vmw_du_connector_reset(9)

💖 vmw_du_connector_reset(9) 💖

okay bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual and today's main character is vmw_du_connector_reset(9) — yes, the manual name got folded in right here instead of copied as a header line. It's giving “small reset function, big blank-slate energy” ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_du_connector_reset — creates a blank vmw connector state. That's the vibe, that's the whole assignment. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void vmw_du_connector_reset (struct drm_connector *connector );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• connector — a DRM connector. the thing getting its reset moment. 👑

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea: this resets the atomic state for connector by freeing the state pointer — and yes, that pointer might be NULL, like e.g. at driver load time, no cap — and then allocating a new empty state object. So it's literally “bye old state, hello blank slate” energy. 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go peek at the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c and these function besties, iykyk:

• vmw_du_plane_unpin_surf(9)
• vmw_du_plane_cleanup_fb(9)
• vmw_du_primary_plane_atomic_check(9)
• vmw_du_crtc_duplicate_state(9)
• vmw_du_crtc_reset(9)
• vmw_du_crtc_destroy_state(9)
• vmw_du_plane_duplicate_state(9)
• vmw_du_plane_reset(9)
• vmw_du_plane_destroy_state(9)
• vmw_du_connector_duplicate_state(9)
• vmw_du_connector_destroy_state(9)
• vmw_kms_readback(9)
• vmw_kms_srf_ok(9)
• vmw_kms_new_framebuffer(9)
• vmw_kms_check_display_memory(9)
• vmw_crtc_state_and_lock(9)
• vmw_kms_check_implicit(9)
• vmw_kms_check_topology(9)
• vmw_kms_atomic_check_modeset(9)
• vmw_du_update_layout(9)
• vmw_guess_mode_timing(9)
• vmw_kms_update_layout_ioctl(9)
• vmw_kms_helper_dirty(9)
• vmw_kms_helper_validation_finish(9)
• vmw_kms_create_implicit_placement_property(9)
• vmw_kms_suspend(9)
• vmw_kms_resume(9)
• vmw_kms_lost_device(9)
• vmw_du_helper_plane_update(9)
• vmw_connector_mode_valid(9)
• vmw_connector_get_modes(9)

xoxo, your source/version is ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, the date is October 2026, and this has been vmw_du_connector_reset(9) in the Kernel API Manual 💖🎀🫶