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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-06-03 20:59:38 -0700
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Merge tag 'media/v5.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: - Media documentation is now split into admin-guide, driver-api and userspace-api books (a longstanding request from Jon); - The media Kconfig was reorganized, in order to make easier to select drivers and their dependencies; - The testing drivers now has a separate directory; - added a new driver for Rockchip Video Decoder IP; - The atomisp staging driver was resurrected. It is meant to work with 4 generations of cameras on Atom-based laptops, tablets and cell phones. So, it seems worth investing time to cleanup this driver and making it in good shape. - Added some V4L2 core ancillary routines to help with h264 codecs; - Added an ov2740 image sensor driver; - The si2157 gained support for Analog TV, which, in turn, added support for some cx231xx and cx23885 boards to also support analog standards; - Added some V4L2 controls (V4L2_CID_CAMERA_ORIENTATION and V4L2_CID_CAMERA_SENSOR_ROTATION) to help identifying where the camera is located at the device; - VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT was extended to support MC-centric devices; - Lots of drivers improvements and cleanups. * tag 'media/v5.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (503 commits) media: Documentation: media: Refer to mbus format documentation from CSI-2 docs media: s5k5baf: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array media: i2c: imx219: Drop <linux/clk-provider.h> and <linux/clkdev.h> media: i2c: Add ov2740 image sensor driver media: ov8856: Implement sensor module revision identification media: ov8856: Add devicetree support media: dt-bindings: ov8856: Document YAML bindings media: dvb-usb: Add Cinergy S2 PCIe Dual Port support media: dvbdev: Fix tuner->demod media controller link media: dt-bindings: phy: phy-rockchip-dphy-rx0: move rockchip dphy rx0 bindings out of staging media: staging: dt-bindings: phy-rockchip-dphy-rx0: remove non-used reg property media: atomisp: unify the version for isp2401 a0 and b0 versions media: atomisp: update TODO with the current data media: atomisp: adjust some code at sh_css that could be broken media: atomisp: don't produce errs for ignored IRQs media: atomisp: print IRQ when debugging media: atomisp: isp_mmu: don't use kmem_cache media: atomisp: add a notice about possible leak resources media: atomisp: disable the dynamic and reserved pools media: atomisp: turn on camera before setting it ...
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+.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
+.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
+.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
+.. Documentation/userspace-api/media/fdl-appendix.rst.
+..
+.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
+
+.. _gen_errors:
+
+*******************
+Generic Error Codes
+*******************
+
+
+.. _gen-errors:
+
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{2.5cm}|p{15.0cm}|
+
+.. flat-table:: Generic error codes
+ :header-rows: 0
+ :stub-columns: 0
+ :widths: 1 16
+
+
+ - - ``EAGAIN`` (aka ``EWOULDBLOCK``)
+
+ - The ioctl can't be handled because the device is in state where it
+ can't perform it. This could happen for example in case where
+ device is sleeping and ioctl is performed to query statistics. It
+ is also returned when the ioctl would need to wait for an event,
+ but the device was opened in non-blocking mode.
+
+ - - ``EBADF``
+
+ - The file descriptor is not a valid.
+
+ - - ``EBUSY``
+
+ - The ioctl can't be handled because the device is busy. This is
+ typically return while device is streaming, and an ioctl tried to
+ change something that would affect the stream, or would require
+ the usage of a hardware resource that was already allocated. The
+ ioctl must not be retried without performing another action to fix
+ the problem first (typically: stop the stream before retrying).
+
+ - - ``EFAULT``
+
+ - There was a failure while copying data from/to userspace, probably
+ caused by an invalid pointer reference.
+
+ - - ``EINVAL``
+
+ - One or more of the ioctl parameters are invalid or out of the
+ allowed range. This is a widely used error code. See the
+ individual ioctl requests for specific causes.
+
+ - - ``ENODEV``
+
+ - Device not found or was removed.
+
+ - - ``ENOMEM``
+
+ - There's not enough memory to handle the desired operation.
+
+ - - ``ENOTTY``
+
+ - The ioctl is not supported by the driver, actually meaning that
+ the required functionality is not available, or the file
+ descriptor is not for a media device.
+
+ - - ``ENOSPC``
+
+ - On USB devices, the stream ioctl's can return this error, meaning
+ that this request would overcommit the usb bandwidth reserved for
+ periodic transfers (up to 80% of the USB bandwidth).
+
+ - - ``EPERM``
+
+ - Permission denied. Can be returned if the device needs write
+ permission, or some special capabilities is needed (e. g. root)
+
+ - - ``EIO``
+
+ - I/O error. Typically used when there are problems communicating with
+ a hardware device. This could indicate broken or flaky hardware.
+ It's a 'Something is wrong, I give up!' type of error.
+
+ - - ``ENXIO``
+
+ - No device corresponding to this device special file exists.
+
+
+.. note::
+
+ #. This list is not exhaustive; ioctls may return other error codes.
+ Since errors may have side effects such as a driver reset,
+ applications should abort on unexpected errors, or otherwise
+ assume that the device is in a bad state.
+
+ #. Request-specific error codes are listed in the individual
+ requests descriptions.