STRUCT DRM_PRIVATE_STATE(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 struct drm_private_state(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes we're doing kernel docs today, and honestly? iconic of you. this page is about struct drm_private_state, and no cap, it's a short one, so grab your lil strawberry drink 🍓 and let's go.

🌸 NAME 🌸

struct drm_private_state — the base struct for driver private object state 🎀

the way this thing is literally just the foundation that driver private object state builds on. main character energy fr.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct drm_private_state {
    struct drm_atomic_commit *state;
    struct drm_private_obj *obj;
};

look at her. two members. clean. minimal. she ate 💅

🦋 Members 🦋

  • state — a backpointer to the global drm_atomic_commit. so like, she knows exactly which atomic update she belongs to 🫶
  • obj — a backpointer to the private object. yep, she remembers her object too. lowkey obsessed with backpointers ngl 💖

🌈 Description 🌈

so here's the vibe: currently this struct only contains a backpointer to the overall atomic update, plus the relevant private object. that's it. that's the whole thing. simple queen 👑

but the docs are like "in the future" it also might hold synchronization information similar to, for example, drm_crtc.commit. so like… watch this space 👀 — that's a maybe, not a promise, don't come for me.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the Kernel file ./include/drm/drm_atomic.h and honestly a whole friend group of structs and functions — here's the full squad, go say hi 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie! go forth and backpoint responsibly 🫡

sign-off time 🎀 this one lives in ./include/drm, dated October 2026, and it's filed under struct drm_private_state(9) — mwah, slay, periodt 💅✨

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