v4l2_ctrl_log_status(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME 💅

v4l2_ctrl_log_status — bestie, it's the helper function to implement the %VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS ioctl ✨

(also hi, you're reading the Kernel API Manual entry for it, welcome 🫶)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int v4l2_ctrl_log_status (struct file *file , void *priv );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • file — pointer to struct file. yeah. that one. the filehandle, the main character 💅
  • priv — lowkey unused 😭 it's just sitting there existing purely for compatibility with the arguments expected by struct v4l2_ioctl_ops.vidioc_log_status. iconic of it honestly, showing up to the function and doing nothing 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the way this works: you can use this as your vidioc_log_status function, and what it does is literally just dump all the controls associated with the filehandle. that's it. that's the whole vibe. no cap 🔥

like it's giving "walk in, dump every control tied to this filehandle, leave" — and honestly? slay. sometimes the simplest helper is the most iconic one 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole ctrl-verse, fr fr — start with the kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h and then enjoy the extended universe 🧚:

bestie that's a LOT of cross-references and yes you should still read them. iykyk 💀

okay that's the whole page 🎀 it lives in ./include/media, dated October 2026, from the honest-to-god Kernel API Manual — mwah, go dump those controls, you absolute icon 👑💖

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