drm_atomic_helper_page_flip(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for drm_atomic_helper_page_flip(9) — it’s literally here to execute a legacy page flip ✨💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole signature is giving:

int drm_atomic_helper_page_flip (struct drm_crtc *crtc , struct
       drm_framebuffer *fb , struct drm_pending_vblank_event *event , uint32_t
       flags , struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay so the args are, in order, no skip:

• crtc — DRM CRTC 🫶
• fb — DRM framebuffer 🌸
• event — optional DRM event to signal upon completion 👀
• flags — flip flags for non-vblank sync'ed updates 💅
• ctx — lock acquisition context 🔐

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so what does it actually do? It provides a default drm_crtc_funcs.page_flip implementation using the atomic driver interface. that’s the vibe, that’s the job 💖

See also: drm_atomic_helper_page_flip_target 👑🦋

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

Returns 0 on success, negative errno numbers on failure. no cap 🫶✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these too, iykyk 💜:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c overview(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_check_modeset(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_check_wb_connector_state(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_check_plane_state(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_check_crtc_primary_plane(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_check_planes(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_check(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_encoder_bridge_disable(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_crtc_disable(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_encoder_bridge_post_disable(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_update_legacy_modeset_state(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_calc_timestamping_constants(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_crtc_set_mode(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_writebacks(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_encoder_bridge_pre_enable(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_crtc_enable(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_encoder_bridge_enable(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_fences(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail_rpm(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_async_check(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_async_commit(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit(9)
• implementing nonblocking commit(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_setup_commit(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_dependencies(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_fake_vblank(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_hw_done(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_unprepare_planes(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes_on_crtc(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_disable_planes_on_crtc(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_swap_state(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_update_plane(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_disable_plane(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_set_config(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_disable_all(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_reset_crtc(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_duplicate_state(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_suspend(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_commit_duplicated_state(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_resume(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_page_flip_target(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_bridge_propagate_bus_fmt(9)
• drm_atomic_helper_bridge_get_hdmi_output_bus_fmts(9)

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xoxo, this page is from ./drivers/gpu/drm 💖 dated October 2026 — drm_atomic_helper_page_flip(9) out 💅✨