drm_file_err(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, you're in the Kernel API Manual and this is drm_file_err(9) — the little helper that logs the process name, pid and client_name associated with a drm_file. periodt. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void drm_file_err (struct drm_file *file_priv , const char *fmt , ... );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• file_priv — the context of interest for process name and pid. it's giving “who dis and what are they doing” energy 🫶
• fmt — the printf like format string. yes ma'am, format string behavior 💖
• ... — variable arguments. the extra little besties that go with the format string ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so this is a helper function for clients that need to log process details — name, pid, etc. — along with user logs. it's lowkey the “add some process context to my log moment” function, and it ate fr fr. 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c — file operations(9) 👀
• drm_file_alloc(9)
• drm_file_free(9)
• drm_open(9)
• drm_release(9)
• drm_release_noglobal(9)
• drm_read(9)
• drm_poll(9)
• drm_event_reserve_init_locked(9)
• drm_event_reserve_init(9)
• drm_event_cancel_free(9)
• drm_send_event_timestamp_locked(9)
• drm_send_event_locked(9)
• drm_send_event(9)
• drm_print_memory_stats(9)
• drm_show_memory_stats(9)
• drm_show_fdinfo(9)
• mock_drm_getfile(9)

cute little sign-off bestie: this page is from source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm, stamped October 2026, and it's literally drm_file_err(9) — mwah, slay, bye 💋🎀🦋