.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
.. c:namespace:: MC.request

.. _request-func-close:

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request close()
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Name
====

request-close - Close a request file descriptor

Synopsis
========

.. code-block:: c

    #include <unistd.h>

.. c:function:: int close( int fd )

Arguments
=========

``fd``
    File descriptor returned by :ref:`MEDIA_IOC_REQUEST_ALLOC`.

Description
===========

Closes the request file descriptor. Resources associated with the request
are freed once all file descriptors associated with the request are closed
and the driver has completed the request.
See :ref:`here <media-request-life-time>` for more information.

Return Value
============

:c:func:`close()` returns 0 on success. On error, -1 is
returned, and ``errno`` is set appropriately. Possible error codes are:

EBADF
    ``fd`` is not a valid open file descriptor.