vmw_stdu_connector_destroy(9)

💅 vmw_stdu_connector_destroy(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you're in the vmw_stdu_connector_destroy page of the Kernel API Manual (yes the whole manual, we're fancy) and honestly? this one's short and sweet. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_stdu_connector_destroy — cleans up the STDU. that's it. that's the whole job. icon behavior honestly 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void vmw_stdu_connector_destroy (struct drm_connector *connector );

like, void return, one arg, no drama. periodt.

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• connector — the struct drm_connector pointer, and the way you use it is you reach inside it to get the containing STDU 🎀 (that's the whole vibe of this parameter, it's a container-of situation, iykyk)

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕ — vmwgfx cleans up the crtc/encoder/connector all at the same time, so technically this whole function can be a no-op. like, it could literally do nothing and the world would keep spinning 💀

but ngl, it doesn't hurt to have it around. why? because if the common KMS code ever changes and somehow vmw_stdu_crtc_destroy doesn't get called, this little function is sitting there ready, just in case 🔥 it's giving "backup friend who shows up when plans fall through" energy. main character foresight, honestly 👑

no cap: the manpage literally says "technically this can be a no-op" — so don't come for it, it's doing its best 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group 🫶 start with the kernel file itself:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_stdu.c

then the extended fam, in order:

• struct vmw_stdu_dirty(9)
• struct vmw_screen_target_display_unit(9)
• vmw_stdu_crtc_destroy(9)
• vmw_stdu_define_st(9)
• vmw_stdu_bind_st(9)
• vmw_stdu_populate_update(9)
• vmw_stdu_update_st(9)
• vmw_stdu_destroy_st(9)
• vmw_stdu_crtc_mode_set_nofb(9)
• vmw_stdu_bo_cpu_clip(9)
• vmw_stdu_bo_cpu_commit(9)
• vmw_kms_stdu_readback(9)
• vmw_kms_stdu_surface_clip(9)
• vmw_kms_stdu_surface_fifo_commit(9)
• vmw_kms_stdu_surface_dirty(9)
• vmw_stdu_encoder_destroy(9)
• vmw_stdu_primary_plane_cleanup_fb(9)
• vmw_stdu_primary_plane_prepare_fb(9)
• vmw_stdu_plane_update_bo(9)
• vmw_stdu_plane_update_surface(9)
• vmw_stdu_primary_plane_atomic_update(9)
• vmw_stdu_init(9)
• vmw_stdu_destroy(9)
• vmw_kms_stdu_init_display(9)

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and that's the page!! 💜 go forth and destroy those connectors (the safe, sanctioned way). mwah 💋

— from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, brought to you by the vmw_stdu_connector_destroy(9) girlies 🌈⭐