devm_drm_panel_add_follower(9)

🌸 devm_drm_panel_add_follower(9) 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — we're talking about devm_drm_panel_add_follower today and honestly? it's giving "tiny helper, huge convenience" 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

devm_drm_panel_add_follower — bestie, it's literally the devm version of drm_panel_add_follower(). that's the whole vibe 🫶

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

int devm_drm_panel_add_follower (struct device *follower_dev , struct
drm_panel_follower *follower );

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so what's actually happening here 👀 — this function handles calling drm_panel_remove_follower using devm on the follower_dev. that's it, that's the whole job, and it ate 💖 no cap, it just quietly makes sure the cleanup gets taken care of for you so you don't have to think about it. main character energy fr fr ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• follower_dev — the struct device for the follower. like, the device-y one 🫶
• follower — the panel follower descriptor for the follower. yes bestie, the descriptor for the follower, we said what we said 😭

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 or an error code. that's it. zero means slay, anything else means something went sideways 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c (iykyk 🧚)
• drm panel(9)
• drm_panel_init(9)
• drm_panel_add(9)
• drm_panel_remove(9)
• devm_drm_panel_add(9)
• drm_panel_prepare(9)
• drm_panel_unprepare(9)
• drm_panel_enable(9)
• drm_panel_disable(9)
• drm_panel_get_modes(9)
• drm_panel_get(9)
• drm_panel_put(9)
• drm_panel_put_void(9)
• of_drm_find_panel(9)
• drm_is_panel_follower(9)
• drm_panel_add_follower(9)
• drm_panel_remove_follower(9)
• drm_panel_of_backlight(9)

like, the whole panel friend group showed up to the function 💀💜

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ngl bestie, if you got here from a SEE ALSO chain, hi, welcome, stay a while 🌸

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okay that's the page!! mwah 🎀 it lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, it's dated October 2026, and it's filed under devm_drm_panel_add_follower(9) in the Kernel API Manual — periodt, go forth and add your followers 💅✨🔥