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diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-fh.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-fh.rst index 9309c18..f393742 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-fh.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-fh.rst @@ -1,3 +1,137 @@ +V4L2 File handlers +------------------ + +struct v4l2_fh provides a way to easily keep file handle specific data +that is used by the V4L2 framework. New drivers must use struct v4l2_fh +since it is also used to implement priority handling (VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY). + +The users of v4l2_fh (in the V4L2 framework, not the driver) know +whether a driver uses v4l2_fh as its file->private_data pointer by +testing the V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH bit in video_device->flags. This bit is +set whenever v4l2_fh_init() is called. + +struct v4l2_fh is allocated as a part of the driver's own file handle +structure and file->private_data is set to it in the driver's open +function by the driver. + +In many cases the struct v4l2_fh will be embedded in a larger structure. +In that case you should call v4l2_fh_init+v4l2_fh_add in open() and +v4l2_fh_del+v4l2_fh_exit in release(). + +Drivers can extract their own file handle structure by using the container_of +macro. Example: + +.. code-block:: none + + struct my_fh { + int blah; + struct v4l2_fh fh; + }; + + ... + + int my_open(struct file *file) + { + struct my_fh *my_fh; + struct video_device *vfd; + int ret; + + ... + + my_fh = kzalloc(sizeof(*my_fh), GFP_KERNEL); + + ... + + v4l2_fh_init(&my_fh->fh, vfd); + + ... + + file->private_data = &my_fh->fh; + v4l2_fh_add(&my_fh->fh); + return 0; + } + + int my_release(struct file *file) + { + struct v4l2_fh *fh = file->private_data; + struct my_fh *my_fh = container_of(fh, struct my_fh, fh); + + ... + v4l2_fh_del(&my_fh->fh); + v4l2_fh_exit(&my_fh->fh); + kfree(my_fh); + return 0; + } + +Below is a short description of the v4l2_fh functions used: + +.. code-block:: none + + void v4l2_fh_init(struct v4l2_fh *fh, struct video_device *vdev) + + Initialise the file handle. This *MUST* be performed in the driver's + v4l2_file_operations->open() handler. + +.. code-block:: none + + void v4l2_fh_add(struct v4l2_fh *fh) + + Add a v4l2_fh to video_device file handle list. Must be called once the + file handle is completely initialized. + +.. code-block:: none + + void v4l2_fh_del(struct v4l2_fh *fh) + + Unassociate the file handle from video_device(). The file handle + exit function may now be called. + +.. code-block:: none + + void v4l2_fh_exit(struct v4l2_fh *fh) + + Uninitialise the file handle. After uninitialisation the v4l2_fh + memory can be freed. + + +If struct v4l2_fh is not embedded, then you can use these helper functions: + +.. code-block:: none + + int v4l2_fh_open(struct file *filp) + + This allocates a struct v4l2_fh, initializes it and adds it to the struct + video_device associated with the file struct. + +.. code-block:: none + + int v4l2_fh_release(struct file *filp) + + This deletes it from the struct video_device associated with the file + struct, uninitialised the v4l2_fh and frees it. + +These two functions can be plugged into the v4l2_file_operation's open() and +release() ops. + + +Several drivers need to do something when the first file handle is opened and +when the last file handle closes. Two helper functions were added to check +whether the v4l2_fh struct is the only open filehandle of the associated +device node: + +.. code-block:: none + + int v4l2_fh_is_singular(struct v4l2_fh *fh) + + Returns 1 if the file handle is the only open file handle, else 0. + +.. code-block:: none + + int v4l2_fh_is_singular_file(struct file *filp) + + Same, but it calls v4l2_fh_is_singular with filp->private_data. + + V4L2 File Handler kAPI ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. kernel-doc:: include/media/v4l2-fh.h |