DRM_DEV_ERROR_RATELIMITED(9)

✨ DRM_DEV_ERROR_RATELIMITED ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one is short but it's lowkey important, so let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

DRM_DEV_ERROR_RATELIMITED — rate limited error output.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

DRM_DEV_ERROR_RATELIMITED (dev , fmt , ... );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the device pointer 👀 (yes, the actual device, not vibes)
• fmt — a printf-like format string ✨
• ... — variable arguments, the little extras that go with your format string 💖

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💀 NOTE 💀

this is deprecated in favor of drm_err_ratelimited or dev_err_ratelimited.

fr fr, don't get too attached — she's iconic but she's on her way out 😭 use the newer ones instead, bestie.

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Like DRM_ERROR but won't flood the log 🫶 — same energy, just with a rate limit so your dmesg doesn't get absolutely destroyed 💅✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, gathered for you 🎀:

• Kernel file ./include/drm/drm_print.h
• print(9)
• enum drm_debug_category(9)
• struct drm_printer(9)
• drm_vprintf(9)
• drm_printf_indent(9)
• struct drm_print_iterator(9)
• drm_coredump_printer(9)
• drm_coredump_printer_is_full(9)
• drm_seq_file_printer(9)
• drm_info_printer(9)
• drm_dbg_printer(9)
• drm_err_printer(9)
• drm_line_printer(9)
• DRM_DEV_ERROR(9)
• DRM_DEV_DEBUG(9)
• DRM_DEV_DEBUG_DRIVER(9)
• DRM_DEV_DEBUG_KMS(9)

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that's the whole page bestie, short and sweet just like her 🍓 and hey, before you go — this little gem lives in ./include/drm and is dated October 2026, so you know exactly when to cite her 💖 mwah, go read drm_err_ratelimited now, periodt 💅✨