media_entity_id(9)

💅 media_entity_id — Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, this is media_entity_id(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual. She's a lil one — literally just hands you back the media entity graph object id and minds her own business. Short, sweet, iconic. Let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

media_entity_id — return the media entity graph object id 🦋

like yes that's it, that's the whole job. no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u32 media_entity_id (struct media_entity *entity );

so she takes one (1) pointer and gives you a u32 back. chef's kiss 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• entity — pointer to media_entity. that's the whole argument list, she travels light 🫶

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole friend group, fr fr — from the Kernel file ./include/media/media-entity.h:

enum media_gobj_type(9), struct media_gobj(9), struct media_entity_enum(9), struct media_graph(9), struct media_pipeline(9), struct media_pipeline_pad(9), struct media_pipeline_pad_iter(9), struct media_pipeline_entity_iter(9), struct media_link(9), enum media_pad_signal_type(9), struct media_pad(9), struct media_entity_operations(9), enum media_entity_type(9), struct media_entity(9), media_entity_for_each_pad(9), struct media_interface(9), struct media_intf_devnode(9), media_type(9), media_id(9), media_gobj_gen_id(9), is_media_entity_v4l2_video_device(9), is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(9), media_entity_enum_init(9), media_entity_enum_cleanup(9), media_entity_enum_zero(9), media_entity_enum_set(9), media_entity_enum_clear(9), media_entity_enum_test(9), media_entity_enum_test_and_set(9), media_entity_enum_empty(9), media_entity_enum_intersects(9), gobj_to_entity(9), gobj_to_pad(9), gobj_to_link(9), gobj_to_intf(9), intf_to_devnode(9), media_gobj_create(9), media_gobj_destroy(9), media_entity_pads_init(9), media_entity_cleanup(9), media_get_pad_index(9), media_create_pad_link(9), media_create_pad_links(9), media_entity_remove_links(9), __media_entity_setup_link(9), media_entity_setup_link(9), media_entity_find_link(9), media_pad_remote_pad_first(9), media_pad_remote_pad_unique(9), media_entity_remote_pad_unique(9), media_entity_remote_source_pad_unique(9), media_pad_is_streaming(9), media_entity_is_streaming(9), media_entity_pipeline(9), media_pad_pipeline(9), media_entity_get_fwnode_pad(9), media_graph_walk_init(9), media_graph_walk_cleanup(9), media_graph_walk_start(9), media_graph_walk_next(9), media_pipeline_start(9), __media_pipeline_start(9), media_pipeline_stop(9), __media_pipeline_stop(9), media_pipeline_for_each_pad(9), media_pipeline_entity_iter_init(9), media_pipeline_entity_iter_cleanup(9), media_pipeline_for_each_entity(9), media_pipeline_alloc_start(9), media_devnode_create(9), media_devnode_remove(9), media_create_intf_link(9), __media_remove_intf_link(9), media_remove_intf_link(9), __media_remove_intf_links(9), media_remove_intf_links(9), media_entity_call(9), media_create_ancillary_link(9), __media_entity_next_link(9), for_each_media_entity_data_link(9)

like… she knows everyone in the media subsystem. main character energy honestly 👑

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and that's the whole page, bestie — go read the source at ./include/media, October 2026 edition, and stan a tiny function that just returns an id 💜✨