v4l2_event_pending(9)

💖 v4l2_event_pending(9) 💖

okay so like, welcome to another page of the Kernel API Manual bestie, and today's main character is v4l2_event_pending — she's small, she's simple, she's literally just here to tell you if something's waiting for you 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

v4l2_event_pending — check if an event is available 👀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int v4l2_event_pending (struct v4l2_fh *fh );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• fh — pointer to struct v4l2_fh. that's it, that's the whole vibe, one (1) pointer and she's thriving 💅

🍓 DESCRIPTION 🍓

Returns the number of pending events. no cap, that's literally the entire function. you hand her your fh, she hands you back a count, and you go about your day ✨

ngl this is the chillest manpage I've ever read, she said "I contain one sentence" and honestly? iconic 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-event.h — the source of truth, go look 🫶
• struct v4l2_kevent(9)
• struct v4l2_subscribed_event_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_subscribed_event(9)
• v4l2_event_dequeue(9)
• v4l2_event_queue(9)
• v4l2_event_queue_fh(9)
• v4l2_event_wake_all(9)
• v4l2_event_subscribe(9)
• v4l2_event_unsubscribe(9)
• v4l2_event_unsubscribe_all(9)
• v4l2_event_subdev_unsubscribe(9)
• v4l2_src_change_event_subscribe(9)
• v4l2_src_change_event_subdev_subscribe(9)

the way this SEE ALSO list is lowkey a whole friend group 😭 go read all of them, iykyk 🌈

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one shipped out from ./include/media in October 2026 — date her, stan her, she's perfect, periodt 🌟💜