drm_connector_cleanup(9)

💅 drm_connector_cleanup(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, this one is from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the cleanup era page 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_connector_cleanup — cleans up an initialised connector 🧹✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void drm_connector_cleanup (struct drm_connector *connector );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• connector — the connector you're cleaning up, bestie. that's the one. 🫶

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what it does is: it cleans up the connector — but it does not free the object. that's the whole vibe. cleanup ≠ free, iykyk 💀 like, it tidies the connector up but the object itself is still out here living its life. don't go assuming it's gone, fr fr 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

like, the whole extended universe, no cap 🌟 have fun, there's a lot:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c overview(9)
• drm_get_connector_type_name(9)
• drm_connector_get_cmdline_mode(9)
• drm_connector_init(9)
• drm_connector_dynamic_init(9)
• drm_connector_init_with_ddc(9)
• drmm_connector_init(9)
• drmm_connector_hdmi_init(9)
• drm_connector_attach_edid_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_encoder(9)
• drm_connector_has_possible_encoder(9)
• drm_connector_cec_phys_addr_invalidate(9)
• drm_connector_cec_phys_addr_set(9)
• drm_connector_register(9)
• drm_connector_dynamic_register(9)
• drm_connector_unregister(9)
• drm_get_connector_status_name(9)
• drm_get_connector_force_name(9)
• drm_connector_list_iter_begin(9)
• drm_connector_list_iter_next(9)
• drm_connector_list_iter_end(9)
• drm_get_subpixel_order_name(9)
• drm_display_info_set_bus_formats(9)
• drm_get_tv_mode_from_name(9)
• drm_get_colorspace_name(9)
• standard connector properties(9)
• drm_mode_create_dvi_i_properties(9)
• drm_connector_attach_dp_subconnector_property(9)
• HDMI connector properties(9)
• Analog TV Connector Properties(9)
• drm_connector_attach_content_type_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_tv_margin_properties(9)
• drm_mode_create_tv_margin_properties(9)
• drm_mode_create_tv_properties_legacy(9)
• drm_mode_create_tv_properties(9)
• drm_mode_create_scaling_mode_property(9)
• Variable refresh properties(9)
• drm_connector_attach_vrr_capable_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_scaling_mode_property(9)
• drm_mode_create_aspect_ratio_property(9)
• standard connector properties(9)
• drm_mode_create_hdmi_colorspace_property(9)
• drm_mode_create_dp_colorspace_property(9)
• drm_mode_create_content_type_property(9)
• drm_mode_create_suggested_offset_properties(9)
• drm_connector_set_path_property(9)
• drm_connector_set_tile_property(9)
• drm_connector_set_link_status_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_max_bpc_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_hdr_output_metadata_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_broadcast_rgb_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_colorspace_property(9)
• Color format(9)
• drm_connector_attach_color_format_property(9)
• drm_connector_atomic_hdr_metadata_equal(9)
• drm_connector_set_vrr_capable_property(9)
• drm_connector_set_panel_orientation(9)
• drm_connector_set_panel_orientation_with_quirk(9)
• drm_connector_set_orientation_from_panel(9)
• drm_connector_create_privacy_screen_properties(9)
• drm_connector_attach_privacy_screen_properties(9)
• drm_connector_attach_privacy_screen_provider(9)
• drm_connector_update_privacy_screen(9)
• drm_connector_find_by_fwnode(9)
• drm_connector_oob_hotplug_event(9)
• drm_connector_get_color_format(9)
• Tile group(9)
• drm_mode_put_tile_group(9)
• drm_mode_get_tile_group(9)
• drm_mode_create_tile_group(9)
• drm_connector_attach_panel_type_property(9)

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okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 and for the little sign-off moment: this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, it's from October 2026, and it's page drm_connector_cleanup(9). periodt. 💅✨🎀