1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
12 VIDIOC_QUERYBUF - Query the status of a buffer
18 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_QUERYBUF, struct v4l2_buffer *argp )
19 :name: VIDIOC_QUERYBUF
26 File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
34 This ioctl is part of the :ref:`streaming <mmap>` I/O method. It can
35 be used to query the status of a buffer at any time after buffers have
36 been allocated with the :ref:`VIDIOC_REQBUFS` ioctl.
38 Applications set the ``type`` field of a struct
39 :c:type:`v4l2_buffer` to the same buffer type as was
40 previously used with struct :c:type:`v4l2_format` ``type``
41 and struct :c:type:`v4l2_requestbuffers` ``type``,
42 and the ``index`` field. Valid index numbers range from zero to the
43 number of buffers allocated with
44 :ref:`VIDIOC_REQBUFS` (struct
45 :c:type:`v4l2_requestbuffers` ``count``) minus
46 one. The ``reserved`` and ``reserved2`` fields must be set to 0. When
47 using the :ref:`multi-planar API <planar-apis>`, the ``m.planes``
48 field must contain a userspace pointer to an array of struct
49 :c:type:`v4l2_plane` and the ``length`` field has to be set
50 to the number of elements in that array. After calling
51 :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYBUF` with a pointer to this structure drivers return an
52 error code or fill the rest of the structure.
54 In the ``flags`` field the ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED``,
55 ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_PREPARED``, ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_QUEUED`` and
56 ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_DONE`` flags will be valid. The ``memory`` field will be
57 set to the current I/O method. For the single-planar API, the
58 ``m.offset`` contains the offset of the buffer from the start of the
59 device memory, the ``length`` field its size. For the multi-planar API,
60 fields ``m.mem_offset`` and ``length`` in the ``m.planes`` array
61 elements will be used instead and the ``length`` field of struct
62 :c:type:`v4l2_buffer` is set to the number of filled-in
63 array elements. The driver may or may not set the remaining fields and
64 flags, they are meaningless in this context.
66 The struct :c:type:`v4l2_buffer` structure is specified in
73 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
74 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
75 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
78 The buffer ``type`` is not supported, or the ``index`` is out of