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diff --git a/Documentation/linux_tv/media/v4l/vidioc-querybuf.rst b/Documentation/linux_tv/media/v4l/vidioc-querybuf.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..092ed45 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/linux_tv/media/v4l/vidioc-querybuf.rst @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _vidioc-querybuf: + +********************* +ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYBUF +********************* + +*man VIDIOC_QUERYBUF(2)* + +Query the status of a buffer + + +Synopsis +======== + +.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, int request, struct v4l2_buffer *argp ) + +Arguments +========= + +``fd`` + File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`. + +``request`` + VIDIOC_QUERYBUF + +``argp`` + + +Description +=========== + +This ioctl is part of the :ref:`streaming <mmap>` I/O method. It can +be used to query the status of a buffer at any time after buffers have +been allocated with the :ref:`VIDIOC_REQBUFS <vidioc-reqbufs>` ioctl. + +Applications set the ``type`` field of a struct +:ref:`v4l2_buffer <v4l2-buffer>` to the same buffer type as was +previously used with struct :ref:`v4l2_format <v4l2-format>` ``type`` +and struct :ref:`v4l2_requestbuffers <v4l2-requestbuffers>` ``type``, +and the ``index`` field. Valid index numbers range from zero to the +number of buffers allocated with +:ref:`VIDIOC_REQBUFS <vidioc-reqbufs>` (struct +:ref:`v4l2_requestbuffers <v4l2-requestbuffers>` ``count``) minus +one. The ``reserved`` and ``reserved2`` fields must be set to 0. When +using the :ref:`multi-planar API <planar-apis>`, the ``m.planes`` +field must contain a userspace pointer to an array of struct +:ref:`v4l2_plane <v4l2-plane>` and the ``length`` field has to be set +to the number of elements in that array. After calling +``VIDIOC_QUERYBUF`` with a pointer to this structure drivers return an +error code or fill the rest of the structure. + +In the ``flags`` field the ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED``, +``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_PREPARED``, ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_QUEUED`` and +``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_DONE`` flags will be valid. The ``memory`` field will be +set to the current I/O method. For the single-planar API, the +``m.offset`` contains the offset of the buffer from the start of the +device memory, the ``length`` field its size. For the multi-planar API, +fields ``m.mem_offset`` and ``length`` in the ``m.planes`` array +elements will be used instead and the ``length`` field of struct +:ref:`v4l2_buffer <v4l2-buffer>` is set to the number of filled-in +array elements. The driver may or may not set the remaining fields and +flags, they are meaningless in this context. + +The :c:type:`struct v4l2_buffer` structure is specified in +:ref:`buffer`. + + +Return Value +============ + +On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set +appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the +:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. + +EINVAL + The buffer ``type`` is not supported, or the ``index`` is out of + bounds. + + +.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +.. This file was automatically converted from DocBook-XML with the dbxml +.. library (https://github.com/return42/sphkerneldoc). The origin XML comes +.. from the linux kernel, refer to: +.. +.. * https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/Documentation/DocBook +.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |