STRUCT V4L2_M2M_BUFFER(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ struct v4l2_m2m_buffer — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, we're looking at struct v4l2_m2m_buffer(9) today, from the Kernel API Manual. it's a little baby struct — like, three lines of actual code — but it's holding down the whole memory-to-memory situation, and honestly? iconic. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

struct v4l2_m2m_buffer — Memory to memory buffer 🫶

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

here's the whole thing, verbatim, no cap:

struct v4l2_m2m_buffer {
    struct vb2_v4l2_buffer  vb;
    struct list_head        list;
 };

that's it. that's the struct. two members. she's compact, she's efficient, she's serving minimalist main character energy. 🎀

🦋 Members 🦋

  • vb — pointer to struct vb2_v4l2_buffer ✨
  • list — list of m2m buffers 💫

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this is the part where the manpage goes absolutely feral with cross-references, and we are NOT skipping a single one, because every link is somebody's hyperfixation. they all live in the Kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h:

bestie, yes that's a LOT of links. no, we're not trimming them. they're all family. 🫶

and that's the page!! this one lives in ./include/media, and it's dated October 2026 — so like, the future but make it kernel docs. 🌈⭐ mwah, go read some v4l2_m2m functions, ily, bye!! 💜🧚

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