GPU_BUDDY_CLEARED(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ¦‹ GPU_BUDDY_CLEARED πŸ¦‹

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🌸 NAME 🌸

GPU_BUDDY_CLEARED β€” mark returned blocks as cleared ✨

πŸ’– SYNOPSIS πŸ’–

GPU_BUDDY_CLEARED

πŸŽ€ DESCRIPTION πŸŽ€

So this one is used with gpu_buddy_free_list to indicate that the memory being freed has been cleared (zeroed). like, actually zeroed, not just β€œvibes are clear” zeroed. 😭

The blocks get placed in the clear tree for future GPU_BUDDY_CLEAR_ALLOCATION requests. main character memory management behavior, honestly. πŸ‘‘

πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

Kernel file ./include/linux/gpu_buddy.h β€” and the whole referenced squad is:


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