intel_frontbuffer_track(9)

💖 intel_frontbuffer_track(9) — frontbuffer tracking, but make it iconic

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and we’re about to update frontbuffer tracking like the main character you are. no cap. 🫶

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🌸 NAME

intel_frontbuffer_track — update frontbuffer tracking ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS

void intel_frontbuffer_track (struct intel_frontbuffer *old , struct
       intel_frontbuffer *new , unsigned int frontbuffer_bits );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS

• old — the current buffer for the frontbuffer slots 💅
• new — the new buffer for the frontbuffer slots 🦋
• frontbuffer_bits — bitmask of frontbuffer slots 🔥

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💅 DESCRIPTION

okay so here’s the tea, bestie: this updates the frontbuffer tracking bits frontbuffer_bits by clearing them from old and setting them in new. Both old and new can be NULL — yes, literally both, no cap. 😭✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_frontbuffer.c
• frontbuffer tracking(9)
• frontbuffer_flush(9)
• intel_frontbuffer_flip(9)
• intel_frontbuffer_queue_flush(9)

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xoxo bestie, this page is serving source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display, dated October 2026 💜👑