media_entity...video_device(9)

media_entity_to_video_device(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual entry for media_entity_to_video_device, and it is literally the tiniest little conversion helper. It’s giving “you have the entity, now gimme the video device” energy. No cap. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

media_entity_to_video_device — returns a &struct video_device from the &struct media_entity embedded on it. That’s the whole vibe: entity in, video-device pointer out. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

media_entity_to_video_device (__entity );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• __entity — pointer to struct media_entity, and yes bestie, it may be NULL. 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The kernel file to peek at is ./include/media/v4l2-dev.h. Then there’s this whole friend group of related manpage refs — every single one is invited to the party:

• enum vfl_devnode_type(9)
• enum vfl_devnode_direction(9)
• enum v4l2_video_device_flags(9)
• struct v4l2_prio_state(9)
• v4l2_prio_init(9)
• v4l2_prio_change(9)
• v4l2_prio_open(9)
• v4l2_prio_close(9)
• v4l2_prio_max(9)
• v4l2_prio_check(9)
• struct v4l2_file_operations(9)
• struct video_device(9)
• to_video_device(9)
• __video_register_device(9)
• video_register_device(9)
• video_register_device_no_warn(9)
• video_unregister_device(9)
• video_device_alloc(9)
• video_device_release(9)
• video_device_release_empty(9)
• v4l2_disable_ioctl(9)
• video_get_drvdata(9)
• video_set_drvdata(9)
• video_devdata(9)
• video_drvdata(9)
• video_device_node_name(9)
• video_is_registered(9)
• v4l2_debugfs_root(9)
• video_device_pipeline_start(9)
• __video_device_pipeline_start(9)
• video_device_pipeline_stop(9)
• __video_device_pipeline_stop(9)
• video_device_pipeline_alloc_start(9)
• video_device_pipeline(9)

mwah 💋 — signing off with the footer deets: source/version is ./include/media, date is October 2026, and the page title is media_entity...video_device(9). Periodt. 💜