vimc_streamer_get_sensor(9)

✨ vimc_streamer_get_sensor ✨

ok so we're in the Kernel API Manual bestie, and this page is literally all about vimc_streamer_get_sensor(9) — a whole function whose entire personality is finding the sensor for you 🎀

---

💅 NAME

vimc_streamer_get_sensor — get sensor from pipeline. that's it, that's the whole job 🫶

---

🌸 SYNOPSIS

struct vimc_sensor_device * vimc_streamer_get_sensor (struct vimc_stream
*stream );

---

🦋 ARGUMENTS

• stream — the pipeline. yeah. the whole pipeline. she's the one you're handing over 💖

---

⭐ DESCRIPTION

okay so this is a helper function whose one (1) purpose in life is to find the sensor device in the pipeline. iconic behavior honestly 👑

it returns a pointer to the sensor device… or NULL if it's not found 😭 no sensor, no pointer, that's the rules.

lowkey important: NULL is a real, valid answer here — it's not a "something broke" situation, it literally means "not found." don't @ me, that's just what the page says 💀

---

🔥 SEE ALSO

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-streamer.c — go read the source bestie, iykyk 📖
• vimc_get_source_entity(9)
• vimc_streamer_pipeline_terminate(9)
• vimc_streamer_pipeline_init(9)
• vimc_streamer_thread(9)
• vimc_streamer_s_stream(9)

the whole friend group fr fr 🫶✨

---

💜 k bye bestie!! this page lives in ./drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc, it's dated October 2026, and it's brought to you by the manual page vimc_streamer_get_sensor(9) — slay, go find that sensor 🌈💅