v4l2_ctrl_lock(9)

💅 v4l2_ctrl_lock 💅

okay so you're in the Kernel API Manual bestie, and this page is short but it's mighty 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

v4l2_ctrl_lock — the little helper function that locks the handler that's associated with the control. that's it. that's the whole vibe 🔒

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void v4l2_ctrl_lock (struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl );

no cap, that's the signature. it returns void, it takes one pointer, it does one job 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ctrl — the control you wanna lock. yes bestie, that control. hand it over and it gets locked 🔐

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

okay this list is giving main character energy — it's literally the whole v4l2-ctrls family reunion and you're invited 🫶

• Kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
• 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_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_name(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)

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ngl if you got here you probably want v4l2_ctrl_unlock(9) too — they're a matching set, like friendship bracelets but for mutexes 💖

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that's the whole page bestie, short and slay ✨ this one lives in ./include/media and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future iconic. periodt. 💜