STRUCT MEDIA_REQUEST_OBJECT(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 struct media_request_object(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, welcome to the ✨ group chat ✨ — this is the Kernel API Manual page for struct media_request_object, and honestly? she's giving backstage-pass energy. 🎀 let's get into it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

struct media_request_object — an opaque object that belongs to a media request. that's it, that's the vibe. 💅

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

struct media_request_object {
    struct media_device *mdev;
    const struct media_request_object_ops *ops;
    void *priv;
    struct media_request *req;
    struct list_head list;
    struct kref kref;
    bool completed;
 };

like, look at her. seven fields. all iconic, no filler. 👑

🦋 Members 🦋

okay so let's do a little meet-and-greet with every single field, because they ALL matter, no skipping, periodt. 🫶

  • mdev — the media device this object belongs to. her home base, her main character setting. 🏠
  • ops — the object's operations. yep, this is where the behavior lives. 🔥
  • priv — the object's priv pointer. private business, iykyk. 🙈
  • req — the request this object belongs to (and yes, it can be NULL — sometimes she's unbothered, solo, thriving 💀).
  • list — the list entry of the object for struct media_request. she's on the list, literally. 📋
  • kref — reference count of the object. and hear me on this one: acquire before releasing req->lock. that's not a suggestion bestie, that's the rule. ⚠️
  • completed — if true, then this object was completed. if false… well. not yet. 😭

✨ Description ✨

An object related to the request. like, she's an object related to the request, that's the whole deal. 🧚

and here's the cute structural detail: this struct is always embedded in another struct that contains the actual data for this request object. so she's never out here alone — she's always living inside a bigger struct, like a little nesting doll situation. 🪆💖

ngl, this is an opaque object, so don't go poking at her internals assuming you know the lore. treat her right. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

everything else in the media-request cinematic universe, all linked up below, and yes you should go read them too:

and that's the page, bestie!! 🫶 this one lives at ./include/media, and the version tag says October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar, she's dated, she's documented, she's struct media_request_object(9) and she ate. 🌈💜 mwah 💋

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