meson_canvas_get(9)

💅 meson_canvas_get(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one lives in section 9 of the man pages and it's literally about getting yourself a canvas provider instance. short page, big main character energy 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

meson_canvas_get — get a canvas provider instance 💖

like, that's it. that's the whole job. it gets you a canvas provider instance and honestly? slay.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct meson_canvas * meson_canvas_get (struct device *dev );

so you call it, you hand it a device, and it gives you back a struct meson_canvas * 🎀 keep that pointer safe, bestie, it's your canvas provider instance.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the consumer device pointer 🫶 that's the device that wants the canvas, iykyk. it's a struct device * and it goes in, and the canvas provider instance comes out.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./include/linux/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.h — the header where all the canvas lore lives, go read it fr fr 📖
• meson_canvas_alloc(9)
• meson_canvas_free(9)
• meson_canvas_config(9)

like yes, get the provider first, then go off with the alloc / free / config trio 👑 the whole squad is linked above, no cap.

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💀 friendly reminder that this is kernel API territory — you're in section 9 now, bestie, act like it 💅

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and that's the vibe check, we're done here 🌈 this page ships from ./include/linux/soc/amlogic, dated October 2026 — mwah, bye bestie 🍓💜🧚