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[3/9,v6] V4L: document the new VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS and VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF ioctl()s

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Guennadi Liakhovetski Aug. 31, 2011, 6:02 p.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: Pawel Osciak <pawel@osciak.com>
Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@maxwell.research.nokia.com>
---
 Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml             |   17 +++
 Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml           |    2 +
 .../DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml       |  147 ++++++++++++++++++++
 .../DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml       |   96 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 262 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
 create mode 100644 Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml

Comments

Sakari Ailus Aug. 31, 2011, 9:11 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Guennadi,

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 08:02:42PM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
> Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
> Cc: Pawel Osciak <pawel@osciak.com>
> Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@maxwell.research.nokia.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml             |   17 +++
>  Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml           |    2 +
>  .../DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml       |  147 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  .../DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml       |   96 +++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 262 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
> index 227e7ac..ff03dd2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
> @@ -927,6 +927,23 @@ ioctl is called.</entry>
>  Applications set or clear this flag before calling the
>  <constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant> ioctl.</entry>
>  	  </row>
> +	  <row>
> +	    <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE</constant></entry>
> +	    <entry>0x0400</entry>
> +	    <entry>Caches do not have to be invalidated for this buffer.
> +Typically applications shall use this flag if the data captured in the buffer
> +is not going to be touched by the CPU, instead the buffer will, probably, be
> +passed on to a DMA-capable hardware unit for further processing or output.
> +</entry>
> +	  </row>
> +	  <row>
> +	    <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN</constant></entry>
> +	    <entry>0x0800</entry>
> +	    <entry>Caches do not have to be cleaned for this buffer.
> +Typically applications shall use this flag for output buffers if the data
> +in this buffer has not been created by the CPU but by some DMA-capable unit,
> +in which case caches have not been used.</entry>
> +	  </row>
>  	</tbody>
>        </tgroup>
>      </table>
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
> index 0d05e87..06bb179 100644
> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
> @@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
>      &sub-close;
>      &sub-ioctl;
>      <!-- All ioctls go here. -->
> +    &sub-create-bufs;
>      &sub-cropcap;
>      &sub-dbg-g-chip-ident;
>      &sub-dbg-g-register;
> @@ -504,6 +505,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
>      &sub-queryctrl;
>      &sub-query-dv-preset;
>      &sub-querystd;
> +    &sub-prepare-buf;
>      &sub-reqbufs;
>      &sub-s-hw-freq-seek;
>      &sub-streamon;
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..eb99604
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
> @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
> +<refentry id="vidioc-create-bufs">
> +  <refmeta>
> +    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</refentrytitle>
> +    &manvol;
> +  </refmeta>
> +
> +  <refnamediv>
> +    <refname>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</refname>
> +    <refpurpose>Create buffers for Memory Mapped or User Pointer I/O</refpurpose>
> +  </refnamediv>
> +
> +  <refsynopsisdiv>
> +    <funcsynopsis>
> +      <funcprototype>
> +	<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
> +	<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
> +	<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
> +	<paramdef>struct v4l2_create_buffers *<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>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</para>
> +	</listitem>
> +      </varlistentry>
> +      <varlistentry>
> +	<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
> +	<listitem>
> +	  <para></para>
> +	</listitem>
> +      </varlistentry>
> +    </variablelist>
> +  </refsect1>
> +
> +  <refsect1>
> +    <title>Description</title>
> +
> +    <para>This ioctl is used to create buffers for <link linkend="mmap">memory
> +mapped</link> or <link linkend="userp">user pointer</link>
> +I/O. It can be used as an alternative or in addition to the
> +<constant>VIDIOC_REQBUFS</constant> ioctl, when a tighter control over buffers
> +is required. This ioctl can be called multiple times to create buffers of
> +different sizes.</para>
> +
> +    <para>To allocate device buffers applications initialize relevant fields of
> +the <structname>v4l2_create_buffers</structname> structure. They set the
> +<structfield>type</structfield> field in the
> +<structname>v4l2_format</structname> structure, embedded in this
> +structure, to the respective stream or buffer type.
> +<structfield>count</structfield> must be set to the number of required buffers.
> +<structfield>memory</structfield> specifies the required I/O method. The
> +<structfield>format</structfield> field shall typically be filled in using
> +either the <constant>VIDIOC_TRY_FMT</constant> or
> +<constant>VIDIOC_G_FMT</constant> ioctl(). Additionally, applications can adjust
> +<structfield>sizeimage</structfield> fields to fit their specific needs. The
> +<structfield>reserved</structfield> array must be zeroed.</para>
> +
> +    <para>When the ioctl is called with a pointer to this structure the driver
> +will attempt to allocate up to the requested number of buffers and store the
> +actual number allocated and the starting index in the
> +<structfield>count</structfield> and the <structfield>index</structfield> fields
> +respectively. On return <structfield>count</structfield> can be smaller than
> +the number requested. The driver may also adjust buffer sizes as it sees fit,
> +however, it will not update <structfield>sizeimage</structfield> fields, the
> +user has to use <constant>VIDIOC_QUERYBUF</constant> to retrieve that
> +information.</para>
> +
> +    <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-create-buffers">
> +      <title>struct <structname>v4l2_create_buffers</structname></title>
> +      <tgroup cols="3">
> +	&cs-str;
> +	<tbody valign="top">
> +	  <row>
> +	    <entry>__u32</entry>
> +	    <entry><structfield>index</structfield></entry>
> +	    <entry>The starting buffer index, returned by the driver.</entry>
> +	  </row>
> +	  <row>
> +	    <entry>__u32</entry>
> +	    <entry><structfield>count</structfield></entry>
> +	    <entry>The number of buffers requested or granted.</entry>
> +	  </row>
> +	  <row>
> +	    <entry>&v4l2-memory;</entry>
> +	    <entry><structfield>memory</structfield></entry>
> +	    <entry>Applications set this field to
> +<constant>V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP</constant> or
> +<constant>V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR</constant>.</entry>
> +	  </row>
> +	  <row>
> +	    <entry>&v4l2-format;</entry>
> +	    <entry><structfield>format</structfield></entry>
> +	    <entry>Filled in by the application, preserved by the driver.</entry>
> +	  </row>
> +	  <row>
> +	    <entry>__u32</entry>
> +	    <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[8]</entry>
> +	    <entry>A place holder for future extensions.</entry>
> +	  </row>
> +	</tbody>
> +      </tgroup>
> +    </table>
> +  </refsect1>
> +
> +  <refsect1>
> +    &return-value;
> +
> +    <variablelist>
> +      <varlistentry>
> +	<term><errorcode>ENOMEM</errorcode></term>
> +	<listitem>
> +	  <para>No memory to allocate buffers for <link linkend="mmap">memory
> +mapped</link> I/O.</para>
> +	</listitem>
> +      </varlistentry>
> +      <varlistentry>
> +	<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
> +	<listitem>
> +	  <para>The buffer type (<structfield>type</structfield> field) or the
> +requested I/O method (<structfield>memory</structfield>) is not
> +supported.</para>
> +	</listitem>
> +      </varlistentry>
> +    </variablelist>
> +  </refsect1>
> +</refentry>
> +
> +<!--
> +Local Variables:
> +mode: sgml
> +sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml"
> +indent-tabs-mode: nil
> +End:
> +-->
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..509e752
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml
> @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
> +<refentry id="vidioc-prepare-buf">
> +  <refmeta>
> +    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</refentrytitle>
> +    &manvol;
> +  </refmeta>
> +
> +  <refnamediv>
> +    <refname>VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</refname>
> +    <refpurpose>Prepare a buffer for I/O</refpurpose>
> +  </refnamediv>
> +
> +  <refsynopsisdiv>
> +    <funcsynopsis>
> +      <funcprototype>
> +	<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
> +	<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
> +	<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
> +	<paramdef>struct v4l2_buffer *<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>VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</para>
> +	</listitem>
> +      </varlistentry>
> +      <varlistentry>
> +	<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
> +	<listitem>
> +	  <para></para>
> +	</listitem>
> +      </varlistentry>
> +    </variablelist>
> +  </refsect1>
> +
> +  <refsect1>
> +    <title>Description</title>
> +
> +    <para>Applications can optionally call the
> +<constant>VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</constant> ioctl to pass ownership of the buffer
> +to the driver before actually enqueuing it, using the
> +<constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant> ioctl, and to prepare it for future I/O.
> +Such preparations may include cache invalidation or cleaning. Performing them

I think it could be added that the first time when the buffer is prepared,
the preparation may include very time consuming tasks such as memory
allocation and iommu mapping of that memory.

> +in advance saves time during the actual I/O. In case such cache operations are
> +not required, the application can use one of
> +<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE</constant> and
> +<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN</constant> flags to skip the respective
> +step.</para>
> +
> +    <para>The <structname>v4l2_buffer</structname> structure is
> +specified in <xref linkend="buffer" />.</para>
> +  </refsect1>
> +
> +  <refsect1>
> +    &return-value;
> +
> +    <variablelist>
> +      <varlistentry>
> +	<term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
> +	<listitem>
> +	  <para>File I/O is in progress.</para>
> +	</listitem>
> +      </varlistentry>
> +      <varlistentry>
> +	<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
> +	<listitem>
> +	  <para>The buffer <structfield>type</structfield> is not
> +supported, or the <structfield>index</structfield> is out of bounds,
> +or no buffers have been allocated yet, or the
> +<structfield>userptr</structfield> or
> +<structfield>length</structfield> are invalid.</para>
> +	</listitem>
> +      </varlistentry>
> +    </variablelist>
> +  </refsect1>
> +</refentry>
> +
> +<!--
> +Local Variables:
> +mode: sgml
> +sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml"
> +indent-tabs-mode: nil
> +End:
> +-->
> -- 
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Guennadi Liakhovetski Sept. 1, 2011, 7:10 a.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Sakari Ailus wrote:

> Hi Guennadi,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 08:02:42PM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
> > Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
> > Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> > Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
> > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
> > Cc: Pawel Osciak <pawel@osciak.com>
> > Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@maxwell.research.nokia.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml             |   17 +++
> >  Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml           |    2 +
> >  .../DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml       |  147 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >  .../DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml       |   96 +++++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 262 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml

[snip]

> > +  <refsect1>
> > +    <title>Description</title>
> > +
> > +    <para>Applications can optionally call the
> > +<constant>VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</constant> ioctl to pass ownership of the buffer
> > +to the driver before actually enqueuing it, using the
> > +<constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant> ioctl, and to prepare it for future I/O.
> > +Such preparations may include cache invalidation or cleaning. Performing them
> 
> I think it could be added that the first time when the buffer is prepared,
> the preparation may include very time consuming tasks such as memory
> allocation and iommu mapping of that memory.

Sure, looking forward to your incremental patch.

Thanks
Guennadi
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
index 227e7ac..ff03dd2 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
@@ -927,6 +927,23 @@  ioctl is called.</entry>
 Applications set or clear this flag before calling the
 <constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant> ioctl.</entry>
 	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE</constant></entry>
+	    <entry>0x0400</entry>
+	    <entry>Caches do not have to be invalidated for this buffer.
+Typically applications shall use this flag if the data captured in the buffer
+is not going to be touched by the CPU, instead the buffer will, probably, be
+passed on to a DMA-capable hardware unit for further processing or output.
+</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN</constant></entry>
+	    <entry>0x0800</entry>
+	    <entry>Caches do not have to be cleaned for this buffer.
+Typically applications shall use this flag for output buffers if the data
+in this buffer has not been created by the CPU but by some DMA-capable unit,
+in which case caches have not been used.</entry>
+	  </row>
 	</tbody>
       </tgroup>
     </table>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
index 0d05e87..06bb179 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@  and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
     &sub-close;
     &sub-ioctl;
     <!-- All ioctls go here. -->
+    &sub-create-bufs;
     &sub-cropcap;
     &sub-dbg-g-chip-ident;
     &sub-dbg-g-register;
@@ -504,6 +505,7 @@  and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
     &sub-queryctrl;
     &sub-query-dv-preset;
     &sub-querystd;
+    &sub-prepare-buf;
     &sub-reqbufs;
     &sub-s-hw-freq-seek;
     &sub-streamon;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb99604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ 
+<refentry id="vidioc-create-bufs">
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Create buffers for Memory Mapped or User Pointer I/O</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <funcsynopsis>
+      <funcprototype>
+	<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
+	<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
+	<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
+	<paramdef>struct v4l2_create_buffers *<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>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para></para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>This ioctl is used to create buffers for <link linkend="mmap">memory
+mapped</link> or <link linkend="userp">user pointer</link>
+I/O. It can be used as an alternative or in addition to the
+<constant>VIDIOC_REQBUFS</constant> ioctl, when a tighter control over buffers
+is required. This ioctl can be called multiple times to create buffers of
+different sizes.</para>
+
+    <para>To allocate device buffers applications initialize relevant fields of
+the <structname>v4l2_create_buffers</structname> structure. They set the
+<structfield>type</structfield> field in the
+<structname>v4l2_format</structname> structure, embedded in this
+structure, to the respective stream or buffer type.
+<structfield>count</structfield> must be set to the number of required buffers.
+<structfield>memory</structfield> specifies the required I/O method. The
+<structfield>format</structfield> field shall typically be filled in using
+either the <constant>VIDIOC_TRY_FMT</constant> or
+<constant>VIDIOC_G_FMT</constant> ioctl(). Additionally, applications can adjust
+<structfield>sizeimage</structfield> fields to fit their specific needs. The
+<structfield>reserved</structfield> array must be zeroed.</para>
+
+    <para>When the ioctl is called with a pointer to this structure the driver
+will attempt to allocate up to the requested number of buffers and store the
+actual number allocated and the starting index in the
+<structfield>count</structfield> and the <structfield>index</structfield> fields
+respectively. On return <structfield>count</structfield> can be smaller than
+the number requested. The driver may also adjust buffer sizes as it sees fit,
+however, it will not update <structfield>sizeimage</structfield> fields, the
+user has to use <constant>VIDIOC_QUERYBUF</constant> to retrieve that
+information.</para>
+
+    <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-create-buffers">
+      <title>struct <structname>v4l2_create_buffers</structname></title>
+      <tgroup cols="3">
+	&cs-str;
+	<tbody valign="top">
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>index</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>The starting buffer index, returned by the driver.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>count</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>The number of buffers requested or granted.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>&v4l2-memory;</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>memory</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Applications set this field to
+<constant>V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP</constant> or
+<constant>V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR</constant>.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>&v4l2-format;</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>format</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Filled in by the application, preserved by the driver.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[8]</entry>
+	    <entry>A place holder for future extensions.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </table>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    &return-value;
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><errorcode>ENOMEM</errorcode></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>No memory to allocate buffers for <link linkend="mmap">memory
+mapped</link> I/O.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>The buffer type (<structfield>type</structfield> field) or the
+requested I/O method (<structfield>memory</structfield>) is not
+supported.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<!--
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+sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml"
+indent-tabs-mode: nil
+End:
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml
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+<refentry id="vidioc-prepare-buf">
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Prepare a buffer for I/O</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <funcsynopsis>
+      <funcprototype>
+	<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
+	<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
+	<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
+	<paramdef>struct v4l2_buffer *<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>VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para></para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>Applications can optionally call the
+<constant>VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</constant> ioctl to pass ownership of the buffer
+to the driver before actually enqueuing it, using the
+<constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant> ioctl, and to prepare it for future I/O.
+Such preparations may include cache invalidation or cleaning. Performing them
+in advance saves time during the actual I/O. In case such cache operations are
+not required, the application can use one of
+<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE</constant> and
+<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN</constant> flags to skip the respective
+step.</para>
+
+    <para>The <structname>v4l2_buffer</structname> structure is
+specified in <xref linkend="buffer" />.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    &return-value;
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>File I/O is in progress.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>The buffer <structfield>type</structfield> is not
+supported, or the <structfield>index</structfield> is out of bounds,
+or no buffers have been allocated yet, or the
+<structfield>userptr</structfield> or
+<structfield>length</structfield> are invalid.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<!--
+Local Variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml"
+indent-tabs-mode: nil
+End:
+-->