From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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Cc: Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFCv3 05/17] [media] DocBook: Remove V4L generic error description for ioctl()
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:03:53 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110706150353.36224550@pedra> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1309974026.git.mchehab@redhat.com>
V4L ioctl function descripton also has a generic error chapter.
Remove it, as it is now obsoleted by a general, multi-API generic
error descriptions.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/func-ioctl.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/func-ioctl.xml
index b60fd37..2de64be 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/func-ioctl.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/func-ioctl.xml
@@ -64,75 +64,9 @@ their respective function and parameters are specified in <xref
</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>
+ &return-value;
+ <para>When an ioctl that takes an output or read/write parameter fails,
+ the parameter remains unmodified.</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/gen-errors.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/gen-errors.xml
index a7f73c9..2b50b63 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/gen-errors.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/gen-errors.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
<row>
<entry>EINVAL or ENOTTY</entry>
<entry>The ioctl is not supported by the driver, actually meaning that
- the required functionality is not available.</entry>
+ the required functionality is not available, or the file
+ descriptor is not for a media device.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ENOMEM</entry>
@@ -46,3 +47,10 @@
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
+
+<para>Note 1: ioctls may return other error codes. Since errors may have side
+effects such as a driver reset, applications should abort on unexpected errors.
+</para>
+
+<para>Note 2: Request-specific error codes are listed in the individual
+requests descriptions.</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-func-ioctl.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-func-ioctl.xml
index e0ee285..39478d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-func-ioctl.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-func-ioctl.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
<refsect1>
&return-value;
+
<para>Request-specific error codes are listed in the
individual requests descriptions.</para>
<para>When an ioctl that takes an output or read/write parameter fails,
--
1.7.1
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <cover.1309974026.git.mchehab@redhat.com>
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 17/17] [media] return -ENOTTY for unsupported ioctl's at legacy drivers Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-07 16:44 ` Mike Isely
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 01/17] [media] DocBook: Add a chapter to describe media errors Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 02/17] [media] DocBook: Use the generic ioctl error codes for all V4L ioctl's Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 03/17] [media] DocBook: Use the generic error code page also for MC API Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-07 15:29 ` Hans Verkuil
2011-07-07 17:15 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-07 17:28 ` Hans Verkuil
2011-07-07 17:46 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 04/17] [media] DocBook/media-ioc-setup-link.xml: Remove EBUSY Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:03 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 06/17] [media] DocBook: Add an error code session for LIRC interface Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 07/17] [media] DocBook: Add return error codes to LIRC ioctl session Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 10/17] [media] DVB: Point to the generic error chapter Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 11/17] [media] DocBook/audio.xml: Remove generic errors Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 12/17] [media] DocBook/demux.xml: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 09/17] [media] nxt6000: i2c bus error should return -EIO Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:03 ` [PATCH RFCv3 13/17] [media] dvb-bt8xx: Don't return -EFAULT when a device is not found Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:04 ` [PATCH RFCv3 08/17] [media] siano: bad parameter is -EINVAL and not -EFAULT Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:04 ` [PATCH RFCv3 14/17] [media] DocBook/dvb: Use generic descriptions for the frontend API Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:04 ` [PATCH RFCv3 16/17] [media] v4l2 core: return -ENOTTY if an ioctl doesn't exist Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-07-06 18:04 ` [PATCH RFCv3 15/17] [media] DocBook/dvb: Use generic descriptions for the video API Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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