dc_update_state(9)

💅 dc_update_state(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to dc_update_state(9), fresh out of the Kernel API Manual and honestly? iconic. this is the page where you commit an absolute dc_state_update and honestly it's giving main character energy 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

dc_update_state — commit an absolute dc_state_update. that's it. that's the whole vibe. no cap 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool dc_update_state (struct dc *dc , const struct dc_state_update
*updates );

look at her. two args. returns a bool. she's lowkey so clean for it 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dc — the DC structure. your whole display core situation, the main character of this function fr fr 👑
• updates — the root update object, and she's carrying everything: stream updates, plane updates, and probe updates. like a bestie holding all the snacks 🍓✨

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

true on success, false on failure. that's the vibe check — if it comes back true we're slaying, if it comes back false... 😭 well. at least you know.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is LONG but every single one of these is a real one, no skips, we don't do skips here 💀

• the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dc.h
• MAX_SURFACES(9)
• MAX_PLANES(9)
• color-management-caps(9)
• struct rom_curve_caps(9)
• struct dpp_color_caps(9)
• struct mpc_color_caps(9)
• struct dc_color_caps(9)
• enum pipe_split_policy(9)
• dc_check_state_update(9)
• dc_update_state_init(9)
• dc_update_state_prepare(9)
• dc_update_state_execute(9)
• dc_update_state_cleanup(9)
• struct dc_probe_latencies(9)
• struct dc_probe_status(9)
• enum dc_get_status_type(9)
• struct dc_get_status_options(9)
• struct dc_state_status(9)
• dc_state_get_status(9)
• struct dc_validation_stream(9)
• struct dc_validation_set(9)
• dc_get_underflow_debug_data_for_otg(9)
• dc_capture_register_software_state(9)
• dc_get_qos_info(9)
• dc_override_memory_bandwidth_request(9)

ngl the state-update pipeline is a whole friend group: dc_check_state_update(9) checks, dc_update_state_init(9) sets it up, dc_update_state_prepare(9) gets ready, dc_update_state_execute(9) does the thing, dc_update_state_cleanup(9) cleans up after — and dc_update_state is the one who commits. everybody plays their part, periodt 💜

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kay that's the whole page bestie, go commit some state responsibly 💖✨

this serve was brought to you by ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc, dated October 2026 — mwah, catch you on the next manpage 🎀🦋