Merge tag 'media/v5.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media

Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:

 - new Atmel microship ISC driver

 - coda has gained support for mpeg2 and mpeg4

 - cxusb gained support for analog TV

 - rockchip staging driver was split into two separate staging drivers

 - added a new staging driver for Allegro DVT video IP core

 - added a new staging driver for Amlogic Meson video decoder

 - lots of improvements and cleanups

* tag 'media/v5.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (398 commits)
  media: allegro: use new v4l2_m2m_ioctl_try_encoder_cmd funcs
  media: doc-rst: Fix typos
  media: radio-raremono: change devm_k*alloc to k*alloc
  media: stv0297: fix frequency range limit
  media: rc: Prefer KEY_NUMERIC_* for number buttons on remotes
  media: dvb_frontend: split dvb_frontend_handle_ioctl function
  media: mceusb: disable "nonsensical irdata" messages
  media: rc: remove redundant dev_err message
  media: cec-notifier: add new notifier functions
  media: cec: add struct cec_connector_info support
  media: cec-notifier: rename variables, check kstrdup and n->conn_name
  media: MAINTAINERS: Add maintainers for Media Controller
  media: staging: media: tegra-vde: Defer dmabuf's unmapping
  media: staging: media: tegra-vde: Add IOMMU support
  media: hdpvr: fix locking and a missing msleep
  media: v4l2: Test type instead of cfg->type in v4l2_ctrl_new_custom()
  media: atmel: atmel-isc: fix i386 build error
  media: v4l2-ctrl: Move compound control initialization
  media: hantro: Use vb2_get_buffer
  media: pci: cx88: Change the type of 'missed' to u64
  ...

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c
index 26b674259489..3b3f36357a0e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ static int vimc_streamer_pipeline_init(struct vimc_stream *stream,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * vimc_streamer_thread - process frames through the pipeline
+ *
+ * @data:	vimc_stream struct of the current stream
+ *
+ * From the source to the sink, gets a frame from each subdevice and send to
+ * the next one of the pipeline at a fixed framerate.
+ */
 static int vimc_streamer_thread(void *data)
 {
 	struct vimc_stream *stream = data;
@@ -149,6 +157,20 @@ static int vimc_streamer_thread(void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * vimc_streamer_s_stream - start/stop the streaming on the media pipeline
+ *
+ * @stream:	the pointer to the stream structure of the current stream
+ * @ved:	pointer to the vimc entity of the entity of the stream
+ * @enable:	flag to determine if stream should start/stop
+ *
+ * When starting, check if there is no stream->kthread allocated. This should
+ * indicate that a stream is already running. Then, it initializes
+ * the pipeline, creates and runs a kthread to consume buffers through the
+ * pipeline.
+ * When stopping, analogously check if there is a stream running, stop
+ * the thread and terminates the pipeline.
+ */
 int vimc_streamer_s_stream(struct vimc_stream *stream,
 			   struct vimc_ent_device *ved,
 			   int enable)
@@ -188,7 +210,3 @@ int vimc_streamer_s_stream(struct vimc_stream *stream,
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vimc_streamer_s_stream);
-
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Virtual Media Controller Driver (VIMC) Streamer");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Lucas A. M. Magalhães <lucmaga@gmail.com>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");