STRUCT DRM_GEM_FLINK(9)

💅 STRUCT DRM_GEM_FLINK(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to struct drm_gem_flink(9) — this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the whole personality of the &DRM_IOCTL_GEM_FLINK ioctl, no cap 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct drm_gem_flink — the argument struct for the &DRM_IOCTL_GEM_FLINK ioctl. that's it, that's the whole vibe ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct drm_gem_flink {
    __u32 handle;
    __u32 name;
 };

look at her. two little __u32s and she's iconic 👑

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🎀 Members 🎀

• handle — the handle for the object that's getting itself a name. main character energy fr 💅
• name — the global name, returned to you. it's giving "here's your prize bestie" 🏆

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💖 Description 💖

so what this does: you create a global name for an object, and the name comes right back to you. slay ✨

⚠️ okay but super important, don't skip this one: the name does not hold a reference. so when the object gets freed, the name goes away too. like, gone gone. no cap 😭 the name does not keep the object alive, so don't be out here trusting a name to stick around forever 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

buckle up babes, this list is long and honestly? every single one of these ate 💀

• Kernel file ./tools/perf/trace/beauty/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
• struct drm_gem_close(9)
• struct drm_gem_open(9)
• struct drm_gem_change_handle(9)
• DRM_CAP_DUMB_BUFFER(9)
• DRM_CAP_VBLANK_HIGH_CRTC(9)
• DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFERRED_DEPTH(9)
• DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFER_SHADOW(9)
• DRM_CAP_PRIME(9)
• DRM_PRIME_CAP_IMPORT(9)
• DRM_PRIME_CAP_EXPORT(9)
• DRM_CAP_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC(9)
• DRM_CAP_ASYNC_PAGE_FLIP(9)
• DRM_CAP_CURSOR_WIDTH(9)
• DRM_CAP_CURSOR_HEIGHT(9)
• DRM_CAP_ADDFB2_MODIFIERS(9)
• DRM_CAP_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET(9)
• DRM_CAP_CRTC_IN_VBLANK_EVENT(9)
• DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ(9)
• DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE(9)
• DRM_CAP_ATOMIC_ASYNC_PAGE_FLIP(9)
• DRM_CLIENT_CAP_STEREO_3D(9)
• DRM_CLIENT_CAP_UNIVERSAL_PLANES(9)
• DRM_CLIENT_CAP_ATOMIC(9)
• DRM_CLIENT_CAP_ASPECT_RATIO(9)
• DRM_CLIENT_CAP_WRITEBACK_CONNECTORS(9)
• DRM_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR_PLANE_HOTSPOT(9)
• DRM_CLIENT_CAP_PLANE_COLOR_PIPELINE(9)
• struct drm_syncobj_eventfd(9)
• DRM_IOCTL_GEM_CLOSE(9)
• DRM_IOCTL_PRIME_HANDLE_TO_FD(9)
• DRM_IOCTL_PRIME_FD_TO_HANDLE(9)
• DRM_IOCTL_MODE_RMFB(9)
• DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB(9)
• DRM_IOCTL_MODE_GETFB2(9)
• DRM_IOCTL_SYNCOBJ_EVENTFD(9)
• DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CLOSEFB(9)
• DRM_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_NAME(9)
• DRM_IOCTL_GEM_CHANGE_HANDLE(9)
• struct drm_event(9)
• DRM_EVENT_VBLANK(9)
• DRM_EVENT_FLIP_COMPLETE(9)
• DRM_EVENT_CRTC_SEQUENCE(9)

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and that's the whole page bestie, go forth and name your objects responsibly 🧚💜

this lil masterpiece came from ./tools/perf/trace/beauty/incl... and it's dated October 2026 — yeah she's from the future, we don't question it 😌⭐ struct drm_gem_flink(9) out 💅🎀