Indicate if a control can only be set through a request, as opposed
to being set directly. This is necessary for stateless codecs where
it makes no sense to set the state controls directly.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-ci...@xs4all.nl>
---
 .../media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.rst       |  4 ++++
 .../media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions          |  1 +
 include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h                | 23 ++++++++++---------
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.rst 
b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.rst
index f824162d0ea9..b08c69cedb92 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.rst
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ See also the examples in :ref:`control`.
        ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_GRABBED`` flag when buffers are allocated or
        streaming is in progress since most drivers do not support changing
        the format in that case.
+    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_REQUIRES_REQUESTS``
+      - 0x0800
+      - This control cannot be set directly, but only through a request
+        (i.e. by setting ``which`` to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``).
 
 
 Return Value
diff --git a/Documentation/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions 
b/Documentation/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
index 64d348e67df9..0caa72014dba 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
+++ b/Documentation/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE control-flags
 replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD control-flags
 replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_EXECUTE_ON_WRITE control-flags
 replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_MODIFY_LAYOUT control-flags
+replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_REQUIRES_REQUESTS control-flags
 
 replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL control
 replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_COMPOUND control
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index 7f035d44666e..a78bfdc1df97 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -1736,17 +1736,18 @@ struct v4l2_querymenu {
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 /*  Control flags  */
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED                0x0001
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_GRABBED         0x0002
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY       0x0004
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_UPDATE          0x0008
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_INACTIVE                0x0010
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_SLIDER          0x0020
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY      0x0040
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE                0x0080
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD     0x0100
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_EXECUTE_ON_WRITE        0x0200
-#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_MODIFY_LAYOUT   0x0400
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED                        0x0001
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_GRABBED                 0x0002
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY               0x0004
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_UPDATE                  0x0008
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_INACTIVE                        0x0010
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_SLIDER                  0x0020
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY              0x0040
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE                        0x0080
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD             0x0100
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_EXECUTE_ON_WRITE                0x0200
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_MODIFY_LAYOUT           0x0400
+#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_REQUIRES_REQUESTS       0x0800
 
 /*  Query flags, to be ORed with the control ID */
 #define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL       0x80000000
-- 
2.20.1

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