v4l2_subdev_to_v4l2_flash(9)
β¨ v4l2_subdev_to_v4l2_flash π
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual π β yes we're in the kernel docs now, and yes this one is a tiny lil one-liner of a function but she's iconic in her own right β¨
π NAME π
v4l2_subdev_to_v4l2_flash β she takes a &struct v4l2_subdev (the one embedded on the flash thing, iykyk) and returns the &struct v4l2_flash for you π«Ά
like... it's giving "you had the subdev, now have the flash". iconic container_of energy, no cap π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
struct v4l2_flash * v4l2_subdev_to_v4l2_flash (struct v4l2_subdev *sd );
fr fr copy that exactly, spaces and all β she's precise like that π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
sdβ pointer tostruct v4l2_subdevπ that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one (1) pointer, and she's the subdev you want the flash from π
π SEE ALSO π
like, go look at the friends of this function, they're all in their group chat:
- Kernel file
./include/media/v4l2-flash-led-class.hπ β literally the home base, the main character file - struct
v4l2_flash_ctrl_data(9) - struct
v4l2_flash_ops(9) - struct
v4l2_flash_config(9) - struct
v4l2_flash(9) v4l2_ctrl_to_v4l2_flash(9)π§v4l2_flash_init(9)βv4l2_flash_indicator_init(9)π‘v4l2_flash_release(9)π
lowkey just read all of them, that's the assignment bestie π
π reminder: everything above is from the manual, I'm not out here inventing behaviour β stay safe, read your headers, and slay π
so yeah, that's the whole page!! πΈ she lives in ./include/media and this lil edition is dated October 2026 π
β signed, sealed, and documented with love, mwah πβ¨π«Ά
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms