drm_bridge_exit(9)

✨ drm_bridge_exit(9) ✨

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — today's main character is drm_bridge_exit(9) and honestly she's short but she's important. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_bridge_exit — Exit DRM bridge critical section 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void drm_bridge_exit (int idx );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• idx — the index that drm_bridge_enter handed you back. like, the receipt for the section you're about to close out, fr fr 🧾

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here's the vibe: this function marks the end of a section — and that section is one you should not be entering once the bridge has been unplugged. 🫶

That's it. That's the whole gig. She closes the door behind you and says "okay bye, you're done here." No cap. 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

like, the whole friend group shows up for this one — go read:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c overview(9)
• display driver integration(9)
• special care dsi(9)
• dsi bridge operations(9)
• bridge chain format selection(9)
• drm_bridge_enter(9)
• drm_bridge_unplug(9)
• drm_bridge_get(9)
• drm_bridge_put(9)
• drm_bridge_clear_and_put(9)
• drm_bridge_put_void(9)
• drm_bridge_add(9)
• devm_drm_bridge_add(9)
• drm_bridge_remove(9)
• drm_bridge_attach(9)
• bridge operations(9)
• drm_bridge_chain_mode_valid(9)
• drm_bridge_chain_mode_set(9)
• drm_atomic_bridge_chain_disable(9)
• drm_atomic_bridge_chain_post_disable(9)
• drm_atomic_bridge_chain_pre_enable(9)
• drm_atomic_bridge_chain_enable(9)
• drm_atomic_bridge_chain_check(9)
• drm_bridge_detect(9)
• drm_bridge_get_modes(9)
• drm_bridge_edid_read(9)
• drm_bridge_hpd_enable(9)
• drm_bridge_hpd_disable(9)
• drm_bridge_hpd_notify(9)
• of_drm_find_and_get_bridge(9)
• of_drm_find_bridge(9)
• of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint(9)
• devm_drm_put_bridge(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — slay, you read it all 💜

signing off from ./drivers/gpu/drm, October 2026, on the drm_bridge_exit(9) page itself — xoxo, go close your critical sections responsibly 🦋⭐🍓