drm_plane_ge..._clips_count(9)

✨ drm_plane_ge..._clips_count ✨

okay so hi bestie 💖 welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes the manual name is literally Kernel API Manual, and the page is drm_plane_ge..._clips_count (the title got truncated with dots, it's giving "username taken, had to abbreviate" 😭). And the section number is 9, which in manpage-land means kernel API. Slay.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_plane_get_damage_clips_count — Returns damage clips count. That's it. That's the whole job. It counts the clips. Iconic behavior, no notes. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

unsigned int drm_plane_get_damage_clips_count (const struct
drm_plane_state *state );

so it hands you back an unsigned int (no negatives here bestie, counts don't go below zero 🌈) and it takes one thing: a const struct drm_plane_state * named state. Const because we're just looking, not touching. Respect the boundaries fr fr 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• state — Plane state. That's the whole description ngl. It's the plane state you're asking about, and that's all the manpage says, so that's all I'm gonna say. Keep it moving ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so this is a Simple helper — the manpage literally calls it simple, and it's not wrong — whose entire personality is getting you the number of drm_mode_rect clips that user-space set during a plane update.

that's the vibe. user-space said "hey here are some rectangles that changed" and this function is the little bestie that tells you how many of those rectangles there are. no math, no magic, just a count. lowkey the most well-adjusted function in the DRM subsystem 🧚

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

you get back the Number of clips in the plane fb_damage_clips blob property 👑

that's the return value. the count of clips. living in the fb_damage_clips blob property on the plane. periodt 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

a whole friend group, honestly — here's everyone in the group chat:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane.c overview(9)
• standard plane properties(9)
• hotspot properties(9)
• drm_plane_create_hotspot_properties(9)
• drm_universal_plane_init(9)
• drm_plane_cleanup(9)
• drm_plane_from_index(9)
• drm_plane_force_disable(9)
• drm_mode_plane_set_obj_prop(9)
• drm_plane_has_format(9)
• drm_any_plane_has_format(9)
• damage tracking(9)
• drm_plane_enable_fb_damage_clips(9)
• drm_plane_get_damage_clips(9)
• drm_plane_create_scaling_filter_property(9)
• drm_plane_add_size_hints_property(9)
• drm_plane_create_color_pipeline_property(9)

like I said. huge friend group. go say hi to all of them 🦋💖

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okay bestie one little heads up 🙈 — this page is living at ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and the manpage name is drm_plane_ge..._clips_count(9) (still truncated, still iconic). That's the source, the version-date, and the name, all accounted for. no cap. now go count some clips 💅✨🎀