V4L/DVB (11671): v4l2: add v4l2_device_set_name()

Add a utility function that can be used to setup the v4l2_device's name
field in a standard manner.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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Hans Verkuil
2009-05-02 10:12:50 -03:00
committed by Mauro Carvalho Chehab
parent 416a7aa883
commit 102e781364
3 changed files with 42 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -53,10 +53,31 @@ struct v4l2_device {
dev may be NULL in rare cases (ISA devices). In that case you
must fill in the v4l2_dev->name field before calling this function. */
int __must_check v4l2_device_register(struct device *dev, struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
/* Optional function to initialize the name field of struct v4l2_device using
the driver name and a driver-global atomic_t instance.
This function will increment the instance counter and returns the instance
value used in the name.
Example:
static atomic_t drv_instance = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
...
instance = v4l2_device_set_name(&v4l2_dev, "foo", &drv_instance);
The first time this is called the name field will be set to foo0 and
this function returns 0. If the name ends with a digit (e.g. cx18),
then the name will be set to cx18-0 since cx180 looks really odd. */
int v4l2_device_set_name(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev, const char *basename,
atomic_t *instance);
/* Set v4l2_dev->dev to NULL. Call when the USB parent disconnects.
Since the parent disappears this ensures that v4l2_dev doesn't have an
invalid parent pointer. */
void v4l2_device_disconnect(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
/* Unregister all sub-devices and any other resources related to v4l2_dev. */
void v4l2_device_unregister(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);