vb2_start_streaming_called(9)

💅 vb2_start_streaming_called(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (that's the kernel-API-girlies section, iykyk) ✨. Today's main character is vb2_start_streaming_called and honestly? she's a vibe check for your driver. Let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vb2_start_streaming_called — returns the streaming status of the driver, fr fr 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool vb2_start_streaming_called (struct vb2_queue *q );

that's it. that's the whole flex. one argument, one bool back. no cap 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• q — pointer to struct vb2_queue with the videobuf2 queue 💌. yeah. that's the queue. you know the one. hand her over and she'll tell you what's up 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this is the whole friend group, and yes they all showed up to the group chat 💀💖 the kernel file we're repping lives at ./include/media/videobuf2-core.h 📁✨ — and here's everyone else:

• enum vb2_memory(9)
• struct vb2_mem_ops(9)
• struct vb2_plane(9)
• enum vb2_io_modes(9)
• enum vb2_buffer_state(9)
• struct vb2_buffer(9)
• struct vb2_ops(9)
• struct vb2_buf_ops(9)
• struct vb2_queue(9)
• vb2_queue_allows_cache_hints(9)
• vb2_plane_vaddr(9)
• vb2_plane_cookie(9)
• vb2_buffer_done(9)
• vb2_discard_done(9)
• vb2_wait_for_all_buffers(9)
• vb2_core_querybuf(9)
• vb2_core_reqbufs(9)
• vb2_core_create_bufs(9)
• vb2_core_prepare_buf(9)
• vb2_core_remove_bufs(9)
• vb2_core_qbuf(9)
• vb2_core_dqbuf(9)
• vb2_core_streamon(9)
• vb2_core_streamoff(9)
• vb2_core_expbuf(9)
• vb2_core_queue_init(9)
• vb2_core_queue_release(9)
• vb2_queue_error(9)
• vb2_mmap(9)
• vb2_get_unmapped_area(9)
• vb2_core_poll(9)
• vb2_read(9)
• vb2_write(9)
• vb2_thread_fnc(9)
• vb2_thread_start(9)
• vb2_thread_stop(9)
• vb2_is_streaming(9)
• vb2_fileio_is_active(9)
• vb2_get_num_buffers(9)
• vb2_is_busy(9)
• vb2_get_drv_priv(9)
• vb2_set_plane_payload(9)
• vb2_get_plane_payload(9)
• vb2_plane_size(9)
• vb2_clear_last_buffer_dequeued(9)
• vb2_get_buffer(9)
• vb2_buffer_in_use(9)
• vb2_verify_memory_type(9)
• vb2_request_object_is_buffer(9)
• vb2_request_buffer_cnt(9)

like. the whole squad. every single one. not me listing all fifty of them 💀 but that's the roster and I love that for us 🫶

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ngl bestie, this page is short and sweet — no hidden pitfalls, no scary warnings, just a bool telling you if streaming got called. iconic behaviour honestly 🎀

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and that's the page!! sign-off time: this little cutie lives under ./include/media 💖, dated October 2026 ⭐, and she's filed as vb2_start_streaming_called(9) in the Kernel API Manual because obviously 💅✨ bye bestie ily, go read your buffers 🦋🌸