vmw_stdu_encoder_destroy(9)

💅 vmw_stdu_encoder_destroy(9) — like, the whole vibe

Hey bestie 🫶 welcome to the Kernel API Manual, the only group chat where the members are kernel functions and the drama is real. Today's main character? vmw_stdu_encoder_destroy. It's a teardown function. It's giving cleanup era. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_stdu_encoder_destroy — cleans up the STDU 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void vmw_stdu_encoder_destroy (struct drm_encoder *encoder );

Yep, that's the whole signature. No return value (it's void, she doesn't owe you a status code 💀), and it takes exactly one thing.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• encoder — bestie, this is the struct drm_encoder pointer that you use to get to the containing STDU 👑 it's literally the doorway to the thing we're cleaning up.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so here's the tea ☕: vmwgfx cleans up the crtc, the encoder and the connector all at the same time, together, as a unit. Main character group energy 🌈

Which means technically? Technically this function can be a no-op. Like, genuinely, it could do absolutely nothing and nobody would notice 🙈

But — and this is the important part, so listen — it doesn't hurt to have this here anyway. Because what if the common KMS code changes one day and somehow vmw_stdu_crtc_destroy doesn't get called? 😭 Then this lil function is there, being a safety net, holding it down. Iconic, honestly. Preparedness ate. 🍓

Fr fr: the "it can be a no-op" thing is not me being shady, that's just literally what the source says. It's defensive code and we respect her for it 💜

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Sibling functions, associated structs, and the kernel file herself — the whole family tree, no cap 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_stdu.c
• 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_connector_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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💖 the cute sign-off 💖

That's the page, bestie! 🧚 This one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, it's stamped October 2026, and it's filed under vmw_stdu_encoder_destroy(9). Go forth and destroy your encoders responsibly — or don't, since it might be a no-op anyway 😭💀 periodt. 🌟