find_victim(9)

🦋 find_victim(9) — Kernel API Manual moment 🦋

okay bestie, this one is from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s short but lowkey iconic. Every detail is staying, no cap 💅

✨ NAME ✨

find_victim — find a lower priority context to preempt

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct spu * find_victim (struct spu_context *ctx );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• ctx — candidate context for running

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Returns the freed physical spu to run the new context on.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• Kernel file ./arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
• spu_bind_context(9)
• spu_unbind_context(9)
• spu_unschedule(9)
• spu_activate(9)
• grab_runnable_context(9)
• spu_deactivate(9)
• spu_yield(9)
• count_active_contexts(9)
• spu_calc_load(9)

that’s a wrap, bestie 🫶 — source/version ./arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/..., dated October 2026, page find_victim(9). periodt 💖✨