drm_mode_object_add(9)

💖 drm_mode_object_add(9) 💖

okay so you're in the Kernel API Manual bestie, and this is the page for drm_mode_object_add ✨ it's giving "let's hand out some IDs" energy and honestly? iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

drm_mode_object_add — allocate a new modeset identifier 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int drm_mode_object_add (struct drm_device *dev , struct drm_mode_object
*obj , uint32_t obj_type );

like literally copy that exactly, don't @ me 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the DRM device, your main character 🫶
• obj — the object pointer, and here's the thing: it's the one used to generate the unique ID 👑
• obj_type — the object type, iykyk 🏷️

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what it does: it creates a unique identifier based on ptr in dev's identifier space 🎯 no cap. And what's that for? Tracking modes, CRTCs and connectors — the whole little friend group 🌈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

Zero on success 🥳 error code on failure 😭 (that's it, that's the whole vibe check)

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• the kernel file is ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_object.c 📁
• drm_mode_object_unregister(9)
• drm_mode_object_lease_required(9)
• drm_mode_object_find(9)
• drm_mode_object_put(9)
• drm_mode_object_get(9)
• drm_object_attach_property(9)
• drm_object_property_set_value(9)
• drm_object_property_get_value(9)
• drm_object_property_get_default_value(9)
• drm_object_immutable_property_get_value(9)
• drm_mode_obj_get_properties_ioctl(9)

like go read all of them, they're lowkey obsessed with each other 🧚

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no warnings on this one bestie, it's a chill page — just remember every one of those references is fr fr real and you should actually look them up 💖

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okay and finally the little sign-off: this page comes to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm and it's dated October 2026 🗓️ slay, go add some mode objects 💅✨