drm_gpuvm_put(9)

💖 drm_gpuvm_put(9) 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is short but iconic — like, a tiny little function that does exactly one thing and does it well. no notes. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

drm_gpuvm_put — drop a struct drm_gpuvm reference 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void drm_gpuvm_put (struct drm_gpuvm *gpuvm );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• gpuvm — the drm_gpuvm you want to release the reference of. that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so, this one releases a reference to gpuvm. literally its whole job. one reference goes poof ✨ and it's done. no drama, no cap.

and here's the slay part: this function may be called from atomic context. 🔥 that's not a suggestion, that's a whole superpower — she's atomic-safe, and you can call her in contexts where most functions could never. respect the icon. 👑

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

ngl this list is long but every single one of these is a friend of the family, so let's go, in order, no skipping, no summarizing, we don't do that here 🧚:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gpuvm.c Overview(9)
• Split and Merge(9)
• Madvise Logic - Splitting and Traversal(9)
• Locking(9)
• Examples(9)
• get_next_vm_bo_from_list(9)
• for_each_vm_bo_in_list(9)
• restore_vm_bo_list(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_is_zombie(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_list_add(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_list_del_init(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_list_del(9)
• drm_gpuvm_range_valid(9)
• drm_gpuvm_resv_object_alloc(9)
• drm_gpuvm_init(9)
• drm_gpuvm_prepare_vm(9)
• drm_gpuvm_prepare_objects(9)
• drm_gpuvm_prepare_range(9)
• drm_gpuvm_exec_lock(9)
• drm_gpuvm_exec_lock_array(9)
• drm_gpuvm_exec_lock_range(9)
• drm_gpuvm_validate(9)
• drm_gpuvm_resv_add_fence(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_create(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_put(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_put_deferred(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_deferred_cleanup(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_find(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_obtain_locked(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_obtain_prealloc(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_extobj_add(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_evict(9)
• drm_gpuva_insert(9)
• drm_gpuva_remove(9)
• drm_gpuva_link(9)
• drm_gpuva_unlink(9)
• drm_gpuva_unlink_defer(9)
• drm_gpuva_find_first(9)
• drm_gpuva_find(9)
• drm_gpuvm_interval_empty(9)
• drm_gpuva_map(9)
• drm_gpuva_remap(9)
• drm_gpuva_unmap(9)
• drm_gpuvm_sm_map(9)
• drm_gpuvm_sm_unmap(9)
• drm_gpuvm_sm_map_exec_lock(9)
• drm_gpuvm_sm_unmap_exec_lock(9)
• drm_gpuvm_sm_map_ops_create(9)
• drm_gpuvm_madvise_ops_create(9)
• drm_gpuvm_sm_unmap_ops_create(9)
• drm_gpuvm_prefetch_ops_create(9)
• drm_gpuvm_bo_unmap_ops_create(9)
• drm_gpuva_ops_free(9)

there. all fifty-three. you're welcome. 💅

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ok and before you go — this page lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, it's dated October 2026, and yeah, the manual tag matches the title: drm_gpuvm_put(9). iconic behavior honestly 🌈

okay that's the whole page bestie, go release those references, ily, bye!! 💖✨🎀