__drm_atomic_commit_free(9)

💅 __drm_atomic_commit_free(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes we're in the kernel docs now, and honestly? kind of iconic of you. this one's a lil function with a big job: it's the cleanup queen 👑.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

__drm_atomic_commit_free — free all memory for an atomic state 🫶

like, all of it. every last byte. she does not leave crumbs.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void __drm_atomic_commit_free (struct kref *ref );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ref — the atomic state you're about to deallocate, bb. this is This atomic state to deallocate — the one getting sent to the void 🙈

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what she actually does: this frees all memory associated with an atomic state, and that includes all the per-object state for planes, CRTCs and connectors. every single one. no cap 💀

it's giving "end of the group chat, everyone go home" energy. main character cleanup fr fr.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this list is LONG but we're not skipping a single one because every reference matters and I would never do you like that 🫶. also peep the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c at the front — she's the home base.

• state lifetime(9)
• drm_crtc_commit_wait(9)
• drm_atomic_commit_default_release(9)
• drm_atomic_commit_init(9)
• drm_atomic_commit_alloc(9)
• drm_atomic_commit_default_clear(9)
• drm_atomic_commit_clear(9)
• drm_atomic_get_crtc_state(9)
• drm_atomic_get_plane_state(9)
• drm_atomic_get_colorop_state(9)
• drm_atomic_get_old_colorop_state(9)
• drm_atomic_get_new_colorop_state(9)
• drm_atomic_plane_check(9)
• handling driver private state(9)
• drm_atomic_private_obj_init(9)
• drm_atomic_private_obj_fini(9)
• drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state(9)
• drm_atomic_get_old_private_obj_state(9)
• drm_atomic_get_new_private_obj_state(9)
• drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder(9)
• drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(9)
• drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder(9)
• drm_atomic_get_old_crtc_for_encoder(9)
• drm_atomic_get_new_crtc_for_encoder(9)
• drm_atomic_get_connector_state(9)
• drm_atomic_get_bridge_state(9)
• drm_atomic_get_old_bridge_state(9)
• drm_atomic_get_new_bridge_state(9)
• drm_atomic_add_encoder_bridges(9)
• drm_atomic_add_affected_connectors(9)
• drm_atomic_add_affected_planes(9)
• drm_atomic_add_affected_colorops(9)
• drm_atomic_check_only(9)
• drm_atomic_commit(9)
• drm_atomic_nonblocking_commit(9)
• drm_atomic_print_new_state(9)
• drm_state_dump(9)

iykyk 💅

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ngl bestie, that's the whole page — she's short, she's sweet, she frees everything. go read state lifetime(9) next if you wanna know the whole story 🌈

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and that's a wrap, mwah 💖 — this lil page lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual, and it's __drm_atomic_commit_free(9) to the very end. periodt. 👑