STRUCT DRM_PRINTER(9)

✨ struct drm_printer(9) ✨

okay so this is the <blue>struct drm_printer</blue> page from the Kernel API Manual — yes bestie, the kernel has its own manual and we're reading it. it's giving "output stream but make it DRM" 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct drm_printer — literally just the DRM output "stream", that's the whole vibe 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct drm_printer {
 };

and yes, that's the entire struct body. an empty little icon. she's barren. she's minimal. she contains multitudes (it's zero multitudes) ✨

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🦋 Members 🦋

okay so about the members… there are none listed here, and honestly that's the point — do NOT go poking at struct members directly, bestie. i'm serious. no cap. 🙈

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💖 Description 💖

so here's the tea ☕ — Do not use struct members directly. like, at all. ever.

instead you initialize this thing properly with drm_printer_seq_file, drm_printer_info, etc. those are your girlies. they set it up for you so you don't have to touch the internals, and honestly? iconic behavior. 👑

and when you actually want to output something, you use drm_printf. that's it. that's the whole workflow. initialize it the right way, print through drm_printf, and don't go rummaging around in the struct's business. 🔥

real talk: the "do not use struct members directly" line is not a suggestion, it's the rule of the house. respect it. 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, gathered for you 🫶:

• the kernel file ./include/drm/drm_print.h and print(9)
• enum drm_debug_category(9)
• drm_vprintf(9)
• drm_printf_indent(9)
• struct drm_print_iterator(9)
• drm_coredump_printer(9)
• drm_coredump_printer_is_full(9)
• drm_seq_file_printer(9)
• drm_info_printer(9)
• drm_dbg_printer(9)
• drm_err_printer(9)
• drm_line_printer(9)
• DRM_DEV_ERROR(9)
• DRM_DEV_ERROR_RATELIMITED(9)
• DRM_DEV_DEBUG(9)
• DRM_DEV_DEBUG_DRIVER(9)
• DRM_DEV_DEBUG_KMS(9)

like, that's a whole squad. go read them. iykyk 💜

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🎀 sourced from ./include/drm, dated October 2026 — so go forth, initialize your printer the correct way, and ✨slay✨ responsibly. mwah 💋