<refentry id="func-ioctl"> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>V4L2 ioctl()</refentrytitle> &manvol; </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>v4l2-ioctl</refname> <refpurpose>Program a V4L2 device</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <funcsynopsis> <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <sys/ioctl.h></funcsynopsisinfo> <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef> <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>void *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Arguments</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>&fd;</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>request</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>V4L2 ioctl request code as defined in the <link linkend="videodev">videodev.h</link> header file, for example VIDIOC_QUERYCAP.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>Pointer to a function parameter, usually a structure.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para>The <function>ioctl()</function> function is used to program V4L2 devices. The argument <parameter>fd</parameter> must be an open file descriptor. An ioctl <parameter>request</parameter> has encoded in it whether the argument is an input, output or read/write parameter, and the size of the argument <parameter>argp</parameter> in bytes. Macros and defines specifying V4L2 ioctl requests are located in the <link linkend="videodev">videodev.h</link> header file. Applications should use their own copy, not include the version in the kernel sources on the system they compile on. All V4L2 ioctl requests, their respective function and parameters are specified in <xref linkend="user-func" />.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Return Value</title> <para>On success the <function>ioctl()</function> function returns <returnvalue>0</returnvalue> and does not reset the <varname>errno</varname> variable. On failure <returnvalue>-1</returnvalue> is returned, when the ioctl takes an output or read/write parameter it remains unmodified, and the <varname>errno</varname> variable is set appropriately. See below for possible error codes. Generic errors like <errorcode>EBADF</errorcode> or <errorcode>EFAULT</errorcode> are not listed in the sections discussing individual ioctl requests.</para> <para>Note ioctls may return undefined error codes. Since errors may have side effects such as a driver reset applications should abort on unexpected errors.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><errorcode>EBADF</errorcode></term> <listitem> <para><parameter>fd</parameter> is not a valid open file descriptor.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term> <listitem> <para>The property cannot be changed right now. Typically this error code is returned when I/O is in progress or the driver supports multiple opens and another process locked the property.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><errorcode>EFAULT</errorcode></term> <listitem> <para><parameter>argp</parameter> references an inaccessible memory area.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><errorcode>ENOTTY</errorcode></term> <listitem> <para><parameter>fd</parameter> is not associated with a character special device.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term> <listitem> <para>The <parameter>request</parameter> or the data pointed to by <parameter>argp</parameter> is not valid. This is a very common error code, see the individual ioctl requests listed in <xref linkend="user-func" /> for actual causes.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><errorcode>ENOMEM</errorcode></term> <listitem> <para>Not enough physical or virtual memory was available to complete the request.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><errorcode>ERANGE</errorcode></term> <listitem> <para>The application attempted to set a control with the &VIDIOC-S-CTRL; ioctl to a value which is out of bounds.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> </refentry> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml" indent-tabs-mode: nil End: -->