2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-device.h b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
index 5d7146dc2913..3d8e96f6ceb3 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-device.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ struct v4l2_device {
         spinlock_t lock;
         /* unique device name, by default the driver name + bus ID */
         char name[V4L2_DEVICE_NAME_SIZE];
+        /* notify callback called by some sub-devices. */
+        void (*notify)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
+                        unsigned int notification, void *arg);
 };
 
 /* Initialize v4l2_dev and make dev->driver_data point to v4l2_dev.
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
index 05b69652e6c4..1b97a2c33a73 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
@@ -191,4 +191,9 @@ static inline void v4l2_subdev_init(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
         (!(sd) ? -ENODEV : (((sd) && (sd)->ops->o && (sd)->ops->o->f) ? \
                 (sd)->ops->o->f((sd) , ##args) : -ENOIOCTLCMD))
 
+/* Send a notification to v4l2_device. */
+#define v4l2_subdev_notify(sd, notification, arg)                          \
+        ((!(sd) || !(sd)->v4l2_dev || !(sd)->v4l2_dev->notify) ? -ENODEV : \
+         (sd)->v4l2_dev->notify((sd), (notification), (arg)))
+
 #endif