v4l2_subdev_unlock_state(9)

💅 v4l2_subdev_unlock_state — from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, you found the page for v4l2_subdev_unlock_state(9) and honestly? it's a short one, but it's iconic in its own tiny way 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

v4l2_subdev_unlock_state — unlocks the subdev state 🔓✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void v4l2_subdev_unlock_state (struct v4l2_subdev_state *state );

like, that's the whole signature, no notes 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• state — the subdevice state 🫶 (yes, that state, the one you're about to unlock, keep reading bestie)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

It unlocks the given subdev state. that's it. that's the whole function. short and sweet and honestly kind of a slay 💅✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long — like, aggressively long — but every single one is here because we do not skip items in this house 👑

the kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-subdev.h struct, plus:

• v4l2_decode_vbi_line(9)
• enum v4l2_subdev_io_pin_bits(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_io_pin_config(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_core_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_tuner_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_audio_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_mbus_frame_desc_entry_csi2(9)
• enum v4l2_mbus_frame_desc_flags(9)
• struct v4l2_mbus_frame_desc_entry(9)
• enum v4l2_mbus_frame_desc_type(9)
• struct v4l2_mbus_frame_desc(9)
• enum v4l2_subdev_pre_streamon_flags(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_video_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_vbi_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_sensor_ops(9)
• enum v4l2_subdev_ir_mode(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_ir_parameters(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_ir_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_pad_config(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_stream_configs(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_krouting(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_state(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_pad_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_internal_ops(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_platform_data(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev(9)
• media_entity_to_v4l2_subdev(9)
• vdev_to_v4l2_subdev(9)
• struct v4l2_subdev_fh(9)
• to_v4l2_subdev_fh(9)
• v4l2_set_subdevdata(9)
• v4l2_get_subdevdata(9)
• v4l2_set_subdev_hostdata(9)
• v4l2_get_subdev_hostdata(9)
• v4l2_subdev_get_fwnode_pad_1_to_1(9)
• v4l2_subdev_link_validate_default(9)
• v4l2_subdev_link_validate(9)
• v4l2_subdev_has_pad_interdep(9)
• __v4l2_subdev_state_alloc(9)
• __v4l2_subdev_state_free(9)
• v4l2_subdev_init_finalize(9)
• v4l2_subdev_cleanup(9)
• v4l2_subdev_state_get_format(9)
• v4l2_subdev_state_get_crop(9)
• v4l2_subdev_state_get_compose(9)
• v4l2_subdev_state_get_interval(9)
• v4l2_subdev_get_fmt(9)
• v4l2_subdev_get_frame_interval(9)
• v4l2_subdev_set_routing(9)
• for_each_active_route(9)
• v4l2_subdev_set_routing_with_fmt(9)
• v4l2_subdev_routing_find_opposite_end(9)
• v4l2_subdev_state_get_opposite_stream_format(9)
• v4l2_subdev_state_xlate_streams(9)
• enum v4l2_subdev_routing_restriction(9)
• v4l2_subdev_routing_validate(9)
• v4l2_subdev_enable_streams(9)
• v4l2_subdev_disable_streams(9)
• v4l2_subdev_s_stream_helper(9)
• __v4l2_subdev_get_frame_desc_passthrough(9)
• v4l2_subdev_get_frame_desc_passthrough(9)
• v4l2_subdev_lock_state(9)
• v4l2_subdev_lock_states(9)
• v4l2_subdev_unlock_states(9)
• v4l2_subdev_get_unlocked_active_state(9)
• v4l2_subdev_get_locked_active_state(9)
• v4l2_subdev_lock_and_get_active_state(9)
• v4l2_subdev_init(9)
• v4l2_subdev_call(9)
• v4l2_subdev_call_state_active(9)
• v4l2_subdev_call_state_try(9)
• v4l2_subdev_has_op(9)
• v4l2_subdev_notify_event(9)
• v4l2_subdev_is_streaming(9)

like I said. every single one 🌈 go read them, iyk yk 💜

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that's the whole page bestie 🫶 this came from the kernel docs source dir ./include/media, dated October 2026 — and that's the vibe check, periodt 💅✨🎀