amdgpu_devic...scratch_fini(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 amdgpu_devic...scratch_fini(9) — bestie's guide to the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so before we even start: this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and the function name up top is amdgpu_devic...scratch_fini(9) (yes, it's literally truncated with dots in the corner, that's just how the man page renders it, don't come for her 🫶). Anyway. Tiny function, big "we're done here" energy. Let's go 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

amdgpu_device_mem_scratch_fini — frees the VRAM scratch page 🎀

like. she's the cleanup girlie. the last one out of the party turning off the lights 💅

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void amdgpu_device_mem_scratch_fini (struct amdgpu_device *adev );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. void return, one pointer in, no drama 💜

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • adev — an amdgpu_device pointer, i.e. your main character struct 🫶 she's the one carrying the scratch page around, and this is you telling her to let it go.

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Frees the VRAM scratch page. periodt.

no cap, that's genuinely the entire description — this function shows up, frees the VRAM scratch page, and leaves. no extra steps, no hidden side quests, no secret flags. lowkey iconic for how compact she is 💀

(and yes, if you're wondering — the "init" half of this duo is in SEE ALSO, go look, it's right there 😌)

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

so there's, um. a lot of friends in this group chat. buckle up bestie 🎀

like I said. huge friend group. she knows everyone at the function and they all know her 💅✨

no warnings, no bugs section, no exit statuses on this one — she's a clean little teardown function and she has nothing to apologise for 🧚

and that's the whole page bestie, ily, go free your VRAM scratch page responsibly 💖

this cutie came from the kernel api manual, filed under the source path ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, and she's dated October 2026 — see you in the next man page, mwah 🎀🦋

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