drm_gem_object_handle_free(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ drm_gem_object_handle_free ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and today's main character is drm_gem_object_handle_free — the little cleanup gremlin that releases all the resources tied to userspace handles 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_gem_object_handle_free — release resources bound to userspace handles 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void drm_gem_object_handle_free (struct drm_gem_object *obj );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • obj — the GEM object you're cleaning up. that's the one, bestie 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So this one gets called after the last handle to the object has been closed — like, the very last one, no cap 😭

What it does: it removes any name for the object. that's the whole job. slay.

⚠️ but listen — this must be called before drm_gem_object_free, or else we'll be touching freed memory. and that is not the vibe. 💀 seriously, do not fumble the ordering here.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c, plus the whole extended friend group 🌈:

and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚💜 this one ships from source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual — go read the whole GEM saga, it's giving lore 🔥👑

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