drm_client_..._create_dumb(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_client_..._create_dumb(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a shortie but a goodie, it's all about spinning up a client buffer that's secretly a dumb buffer underneath 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_client_buffer_create_dumb — literally makes a client buffer that's backed by a dumb buffer, no cap 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct drm_client_buffer * drm_client_buffer_create_dumb (struct
drm_client_dev *client , u32 width , u32 height , u32 format );

like, that's the whole call, copy it exactly, don't be cute with it 💅

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • client — the DRM client, bestie. the main character of this operation 👑
  • width — framebuffer width, in case that wasn't obvious 🙈
  • height — framebuffer height, same vibe 🌸
  • format — the buffer format. yes you gotta specify it, she's not gonna guess 💀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what this function does: it creates a drm_client_buffer — and that buffer is made of a drm_framebuffer that's backed by a dumb buffer. that's the whole tea ☕✨

and listen, this is important: when you're done with it, call drm_client_buffer_delete to free the buffer. don't just leave her there, that's not slay behaviour 😭

⭐ RETURN ⭐

you get back a pointer to a client buffer 🎀 — or, if things go sideways, an error pointer on failure. so like, vibe check your pointer before you use it, fr fr 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c plus the whole squad:

go read those too, iykyk 📚✨

and that's the page, bestie 🫶 it lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026 — mwah, go create some dumb buffers responsibly 💋🌈

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