(cx8802). Since the v4l2_device cannot be associated with a particular
   PCI device it is setup without a parent device. But when the struct
   video_device is setup you do know which parent PCI device to use.
+- flags: optional. Set to V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO if you want to let the framework
+  handle the VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY ioctls. This requires that you use struct
+  v4l2_fh. Eventually this flag will disappear once all drivers use the core
+  priority handling. But for now it has to be set explicitly.
 
 If you use v4l2_ioctl_ops, then you should set .unlocked_ioctl to video_ioctl2
 in your v4l2_file_operations struct.
 
 struct v4l2_fh provides a way to easily keep file handle specific data
 that is used by the V4L2 framework. New drivers must use struct v4l2_fh
-since it is also used to implement priority handling (VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY).
+since it is also used to implement priority handling (VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY)
+if the video_device flag V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO is also set.
 
 The users of v4l2_fh (in the V4L2 framework, not the driver) know
 whether a driver uses v4l2_fh as its file->private_data pointer by
 
        s->video_dev->fops = &cx18_v4l2_enc_fops;
        s->video_dev->release = video_device_release;
        s->video_dev->tvnorms = V4L2_STD_ALL;
+       set_bit(V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO, &s->video_dev->flags);
        cx18_set_funcs(s->video_dev);
        return 0;
 }
 
        s->vdev->fops = ivtv_stream_info[type].fops;
        s->vdev->release = video_device_release;
        s->vdev->tvnorms = V4L2_STD_ALL;
+       set_bit(V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO, &s->vdev->flags);
        ivtv_set_funcs(s->vdev);
        return 0;
 }
 
                        vdev->parent = vdev->v4l2_dev->dev;
                if (vdev->ctrl_handler == NULL)
                        vdev->ctrl_handler = vdev->v4l2_dev->ctrl_handler;
-               /* If the prio state pointer is NULL, and if the driver doesn't
-                  handle priorities itself, then use the v4l2_device prio
-                  state. */
-               if (vdev->prio == NULL && vdev->ioctl_ops &&
-                               vdev->ioctl_ops->vidioc_s_priority == NULL)
+               /* If the prio state pointer is NULL, then use the v4l2_device
+                  prio state. */
+               if (vdev->prio == NULL)
                        vdev->prio = &vdev->v4l2_dev->prio;
        }
 
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fh->list);
        set_bit(V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH, &fh->vdev->flags);
        fh->prio = V4L2_PRIORITY_UNSET;
-       BUG_ON(vdev->prio == NULL);
 
        /*
         * fh->events only needs to be initialized if the driver
 {
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       v4l2_prio_open(fh->vdev->prio, &fh->prio);
+       if (test_bit(V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO, &fh->vdev->flags))
+               v4l2_prio_open(fh->vdev->prio, &fh->prio);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
        list_add(&fh->list, &fh->vdev->fh_list);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
        list_del_init(&fh->list);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
-       v4l2_prio_close(fh->vdev->prio, fh->prio);
+       if (test_bit(V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO, &fh->vdev->flags))
+               v4l2_prio_close(fh->vdev->prio, fh->prio);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_fh_del);
 
 
        void *fh = file->private_data;
        struct v4l2_fh *vfh = NULL;
        struct v4l2_format f_copy;
+       int use_fh_prio = 0;
        long ret = -EINVAL;
 
        if (ops == NULL) {
                printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
        }
 
-       if (test_bit(V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH, &vfd->flags))
+       if (test_bit(V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH, &vfd->flags)) {
                vfh = file->private_data;
+               use_fh_prio = test_bit(V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO, &vfd->flags);
+       }
 
-       if (vfh && !ops->vidioc_s_priority) {
+       if (use_fh_prio) {
                switch (cmd) {
                case VIDIOC_S_CTRL:
                case VIDIOC_S_STD:
 
                if (ops->vidioc_g_priority) {
                        ret = ops->vidioc_g_priority(file, fh, p);
-               } else if (vfh) {
+               } else if (use_fh_prio) {
                        *p = v4l2_prio_max(&vfd->v4l2_dev->prio);
                        ret = 0;
                }
        {
                enum v4l2_priority *p = arg;
 
-               if (!ops->vidioc_s_priority && vfh == NULL)
+               if (!ops->vidioc_s_priority && !use_fh_prio)
                                break;
                dbgarg(cmd, "setting priority to %d\n", *p);
                if (ops->vidioc_s_priority)
 
                if (!ops->vidioc_default)
                        break;
-               if (vfh && !ops->vidioc_s_priority)
+               if (use_fh_prio)
                        valid_prio = v4l2_prio_check(vfd->prio, vfh->prio) >= 0;
                ret = ops->vidioc_default(file, fh, valid_prio, cmd, arg);
                break;
 
        *vfd = vivi_template;
        vfd->debug = debug;
        vfd->v4l2_dev = &dev->v4l2_dev;
+       set_bit(V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO, &vfd->flags);
 
        /*
         * Provide a mutex to v4l2 core. It will be used to protect
 
    Drivers can clear this flag if they want to block all future
    device access. It is cleared by video_unregister_device. */
 #define V4L2_FL_REGISTERED     (0)
+/* file->private_data points to struct v4l2_fh */
 #define V4L2_FL_USES_V4L2_FH   (1)
+/* Use the prio field of v4l2_fh for core priority checking */
+#define V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO    (2)
 
 /* Priority helper functions */