drm_atomic_g..._for_encoder(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(9) 💅

okay so this is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, bestie — buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder — literally gets you the new connector for an encoder. that's the whole vibe 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct drm_connector * drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder (const
struct drm_atomic_commit *state , struct drm_encoder *encoder );

like yes she's a long one but she's iconic, we don't gatekeep 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • state — the atomic state, mmkay? that's the context we're snooping around in ✨
  • encoder — the encoder you want the connector state for. the main character of this function tbh 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what she does is: she finds and returns the connector that's gonna be connected to encoder, exactly as the state says it will be. no cap, that's the whole job 🫶

and like — if there's literally no connector in state that'll have encoder connected to it, she just returns NULL. and before you come for her, bestie, that's not a weird invalid use case!! it's actually lowkey useful sometimes, because it lets you tell apart commits that have no connectors attached to encoder from the ones that do — and then you can go inspect their state 👀 this is especially true in disable hooks, because the pipeline is gonna change. it's giving shifting sands fr fr 🌈

and if you don't have access to the atomic state at all? no stress, just go see drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder instead. she's got you 💜

⭐ RETURN ⭐

the new connector that's connected to encoder — or NULL if the encoder isn't connected. simple as that, periodt 💀✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c

and the whole extended fam, in the order the manpage gave them (we do not skip anyone at this sleepover) 🧚:

ok that's the whole page, go forth and slay your atomic state checks 💅🔥

and finally, the cute lil sign-off: this one lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and she answers to the name drm_atomic_g..._for_encoder(9) — yes the truncated name is her government name, we don't question it 😭🫶

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