drm_gpusvm_free_pages(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_gpusvm_free_pages(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about a function called drm_gpusvm_free_pages. yes the name is a mouthful, no we are not renaming it, it's iconic and it stays. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_gpusvm_free_pages — literally frees the dma-mapping that's chillin' on a GPU SVM pages struct 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void drm_gpusvm_free_pages (struct drm_gpusvm *gpusvm , struct
drm_gpusvm_pages *svm_pages , unsigned long npages );

that's the whole vibe. returns nothing (void), takes three things, done. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • gpusvm — a pointer to the GPU SVM structure. like, the main character of the whole operation 👑
  • svm_pages — a pointer to the GPU SVM pages structure. this is the one that's actually getting freed, no cap 🦋
  • npages — the number of mapped pages. gotta know how many, fr fr 🔢

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does it do?? it unmaps and frees the dma address array that's associated with a GPU SVM pages struct. that's it, that's the whole thing. clean, simple, slay. ✨🗑️

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

bestie there is a LOT here, buckle up, we're going down the whole list 🌈:

like I said. a whole friend group. go read them, iykyk 💀🫶

and that's the page!! this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and it's drm_gpusvm_free_pages(9) obviously 💖 mwah, go free those pages, ily, bye!! 🧚‍♀️🎀

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