drm_plane_helper_destroy(9)

💖 drm_plane_helper_destroy(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for drm_plane_helper_destroy — yes that's the whole title, it's giving "long function name, tiny job," and honestly? iconic. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_plane_helper_destroy — the helper for primary plane destruction, aka the cleanup crew that shows up after the party 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void drm_plane_helper_destroy (struct drm_plane *plane );

literally one argument. one void return. no drama. we love a low-maintenance function. 💅

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• plane — the plane to destroy. yeah. that one. the one you're about to send to the shadow realm 🫶

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea ☕ — this function gives you a default plane destroy handler for primary planes. think of it as the pre-packaged, ready-to-go cleanup routine so you don't have to write your own.

This handler gets called during CRTC destruction. and when it's called, it does three things, in order, no cap:

1. We disable the primary plane — it's done, it's over, lights off 💀
2. Remove it from the DRM plane list — you're off the guest list, bestie, bye 👋
3. Deallocate the plane structure — memory freed, vibes immaculate, nothing left behind ✨

so yeah, three-step goodbye tour. very main character energy for something whose entire personality is "clean up after yourself." 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane_helper.c — like, the actual source, go read it iykyk 📖
• overview(9) — the big picture bestie
• drm_plane_helper_update_primary(9) — the one that updates 👑
• drm_plane_helper_disable_primary(9) — the one that disables 🙈

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 and like, a cute lil sign-off for the girlies keeping receipts: this page lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm and it's dated October 2026 — future-proof and fabulous, periodt. 💖🧚‍♀️⭐