drm_panic_is_enabled(9)

💅 drm_panic_is_enabled(9) — the Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to drm_panic_is_enabled(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the little vibe check you run on a DRM device to find out if it's got panic support energy or not ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_panic_is_enabled —

(yeah so the original page literally leaves this blank after the dash, no cap. the description lives further down, we're just being mysterious about it 💅)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool drm_panic_is_enabled (struct drm_device *dev );

🎀 what that means

• returns a bool (so like, true or false, iconic)
• takes exactly one argument, a struct drm_device * named dev

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the drm device that may supports drm_panic. that's the one you're asking about, bestie 🫶

ngl that "may supports" is exactly how the original words it, so we're keeping it fr fr — don't come for me 😭

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea ☕ — this function returns true if the drm device supports drm_panic. that's it. that's the whole thing. lowkey elegant, highkey useful 🍓

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c overview(9)
• drm_panic_register(9)
• drm_panic_unregister(9)
• drm_panic_init(9)
• drm_panic_exit(9)

like, go read the whole drm_panic.c overview if you want the full lore, and then meet the rest of the squad up there 🧚💜

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 — brought to you by the folks over in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, printed under the Kernel API Manual banner. go off, check your panic support, and stan a well-documented kernel ⭐👑