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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-12-21 10:57:13 -0500 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-12-28 11:17:31 -0500 |
commit | a114a585be4f3173fe454921a0918fb7e71633b0 (patch) | |
tree | 4fbc327d9c5f8afeaeeb5d9db8c51463615fc375 /Documentation/media | |
parent | a1f18fdc72a4dc7315f7bd14d6cb30dde42ce6eb (diff) | |
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media: dvb-core: get rid of mmap reserved field
The "reserved" field was a way, used at V4L2 API, to add new
data to existing structs without breaking userspace. However,
there are now clever ways of doing that, without needing to add
an uneeded overhead. So, get rid of them.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/media')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-expbuf.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-qbuf.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-querybuf.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-reqbufs.rst | 2 |
4 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-expbuf.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-expbuf.rst index 51df34c6fb59..2d96cfe891df 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-expbuf.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-expbuf.rst @@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ This ioctl is an extension to the memory mapping I/O method. It can be used to export a buffer as a DMABUF file at any time after buffers have been allocated with the :ref:`DMX_REQBUFS` ioctl. -The ``reserved`` array must be zeroed before calling it. - To export a buffer, applications fill struct :c:type:`dmx_exportbuffer`. Applications must set the ``index`` field. Valid index numbers range from zero to the number of buffers allocated with :ref:`DMX_REQBUFS` diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-qbuf.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-qbuf.rst index b20b8153d48d..b48c4931658e 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-qbuf.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-qbuf.rst @@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ numbers range from zero to the number of buffers allocated with one. The contents of the struct :c:type:`dmx_buffer` returned by a :ref:`DMX_QUERYBUF` ioctl will do as well. -The and ``reserved`` field must be set to 0. - When ``DMX_QBUF`` is called with a pointer to this structure, it locks the memory pages of the buffer in physical memory, so they cannot be swapped out to disk. Buffers remain locked until dequeued, until the diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-querybuf.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-querybuf.rst index 46a50f191b10..89481e24bb86 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-querybuf.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-querybuf.rst @@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ This ioctl is part of the mmap streaming I/O method. It can be used to query the status of a buffer at any time after buffers have been allocated with the :ref:`DMX_REQBUFS` ioctl. -The ``reserved`` array must be zeroed before calling it. - Applications set the ``index`` field. Valid index numbers range from zero to the number of buffers allocated with :ref:`DMX_REQBUFS` (struct :c:type:`dvb_requestbuffers` ``count``) minus one. diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-reqbufs.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-reqbufs.rst index 0749623d9d83..14b80d60bf35 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-reqbufs.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-reqbufs.rst @@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ allocated by applications through a device driver, and this ioctl only configures the driver into DMABUF I/O mode without performing any direct allocation. -The ``reserved`` array must be zeroed before calling it. - To allocate device buffers applications initialize all fields of the struct :c:type:`dmx_requestbuffers` structure. They set the ``count`` field to the desired number of buffers, and ``size`` to the size of each |