STRUCT V4L2_REMOVE_BUFFERS(9)

💅 struct v4l2_remove_buffers(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a little struct from the kernel world and honestly? she's iconic in her simplicity. it's giving "small but mighty." let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct v4l2_remove_buffers — literally the argument for VIDIOC_REMOVE_BUFS. that's her whole job. no cap. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's the shape of her, exactly as she is, don't touch a single character:

struct v4l2_remove_buffers {
    __u32 index;
    __u32 count;
    __u32 type;
    __u32 reserved[13];
 };

look at that struct. so clean. so organized. main character energy fr fr 💜

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👑 Members 👑

okay so each of these fields is doing her own little thing, let's meet the cast:

• index — the first buffer to be removed. she's the starting point, the beginning of the story 🫶
• count — number of buffers to removed. yes that's the original wording bestie, we keep it exactly like that. it's how many buffers are getting removed, periodt 🔥
• type — an enum v4l2_buf_type. she tells you what kind of buffer we're talking about 🌈
• reserved — future extensions. she's just chilling there, holding space for the future, we love a forward-thinking queen 💅

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the squad. the whole friend group. you literally cannot know this struct without knowing her people:

Kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h

• struct v4l2_capability(9)
• struct v4l2_plane(9)
• struct v4l2_buffer(9)
• v4l2_timeval_to_ns(9)
• struct v4l2_exportbuffer(9)
• struct v4l2_selection(9)
• struct v4l2_plane_pix_format(9)
• struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane(9)
• struct v4l2_sdr_format(9)
• struct v4l2_meta_format(9)
• struct v4l2_format(9)
• struct v4l2_event_motion_det(9)
• struct v4l2_create_buffers(9)

like, the whole videodev2.h group chat is here. iykyk 🧚

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ngl bestie, if you're digging around in here you're probably doing some real V4L2 work — go read the whole squad up there, they all fit together like a little kernel puzzle 💖

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 mwah! this little cutie lives down in ./include/uapi/linux and this edition is dated October 2026, filed under struct v4l2_remove_buffers(9) — catch you on the next man page, bestie 💕😭