v4l2_isp_stats_init_buffer(9)

💅 v4l2_isp_stats_init_buffer(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, but make it make sense 🎀

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the main character is v4l2_isp_stats_init_buffer(9). She's short, she's sweet, she does exactly one thing. Obsessed. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

v4l2_isp_stats_init_buffer — initialize a statistics buffer 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void v4l2_isp_stats_init_buffer (struct v4l2_isp_buffer *buf , enum
v4l2_isp_version version );

like. that's the whole function. no cap. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• buf — the v4l2_isp_buffer you want to initialize. this is the glow-up recipient, the one getting set up 💅
• version — the v4l2-isp serialization format version that the driver is using. yes, the driver decides. not you. iykyk 🌈

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So here's the vibe: this bad boy initializes a buffer of statistics. That's it. That's the whole job.

How does she do it? Only set the 'version' field and reset

🫠 and yes bestie, that's literally where the sentence stops in the original. it do be like that sometimes. i'm not gonna make up the rest — that's not my brand. 😭

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💀 SEE ALSO 💀

• Kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-isp.h 🍓
• v4l2_isp_buffer_size(9)
• v4l2_isp_params_validate_buffer_size(9)
• struct v4l2_isp_params_block_type_info(9)
• v4l2_isp_params_validate_buffer(9)
• struct v4l2_isp_stats_block_type_info(9)
• v4l2_isp_stats_init_block(9)

go read those, fr fr. they're the rest of the friend group 🧚

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mwah 💋 — this page lives in ./include/media, dropped October 2026, and it shipped as part of the Kernel API Manual for v4l2_isp_stats_init_buffer(9). slay, see u next time 🔥👑