drm_master_put(9)

🌸 drm_master_put(9) 🌸

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey one of those tiny functions that still has main-character energy. bestie, it's about unreferencing and clearing a master pointer, and it's honestly iconic. 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

drm_master_put — unreference and clear a master pointer 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void drm_master_put (struct drm_master **master );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• master — pointer to a pointer of struct drm_master. double-pointer moment, she's fancy like that 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

This decrements the drm_master behind master and sets it to NULL. that's literally the whole plot, no cap. 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c master and authentication(9)
• drm_is_current_master(9)
• drm_master_get(9)
• drm_file_get_master(9)

mwah 💋 this cutie came from the source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and it's the drm_master_put(9) page. bye bestie, go clear those pointers responsibly 🎀🦋