From ae6cfaace120f4330715b56265ce0e4a710e1276 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans Verkuil Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:28:45 -0300 Subject: V4L/DVB (11044): v4l2-device: add v4l2_device_disconnect Call v4l2_device_disconnect when the parent of a hotpluggable device disconnects. This ensures that you do not have a pointer to a device that is no longer present. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv | 1 - Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv index f11c583295e9..e17750473e08 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv @@ -157,4 +157,3 @@ 156 -> IVCE-8784 [0000:f050,0001:f050,0002:f050,0003:f050] 157 -> Geovision GV-800(S) (master) [800a:763d] 158 -> Geovision GV-800(S) (slave) [800b:763d,800c:763d,800d:763d] -159 -> ProVideo PV183 [1830:1540,1831:1540,1832:1540,1833:1540,1834:1540,1835:1540,1836:1540,1837:1540] diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt index 4207590b2ac8..a31177390e55 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt @@ -105,6 +105,17 @@ You unregister with: Unregistering will also automatically unregister all subdevs from the device. +If you have a hotpluggable device (e.g. a USB device), then when a disconnect +happens the parent device becomes invalid. Since v4l2_device has a pointer to +that parent device it has to be cleared as well to mark that the parent is +gone. To do this call: + + v4l2_device_disconnect(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev); + +This does *not* unregister the subdevs, so you still need to call the +v4l2_device_unregister() function for that. If your driver is not hotpluggable, +then there is no need to call v4l2_device_disconnect(). + Sometimes you need to iterate over all devices registered by a specific driver. This is usually the case if multiple device drivers use the same hardware. E.g. the ivtvfb driver is a framebuffer driver that uses the ivtv -- cgit v1.2.3