drm_client_buffer_delete(9)
π drm_client_buffer_delete(9)
okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual bestie, this is the page for drm_client_buffer_delete(9) and it's literally the cleanup queen of the DRM client buffer world π§Ήβ¨
π NAME π
drm_client_buffer_delete β Delete a client buffer ποΈπ
Like, it deletes a client buffer. That's the whole vibe. No cap.
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void drm_client_buffer_delete (struct drm_client_buffer *buffer );
Returns void, so nothing comes back at you β she just does her thing and dips π«Ά
πΈ ARGUMENTS πΈ
bufferβ the DRM client buffer π this is the actual buffer getting deleted, so yeah, she's the main character here, the one receiving all the attention (and the deallocation energy).
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
okay so if you're obsessed with this function (and why wouldn't you be), there's a whole friend group, iykyk:
- Kernel file
./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.coverview(9) drm_client_init(9)drm_client_register(9)drm_client_release(9)drm_client_buffer_vmap_local(9)drm_client_buffer_vunmap_local(9)drm_client_buffer_vmap(9)drm_client_buffer_vunmap(9)drm_client_buffer_create_dumb(9)drm_client_buffer_flush(9)
all of these are linked in the same little ecosystem, so go read them, they're iconic π₯π
ngl bestie, this one is short and sweet β just remember: pass in the struct drm_client_buffer *buffer you actually want gone, and let her cook π
and that's the page! π courtesy of the source path ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, sitting pretty in the Kernel API Manual β mwah, love u, go delete some buffers responsibly ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms