drm_privacy_screen_register(9)

✨ drm_privacy_screen_register ✨

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for drm_privacy_screen_register, and it’s literally the glow-up guide for registering a privacy-screen. bestie, we’re keeping it cute and technically correct 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_privacy_screen_register — register a privacy-screen

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct drm_privacy_screen * drm_privacy_screen_register (struct device
       *parent , const struct drm_privacy_screen_ops *ops , void *data );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• parent — the parent-device for the privacy-screen 🫶
• ops — a struct drm_privacy_screen_ops pointer with ops for the privacy-screen ✨
• data — private data owned by the privacy screen provider 💖

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

okay so this function literally creates and registers a privacy-screen. that’s the whole vibe. no cap. 🌈

👑 RETURN 👑

• a pointer to the created privacy-screen on success. 🎉
• an ERR_PTR(errno) on failure. 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_privacy_screen.c overview(9)
• drm_privacy_screen_lookup_add(9)
• drm_privacy_screen_lookup_remove(9)
• drm_privacy_screen_get(9)
• drm_privacy_screen_put(9)
• drm_privacy_screen_set_sw_state(9)
• drm_privacy_screen_get_state(9)
• drm_privacy_screen_register_notifier(9)
• drm_privacy_screen_unregister_notifier(9)
• drm_privacy_screen_unregister(9)
• drm_privacy_screen_call_notifier_chain(9)

that’s a wrap, bestie 🫶 — source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm, October 2026, xoxo 💖