From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
To: Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>,
Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@ideasonboard.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: media: vidioc-g-ext-ctrls: clarify try/set behavior
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 13:10:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cee27768-b068-4dc6-81f6-426d6dc49aaa@kernel.org> (raw)
It was not clearly stated in the documentation that calling
VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS implies an internal VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS
call.
Clarify this.
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20260701-v4l2-doc-v1-1-9cce64b7a1c2@kernel.org/
---
.../media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst
index b8698b85bd80..d78328152b75 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@ partial array, all elements have to be set or retrieved. The total size
is calculated as ``elems`` * ``elem_size``. These values can be obtained
by calling :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL <VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL>`.
-To change the value of a set of controls applications initialize the
-``id``, ``size``, ``reserved2`` and ``value/value64/string/ptr`` fields
-of each struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call
-the :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl. The controls will only be set if *all*
-control values are valid.
-
To check if a set of controls have correct values applications
initialize the ``id``, ``size``, ``reserved2`` and
``value/value64/string/ptr`` fields of each struct
@@ -86,6 +80,15 @@ initialize the ``id``, ``size``, ``reserved2`` and
values are automatically adjusted to a valid value or if an error is
returned.
+To change the value of a set of controls applications initialize the
+``id``, ``size``, ``reserved2`` and ``value/value64/string/ptr`` fields
+of each struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call
+the :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl.
+:ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` will implicitly call
+:ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` first and return an
+error if that fails. So the controls will only be set if *all*
+control values are valid.
+
When the ``id`` or ``which`` is invalid drivers return an ``EINVAL`` error
code. When the value is out of bounds drivers can choose to take the
closest valid value or return an ``ERANGE`` error code, whatever seems more
--
2.53.0
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