drm_modeset_lock_init(9)

💅 drm_modeset_lock_init(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay bestie, welcome to the drm_modeset_lock_init(9) page ✨ this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally a one-job function: it initializes a lock. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 NAME

drm_modeset_lock_init — initialize lock 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS

void drm_modeset_lock_init (struct drm_modeset_lock *lock );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS

• lock — the lock you're initializing, bestie. that's the one. hand it over and it gets init'd 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO

like, go read these too, iykyk 👑

• the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c — that's where the magic lives 🧚
• 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_drop_locks(9)
• drm_modeset_backoff(9)
• drm_modeset_lock(9)
• drm_modeset_lock_single_interruptible(9)
• drm_modeset_unlock(9)
• drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx(9)

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ngl this page is short and sweet and that's the whole point — no cap, just init the lock and go. 💖

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and that's a wrap, bestie! 🌈 this lil gem lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and the page itself is drm_modeset_lock_init(9). slay, go init some locks 💅💜