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[v3,07/31] media: entity: Use pad as the starting point for a pipeline

Message ID 20190305185150.20776-8-jacopo+renesas@jmondi.org (mailing list archive)
State New
Delegated to: Kieran Bingham
Headers show
Series v4l: add support for multiplexed streams | expand

Commit Message

Jacopo Mondi March 5, 2019, 6:51 p.m. UTC
From: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>

The pipeline has been moved from the entity to the pads; reflect this in
the media pipeline function API.

Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@ragnatech.se>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@jmondi.org>
---
 Documentation/media/kapi/mc-core.rst          |  6 ++--
 drivers/media/media-entity.c                  | 24 ++++++-------
 drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c      |  6 ++--
 .../media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c  |  8 ++---
 .../platform/exynos4-is/fimc-isp-video.c      |  8 ++---
 drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c |  8 ++---
 drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispvideo.c    |  6 ++--
 .../media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-video.c   |  6 ++--
 drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-dma.c    |  6 ++--
 .../media/platform/s3c-camif/camif-capture.c  |  6 ++--
 drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-capture.c    |  5 +--
 drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c      |  6 ++--
 drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.c    |  6 ++--
 drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c        |  4 +--
 drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c   |  6 ++--
 drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c    |  6 ++--
 include/media/media-entity.h                  | 34 +++++++++----------
 17 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/mc-core.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/mc-core.rst
index a516563b358a..d7498df18c29 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/kapi/mc-core.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/mc-core.rst
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@  When starting streaming, drivers must notify all entities in the pipeline to
 prevent link states from being modified during streaming by calling
 :c:func:`media_pipeline_start()`.
 
-The function will mark all entities connected to the given entity through
-enabled links, either directly or indirectly, as streaming.
+The function will mark all entities connected to the given pad through
+enabled routes and links, either directly or indirectly, as streaming.
 
 The struct :c:type:`media_pipeline` instance pointed to by
-the pipe argument will be stored in every entity in the pipeline.
+the pipe argument will be stored in every pad in the pipeline.
 Drivers should embed the struct :c:type:`media_pipeline`
 in higher-level pipeline structures and can then access the
 pipeline through the struct :c:type:`media_entity`
diff --git a/drivers/media/media-entity.c b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
index e74f206377da..6f5196d05894 100644
--- a/drivers/media/media-entity.c
+++ b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
@@ -412,12 +412,11 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_entity_get_fwnode_pad);
  * Pipeline management
  */
 
-__must_check int __media_pipeline_start(struct media_entity *entity,
+__must_check int __media_pipeline_start(struct media_pad *pad,
 					struct media_pipeline *pipe)
 {
-	struct media_device *mdev = entity->graph_obj.mdev;
+	struct media_device *mdev = pad->graph_obj.mdev;
 	struct media_graph *graph = &pipe->graph;
-	struct media_pad *pad = entity->pads;
 	struct media_pad *pad_err = pad;
 	struct media_link *link;
 	int ret;
@@ -546,24 +545,23 @@  __must_check int __media_pipeline_start(struct media_entity *entity,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__media_pipeline_start);
 
-__must_check int media_pipeline_start(struct media_entity *entity,
+__must_check int media_pipeline_start(struct media_pad *pad,
 				      struct media_pipeline *pipe)
 {
-	struct media_device *mdev = entity->graph_obj.mdev;
+	struct media_device *mdev = pad->graph_obj.mdev;
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mdev->graph_mutex);
-	ret = __media_pipeline_start(entity, pipe);
+	ret = __media_pipeline_start(pad, pipe);
 	mutex_unlock(&mdev->graph_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_pipeline_start);
 
-void __media_pipeline_stop(struct media_entity *entity)
+void __media_pipeline_stop(struct media_pad *pad)
 {
-	struct media_pipeline *pipe = entity->pads->pipe;
+	struct media_pipeline *pipe = pad->pipe;
 	struct media_graph *graph = &pipe->graph;
-	struct media_pad *pad;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the following check fails, the driver has performed an
@@ -572,7 +570,7 @@  void __media_pipeline_stop(struct media_entity *entity)
 	if (WARN_ON(!pipe))
 		return;
 
-	media_graph_walk_start(graph, entity->pads);
+	media_graph_walk_start(graph, pad);
 
 	while ((pad = media_graph_walk_next(graph))) {
 		struct media_entity *entity = pad->entity;
@@ -594,12 +592,12 @@  void __media_pipeline_stop(struct media_entity *entity)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__media_pipeline_stop);
 
-void media_pipeline_stop(struct media_entity *entity)
+void media_pipeline_stop(struct media_pad *pad)
 {
-	struct media_device *mdev = entity->graph_obj.mdev;
+	struct media_device *mdev = pad->graph_obj.mdev;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mdev->graph_mutex);
-	__media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+	__media_pipeline_stop(pad);
 	mutex_unlock(&mdev->graph_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_pipeline_stop);
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
index 617fb2e944dc..94ba6d7c3fd7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@  static int cio2_vb2_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 		return r;
 	}
 
-	r = media_pipeline_start(&q->vdev.entity, &q->pipe);
+	r = media_pipeline_start(q->vdev.entity.pads, &q->pipe);
 	if (r)
 		goto fail_pipeline;
 
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@  static int cio2_vb2_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 fail_csi2_subdev:
 	cio2_hw_exit(cio2, q);
 fail_hw:
-	media_pipeline_stop(&q->vdev.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(q->vdev.entity.pads);
 fail_pipeline:
 	dev_dbg(&cio2->pci_dev->dev, "failed to start streaming (%d)\n", r);
 	cio2_vb2_return_all_buffers(q, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED);
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@  static void cio2_vb2_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
 	cio2_hw_exit(cio2, q);
 	synchronize_irq(cio2->pci_dev->irq);
 	cio2_vb2_return_all_buffers(q, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
-	media_pipeline_stop(&q->vdev.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(q->vdev.entity.pads);
 	pm_runtime_put(&cio2->pci_dev->dev);
 	cio2->streaming = false;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
index 3e9fcf4f8a13..f803877a512d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@  static int fimc_capture_release(struct file *file)
 	mutex_lock(&fimc->lock);
 
 	if (close && vc->streaming) {
-		media_pipeline_stop(&vc->ve.vdev.entity);
+		media_pipeline_stop(vc->ve.vdev.entity.pads);
 		vc->streaming = false;
 	}
 
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@  static int fimc_cap_streamon(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	if (fimc_capture_active(fimc))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	ret = media_pipeline_start(entity, &vc->ve.pipe->mp);
+	ret = media_pipeline_start(entity->pads, &vc->ve.pipe->mp);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@  static int fimc_cap_streamon(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	}
 
 err_p_stop:
-	media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(entity->pads);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@  static int fimc_cap_streamoff(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	media_pipeline_stop(&vc->ve.vdev.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(vc->ve.vdev.entity.pads);
 	vc->streaming = false;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-isp-video.c b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-isp-video.c
index bb35a2017f21..5904931c4385 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-isp-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-isp-video.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@  static int isp_video_release(struct file *file)
 	mutex_lock(&isp->video_lock);
 
 	if (v4l2_fh_is_singular_file(file) && ivc->streaming) {
-		media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+		media_pipeline_stop(entity->pads);
 		ivc->streaming = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@  static int isp_video_streamon(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	struct media_entity *me = &ve->vdev.entity;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = media_pipeline_start(me, &ve->pipe->mp);
+	ret = media_pipeline_start(me->pads, &ve->pipe->mp);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@  static int isp_video_streamon(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	isp->video_capture.streaming = 1;
 	return 0;
 p_stop:
-	media_pipeline_stop(me);
+	media_pipeline_stop(me->pads);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@  static int isp_video_streamoff(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	media_pipeline_stop(&video->ve.vdev.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(video->ve.vdev.entity.pads);
 	video->streaming = 0;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c
index dbadcba6739a..1d6858e5abb0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@  static int fimc_lite_release(struct file *file)
 	if (v4l2_fh_is_singular_file(file) &&
 	    atomic_read(&fimc->out_path) == FIMC_IO_DMA) {
 		if (fimc->streaming) {
-			media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+			media_pipeline_stop(entity->pads);
 			fimc->streaming = false;
 		}
 		fimc_lite_stop_capture(fimc, false);
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@  static int fimc_lite_streamon(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	if (fimc_lite_active(fimc))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	ret = media_pipeline_start(entity, &fimc->ve.pipe->mp);
+	ret = media_pipeline_start(entity->pads, &fimc->ve.pipe->mp);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@  static int fimc_lite_streamon(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	}
 
 err_p_stop:
-	media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(entity->pads);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@  static int fimc_lite_streamoff(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	media_pipeline_stop(&fimc->ve.vdev.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(fimc->ve.vdev.entity.pads);
 	fimc->streaming = false;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispvideo.c b/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispvideo.c
index aed6c0a08284..9bca57c0e5c7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispvideo.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispvideo.c
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@  isp_video_streamon(struct file *file, void *fh, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
 	pipe->l3_ick = clk_get_rate(video->isp->clock[ISP_CLK_L3_ICK]);
 	pipe->max_rate = pipe->l3_ick;
 
-	ret = media_pipeline_start(&video->video.entity, &pipe->pipe);
+	ret = media_pipeline_start(video->video.entity.pads, &pipe->pipe);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_pipeline_start;
 
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@  isp_video_streamon(struct file *file, void *fh, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
 	return 0;
 
 err_check_format:
-	media_pipeline_stop(&video->video.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(video->video.entity.pads);
 err_pipeline_start:
 	/* TODO: Implement PM QoS */
 	/* The DMA queue must be emptied here, otherwise CCDC interrupts that
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@  isp_video_streamoff(struct file *file, void *fh, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
 	video->error = false;
 
 	/* TODO: Implement PM QoS */
-	media_pipeline_stop(&video->video.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(video->video.entity.pads);
 
 	media_entity_enum_cleanup(&pipe->ent_enum);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-video.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-video.c
index 58aebe7114cd..3ec24286e38d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-video.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@  static int video_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int count)
 	struct v4l2_subdev *subdev;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = media_pipeline_start(&vdev->entity, &video->pipe);
+	ret = media_pipeline_start(vdev->entity.pads, &video->pipe);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@  static int video_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int count)
 	return 0;
 
 error:
-	media_pipeline_stop(&vdev->entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(vdev->entity.pads);
 
 	video->ops->flush_buffers(video, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED);
 
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@  static void video_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q)
 		v4l2_subdev_call(subdev, video, s_stream, 0);
 	}
 
-	media_pipeline_stop(&vdev->entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(vdev->entity.pads);
 
 	video->ops->flush_buffers(video, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-dma.c b/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-dma.c
index c8437810ebf8..ba4bbe8ed6e3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-dma.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@  static int rvin_set_stream(struct rvin_dev *vin, int on)
 	sd = media_entity_to_v4l2_subdev(pad->entity);
 
 	if (!on) {
-		media_pipeline_stop(&vin->vdev.entity);
+		media_pipeline_stop(vin->vdev.entity.pads);
 		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_stream, 0);
 	}
 
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@  static int rvin_set_stream(struct rvin_dev *vin, int on)
 	mdev = vin->vdev.entity.graph_obj.mdev;
 	mutex_lock(&mdev->graph_mutex);
 	pipe = sd->entity.pads->pipe ? sd->entity.pads->pipe : &vin->vdev.pipe;
-	ret = __media_pipeline_start(&vin->vdev.entity, pipe);
+	ret = __media_pipeline_start(vin->vdev.entity.pads, pipe);
 	mutex_unlock(&mdev->graph_mutex);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@  static int rvin_set_stream(struct rvin_dev *vin, int on)
 	if (ret == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
 		ret = 0;
 	if (ret)
-		media_pipeline_stop(&vin->vdev.entity);
+		media_pipeline_stop(vin->vdev.entity.pads);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/s3c-camif/camif-capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/s3c-camif/camif-capture.c
index c3fc94ef251e..f84240fa5c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/s3c-camif/camif-capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/s3c-camif/camif-capture.c
@@ -858,13 +858,13 @@  static int s3c_camif_streamon(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	if (s3c_vp_active(vp))
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = media_pipeline_start(sensor, camif->m_pipeline);
+	ret = media_pipeline_start(sensor->pads, camif->m_pipeline);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = camif_pipeline_validate(camif);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		media_pipeline_stop(sensor);
+		media_pipeline_stop(sensor->pads);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@  static int s3c_camif_streamoff(struct file *file, void *priv,
 
 	ret = vb2_streamoff(&vp->vb_queue, type);
 	if (ret == 0)
-		media_pipeline_stop(&camif->sensor.sd->entity);
+		media_pipeline_stop(camif->sensor.sd->entity.pads);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-capture.c
index ea869631a3f6..4f88f41f7785 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-capture.c
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@  static int vimc_cap_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 
 	/* Start the media pipeline */
 	ret = media_pipeline_start(entity, &vcap->stream.pipe);
+	ret = media_pipeline_start(entity->pads, &vcap->stream.pipe);
 	if (ret) {
 		vimc_cap_return_all_buffers(vcap, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED);
 		return ret;
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@  static int vimc_cap_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 
 	ret = vimc_streamer_s_stream(&vcap->stream, &vcap->ved, 1);
 	if (ret) {
-		media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+		media_pipeline_stop(entity->pads);
 		vimc_cap_return_all_buffers(vcap, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@  static void vimc_cap_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
 	vimc_streamer_s_stream(&vcap->stream, &vcap->ved, 0);
 
 	/* Stop the media pipeline */
-	media_pipeline_stop(&vcap->vdev.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(vcap->vdev.entity.pads);
 
 	/* Release all active buffers */
 	vimc_cap_return_all_buffers(vcap, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c
index bf444bb254d1..a8c1f86e41e1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@  static void vsp1_video_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&pipe->lock);
 
-	media_pipeline_stop(&video->video.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(video->video.entity.pads);
 	vsp1_video_release_buffers(video);
 	vsp1_video_pipeline_put(pipe);
 }
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@  vsp1_video_streamon(struct file *file, void *fh, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
 		return PTR_ERR(pipe);
 	}
 
-	ret = __media_pipeline_start(&video->video.entity, &pipe->pipe);
+	ret = __media_pipeline_start(video->video.entity.pads, &pipe->pipe);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mutex_unlock(&mdev->graph_mutex);
 		goto err_pipe;
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@  vsp1_video_streamon(struct file *file, void *fh, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
 	return 0;
 
 err_stop:
-	media_pipeline_stop(&video->video.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(video->video.entity.pads);
 err_pipe:
 	vsp1_video_pipeline_put(pipe);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.c b/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.c
index 08ff171d7aac..c8503a3eb703 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@  static int xvip_dma_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 	pipe = dma->video.entity.pads->pipe
 	     ? to_xvip_pipeline(&dma->video.entity) : &dma->pipe;
 
-	ret = media_pipeline_start(&dma->video.entity, &pipe->pipe);
+	ret = media_pipeline_start(dma->video.entity.pads, &pipe->pipe);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@  static int xvip_dma_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 	return 0;
 
 error_stop:
-	media_pipeline_stop(&dma->video.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(dma->video.entity.pads);
 
 error:
 	/* Give back all queued buffers to videobuf2. */
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@  static void xvip_dma_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
 
 	/* Cleanup the pipeline and mark it as being stopped. */
 	xvip_pipeline_cleanup(pipe);
-	media_pipeline_stop(&dma->video.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(dma->video.entity.pads);
 
 	/* Give back all queued buffers to videobuf2. */
 	spin_lock_irq(&dma->queued_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
index 3f8c92a70116..7fc5e8b6676e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@  static int au0828_enable_source(struct media_entity *entity,
 		goto end;
 	}
 
-	ret = __media_pipeline_start(entity, pipe);
+	ret = __media_pipeline_start(entity->pads, pipe);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("Start Pipeline: %s->%s Error %d\n",
 			source->name, entity->name, ret);
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@  static void au0828_disable_source(struct media_entity *entity)
 		*/
 		if (dev->active_link_owner != entity)
 			return;
-		__media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+		__media_pipeline_stop(entity->pads);
 		ret = __media_entity_setup_link(dev->active_link, 0);
 		if (ret)
 			pr_err("Deactivate link Error %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c
index cc10f2d5b51b..5cc5a88db1bf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c
@@ -928,16 +928,16 @@  int imx_media_pipeline_set_stream(struct imx_media_dev *imxmd,
 	mutex_lock(&imxmd->md.graph_mutex);
 
 	if (on) {
-		ret = __media_pipeline_start(entity, &imxmd->pipe);
+		ret = __media_pipeline_start(entity->pads, &imxmd->pipe);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 		ret = v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_stream, 1);
 		if (ret)
-			__media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+			__media_pipeline_stop(entity->pads);
 	} else {
 		v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_stream, 0);
 		if (entity->pads->pipe)
-			__media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+			__media_pipeline_stop(entity->pads);
 	}
 
 out:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c
index 2a2f7a7983db..0ae8698f8de0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@  iss_video_streamon(struct file *file, void *fh, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
 	if (video->iss->pdata->set_constraints)
 		video->iss->pdata->set_constraints(video->iss, true);
 
-	ret = media_pipeline_start(pad->entity, &pipe->pipe);
+	ret = media_pipeline_start(pad, &pipe->pipe);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_media_pipeline_start;
 
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@  iss_video_streamon(struct file *file, void *fh, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
 err_omap4iss_set_stream:
 	vb2_streamoff(&vfh->queue, type);
 err_iss_video_check_format:
-	media_pipeline_stop(&video->video.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(video->video.entity.pads);
 err_media_pipeline_start:
 	if (video->iss->pdata->set_constraints)
 		video->iss->pdata->set_constraints(video->iss, false);
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@  iss_video_streamoff(struct file *file, void *fh, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
 
 	if (video->iss->pdata->set_constraints)
 		video->iss->pdata->set_constraints(video->iss, false);
-	media_pipeline_stop(&video->video.entity);
+	media_pipeline_stop(video->video.entity.pads);
 
 done:
 	mutex_unlock(&video->stream_lock);
diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
index fcde7dd247ed..e806356b1512 100644
--- a/include/media/media-entity.h
+++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
@@ -963,53 +963,53 @@  struct media_pad *media_graph_walk_next(struct media_graph *graph);
 
 /**
  * media_pipeline_start - Mark a pipeline as streaming
- * @entity: Starting entity
- * @pipe: Media pipeline to be assigned to all entities in the pipeline.
+ * @pad: Starting pad
+ * @pipe: Media pipeline to be assigned to all pads in the pipeline.
  *
- * Mark all entities connected to a given entity through enabled links, either
- * directly or indirectly, as streaming. The given pipeline object is assigned
- * to every entity in the pipeline and stored in the media_entity pipe field.
+ * Mark all pads connected to a given pad through enabled routes or links,
+ * either directly or indirectly, as streaming. The given pipeline object is
+ * assigned to every pad in the pipeline and stored in the media_pad pipe
+ * field.
  *
  * Calls to this function can be nested, in which case the same number of
  * media_pipeline_stop() calls will be required to stop streaming. The
  * pipeline pointer must be identical for all nested calls to
  * media_pipeline_start().
  */
-__must_check int media_pipeline_start(struct media_entity *entity,
+__must_check int media_pipeline_start(struct media_pad *pad,
 				      struct media_pipeline *pipe);
 /**
  * __media_pipeline_start - Mark a pipeline as streaming
  *
- * @entity: Starting entity
- * @pipe: Media pipeline to be assigned to all entities in the pipeline.
+ * @pad: Starting pad
+ * @pipe: Media pipeline to be assigned to all pads in the pipeline.
  *
  * ..note:: This is the non-locking version of media_pipeline_start()
  */
-__must_check int __media_pipeline_start(struct media_entity *entity,
+__must_check int __media_pipeline_start(struct media_pad *pad,
 					struct media_pipeline *pipe);
 
 /**
  * media_pipeline_stop - Mark a pipeline as not streaming
- * @entity: Starting entity
+ * @pad: Starting pad
  *
- * Mark all entities connected to a given entity through enabled links, either
- * directly or indirectly, as not streaming. The media_entity pipe field is
- * reset to %NULL.
+ * Mark all pads connected to a given pad through enabled routes or links,
+ * either directly or indirectly, as not streaming.
  *
  * If multiple calls to media_pipeline_start() have been made, the same
  * number of calls to this function are required to mark the pipeline as not
- * streaming.
+ * streaming and reset the media_pad pipe field to %NULL.
  */
-void media_pipeline_stop(struct media_entity *entity);
+void media_pipeline_stop(struct media_pad *pad);
 
 /**
  * __media_pipeline_stop - Mark a pipeline as not streaming
  *
- * @entity: Starting entity
+ * @pad: Starting pad
  *
  * .. note:: This is the non-locking version of media_pipeline_stop()
  */
-void __media_pipeline_stop(struct media_entity *entity);
+void __media_pipeline_stop(struct media_pad *pad);
 
 /**
  * media_devnode_create() - creates and initializes a device node interface