drm_framebuffer_assign(9)

💅 drm_framebuffer_assign(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

Okay so real quick, before we dive in: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about drm_framebuffer_assign. Sounds fancy? It literally is. Let's go 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_framebuffer_assign — store a reference to the fb 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void drm_framebuffer_assign (struct drm_framebuffer **p , struct
       drm_framebuffer *fb );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• p — the location where you wanna store the framebuffer 📍
• fb — the new framebuffer (and yeah, it's maybe NULL, no cap)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea: this function sets the location to store a reference to the framebuffer — and while it's doing that, it unreferences the framebuffer that was previously stored in that location. Like, it's not just dropping something new in and leaving the old one hanging, bestie. Out with the old, in with the new, and the old one gets its reference released properly. Iconic behavior honestly 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./include/drm/drm_framebuffer.h struct drm_framebuffer_funcs(9)
• struct drm_framebuffer(9)
• drm_framebuffer_get(9)
• drm_framebuffer_put(9)
• drm_framebuffer_read_refcount(9)
• struct drm_afbc_framebuffer(9)

And that's the whole vibe, bestie 💜 This page lives in ./include/drm, and it's dated October 2026 — so like, mark your calendars, slay, periodt ✨💅🎀