fb_dealloc_cmap(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so welcome to the fb_dealloc_cmap(9) page in the Kernel API Manual 💅 — this is literally fb_dealloc_cmap — deallocate a colormap. cleanup era, no cap 🧹✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void fb_dealloc_cmap (struct fb_cmap *cmap );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cmap — the frame buffer colormap structure 🖼️💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Deallocates a colormap that was previously allocated with fb_alloc_cmap. That's the whole vibe: it's the tidy-up bestie for a colormap you already got from fb_alloc_cmap, and now you're letting it go. periodt 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.c

• fb_alloc_cmap_gfp(9)
• fb_copy_cmap(9)
• fb_set_cmap(9)
• fb_default_cmap(9)
• fb_invert_cmaps(9)

made with love in ./drivers/video/fbdev/core · October 2026 · fb_dealloc_cmap(9) 🫶💖