__i915_gem_object_fini(9)

💅 __i915_gem_object_fini 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the actual kernel docs, we're doing this — and it's all about __i915_gem_object_fini, the little cleanup queen of the i915 GEM world. she's small, she's focused, she literally just tidies up after everybody else. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

__i915_gem_object_fini — clean up a GEM object initialization 🧹✨

like, the un-initializer. the "okay we're done here, let's put the toys away" function. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void __i915_gem_object_fini (struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj );

one function, one argument, zero drama. returns void because she's not here to give you feedback, she's here to clean. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• obj — the gem object to clean up. yes, that gem object. the one you made a whole mess of. hand her over and let the girl work 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea ☕ — this function cleans up the gem object fields that were set up by drm_gem_private_object_init and i915_gem_object_init. that's it. that's the whole job. she takes the fields those two put down and she folds them neatly.

and like, the reason she exists as her own separate function instead of being tucked into something bigger? it's primarily intended as a helper for backends that need to clean up the gem object in separate steps. so if you're a backend doing your cleanup in stages, this is your girl. lowkey the most accommodating function in the file fr fr 🌈

no hidden side quests mentioned here — the manpage says exactly this and nothing more, so don't go inventing extra behavior in your head, bestie 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, in the order the page gives them (we don't reorder, we respect the source 💜):

• the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c — 💀 she lives here, go read the source
• i915_gem_object_set_cache_coherency(9)
• i915_gem_object_set_pat_index(9)
• __i915_gem_object_pages_fini(9)
• i915_gem_object_read_from_page(9)
• i915_gem_object_evictable(9)
• i915_gem_object_migratable(9)
• i915_gem_object_has_struct_page(9)
• i915_gem_object_has_iomem(9)
• i915_gem_object_can_migrate(9)
• i915_gem_object_migrate(9)
• __i915_gem_object_migrate(9)
• i915_gem_object_placement_possible(9)
• i915_gem_object_needs_ccs_pages(9)
• i915_gem_object_get_moving_fence(9)
• i915_gem_object_wait_moving_fence(9)

like, that's the whole gc. every single one. not me listing sixteen references and still being hype about it 😭🔥

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🎀 the sign-off 🎀

this page came to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem, dated October 2026, and she's filed under the very long and very official name __i915_gem_object_fini(9). remember her name, bestie — it's giving main character energy and honestly she earned it ⭐💜

now go clean up your objects. periodt. 🧚✨