
 	}
@@ -544,6 +554,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION: {
 		struct v4l2_subdev_selection *sel = arg;
 
+		if (sel->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY && ro_devnode)
+			return -EPERM;
+
 		memset(sel->reserved, 0, sizeof(sel->reserved));
 		return v4l2_subdev_call(
 			sd, pad, set_selection, subdev_fh->pad, sel);
@@ -580,6 +593,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, g_dv_timings, arg);
 
 	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS:
+		if (ro_devnode)
+			return -EPERM;
+
 		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_dv_timings, arg);
 
 	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_STD:
@@ -588,6 +604,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD: {
 		v4l2_std_id *std = arg;
 
+		if (ro_devnode)
+			return -EPERM;
+
 		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_std, *std);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
index 48531e57cc5a..029873a338f2 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
@@ -82,11 +82,18 @@ struct v4l2_ctrl_handler;
  *	but the old crop API will still work as expected in order to preserve
  *	backwards compatibility.
  *	Never set this flag for new drivers.
+ * @V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE:
+ *	indicates that the video device node is registered in read-only mode.
+ *	The flag only applies to device nodes registered for sub-devices, it is
+ *	set by the core when the sub-devices device nodes are registered with
+ *	v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes() and used by the sub-device ioctl
+ *	handler to restrict access to some ioctl calls.
  */
 enum v4l2_video_device_flags {
 	V4L2_FL_REGISTERED		= 0,
 	V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH		= 1,
 	V4L2_FL_QUIRK_INVERTED_CROP	= 2,
+	V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE		= 3,
 };
 
 /* Priority helper functions */
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-device.h b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
index e0b8f2602670..0df667ba9938 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-device.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
@@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd);
 int __must_check
 v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
 
+/**
+ * v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes - Registers read-only device nodes for
+ *      all subdevs of the v4l2 device that are marked with the
+ *      %V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE flag.
+ *
+ * @v4l2_dev: pointer to struct v4l2_device
+ */
+int __must_check
+v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
+
 /**
  * v4l2_subdev_notify - Sends a notification to v4l2_device.
  *
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [libcamera-devel] [PATCH 2/4] media: v4l2-dev: Add v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_node()

[Andrey Konovalov]

Hi Jacopo,

Thank you for your patch set!

On 24.03.2020 23:28, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> Add to the V4L2 code a function to register device nodes for video
> subdevices in read-only mode.
> 
> Registering a device node in read-only mode is useful to expose to
> userspace the current sub-device configuration, without allowing
> application to change it by using the V4L2 subdevice ioctls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> ---
>   drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>   drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>   include/media/v4l2-dev.h              |  7 +++++++
>   include/media/v4l2-device.h           | 10 ++++++++++
>   4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> index 63d6b147b21e..6f9dba36eda1 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ static void v4l2_device_release_subdev_node(struct video_device *vdev)
>   	kfree(vdev);
>   }
>   
> -int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> +int __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev,
> +					bool read_only)
>   {
>   	struct video_device *vdev;
>   	struct v4l2_subdev *sd;
> @@ -217,6 +218,8 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
>   		vdev->fops = &v4l2_subdev_fops;
>   		vdev->release = v4l2_device_release_subdev_node;
>   		vdev->ctrl_handler = sd->ctrl_handler;
> +		if (read_only)
> +			vdev->flags |= V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE;

<snip>

> @@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
>   	struct v4l2_fh *vfh = file->private_data;
>   #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API)
>   	struct v4l2_subdev_fh *subdev_fh = to_v4l2_subdev_fh(vfh);
> +	bool ro_devnode = !!(vdev->flags & V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE);

So V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE is a bit mask, ...

<snip>

> diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> index 48531e57cc5a..029873a338f2 100644
> --- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> +++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> @@ -82,11 +82,18 @@ struct v4l2_ctrl_handler;
>    *	but the old crop API will still work as expected in order to preserve
>    *	backwards compatibility.
>    *	Never set this flag for new drivers.
> + * @V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE:
> + *	indicates that the video device node is registered in read-only mode.
> + *	The flag only applies to device nodes registered for sub-devices, it is
> + *	set by the core when the sub-devices device nodes are registered with
> + *	v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes() and used by the sub-device ioctl
> + *	handler to restrict access to some ioctl calls.
>    */
>   enum v4l2_video_device_flags {
>   	V4L2_FL_REGISTERED		= 0,
>   	V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH		= 1,
>   	V4L2_FL_QUIRK_INVERTED_CROP	= 2,
> +	V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE		= 3,

... then V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE should rather be equal to 4, than to (V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH | V4L2_FL_QUIRK_INVERTED_CROP)

Thanks,
Andrey

>   };
>   
>   /* Priority helper functions */
> diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-device.h b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> index e0b8f2602670..0df667ba9938 100644
> --- a/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> +++ b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> @@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd);
>   int __must_check
>   v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
>   
> +/**
> + * v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes - Registers read-only device nodes for
> + *      all subdevs of the v4l2 device that are marked with the
> + *      %V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE flag.
> + *
> + * @v4l2_dev: pointer to struct v4l2_device
> + */
> +int __must_check
> +v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
> +
>   /**
>    * v4l2_subdev_notify - Sends a notification to v4l2_device.
>    *
> 

Re: [libcamera-devel] [PATCH 2/4] media: v4l2-dev: Add v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_node()

[Jacopo Mondi]

Hi Andrey,
   thanks for the review

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 11:42:27AM +0300, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> Hi Jacopo,
>
> Thank you for your patch set!
>
> On 24.03.2020 23:28, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > Add to the V4L2 code a function to register device nodes for video
> > subdevices in read-only mode.
> >
> > Registering a device node in read-only mode is useful to expose to
> > userspace the current sub-device configuration, without allowing
> > application to change it by using the V4L2 subdevice ioctls.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> > ---
> >   drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> >   drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> >   include/media/v4l2-dev.h              |  7 +++++++
> >   include/media/v4l2-device.h           | 10 ++++++++++
> >   4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> > index 63d6b147b21e..6f9dba36eda1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> > @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ static void v4l2_device_release_subdev_node(struct video_device *vdev)
> >   	kfree(vdev);
> >   }
> > -int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> > +int __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev,
> > +					bool read_only)
> >   {
> >   	struct video_device *vdev;
> >   	struct v4l2_subdev *sd;
> > @@ -217,6 +218,8 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> >   		vdev->fops = &v4l2_subdev_fops;
> >   		vdev->release = v4l2_device_release_subdev_node;
> >   		vdev->ctrl_handler = sd->ctrl_handler;
> > +		if (read_only)
> > +			vdev->flags |= V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE;
>
> <snip>
>
> > @@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
> >   	struct v4l2_fh *vfh = file->private_data;
> >   #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API)
> >   	struct v4l2_subdev_fh *subdev_fh = to_v4l2_subdev_fh(vfh);
> > +	bool ro_devnode = !!(vdev->flags & V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE);
>
> So V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE is a bit mask, ...
>
> <snip>
>
> > diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> > index 48531e57cc5a..029873a338f2 100644
> > --- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> > +++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> > @@ -82,11 +82,18 @@ struct v4l2_ctrl_handler;
> >    *	but the old crop API will still work as expected in order to preserve
> >    *	backwards compatibility.
> >    *	Never set this flag for new drivers.
> > + * @V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE:
> > + *	indicates that the video device node is registered in read-only mode.
> > + *	The flag only applies to device nodes registered for sub-devices, it is
> > + *	set by the core when the sub-devices device nodes are registered with
> > + *	v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes() and used by the sub-device ioctl
> > + *	handler to restrict access to some ioctl calls.
> >    */
> >   enum v4l2_video_device_flags {
> >   	V4L2_FL_REGISTERED		= 0,
> >   	V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH		= 1,
> >   	V4L2_FL_QUIRK_INVERTED_CROP	= 2,
> > +	V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE		= 3,
>
> ... then V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE should rather be equal to 4, than to (V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH | V4L2_FL_QUIRK_INVERTED_CROP)

Ups!

I should have noticed looking at V4L2_FL_REGISTERED=0 that these
flags are actually meant to be used as bit shifts. I can't say I like
the idea, but I should have known better than this.

I'll resend using set_bit() and test_bit().

Thanks for your help!

>
> Thanks,
> Andrey
>
> >   };
> >   /* Priority helper functions */
> > diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-device.h b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> > index e0b8f2602670..0df667ba9938 100644
> > --- a/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> > +++ b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> > @@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd);
> >   int __must_check
> >   v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
> > +/**
> > + * v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes - Registers read-only device nodes for
> > + *      all subdevs of the v4l2 device that are marked with the
> > + *      %V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE flag.
> > + *
> > + * @v4l2_dev: pointer to struct v4l2_device
> > + */
> > +int __must_check
> > +v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
> > +
> >   /**
> >    * v4l2_subdev_notify - Sends a notification to v4l2_device.
> >    *
> >

Re: [libcamera-devel] [PATCH 2/4] media: v4l2-dev: Add v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_node()

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi Jacopo,

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:23:42PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> Hi Andrey,
>    thanks for the review
> 
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 11:42:27AM +0300, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> > Hi Jacopo,
> >
> > Thank you for your patch set!
> >
> > On 24.03.2020 23:28, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > > Add to the V4L2 code a function to register device nodes for video
> > > subdevices in read-only mode.
> > >
> > > Registering a device node in read-only mode is useful to expose to
> > > userspace the current sub-device configuration, without allowing
> > > application to change it by using the V4L2 subdevice ioctls.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> > >   drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> > >   include/media/v4l2-dev.h              |  7 +++++++
> > >   include/media/v4l2-device.h           | 10 ++++++++++
> > >   4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> > > index 63d6b147b21e..6f9dba36eda1 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> > > @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ static void v4l2_device_release_subdev_node(struct video_device *vdev)
> > >   	kfree(vdev);
> > >   }
> > > -int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> > > +int __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev,
> > > +					bool read_only)
> > >   {
> > >   	struct video_device *vdev;
> > >   	struct v4l2_subdev *sd;
> > > @@ -217,6 +218,8 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> > >   		vdev->fops = &v4l2_subdev_fops;
> > >   		vdev->release = v4l2_device_release_subdev_node;
> > >   		vdev->ctrl_handler = sd->ctrl_handler;
> > > +		if (read_only)
> > > +			vdev->flags |= V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE;
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > @@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
> > >   	struct v4l2_fh *vfh = file->private_data;
> > >   #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API)
> > >   	struct v4l2_subdev_fh *subdev_fh = to_v4l2_subdev_fh(vfh);
> > > +	bool ro_devnode = !!(vdev->flags & V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE);

No need to shout, i.e.

	bool ro_devnode = ... & ...;

> >
> > So V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE is a bit mask, ...
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> > > index 48531e57cc5a..029873a338f2 100644
> > > --- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> > > +++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> > > @@ -82,11 +82,18 @@ struct v4l2_ctrl_handler;
> > >    *	but the old crop API will still work as expected in order to preserve
> > >    *	backwards compatibility.
> > >    *	Never set this flag for new drivers.
> > > + * @V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE:
> > > + *	indicates that the video device node is registered in read-only mode.
> > > + *	The flag only applies to device nodes registered for sub-devices, it is
> > > + *	set by the core when the sub-devices device nodes are registered with
> > > + *	v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes() and used by the sub-device ioctl
> > > + *	handler to restrict access to some ioctl calls.
> > >    */
> > >   enum v4l2_video_device_flags {
> > >   	V4L2_FL_REGISTERED		= 0,
> > >   	V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH		= 1,
> > >   	V4L2_FL_QUIRK_INVERTED_CROP	= 2,
> > > +	V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE		= 3,
> >
> > ... then V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE should rather be equal to 4, than to (V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH | V4L2_FL_QUIRK_INVERTED_CROP)
> 
> Ups!
> 
> I should have noticed looking at V4L2_FL_REGISTERED=0 that these
> flags are actually meant to be used as bit shifts. I can't say I like
> the idea, but I should have known better than this.
> 
> I'll resend using set_bit() and test_bit().

You can also use BIT(flag name).

Either works, but IMO test_bit() is a bit of overkill.

-- 
Sakari Ailus

Re: [libcamera-devel] [PATCH 2/4] media: v4l2-dev: Add v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_node()

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Jacopo,

Thank you for the patch.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 09:28:42PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> Add to the V4L2 code a function to register device nodes for video
> subdevices in read-only mode.
> 
> Registering a device node in read-only mode is useful to expose to
> userspace the current sub-device configuration, without allowing
> application to change it by using the V4L2 subdevice ioctls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> ---
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  include/media/v4l2-dev.h              |  7 +++++++
>  include/media/v4l2-device.h           | 10 ++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> index 63d6b147b21e..6f9dba36eda1 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ static void v4l2_device_release_subdev_node(struct video_device *vdev)
>  	kfree(vdev);
>  }
>  
> -int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> +int __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev,
> +					bool read_only)
>  {
>  	struct video_device *vdev;
>  	struct v4l2_subdev *sd;
> @@ -217,6 +218,8 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
>  		vdev->fops = &v4l2_subdev_fops;
>  		vdev->release = v4l2_device_release_subdev_node;
>  		vdev->ctrl_handler = sd->ctrl_handler;
> +		if (read_only)
> +			vdev->flags |= V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE;

As Andrey pointed out, this should be BIT(V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE).

>  		err = __video_register_device(vdev, VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV, -1, 1,
>  					      sd->owner);
>  		if (err < 0) {
> @@ -254,8 +257,19 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
>  
>  	return err;
>  }
> +
> +int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> +{
> +	return __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(v4l2_dev, false);
> +}
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes);
>  
> +int v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> +{
> +	return __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(v4l2_dev, true);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes);

I would export __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes and implement these
two functions as static inline in include/media/v4l2-device.h.

> +
>  void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
>  {
>  	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev;
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
> index f725cd9b66b9..9247ee6c293f 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
> @@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
>  	struct v4l2_fh *vfh = file->private_data;
>  #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API)
>  	struct v4l2_subdev_fh *subdev_fh = to_v4l2_subdev_fh(vfh);
> +	bool ro_devnode = !!(vdev->flags & V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE);

Same here, BIT(V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE).

I would name the variable ro_api to emphasize this is not about the
device node being read-only (in the sense of POSIX file permissions).

>  	int rval;
>  #endif
>  
> @@ -453,6 +454,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
>  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT: {
>  		struct v4l2_subdev_format *format = arg;
>  
> +		if (format->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY && ro_devnode)
> +			return -EPERM;
> +
>  		memset(format->reserved, 0, sizeof(format->reserved));
>  		memset(format->format.reserved, 0, sizeof(format->format.reserved));
>  		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, pad, set_fmt, subdev_fh->pad, format);
> @@ -480,6 +484,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
>  		struct v4l2_subdev_crop *crop = arg;
>  		struct v4l2_subdev_selection sel;
>  
> +		if (crop->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY && ro_devnode)
> +			return -EPERM;
> +
>  		memset(crop->reserved, 0, sizeof(crop->reserved));
>  		memset(&sel, 0, sizeof(sel));
>  		sel.which = crop->which;
> @@ -521,6 +528,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
>  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL: {
>  		struct v4l2_subdev_frame_interval *fi = arg;
>  
> +		if (ro_devnode)
> +			return -EPERM;
> +
>  		memset(fi->reserved, 0, sizeof(fi->reserved));
>  		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_frame_interval, arg);
>  	}
> @@ -544,6 +554,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
>  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION: {
>  		struct v4l2_subdev_selection *sel = arg;
>  
> +		if (sel->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY && ro_devnode)
> +			return -EPERM;
> +
>  		memset(sel->reserved, 0, sizeof(sel->reserved));
>  		return v4l2_subdev_call(
>  			sd, pad, set_selection, subdev_fh->pad, sel);
> @@ -580,6 +593,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
>  		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, g_dv_timings, arg);
>  
>  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS:
> +		if (ro_devnode)
> +			return -EPERM;
> +
>  		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_dv_timings, arg);
>  
>  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_STD:
> @@ -588,6 +604,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
>  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD: {
>  		v4l2_std_id *std = arg;
>  
> +		if (ro_devnode)
> +			return -EPERM;
> +
>  		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_std, *std);
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> index 48531e57cc5a..029873a338f2 100644
> --- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> +++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> @@ -82,11 +82,18 @@ struct v4l2_ctrl_handler;
>   *	but the old crop API will still work as expected in order to preserve
>   *	backwards compatibility.
>   *	Never set this flag for new drivers.
> + * @V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE:
> + *	indicates that the video device node is registered in read-only mode.
> + *	The flag only applies to device nodes registered for sub-devices, it is
> + *	set by the core when the sub-devices device nodes are registered with
> + *	v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes() and used by the sub-device ioctl
> + *	handler to restrict access to some ioctl calls.
>   */
>  enum v4l2_video_device_flags {
>  	V4L2_FL_REGISTERED		= 0,
>  	V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH		= 1,
>  	V4L2_FL_QUIRK_INVERTED_CROP	= 2,
> +	V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE		= 3,
>  };
>  
>  /* Priority helper functions */
> diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-device.h b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> index e0b8f2602670..0df667ba9938 100644
> --- a/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> +++ b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> @@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd);
>  int __must_check
>  v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
>  
> +/**
> + * v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes - Registers read-only device nodes for
> + *      all subdevs of the v4l2 device that are marked with the
> + *      %V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE flag.
> + *
> + * @v4l2_dev: pointer to struct v4l2_device
> + */
> +int __must_check
> +v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
> +
>  /**
>   * v4l2_subdev_notify - Sends a notification to v4l2_device.
>   *

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

Re: [libcamera-devel] [PATCH 2/4] media: v4l2-dev: Add v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_node()

[Jacopo Mondi]

Hi Laurent,

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 11:45:36PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Jacopo,
>
> Thank you for the patch.
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 09:28:42PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > Add to the V4L2 code a function to register device nodes for video
> > subdevices in read-only mode.
> >
> > Registering a device node in read-only mode is useful to expose to
> > userspace the current sub-device configuration, without allowing
> > application to change it by using the V4L2 subdevice ioctls.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  include/media/v4l2-dev.h              |  7 +++++++
> >  include/media/v4l2-device.h           | 10 ++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> > index 63d6b147b21e..6f9dba36eda1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
> > @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ static void v4l2_device_release_subdev_node(struct video_device *vdev)
> >  	kfree(vdev);
> >  }
> >
> > -int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> > +int __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev,
> > +					bool read_only)
> >  {
> >  	struct video_device *vdev;
> >  	struct v4l2_subdev *sd;
> > @@ -217,6 +218,8 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> >  		vdev->fops = &v4l2_subdev_fops;
> >  		vdev->release = v4l2_device_release_subdev_node;
> >  		vdev->ctrl_handler = sd->ctrl_handler;
> > +		if (read_only)
> > +			vdev->flags |= V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE;
>
> As Andrey pointed out, this should be BIT(V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE).
>

the rest of the v4l2 core seems to be use set_bit()/test_bit() when
handling V4L2_FL_ (which, my bad, I rarely encoutered compared to the
to me more canonical BIT() combined with bitops).

I would then go for them then

> >  		err = __video_register_device(vdev, VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV, -1, 1,
> >  					      sd->owner);
> >  		if (err < 0) {
> > @@ -254,8 +257,19 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> >
> >  	return err;
> >  }
> > +
> > +int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> > +{
> > +	return __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(v4l2_dev, false);
> > +}
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes);
> >
> > +int v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
> > +{
> > +	return __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(v4l2_dev, true);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes);
>
> I would export __v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes and implement these
> two functions as static inline in include/media/v4l2-device.h.
>

Good point we could save a function call.

> > +
> >  void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
> >  {
> >  	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev;
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
> > index f725cd9b66b9..9247ee6c293f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
> > @@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
> >  	struct v4l2_fh *vfh = file->private_data;
> >  #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API)
> >  	struct v4l2_subdev_fh *subdev_fh = to_v4l2_subdev_fh(vfh);
> > +	bool ro_devnode = !!(vdev->flags & V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE);
>
> Same here, BIT(V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE).
>
> I would name the variable ro_api to emphasize this is not about the
> device node being read-only (in the sense of POSIX file permissions).
>

Ack, even if I would like ro_subdev a bit more. Anyway bikesheeding on
variable names, ro_api is fine.

Thanks
  j


> >  	int rval;
> >  #endif
> >
> > @@ -453,6 +454,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
> >  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT: {
> >  		struct v4l2_subdev_format *format = arg;
> >
> > +		if (format->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY && ro_devnode)
> > +			return -EPERM;
> > +
> >  		memset(format->reserved, 0, sizeof(format->reserved));
> >  		memset(format->format.reserved, 0, sizeof(format->format.reserved));
> >  		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, pad, set_fmt, subdev_fh->pad, format);
> > @@ -480,6 +484,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
> >  		struct v4l2_subdev_crop *crop = arg;
> >  		struct v4l2_subdev_selection sel;
> >
> > +		if (crop->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY && ro_devnode)
> > +			return -EPERM;
> > +
> >  		memset(crop->reserved, 0, sizeof(crop->reserved));
> >  		memset(&sel, 0, sizeof(sel));
> >  		sel.which = crop->which;
> > @@ -521,6 +528,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
> >  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL: {
> >  		struct v4l2_subdev_frame_interval *fi = arg;
> >
> > +		if (ro_devnode)
> > +			return -EPERM;
> > +
> >  		memset(fi->reserved, 0, sizeof(fi->reserved));
> >  		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_frame_interval, arg);
> >  	}
> > @@ -544,6 +554,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
> >  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION: {
> >  		struct v4l2_subdev_selection *sel = arg;
> >
> > +		if (sel->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY && ro_devnode)
> > +			return -EPERM;
> > +
> >  		memset(sel->reserved, 0, sizeof(sel->reserved));
> >  		return v4l2_subdev_call(
> >  			sd, pad, set_selection, subdev_fh->pad, sel);
> > @@ -580,6 +593,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
> >  		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, g_dv_timings, arg);
> >
> >  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_DV_TIMINGS:
> > +		if (ro_devnode)
> > +			return -EPERM;
> > +
> >  		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_dv_timings, arg);
> >
> >  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_STD:
> > @@ -588,6 +604,9 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
> >  	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_STD: {
> >  		v4l2_std_id *std = arg;
> >
> > +		if (ro_devnode)
> > +			return -EPERM;
> > +
> >  		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_std, *std);
> >  	}
> >
> > diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> > index 48531e57cc5a..029873a338f2 100644
> > --- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> > +++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
> > @@ -82,11 +82,18 @@ struct v4l2_ctrl_handler;
> >   *	but the old crop API will still work as expected in order to preserve
> >   *	backwards compatibility.
> >   *	Never set this flag for new drivers.
> > + * @V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE:
> > + *	indicates that the video device node is registered in read-only mode.
> > + *	The flag only applies to device nodes registered for sub-devices, it is
> > + *	set by the core when the sub-devices device nodes are registered with
> > + *	v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes() and used by the sub-device ioctl
> > + *	handler to restrict access to some ioctl calls.
> >   */
> >  enum v4l2_video_device_flags {
> >  	V4L2_FL_REGISTERED		= 0,
> >  	V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH		= 1,
> >  	V4L2_FL_QUIRK_INVERTED_CROP	= 2,
> > +	V4L2_FL_RO_DEVNODE		= 3,
> >  };
> >
> >  /* Priority helper functions */
> > diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-device.h b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> > index e0b8f2602670..0df667ba9938 100644
> > --- a/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> > +++ b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
> > @@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd);
> >  int __must_check
> >  v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes - Registers read-only device nodes for
> > + *      all subdevs of the v4l2 device that are marked with the
> > + *      %V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE flag.
> > + *
> > + * @v4l2_dev: pointer to struct v4l2_device
> > + */
> > +int __must_check
> > +v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * v4l2_subdev_notify - Sends a notification to v4l2_device.
> >   *
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Laurent Pinchart

[PATCH 3/4] media: bcm2835: Register sensor devnode as read-only

[Jacopo Mondi]

The bcm2835 bridge drivers controls the camera sensor configuration through
direct calls to the kapi realized by the v4l2 sub-device operations and
does not allow userspace to change the sensor parameter through the
sub-device devnode.

In order to expose to userspace the current sensor configuration,
register the device node in read-only mode by using the newly introduced
v4l2_device_register_subdev_ro_nodes() function.

Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
---
 drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c b/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c
index 89bd1c842d38..5001976dcebc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c
@@ -2875,7 +2875,7 @@ static int unicam_probe_complete(struct unicam_device *unicam)
 		goto unregister;
 	}
 
-	ret = v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(&unicam->v4l2_dev);
+	ret = v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes(&unicam->v4l2_dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		unicam_err(unicam, "Unable to register subdev nodes.\n");
 		goto unregister;
-- 
2.25.1

[PATCH 4/4] media: bcm2835: Fix trivial whitespace error

[Jacopo Mondi]

Cosmetic change only.

Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
---
 drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c b/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c
index 5001976dcebc..65534a18d3d4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c
@@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@ static int unicam_set_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
 		/* Change the number of frames of delay we believe there
 		 * to be between updating analogue gain and it taking effect.
 		 */
-		return unicam_update_delay(unicam, 
+		return unicam_update_delay(unicam,
 			V4L2_CID_ANALOGUE_GAIN, ctrl->val);
 
 	default:
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [libcamera-devel] [PATCH 4/4] media: bcm2835: Fix trivial whitespace error

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Jacopo,

Thank you for the patch.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 09:28:44PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> Cosmetic change only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> ---
>  drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c b/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c
> index 5001976dcebc..65534a18d3d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c
> @@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@ static int unicam_set_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
>  		/* Change the number of frames of delay we believe there
>  		 * to be between updating analogue gain and it taking effect.
>  		 */
> -		return unicam_update_delay(unicam, 
> +		return unicam_update_delay(unicam,
>  			V4L2_CID_ANALOGUE_GAIN, ctrl->val);

While at it, write it

		return unicam_update_delay(unicam, V4L2_CID_ANALOGUE_GAIN,
					   ctrl->val);

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>

>  
>  	default:

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

Re: [libcamera-devel] [PATCH 0/4] media: Register read-only sub-dev devnode

[Dave Stevenson]

Hi Jacopo

On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 20:25, Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org> wrote:
>
> Add new functio v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes() to pair with
> v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes() that allows a bridge driver to register the
> device node for its subdevices in read-only mode.
>
> devnode-centric (aka non-MC) bridge drivers control their subdevices through
> direct calls to v4l2 subdev operations and do not want userspace to be able
> to control the subdevice configuration by calling ioctls on the sub-device
> devnode. For this reason, they mostly refrain from registering any devnode at
> all for their subdevices.
>
> However it is sometimes required for userspace to access the sub-dev device
> nodes to collect information on the actual configuration, without changing
> the one currently applied to the device.
>
> This requirement became pressing while working on libcamera on devnode-centric
> platforms that do not expose any sub-device for their camera sensor to prevent
> userspace from changing their configuration. To allow them to register device
> node and being guaranteed to retain control of the subdevice configuration this
> series proposes a way to register device nodes in read-only to restrict
> access to all ioctls that could potentially affect the sub-dev configuration.
>
> Thanks
>    j
>
> Jacopo Mondi (4):
>   Documentation: media: Document read-only subdevice
>   media: v4l2-dev: Add v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_node()
>   media: bcm2835: Register sensor devnode as read-only
>   media: bcm2835: Fix trivial whitespace error

Minor point - you've sent this to linux-media. We (Raspberry Pi)
haven't pushed the bcm2835-unicam driver to mainline as yet (it's
still on the to-do list).
Yes, we need the core functionality that is in the first two patches,
but the last two aren't going to apply to any mainline tree.

  Dave

>  Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst      | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst    |  6 +++
>  Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst |  6 +++
>  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst   |  9 +++++
>  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst    |  8 ++++
>  .../v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst    |  8 ++++
>  .../uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst    |  8 ++++
>  .../media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c   |  4 +-
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c         | 16 +++++++-
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c         | 19 ++++++++++
>  include/media/v4l2-dev.h                      |  7 ++++
>  include/media/v4l2-device.h                   | 10 +++++
>  12 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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Re: [libcamera-devel] [PATCH 0/4] media: Register read-only sub-dev devnode

[Jacopo Mondi]

Hi Dave,

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:25:59PM +0000, Dave Stevenson wrote:
> Hi Jacopo
>
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 20:25, Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org> wrote:
> >
> > Add new functio v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_nodes() to pair with
> > v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes() that allows a bridge driver to register the
> > device node for its subdevices in read-only mode.
> >
> > devnode-centric (aka non-MC) bridge drivers control their subdevices through
> > direct calls to v4l2 subdev operations and do not want userspace to be able
> > to control the subdevice configuration by calling ioctls on the sub-device
> > devnode. For this reason, they mostly refrain from registering any devnode at
> > all for their subdevices.
> >
> > However it is sometimes required for userspace to access the sub-dev device
> > nodes to collect information on the actual configuration, without changing
> > the one currently applied to the device.
> >
> > This requirement became pressing while working on libcamera on devnode-centric
> > platforms that do not expose any sub-device for their camera sensor to prevent
> > userspace from changing their configuration. To allow them to register device
> > node and being guaranteed to retain control of the subdevice configuration this
> > series proposes a way to register device nodes in read-only to restrict
> > access to all ioctls that could potentially affect the sub-dev configuration.
> >
> > Thanks
> >    j
> >
> > Jacopo Mondi (4):
> >   Documentation: media: Document read-only subdevice
> >   media: v4l2-dev: Add v4l2_device_register_ro_subdev_node()
> >   media: bcm2835: Register sensor devnode as read-only
> >   media: bcm2835: Fix trivial whitespace error
>
> Minor point - you've sent this to linux-media. We (Raspberry Pi)
> haven't pushed the bcm2835-unicam driver to mainline as yet (it's
> still on the to-do list).
> Yes, we need the core functionality that is in the first two patches,
> but the last two aren't going to apply to any mainline tree.

You are very right!

Only the first 2 are relevant for linux-media, I should have reported
it here.


>
>   Dave
>
> >  Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-subdev.rst      | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.rst    |  6 +++
> >  Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-g-std.rst |  6 +++
> >  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-crop.rst   |  9 +++++
> >  .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.rst    |  8 ++++
> >  .../v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.rst    |  8 ++++
> >  .../uapi/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.rst    |  8 ++++
> >  .../media/platform/bcm2835/bcm2835-unicam.c   |  4 +-
> >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c         | 16 +++++++-
> >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c         | 19 ++++++++++
> >  include/media/v4l2-dev.h                      |  7 ++++
> >  include/media/v4l2-device.h                   | 10 +++++
> >  12 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
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