drm_gem_evict_locked(9)

💅 drm_gem_evict_locked(9)

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for drm_gem_evict_locked(9), bestie. This one is a little helper with one job: evict backing pages for a GEM object ✨ Short page? Yes. Still iconic? Also yes 💖.

✨ NAME ✨

drm_gem_evict_locked — helper to evict backing pages for a GEM object 🫶

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

int drm_gem_evict_locked (struct drm_gem_object *obj );

That's the whole signature, no cap: it returns an int, and it takes one pointer to a struct drm_gem_object named obj ⭐

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• obj — the obj in question 🦋. Like, that's the argument, and the page says it's the obj in question. We love a concise queen.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c, plus literally the whole friend group:

• drm_gem_huge_mnt_create(9)
• drm_gem_init(9)
• drm_gem_object_init(9)
• drm_gem_private_object_init(9)
• drm_gem_private_object_fini(9)
• drm_gem_object_handle_get_if_exists_unlocked(9)
• drm_gem_object_handle_free(9)
• drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked(9)
• drm_gem_handle_delete(9)
• drm_gem_dumb_map_offset(9)
• drm_gem_handle_create_tail(9)
• drm_gem_handle_create(9)
• drm_gem_free_mmap_offset(9)
• drm_gem_create_mmap_offset_size(9)
• drm_gem_create_mmap_offset(9)
• drm_gem_get_pages(9)
• drm_gem_put_pages(9)
• drm_gem_objects_lookup(9)
• drm_gem_object_lookup(9)
• drm_gem_dma_resv_wait(9)
• drm_gem_open(9)
• drm_gem_release(9)
• drm_gem_object_release(9)
• drm_gem_object_free(9)
• drm_gem_vm_open(9)
• drm_gem_vm_close(9)
• drm_gem_mmap_obj(9)
• drm_gem_get_unmapped_area(9)
• drm_gem_mmap(9)
• drm_gem_lock_reservations(9)
• drm_gem_lru_init(9)
• drm_gem_lru_remove(9)
• drm_gem_lru_move_tail_locked(9)
• drm_gem_lru_move_tail(9)
• drm_gem_lru_scan(9)

mwah 💋 this was drm_gem_evict_locked(9) from the ./drivers/gpu/drm source, dated October 2026. bye bestie, go evict those backing pages — for a GEM object, specifically 🧚‍♀️✨