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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ctrl.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ctrl.rst
index 9831b7514028..fd09677f64f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ctrl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ctrl.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
-.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
-.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
-.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
-.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
-.. Documentation/userspace-api/media/fdl-appendix.rst.
-..
-.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
+.. c:namespace:: V4L
.. _VIDIOC_G_CTRL:
@@ -18,27 +12,26 @@ Name
VIDIOC_G_CTRL - VIDIOC_S_CTRL - Get or set the value of a control
-
Synopsis
========
-.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_G_CTRL, struct v4l2_control *argp )
- :name: VIDIOC_G_CTRL
+.. c:macro:: VIDIOC_G_CTRL
+
+``int ioctl(int fd, VIDIOC_G_CTRL, struct v4l2_control *argp)``
-.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_S_CTRL, struct v4l2_control *argp )
- :name: VIDIOC_S_CTRL
+.. c:macro:: VIDIOC_S_CTRL
+``int ioctl(int fd, VIDIOC_S_CTRL, struct v4l2_control *argp)``
Arguments
=========
``fd``
- File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
+ File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`.
``argp``
Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_control`.
-
Description
===========
@@ -62,10 +55,9 @@ These ioctls work only with user controls. For other control classes the
:ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` or
:ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` must be used.
-
.. c:type:: v4l2_control
-.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.5cm}|
.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_control
:header-rows: 0
@@ -79,7 +71,6 @@ These ioctls work only with user controls. For other control classes the
- ``value``
- New value or current value.
-
Return Value
============
@@ -104,3 +95,6 @@ EBUSY
EACCES
Attempt to set a read-only control or to get a write-only control.
+
+ Or if there is an attempt to set an inactive control and the driver is
+ not capable of caching the new value until the control is active again.