amdgpu_wb_fini(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… amdgpu_wb_fini(9) πŸ’…

okay so bestie, you found a page from the Kernel API Manual β€” and it's a short one, so let's get into it 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

amdgpu_wb_fini β€” Disable Writeback and free memory 🧹✨


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

void amdgpu_wb_fini (struct amdgpu_device *adev );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • adev β€” the amdgpu_device pointer πŸ’– like, hand it the device and it knows what's up

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

So what this does: it disables Writeback and frees the Writeback memory, and that's on all asics β€” no exceptions, no cap, every single one πŸ”₯

Where you'll see it? Right at driver shutdown. That's its whole moment β€” the cleanup era, the final bow πŸ‘‘

ngl it's a tiny function but it's doing important work. don't sleep on the teardown, bestie πŸ’€

πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

The Kernel file lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_wb.c β€” go read it, it's giving main character energy 🌈

And say hi to the whole writeback squad:


mwah that's a wrap, bestie πŸ’œ this little page came to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026 β€” iconic of it, honestly 🌟

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