1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
2.. c:namespace:: V4L
3
4.. _VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS:
5
6******************************************************************
7ioctl VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS, VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS
8******************************************************************
9
10Name
11====
12
13VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS - VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS - VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS - Get or set the value of several controls, try control values
14
15Synopsis
16========
17
18.. c:macro:: VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS
19
20``int ioctl(int fd, VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS, struct v4l2_ext_controls *argp)``
21
22.. c:macro:: VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS
23
24``int ioctl(int fd, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS, struct v4l2_ext_controls *argp)``
25
26.. c:macro:: VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS
27
28``int ioctl(int fd, VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS, struct v4l2_ext_controls *argp)``
29
30Arguments
31=========
32
33``fd``
34    File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`.
35
36``argp``
37    Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_controls`.
38
39Description
40===========
41
42These ioctls allow the caller to get or set multiple controls
43atomically. Control IDs are grouped into control classes (see
44:ref:`ctrl-class`) and all controls in the control array must belong
45to the same control class.
46
47Applications must always fill in the ``count``, ``which``, ``controls``
48and ``reserved`` fields of struct
49:c:type:`v4l2_ext_controls`, and initialize the
50struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` array pointed to
51by the ``controls`` fields.
52
53To get the current value of a set of controls applications initialize
54the ``id``, ``size`` and ``reserved2`` fields of each struct
55:c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call the
56:ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl. String controls must also set the
57``string`` field. Controls of compound types
58(``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is set) must set the ``ptr`` field.
59
60If the ``size`` is too small to receive the control result (only
61relevant for pointer-type controls like strings), then the driver will
62set ``size`` to a valid value and return an ``ENOSPC`` error code. You
63should re-allocate the memory to this new size and try again. For the
64string type it is possible that the same issue occurs again if the
65string has grown in the meantime. It is recommended to call
66:ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL` first and use
67``maximum``\ +1 as the new ``size`` value. It is guaranteed that that is
68sufficient memory.
69
70N-dimensional arrays are set and retrieved row-by-row. You cannot set a
71partial array, all elements have to be set or retrieved. The total size
72is calculated as ``elems`` * ``elem_size``. These values can be obtained
73by calling :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL <VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL>`.
74
75To change the value of a set of controls applications initialize the
76``id``, ``size``, ``reserved2`` and ``value/value64/string/ptr`` fields
77of each struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call
78the :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl. The controls will only be set if *all*
79control values are valid.
80
81To check if a set of controls have correct values applications
82initialize the ``id``, ``size``, ``reserved2`` and
83``value/value64/string/ptr`` fields of each struct
84:c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call the
85:ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl. It is up to the driver whether wrong
86values are automatically adjusted to a valid value or if an error is
87returned.
88
89When the ``id`` or ``which`` is invalid drivers return an ``EINVAL`` error
90code. When the value is out of bounds drivers can choose to take the
91closest valid value or return an ``ERANGE`` error code, whatever seems more
92appropriate. In the first case the new value is set in struct
93:c:type:`v4l2_ext_control`. If the new control value
94is inappropriate (e.g. the given menu index is not supported by the menu
95control), then this will also result in an ``EINVAL`` error code error.
96
97If ``request_fd`` is set to a not-yet-queued :ref:`request <media-request-api>`
98file descriptor and ``which`` is set to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``,
99then the controls are not applied immediately when calling
100:ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>`, but instead are applied by
101the driver for the buffer associated with the same request.
102If the device does not support requests, then ``EACCES`` will be returned.
103If requests are supported but an invalid request file descriptor is given,
104then ``EINVAL`` will be returned.
105
106An attempt to call :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` for a
107request that has already been queued will result in an ``EBUSY`` error.
108
109If ``request_fd`` is specified and ``which`` is set to
110``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL`` during a call to
111:ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>`, then it will return the
112values of the controls at the time of request completion.
113If the request is not yet completed, then this will result in an
114``EACCES`` error.
115
116The driver will only set/get these controls if all control values are
117correct. This prevents the situation where only some of the controls
118were set/get. Only low-level errors (e. g. a failed i2c command) can
119still cause this situation.
120
121.. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.8cm}|p{4.0cm}|p{6.5cm}|
122
123.. c:type:: v4l2_ext_control
124
125.. raw:: latex
126
127   \footnotesize
128
129.. cssclass:: longtable
130
131.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_ext_control
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133    :stub-columns: 0
134    :widths:       1 1 2
135
136    * - __u32
137      - ``id``
138      - Identifies the control, set by the application.
139    * - __u32
140      - ``size``
141      - The total size in bytes of the payload of this control.
142    * - :cspan:`2` The ``size`` field is normally 0, but for pointer
143	controls this should be set to the size of the memory that contains
144	the payload or that will receive the payload.
145	If :ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` finds that this value
146	is less than is required to store the payload result, then it is set
147	to a value large enough to store the payload result and ``ENOSPC`` is
148	returned.
149
150	.. note::
151
152	   For string controls, this ``size`` field should
153	   not be confused with the length of the string. This field refers
154	   to the size of the memory that contains the string. The actual
155	   *length* of the string may well be much smaller.
156    * - __u32
157      - ``reserved2``\ [1]
158      - Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and applications must set
159	the array to zero.
160    * - union {
161      - (anonymous)
162    * - __s32
163      - ``value``
164      - New value or current value. Valid if this control is not of type
165	``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64`` and ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is
166	not set.
167    * - __s64
168      - ``value64``
169      - New value or current value. Valid if this control is of type
170	``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64`` and ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is
171	not set.
172    * - char *
173      - ``string``
174      - A pointer to a string. Valid if this control is of type
175	``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING``.
176    * - __u8 *
177      - ``p_u8``
178      - A pointer to a matrix control of unsigned 8-bit values. Valid if
179	this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U8``.
180    * - __u16 *
181      - ``p_u16``
182      - A pointer to a matrix control of unsigned 16-bit values. Valid if
183	this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U16``.
184    * - __u32 *
185      - ``p_u32``
186      - A pointer to a matrix control of unsigned 32-bit values. Valid if
187	this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U32``.
188    * - __s32 *
189      - ``p_s32``
190      - A pointer to a matrix control of signed 32-bit values. Valid if
191        this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER`` and
192        ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is set.
193    * - __s64 *
194      - ``p_s64``
195      - A pointer to a matrix control of signed 64-bit values. Valid if
196        this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64`` and
197        ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is set.
198    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_area` *
199      - ``p_area``
200      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_area`. Valid if this control is
201        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_AREA``.
202    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_rect` *
203      - ``p_rect``
204      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_rect`. Valid if this control is
205        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_RECT``.
206    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_sps` *
207      - ``p_h264_sps``
208      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_sps`. Valid if this control is
209        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SPS``.
210    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_pps` *
211      - ``p_h264_pps``
212      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_pps`. Valid if this control is
213        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_PPS``.
214    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_scaling_matrix` *
215      - ``p_h264_scaling_matrix``
216      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_scaling_matrix`. Valid if this control is
217        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SCALING_MATRIX``.
218    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_pred_weights` *
219      - ``p_h264_pred_weights``
220      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_pred_weights`. Valid if this control is
221        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_PRED_WEIGHTS``.
222    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_slice_params` *
223      - ``p_h264_slice_params``
224      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_slice_params`. Valid if this control is
225        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SLICE_PARAMS``.
226    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params` *
227      - ``p_h264_decode_params``
228      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params`. Valid if this control is
229        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_DECODE_PARAMS``.
230    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_fwht_params` *
231      - ``p_fwht_params``
232      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_fwht_params`. Valid if this control is
233        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_FWHT_PARAMS``.
234    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp8_frame` *
235      - ``p_vp8_frame``
236      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp8_frame`. Valid if this control is
237        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_VP8_FRAME``.
238    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_sequence` *
239      - ``p_mpeg2_sequence``
240      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_sequence`. Valid if this control is
241        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MPEG2_SEQUENCE``.
242    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_picture` *
243      - ``p_mpeg2_picture``
244      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_picture`. Valid if this control is
245        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MPEG2_PICTURE``.
246    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_quantisation` *
247      - ``p_mpeg2_quantisation``
248      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_quantisation`. Valid if this control is
249        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MPEG2_QUANTISATION``.
250    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp9_compressed_hdr` *
251      - ``p_vp9_compressed_hdr_probs``
252      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp9_compressed_hdr`. Valid if this
253        control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_VP9_COMPRESSED_HDR``.
254    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp9_frame` *
255      - ``p_vp9_frame``
256      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp9_frame`. Valid if this
257        control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_VP9_FRAME``.
258    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_cll_info` *
259      - ``p_hdr10_cll``
260      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_cll_info`. Valid if this control is
261        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HDR10_CLL_INFO``.
262    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_mastering_display` *
263      - ``p_hdr10_mastering``
264      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_mastering_display`. Valid if this control is
265        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HDR10_MASTERING_DISPLAY``.
266    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_sps` *
267      - ``p_hevc_sps``
268      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_sps`. Valid if this
269        control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HEVC_SPS``.
270    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_pps` *
271      - ``p_hevc_pps``
272      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_pps`. Valid if this
273        control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HEVC_PPS``.
274    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_slice_params` *
275      - ``p_hevc_slice_params``
276      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_slice_params`. Valid if this
277        control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HEVC_SLICE_PARAMS``.
278    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_scaling_matrix` *
279      - ``p_hevc_scaling_matrix``
280      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_scaling_matrix`. Valid if this
281        control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HEVC_SCALING_MATRIX``.
282    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_decode_params` *
283      - ``p_hevc_decode_params``
284      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_decode_params`. Valid if this
285        control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HEVC_DECODE_PARAMS``.
286    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_sequence` *
287      - ``p_av1_sequence``
288      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_sequence`. Valid if this control is
289        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_AV1_SEQUENCE``.
290    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_tile_group_entry` *
291      - ``p_av1_tile_group_entry``
292      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_tile_group_entry`. Valid if this control is
293        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_AV1_TILE_GROUP_ENTRY``.
294    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_frame` *
295      - ``p_av1_frame``
296      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_frame`. Valid if this control is
297        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_AV1_FRAME``.
298    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_film_grain` *
299      - ``p_av1_film_grain``
300      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_film_grain`. Valid if this control is
301        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_AV1_FILM_GRAIN``.
302    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_cll_info` *
303      - ``p_hdr10_cll_info``
304      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_cll_info`. Valid if this control is
305        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HDR10_CLL_INFO``.
306    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_mastering_display` *
307      - ``p_hdr10_mastering_display``
308      - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_mastering_display`. Valid if this control is
309        of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HDR10_MASTERING_DISPLAY``.
310    * - void *
311      - ``ptr``
312      - A pointer to a compound type which can be an N-dimensional array
313	and/or a compound type (the control's type is >=
314	``V4L2_CTRL_COMPOUND_TYPES``). Valid if
315	``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is set for this control.
316    * - }
317      -
318
319.. raw:: latex
320
321   \normalsize
322
323.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.0cm}|p{2.5cm}|p{10.8cm}|
324
325.. c:type:: v4l2_ext_controls
326
327.. cssclass:: longtable
328
329.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_ext_controls
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332    :widths:       1 1 2
333
334    * - union {
335      - (anonymous)
336    * - __u32
337      - ``which``
338      - Which value of the control to get/set/try.
339    * - :cspan:`2` ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` will return the current value of
340	the control, ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL`` will return the default
341	value of the control, ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MIN_VAL`` will return the minimum
342	value of the control, and ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MAX_VAL`` will return the maximum
343	value of the control. ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL`` indicates that
344	the control value has to be retrieved from a request or tried/set for
345	a request. In that case the ``request_fd`` field contains the
346	file descriptor of the request that should be used. If the device
347	does not support requests, then ``EACCES`` will be returned.
348
349	When using ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL``, ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MIN_VAL``
350	or ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MAX_VAL`` be aware that you can only get the
351	default/minimum/maximum value of the control, you cannot set or try it.
352
353	Whether a control supports querying the minimum and maximum values using
354	``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MIN_VAL`` and ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_MAX_VAL`` is indicated
355	by the ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_WHICH_MIN_MAX`` flag. Most non-compound
356	control types support this. For controls with compound types, the
357	definition of minimum/maximum values are provided by
358	the control documentation. If a compound control does not document the
359	meaning of minimum/maximum value, then querying the minimum or maximum
360	value will result in the error code -EINVAL.
361
362	For backwards compatibility you can also use a control class here
363	(see :ref:`ctrl-class`). In that case all controls have to
364	belong to that control class. This usage is deprecated, instead
365	just use ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL``. There are some very old
366	drivers that do not yet support ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` and
367	that require a control class here. You can test for such drivers
368	by setting ``which`` to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` and calling
369	:ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` with a count of 0.
370	If that fails, then the driver does not support ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL``.
371    * - __u32
372      - ``ctrl_class``
373      - Deprecated name kept for backwards compatibility. Use ``which`` instead.
374    * - }
375      -
376    * - __u32
377      - ``count``
378      - The number of controls in the controls array. May also be zero.
379    * - __u32
380      - ``error_idx``
381      - Index of the failing control. Set by the driver in case of an error.
382    * - :cspan:`2` If the error is associated
383	with a particular control, then ``error_idx`` is set to the index
384	of that control. If the error is not related to a specific
385	control, or the validation step failed (see below), then
386	``error_idx`` is set to ``count``. The value is undefined if the
387	ioctl returned 0 (success).
388
389	Before controls are read from/written to hardware a validation
390	step takes place: this checks if all controls in the list are
391	valid controls, if no attempt is made to write to a read-only
392	control or read from a write-only control, and any other up-front
393	checks that can be done without accessing the hardware. The exact
394	validations done during this step are driver dependent since some
395	checks might require hardware access for some devices, thus making
396	it impossible to do those checks up-front. However, drivers should
397	make a best-effort to do as many up-front checks as possible.
398
399	This check is done to avoid leaving the hardware in an
400	inconsistent state due to easy-to-avoid problems. But it leads to
401	another problem: the application needs to know whether an error
402	came from the validation step (meaning that the hardware was not
403	touched) or from an error during the actual reading from/writing
404	to hardware.
405
406	The, in hindsight quite poor, solution for that is to set
407	``error_idx`` to ``count`` if the validation failed. This has the
408	unfortunate side-effect that it is not possible to see which
409	control failed the validation. If the validation was successful
410	and the error happened while accessing the hardware, then
411	``error_idx`` is less than ``count`` and only the controls up to
412	``error_idx-1`` were read or written correctly, and the state of
413	the remaining controls is undefined.
414
415	Since :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` does not access hardware there is
416	also no need to handle the validation step in this special way, so
417	``error_idx`` will just be set to the control that failed the
418	validation step instead of to ``count``. This means that if
419	:ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` fails with ``error_idx`` set to ``count``,
420	then you can call :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` to try to discover the
421	actual control that failed the validation step. Unfortunately,
422	there is no ``TRY`` equivalent for :ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>`.
423    * - __s32
424      - ``request_fd``
425      - File descriptor of the request to be used by this operation. Only
426	valid if ``which`` is set to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``.
427	If the device does not support requests, then ``EACCES`` will be returned.
428	If requests are supported but an invalid request file descriptor is
429	given, then ``EINVAL`` will be returned.
430    * - __u32
431      - ``reserved``\ [1]
432      - Reserved for future extensions.
433
434	Drivers and applications must set the array to zero.
435    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` *
436      - ``controls``
437      - Pointer to an array of ``count`` v4l2_ext_control structures.
438
439	Ignored if ``count`` equals zero.
440
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442
443.. cssclass:: longtable
444
445.. _ctrl-class:
446
447.. flat-table:: Control classes
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450    :widths:       3 1 4
451
452    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_USER``
453      - 0x980000
454      - The class containing user controls. These controls are described
455	in :ref:`control`. All controls that can be set using the
456	:ref:`VIDIOC_S_CTRL <VIDIOC_G_CTRL>` and
457	:ref:`VIDIOC_G_CTRL <VIDIOC_G_CTRL>` ioctl belong to this
458	class.
459    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_CODEC``
460      - 0x990000
461      - The class containing stateful codec controls. These controls are
462	described in :ref:`codec-controls`.
463    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_CAMERA``
464      - 0x9a0000
465      - The class containing camera controls. These controls are described
466	in :ref:`camera-controls`.
467    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_TX``
468      - 0x9b0000
469      - The class containing FM Transmitter (FM TX) controls. These
470	controls are described in :ref:`fm-tx-controls`.
471    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FLASH``
472      - 0x9c0000
473      - The class containing flash device controls. These controls are
474	described in :ref:`flash-controls`.
475    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_JPEG``
476      - 0x9d0000
477      - The class containing JPEG compression controls. These controls are
478	described in :ref:`jpeg-controls`.
479    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_IMAGE_SOURCE``
480      - 0x9e0000
481      - The class containing image source controls. These controls are
482	described in :ref:`image-source-controls`.
483    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_IMAGE_PROC``
484      - 0x9f0000
485      - The class containing image processing controls. These controls are
486	described in :ref:`image-process-controls`.
487    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_RX``
488      - 0xa10000
489      - The class containing FM Receiver (FM RX) controls. These controls
490	are described in :ref:`fm-rx-controls`.
491    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_RF_TUNER``
492      - 0xa20000
493      - The class containing RF tuner controls. These controls are
494	described in :ref:`rf-tuner-controls`.
495    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_DETECT``
496      - 0xa30000
497      - The class containing motion or object detection controls. These controls
498        are described in :ref:`detect-controls`.
499    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_CODEC_STATELESS``
500      - 0xa40000
501      - The class containing stateless codec controls. These controls are
502	described in :ref:`codec-stateless-controls`.
503    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_COLORIMETRY``
504      - 0xa50000
505      - The class containing colorimetry controls. These controls are
506	described in :ref:`colorimetry-controls`.
507
508Return Value
509============
510
511On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
512appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
513:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
514
515EINVAL
516    The struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` ``id`` is
517    invalid, or the struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_controls`
518    ``which`` is invalid, or the struct
519    :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` ``value`` was
520    inappropriate (e.g. the given menu index is not supported by the
521    driver), or the ``which`` field was set to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``
522    but the given ``request_fd`` was invalid or ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``
523    is not supported by the kernel.
524    This error code is also returned by the
525    :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` and :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctls if two or
526    more control values are in conflict.
527
528ERANGE
529    The struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` ``value``
530    is out of bounds.
531
532EBUSY
533    The control is temporarily not changeable, possibly because another
534    applications took over control of the device function this control
535    belongs to, or (if the ``which`` field was set to
536    ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``) the request was queued but not yet
537    completed.
538
539ENOSPC
540    The space reserved for the control's payload is insufficient. The
541    field ``size`` is set to a value that is enough to store the payload
542    and this error code is returned.
543
544EACCES
545    Attempt to try or set a read-only control, or to get a write-only
546    control, or to get a control from a request that has not yet been
547    completed.
548
549    Or the ``which`` field was set to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL`` but the
550    device does not support requests.
551
552    Or if there is an attempt to set an inactive control and the driver is
553    not capable of caching the new value until the control is active again.
554