drm_modeset_drop_locks(9)

✨ drm_modeset_drop_locks(9) ✨

okay so bestie, this one's a Kernel API Manual moment and honestly? it's giving "short and iconic." no cap, the whole thing is basically one function that lets go of EVERYTHING. we love a clean exit 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_modeset_drop_locks — drop all locks 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void drm_modeset_drop_locks (struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ctx — the acquire context ✨ (the little vibe-holder that remembers which locks you're holding so it can drop them later)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Drop all locks currently held against this acquire context. that's it, that's the whole thing. she releases everything you grabbed through ctx and walks away 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c and kms locking(9)
• drm_modeset_lock_all(9)
• drm_modeset_unlock_all(9)
• drm_warn_on_modeset_not_all_locked(9)
• drm_modeset_acquire_init(9)
• drm_modeset_acquire_fini(9)
• drm_modeset_backoff(9)
• drm_modeset_lock_init(9)
• drm_modeset_lock(9)
• drm_modeset_lock_single_interruptible(9)
• drm_modeset_unlock(9)
• drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx(9)

ngl that's a whole friend group of lock functions and this one is the one who says "okay everybody out" 👑✨

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sign-off era 🎀 — this page lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and it's the drm_modeset_drop_locks(9) manual page itself. literally the whole squad, accounted for 💜