video_drvdata(9)

💖 video_drvdata(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💖

okay so picture this: it's a Kernel API Manual page, the function is literally called video_drvdata, and it's about to make your whole life easier. no cap. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

video_drvdata — gets private data from &struct video_device using the struct file.

like, that's the whole gig. it's giving "middleman but make it iconic" 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void * video_drvdata (struct file *file );

yes bestie, it returns a void *. the void star is doing main character energy and honestly? we respect it ⭐

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• file — pointer to struct file. that's it. that's the whole argument list. one (1) pointer. we love a low-maintenance function 🙈

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: this function combines both video_get_drvdata and video_devdata, because that combo is used very often. like, constantly. so they just went ahead and bundled it into one little function for you. convenience slay 🔥

think of it as the drive-thru version of getting your private data — no need to order two separate things when one call does the trick 🍓

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

grab a snack, this list is a whole friend group 💜

Kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-dev.h:

• enum vfl_devnode_type(9)
• enum vfl_devnode_direction(9)
• enum v4l2_video_device_flags(9)
• struct v4l2_prio_state(9)
• v4l2_prio_init(9)
• v4l2_prio_change(9)
• v4l2_prio_open(9)
• v4l2_prio_close(9)
• v4l2_prio_max(9)
• v4l2_prio_check(9)
• struct v4l2_file_operations(9)
• struct video_device(9)
• media_entity_to_video_device(9)
• to_video_device(9)
• __video_register_device(9)
• video_register_device(9)
• video_register_device_no_warn(9)
• video_unregister_device(9)
• video_device_alloc(9)
• video_device_release(9)
• video_device_release_empty(9)
• v4l2_disable_ioctl(9)
• video_get_drvdata(9)
• video_set_drvdata(9)
• video_devdata(9)
• video_device_node_name(9)
• video_is_registered(9)
• v4l2_debugfs_root(9)
• video_device_pipeline_start(9)
• __video_device_pipeline_start(9)
• video_device_pipeline_stop(9)
• __video_device_pipeline_stop(9)
• video_device_pipeline_alloc_start(9)
• video_device_pipeline(9)

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ok that's the page!! go call video_drvdata on your struct file and get your private data, you absolute legend 👑

⭐ this lil masterpiece lives in ./include/media, dropped October 2026, and it's filed under video_drvdata(9) — catch you in the next manpage, mwah 💋🧚