drm_dev_exit(9)

💅 drm_dev_exit(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

Okay so hi, welcome to the drm_dev_exit page, aka your exit-ticket out of the critical section 💖 this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's short but iconic.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_dev_exit — Exit device critical section 🚪✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void drm_dev_exit (int idx );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• idx — the index that drm_dev_enter handed you back 🫶 that's literally it, just pass the same one along, no cap.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So picture this: drm_dev_exit marks the end of a section that should not be entered after the device has been unplugged 💀 like, that's the whole vibe. You're closing the door on the critical section, bestie, politely and on purpose 🚪🎀

It's giving "matching pair energy" with drm_dev_enter — you go in, you do your thing, you come out with this. Periodt.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
• driver instance overview(9)
• drm_put_dev(9)
• drm_dev_enter(9)
• drm_dev_unplug(9)
• drm_dev_set_dma_dev(9)
• drm_dev_wedged_event(9)
• component helper usage recommendations(9)
• __drm_dev_alloc(9)
• drm_dev_alloc(9)
• drm_dev_get(9)
• drm_dev_put(9)
• drmm_cgroup_register_region(9)
• drm_dev_register(9)
• drm_dev_unregister(9)

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🌈 lowkey go read drm_dev_enter(9) first if you haven't, they're a matched set iykyk 💜

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mwah 💋 that's the page, bestie — brought to you by the fine folks at ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and yes this is still drm_dev_exit(9) and it ate 🎀✨