amdgpu_ring_fini(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 amdgpu_ring_fini — tear down the driver ring struct ✨

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (the kernel-functions girlies know), and it's literally all about one little cleanup function. short page, big "closing the group chat" energy. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

amdgpu_ring_fini — tear down the driver ring struct. that's it, that's the whole vibe: it's the goodbye function 💔

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void amdgpu_ring_fini (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

no return value bestie, it's void — it just does the thing and dips 👋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ring — the amdgpu_ring structure holding ring information 💍 like, this is the ring struct itself, the one carrying all the ring info. you hand it over and it gets torn down. no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it do? it tears down the driver information for the selected ring — and yes, for all asics (every single one, no favourites 💅). that's the whole description, she's concise, she's iconic, she doesn't over-explain.

think of it as the inverse of setting the ring up — this is the part where you politely dismantle the driver-side info for that ring. main character cleanup energy 🌈

ngl the manpage is short on purpose — this is a "just do the teardown" situation, not a lore dump. don't go expecting extra behaviour that isn't written here, cause it isn't 👀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the source lives in the kernel file:

  • ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c

and here's the whole friend group of related calls — go read them, they're all serving:

okay that's the page!! mwah 💋 this baby lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu and the version stamp says October 2026 — so yeah, she's from the future, obviously, main character energy only 🌟💜 go forth and fini your rings responsibly, bestie 🧚✨

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