v4l2_ctrl_get_name(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the v4l2_ctrl_get_name(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 🫶 this is the control-name lookup function and it's lowkey iconic.

v4l2_ctrl_get_name — Get the name of the control

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the whole signature vibe is:

const char * v4l2_ctrl_get_name (u32 id );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• id — The control ID. that's the one, bestie 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So like, this function returns the name of the given control ID, or NULL if it isn't a known control. No cap, that's the whole plot. 🦋

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go peek at the kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h and these absolute legends:

• union v4l2_ctrl_ptr(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_ptr_create(9)
• struct v4l2_ctrl_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_ctrl_type_ops(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_notify_fnc(9)
• struct v4l2_ctrl(9)
• struct v4l2_ctrl_ref(9)
• struct v4l2_ctrl_handler(9)
• struct v4l2_ctrl_config(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_fill(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_handler_init_class(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_handler_init(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_lock(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_unlock(9)
• __v4l2_ctrl_handler_setup(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_handler_setup(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_handler_log_status(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_new_custom(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_new_std(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_new_std_menu(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_new_std_menu_items(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_new_std_compound(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_new_int_menu(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_filter(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_add_handler(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_radio_filter(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_cluster(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_auto_cluster(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_find(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_activate(9)
• __v4l2_ctrl_grab(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_grab(9)
• __v4l2_ctrl_modify_range(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_modify_range(9)
• __v4l2_ctrl_modify_dimensions(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_modify_dimensions(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_notify(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_get_int_menu(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_g_ctrl(9)
• __v4l2_ctrl_s_ctrl(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_s_ctrl(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_g_ctrl_int64(9)
• __v4l2_ctrl_s_ctrl_int64(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_s_ctrl_int64(9)
• __v4l2_ctrl_s_ctrl_string(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_s_ctrl_string(9)
• __v4l2_ctrl_s_ctrl_compound(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_s_ctrl_compound(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_replace(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_merge(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_log_status(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_subscribe_event(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_poll(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_request_setup(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_request_complete(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_request_hdl_find(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_request_hdl_put(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_request_hdl_ctrl_find(9)
• v4l2_queryctrl(9)
• v4l2_query_ext_ctrl_to_v4l2_queryctrl(9)
• v4l2_query_ext_ctrl(9)
• v4l2_querymenu(9)
• v4l2_g_ctrl(9)
• v4l2_s_ctrl(9)
• v4l2_g_ext_ctrls(9)
• v4l2_try_ext_ctrls(9)
• v4l2_s_ext_ctrls(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_subdev_subscribe_event(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_subdev_log_status(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_new_fwnode_properties(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_type_op_equal(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_type_op_init(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_type_op_log(9)
• v4l2_ctrl_type_op_validate(9)

okay that's literally the whole page 💅 cute sign-off: source/version vibes are ./include/media, dated October 2026, and the star of the show is v4l2_ctrl_get_name(9) ✨🫶