drm_privacy...set_sw_state(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_privacy...set_sw_state(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally called drm_privacy_screen_set_sw_state — say that five times fast, I dare you 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_privacy_screen_set_sw_state — set a privacy-screen's sw-state. that's it. that's the whole vibe 💫

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int drm_privacy_screen_set_sw_state (struct drm_privacy_screen *priv ,
enum drm_privacy_screen_status sw_state );

bestie look at that signature. two arguments. so clean. we love to see it 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • priv — the privacy screen you're setting the sw-state for. it's the main character here, give it what it needs 💖
  • sw_state — the new sw-state value you want to set. brand new value, who dis 🌈

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function sets the sw-state of a privacy screen. simple enough, right? but wait, there's a plot twist:

if the privacy-screen is not in a locked hw-state, then the actual and hw-state of the privacy-screen get immediately updated to the new value. like, right away. instant. no waiting around 💨

but if the privacy-screen is in a locked hw-state, then the new sw-state gets remembered as the requested state — like, the state it should be put in when it becomes unlocked 👀. so it's not ignored, it's just... on hold. patient queen behavior tbh 💅

ngl this is giving "hold my call, I'll get back to you" energy and honestly? respect 🙈

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 — success! slay! we ate! 🎉
  • negative error code — failure 😭 something went wrong, go check it

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

a whole friend group of functions fr fr — go say hi to all of them 🫶✨

mwah 💋 that's the whole page, brought to you by the fine folks at ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026. go forth and set those sw-states, bestie — you've got this 👑🌸

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