drm_fb_helper_fini(9)

okay so bestie, this is drm_fb_helper_fini(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the literal “clean up your fbdev helper’s leftovers” page ✨

💖 NAME 💖

• drm_fb_helper_fini — finialize a &struct drm_fb_helper 🫶 (and yes, “finialize” is exactly the spelling on the page, we are not fixing it 💀)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void drm_fb_helper_fini (struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fb_helper — the driver-allocated fbdev helper 💖 and yes, it can be NULL (the page literally says it can, so no dramatic gasp needed… okay maybe a tiny gasp 🙈).

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here’s the whole vibe: this cleans up all remaining resources associated with fb_helper ✨ like, every leftover bit tied to that helper gets handled, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c, plus fbdev helpers(9) 👀
• drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked(9)
• drm_fb_helper_blank(9)
• drm_fb_helper_prepare(9)
• drm_fb_helper_unprepare(9)
• drm_fb_helper_init(9)
• drm_fb_helper_unregister_info(9)
• drm_fb_helper_deferred_io(9)
• drm_fb_helper_set_suspend(9)
• drm_fb_helper_set_suspend_unlocked(9)
• drm_fb_helper_setcmap(9)
• drm_fb_helper_ioctl(9)
• drm_fb_helper_check_var(9)
• drm_fb_helper_set_par(9)
• drm_fb_helper_pan_display(9)
• drm_fb_helper_fill_info(9)
• drm_fb_helper_initial_config(9)
• drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event(9)
• drm_fb_helper_gem_is_fb(9)

xoxo bestie 💅 — source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm; date: October 2026; page: drm_fb_helper_fini(9) 🎀✨