[PATCH v2 04/10] media: v4l2-dev: Add helpers to get current format from the state

From: Jai Luthra

Date: Fri Sep 19 2025 - 05:57:21 EST


Add a helper function that drivers can call to retrieve the current
v4l2_format stored in a video device state for internal use.

Additionally, provide a G_FMT ioctl implementation that drivers can use
instead of writing their own when the format is stored in the active
state.

Signed-off-by: Jai Luthra <jai.luthra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jai Luthra <jai.luthra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
include/media/v4l2-dev.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index dff23c6a0b56fb3d29e1c04e386bb445fa8773bb..2606077538be0e83032c6ae8956c1d67da0d0c5d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -199,6 +199,29 @@ void __video_device_state_free(struct video_device_state *state)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__video_device_state_free);

+struct v4l2_format *video_device_state_get_fmt(struct video_device_state *state)
+{
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!state))
+ return NULL;
+
+ return &state->fmt;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(video_device_state_get_fmt);
+
+int video_device_g_fmt(struct file *file, void *priv, struct v4l2_format *fmt)
+{
+ struct video_device_state *state = priv;
+ struct v4l2_format *vfmt = video_device_state_get_fmt(state);
+
+ if (!vfmt)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ *fmt = *vfmt;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(video_device_g_fmt);
+
static inline void video_get(struct video_device *vdev)
{
get_device(&vdev->dev);
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
index d327be16f6def70554a7d92d10436a29384ae32a..b5312823fbff9c236d4394d48fa9a14412b17c68 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
@@ -612,6 +612,24 @@ __video_device_state_alloc(struct video_device *vdev,
*/
void __video_device_state_free(struct video_device_state *state);

+/**
+ * video_device_state_get_fmt - get current v4l2_format.
+ *
+ * @state: pointer to struct video_device_state
+ */
+struct v4l2_format *
+video_device_state_get_fmt(struct video_device_state *state);
+
+/**
+ * video_device_g_fmt - fill v4l2_format from the state.
+ *
+ * @file: pointer to struct file
+ * @state: pointer to struct video_device_state
+ * @format: pointer to struct v4l2_format
+ */
+int video_device_g_fmt(struct file *file, void *priv,
+ struct v4l2_format *format);
+
/**
* v4l2_debugfs_root - returns the dentry of the top-level "v4l2" debugfs dir
*

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