drm_syncobj_release(9)

💅 drm_syncobj_release — release file-private sync object resources ✨

okay so bestie, you've stumbled into the drm_syncobj_release(9) page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's a short one, but it's lowkey important. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void drm_syncobj_release (struct drm_file *file_private );

that's it. that's the whole signature. no cap. 🎀

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• file_private — the drm file-private structure that needs to be cleaned up. it's giving "the thing you're tidying up after," and honestly every group chat needs one of those people 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this one gets called at close time, right when the filp is going away — like when everyone's leaving the party and you're the one turning off the lights 🕯️

what does it actually do? it releases any remaining references on objects that this filp was still holding onto. so it's basically the cleanup crew — no leftover references, no mess, periodt ✨

ngl this is the "leave no trace" function of the syncobj world and we respect her for it 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole syncobj extended universe, fr fr 💜:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c Overview(9)
• drm_syncobj_find(9)
• drm_syncobj_add_point(9)
• drm_syncobj_replace_fence(9)
• drm_syncobj_assign_null_handle(9)
• drm_syncobj_find_fence(9)
• drm_syncobj_free(9)
• drm_syncobj_create(9)
• drm_syncobj_get_handle(9)
• drm_syncobj_get_fd(9)
• drm_syncobj_open(9)
• drm_timeout_abs_to_jiffies(9)

like, go read all of them? or don't? but they're there and they ate 💅

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okay bestie that's the whole page, love that for us 🎀 this lil angel lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm and the manual was stamped October 2026 — so go forth, close your files, release your references, and slay the cleanup era 💖✨🌟