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1<refentry id="vidioc-querybuf">
2  <refmeta>
3    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYBUF</refentrytitle>
4    &manvol;
5  </refmeta>
6
7  <refnamediv>
8    <refname>VIDIOC_QUERYBUF</refname>
9    <refpurpose>Query the status of a buffer</refpurpose>
10  </refnamediv>
11
12  <refsynopsisdiv>
13    <funcsynopsis>
14      <funcprototype>
15	<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
16	<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
17	<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
18	<paramdef>struct v4l2_buffer *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
19      </funcprototype>
20    </funcsynopsis>
21  </refsynopsisdiv>
22
23  <refsect1>
24    <title>Arguments</title>
25
26    <variablelist>
27      <varlistentry>
28	<term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
29	<listitem>
30	  <para>&fd;</para>
31	</listitem>
32      </varlistentry>
33      <varlistentry>
34	<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
35	<listitem>
36	  <para>VIDIOC_QUERYBUF</para>
37	</listitem>
38      </varlistentry>
39      <varlistentry>
40	<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
41	<listitem>
42	  <para></para>
43	</listitem>
44      </varlistentry>
45    </variablelist>
46  </refsect1>
47
48  <refsect1>
49    <title>Description</title>
50
51    <para>This ioctl is part of the <link linkend="mmap">memory
52mapping</link> I/O method. It can be used to query the status of a
53buffer at any time after buffers have been allocated with the
54&VIDIOC-REQBUFS; ioctl.</para>
55
56    <para>Applications set the <structfield>type</structfield> field
57    of a &v4l2-buffer; to the same buffer type as was previously used with
58&v4l2-format; <structfield>type</structfield> and &v4l2-requestbuffers;
59<structfield>type</structfield>, and the <structfield>index</structfield>
60    field. Valid index numbers range from zero
61to the number of buffers allocated with &VIDIOC-REQBUFS;
62    (&v4l2-requestbuffers; <structfield>count</structfield>) minus one.
63The <structfield>reserved</structfield> field should to set to 0.
64After calling <constant>VIDIOC_QUERYBUF</constant> with a pointer to
65    this structure drivers return an error code or fill the rest of
66the structure.</para>
67
68    <para>In the <structfield>flags</structfield> field the
69<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED</constant>,
70<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_QUEUED</constant> and
71<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_DONE</constant> flags will be valid. The
72<structfield>memory</structfield> field will be set to the current
73I/O method, the <structfield>m.offset</structfield>
74contains the offset of the buffer from the start of the device memory,
75the <structfield>length</structfield> field its size. The driver may
76or may not set the remaining fields and flags, they are meaningless in
77this context.</para>
78
79    <para>The <structname>v4l2_buffer</structname> structure is
80    specified in <xref linkend="buffer" />.</para>
81  </refsect1>
82
83  <refsect1>
84    &return-value;
85
86    <variablelist>
87      <varlistentry>
88	<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
89	<listitem>
90	  <para>The buffer <structfield>type</structfield> is not
91supported, or the <structfield>index</structfield> is out of bounds.</para>
92	</listitem>
93      </varlistentry>
94    </variablelist>
95  </refsect1>
96</refentry>
97
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