drm_encoder_cleanup(9)

💅 drm_encoder_cleanup(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so hi!! you found the page for drm_encoder_cleanup from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she's iconic. let's get into it ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

drm_encoder_cleanup — cleans up an initialised encoder 🧹💖

like literally, that's her whole job. tidy up the encoder that's already been initialised. no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void drm_encoder_cleanup (struct drm_encoder *encoder );

that's it. that's the whole signature. she takes one pointer and returns void — no notes, no drama, we love a low-maintenance queen 👑

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• encoder — the encoder to cleanup 🫶 this is the one you're tidying up, bestie. hand her over and let the function do her thing.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does she actually do? she cleans up the encoder — but here's the part you absolutely cannot miss:

she does NOT free the object 💀 like, at all. cleanup ≠ free. do not confuse them or you will have a bad time, fr fr.

so yeah, think of it as closing the tabs and wiping the counter, not throwing the whole desk in the dumpster. the object stays. periodt. 🌸

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read these next, iykyk 📚✨

• the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c overview(9)
• drm_encoder_init(9)
• drmm_encoder_init(9)

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okay that's the whole page, and honestly? short and perfect, we ate 🍓💅

later bestie — this one lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm, and the page itself is dated October 2026, so jot that down in your notes app under "things that slay" 🦋💜