[media] videobuf2-core: add comments before the WARN_ON

Recently WARN_ON() calls have been added to warn if the driver is not
properly returning buffers to vb2 in start_streaming (if it fails) or
stop_streaming(). Add comments before those WARN_ON calls that refer
to the videobuf2-core.h header that explains what drivers are supposed
to do in these situations. That should help point developers in the
right direction if they see these warnings.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Acked-by: Pawel Osciak <pawel@osciak.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index c359006..d3f2a22 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -1762,6 +1762,12 @@ static int vb2_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q)
        q->start_streaming_called = 0;
 
        dprintk(1, "driver refused to start streaming\n");
+       /*
+        * If you see this warning, then the driver isn't cleaning up properly
+        * after a failed start_streaming(). See the start_streaming()
+        * documentation in videobuf2-core.h for more information how buffers
+        * should be returned to vb2 in start_streaming().
+        */
        if (WARN_ON(atomic_read(&q->owned_by_drv_count))) {
                unsigned i;
 
@@ -2123,6 +2129,12 @@ static void __vb2_queue_cancel(struct vb2_queue *q)
        if (q->start_streaming_called)
                call_void_qop(q, stop_streaming, q);
 
+       /*
+        * If you see this warning, then the driver isn't cleaning up properly
+        * in stop_streaming(). See the stop_streaming() documentation in
+        * videobuf2-core.h for more information how buffers should be returned
+        * to vb2 in stop_streaming().
+        */
        if (WARN_ON(atomic_read(&q->owned_by_drv_count))) {
                for (i = 0; i < q->num_buffers; ++i)
                        if (q->bufs[i]->state == VB2_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE)