amdgpu_vm_flush(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 amdgpu_vm_flush(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this is the page for amdgpu_vm_flush, and it's literally the "hardware flush the vm" girly. no cap. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

amdgpu_vm_flush — hardware flush the vm 💫

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void amdgpu_vm_flush (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , struct amdgpu_job *job
, bool *need_pipe_sync , bool *emit_spm_needed , bool *emit_gds_needed
);

like, that's the whole signature, character for character, don't @ me 🎀

🎯 ARGUMENTS 🎯

  • ring — ring to use for flush 💍 (yes it's called ring, yes it's the flush ring, slay)
  • job — the related job, i.e. the job this flush is attached to 🫶
  • need_pipe_sync — is pipe sync needed? it's a bool * so the callee can tell you 👀
  • emit_spm_needed — does the caller need to emit spm? yes this is a real question you have to answer 😭
  • emit_gds_needed — does the caller need to emit gds? same vibe, different flag 💀

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Emit a VM flush when it is necessary.

that's it. that's the description. iconic, honestly — minimal, no notes, periodt 💅 the function does the thing only when the thing needs doing, and that's the whole tea ☕

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c — yes, that's where the source lives 🏠

and now the friend group, aka the entire amdgpu_vm extended universe. buckle up bestie, it's long 👑🌈

like… that's a whole friend group text chain and every single one of them made it onto the list 💖 no skipping, we don't do that here 🫶

💜 reminder bestie: all those (9) refs are section 9 kernel API pages, so if a name doesn't autocomplete for you, that's a you problem, not a typo. iykyk 💅

okay that's the whole page!! 🎀 this was brought to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026 — go forth and flush responsibly, bestie 🌈⭐💖

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