panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(9) — from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, obvs) — and it's the function that initialize panfrost shrinker. yeah. that's the whole vibe. ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int panfrost_gem_shrinker_init (struct drm_device *dev );

like, it returns an int and takes exactly one (1) argument. no more, no less. slay.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — DRM device. that's it, that's the whole parameter. it's the DRM device. the main character of this function call, honestly 👑

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does it do? it registers and sets up the panfrost shrinker. that's the flex. registers it, sets it up, done. iconic behaviour, no notes 💅

literally that's the description. not me expecting more lore 😭 but no, it's just: registers + sets up the panfrost shrinker. periodt.

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem_shrinker.c — go read the source if you wanna know the tea ☕
• panfrost_gem_shrinker_cleanup(9) — the bestie function that undoes all this, iykyk 🧚

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ngl if you're here you probably already know what a shrinker is, but fr fr go check panfrost_gem_shrinker_cleanup(9) so you don't leave things dangling 💀

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and that's the page!! mwah 💖 brought to you by ./drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost, dated October 2026 — catch you in the next manpage, bestie 🌈⭐💜