cik_cp_gfx_fini(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… cik_cp_gfx_fini(9) β€” Kernel API Manual, bestie edition πŸŽ€

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes the whole manual, we're fancy) and it's about cik_cp_gfx_fini, which is genuinely such a good-little-cleanup-function, we love a function that knows how to say goodbye ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

cik_cp_gfx_fini β€” stop the gfx ring πŸ›‘

like that's literally her whole job. she stops the gfx ring. iconic behavior.


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

void cik_cp_gfx_fini (struct radeon_device *rdev );

no cap, that's the whole signature. returns void because she doesn't gossip, she just does the thing πŸ’…


πŸ’– ARGUMENTS πŸ’–

  • rdev β€” a radeon_device pointer 🫢 that's it, that's the one (1) argument. she only needs the one.

πŸ”₯ DESCRIPTION πŸ”₯

So what does she actually do? Two things, and she does them well:

  • Stop the gfx ring πŸ›‘
  • Tear down the driver ring info 🧹

that's the vibe. stop the ring, clean up the ring info, walk away like a main character. periodt. πŸ’œ


⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay this list is LONG long, so buckle up bestie, we're going through the whole extended friend group 🫢 (and also the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c β€” that's where the source lives, iykyk):

like. seventy-something friends. she's popular, what can we say πŸ’…βœ¨


🧚 tiny note bestie: everything here came from the kernel docs, so when in doubt, go read ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c and befriend the source. it's giving trustworthy.

and that's the page!! brought to you by the good people over at ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon, dated October 2026, man page name cik_cp_gfx_fini(9) πŸŒˆπŸ’– go forth and stop those gfx rings responsibly, ily, bye πŸŽ€πŸ¦‹

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