From: Laurent Pinchart Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 00:44:38 +0000 (-0300) Subject: [media] media: vb2: Clarify queue_setup() and buf_prepare() usage documentation X-Git-Tag: v3.12-rc1~135^2~166 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5548a382508f1f76320e1ed55524dda73234299d;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git [media] media: vb2: Clarify queue_setup() and buf_prepare() usage documentation Explain how the two operations must handle formats and validate buffer sizes when used with VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart Acked-by: Hans Verkuil Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h index d88a098d1af..6781258d0b6 100644 --- a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h +++ b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h @@ -219,8 +219,9 @@ struct vb2_buffer { * configured format and *num_buffers is the total number * of buffers, that are being allocated. When called from * VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS, fmt != NULL and it describes the - * target frame format. In this case *num_buffers are being - * allocated additionally to q->num_buffers. + * target frame format (if the format isn't valid the + * callback must return -EINVAL). In this case *num_buffers + * are being allocated additionally to q->num_buffers. * @wait_prepare: release any locks taken while calling vb2 functions; * it is called before an ioctl needs to wait for a new * buffer to arrive; required to avoid a deadlock in @@ -236,8 +237,10 @@ struct vb2_buffer { * @buf_prepare: called every time the buffer is queued from userspace * and from the VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF ioctl; drivers may * perform any initialization required before each hardware - * operation in this callback; if an error is returned, the - * buffer will not be queued in driver; optional + * operation in this callback; drivers that support + * VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS must also validate the buffer size; + * if an error is returned, the buffer will not be queued + * in driver; optional * @buf_finish: called before every dequeue of the buffer back to * userspace; drivers may perform any operations required * before userspace accesses the buffer; optional