drm_atomic_private_obj_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_atomic_private_obj_init(9) — the Kernel API Manual cut

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up era of drm_atomic_private_obj_init(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the function that gives your driver's very own private object its own atomic state, and honestly? it's giving main character energy 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_atomic_private_obj_init — initialize a private object, that's the whole vibe 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int drm_atomic_private_obj_init (struct drm_device *dev , struct
drm_private_obj *obj , const struct drm_private_state_funcs *funcs );

like, copy it exactly, don't @ me 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dev — the DRM device this object is gonna be attached to 🫶 it's the home base, the chosen one
  • obj — the private object itself, the little guy in question 🥺
  • funcs — pointer to the struct of function pointers that identify the object type — basically its personality card, iykyk 💳

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea ☕ this initializes the private object, and the slay detail is that it can be embedded into any driver private object that needs its own atomic state 🔥 not me being reusable and iconic, periodt 💅✨

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • Zero on success 🎉
  • an error code on failure 😭 (it happens, we cope)

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, no cap — every single one of these is in the group chat:

k that's the whole page bestie, go init something 💜

and for the sign-off: this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm 📁, dated October 2026 🗓️, and it's the drm_atomic_private_obj_init(9) page — mwah, bye 🧚‍♀️💖🍓

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