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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-controls.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-controls.rst
index b2e91804829b..fc04907589ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-controls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-controls.rst
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ For sub-device drivers:
v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&foo->ctrl_handler);
+:c:func:`v4l2_ctrl_handler_free` does not touch the handler's ``error`` field.
2) Add controls:
@@ -191,12 +192,8 @@ These functions are typically called right after the
V4L2_CID_TEST_PATTERN, ARRAY_SIZE(test_pattern) - 1, 0,
0, test_pattern);
...
- if (foo->ctrl_handler.error) {
- int err = foo->ctrl_handler.error;
-
- v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&foo->ctrl_handler);
- return err;
- }
+ if (foo->ctrl_handler.error)
+ return v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&foo->ctrl_handler);
The :c:func:`v4l2_ctrl_new_std` function returns the v4l2_ctrl pointer to
the new control, but if you do not need to access the pointer outside the