drm_gem_vram_put(9)

✨ drm_gem_vram_put(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this lil page is all about drm_gem_vram_put(9) — yes it's a function, yes it's in the kernel, yes we're gonna understand it together 🫶

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🎀 NAME 🎀

drm_gem_vram_put — releases a reference to a VRAM-backed GEM object 💅

like, it's the "okay bestie I'm done with you, you can go now" of reference counting, no cap ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void drm_gem_vram_put (struct drm_gem_vram_object *gbo );

that's literally it. one function, one pointer, zero drama 🌸

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• gbo — the GEM VRAM object 👑 this is the one getting its reference released, she's the main character here fr fr

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what does it actually do? it releases a reference to a VRAM-backed GEM object 💖

and for the full lore? see ttm_bo_fini for more information — that's where the deets live, iykyk 📖✨

ngl bestie, this page keeps it short and sweet — the real homework is over at ttm_bo_fini, so go read that if you want the whole story 🙈

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

like, here's the whole friend group 🫶 go check them out:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_vram_helper.c overview(9)
• drm_gem_vram_create(9)
• drm_gem_vram_offset(9)
• drm_gem_vram_vmap(9)
• drm_gem_vram_vunmap(9)
• drm_gem_vram_fill_create_dumb(9)
• drm_gem_vram_object_free(9)
• drm_gem_vram_driver_dumb_create(9)
• drm_gem_vram_plane_helper_prepare_fb(9)
• drm_gem_vram_plane_helper_cleanup_fb(9)
• drm_gem_vram_object_vmap(9)
• drm_gem_vram_object_vunmap(9)
• drm_vram_mm_debugfs_init(9)
• drmm_vram_helper_init(9)
• drm_vram_helper_mode_valid(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 mwah 💋 this gem came from ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and it's chillin' in the Kernel API Manual — catch you on the next one, slay 💅✨🦋