vmw_du_plane_unpin_surf(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ vmw_du_plane_unpin_surf(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual πŸ’… this one's a tiny little kernel function in the vmwgfx corner of the DRM universe, and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she unpins stuff. let's get into it 🫢


🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_du_plane_unpin_surf β€” literally unpins the resource that's associated with a framebuffer surface πŸŽ€

like, that's the whole job. no cap. πŸ’–


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

void vmw_du_plane_unpin_surf (struct vmw_plane_state *vps );

that's it, that's the signature, copy it exactly, she does not want to be retyped wrong ✨


πŸ’œ ARGUMENTS πŸ’œ

  • vps β€” the plane state that's associated with the display surface πŸ‘‘ this is the thing whose resource is getting unpinned, iykyk

πŸŽ€ SEE ALSO πŸŽ€

first up, the actual kernel file where this lives β€” go look, she's real:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c πŸ—‚οΈ

and now the whole entire friend group, no one left out, all of them in (9) form because that's the vibe:


and that's the whole page, bestie, go forth and unpin responsibly πŸ’…βœ¨

source: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx 🌈 version/date situation: October 2026 πŸ¦‹ mwah, love u, bye πŸ‘‘πŸ’–

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