v4l2_fh_del(9)

💅 v4l2_fh_del — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay bestie, you found the v4l2_fh_del(9) page and honestly? it's a little one, but it matters. this is the kernel API manual, and we're gonna get you comfy with it. no cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

v4l2_fh_del — remove a file handle from the list of file handles. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's a goodbye function. a "you may now exit the group chat" function. 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void v4l2_fh_del (struct v4l2_fh *fh , struct file *filp );

literally two args. void return. no drama, no return value to check, she just does the thing. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• fh — pointer to struct v4l2_fh. this is the file handle we're saying bye-bye to, bestie. 🎀
• filp — pointer to struct file associated with fh. they're a matched set, iykyk. 🔥

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what actually happens? the function resets filp->private_data to NULL. that's the move. she zeroes it out, clean and simple. 🌈

NOTE: this is the important part, don't skip it 🙈 — you must call this in the v4l2_file_operations->release handler if your driver uses struct v4l2_fh. like, if you're using struct v4l2_fh and you don't call this in that handler… that's not the vibe. that's a bug. periodt. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these next, they're all part of the same friend group 💜:

• Kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-fh.h
• struct v4l2_fh(9)
• file_to_v4l2_fh(9)
• v4l2_fh_init(9)
• v4l2_fh_add(9)
• v4l2_fh_open(9)
• v4l2_fh_exit(9)
• v4l2_fh_release(9)
• v4l2_fh_is_singular(9)
• v4l2_fh_is_singular_file(9)

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aaaand that's the whole page, bestie! 🧚 this little gem lives over in ./include/media, it's dated October 2026, and the page itself is v4l2_fh_del(9). now go forth and release your file handles correctly. slay. 🍓💖