i915_vm_resv_release(9)

✨ i915_vm_resv_release(9) — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie ✨

Okay so welcome to the i915_vm_resv_release(9) glow-up from the Kernel API Manual 💅 this is the page for the final struct i915_address_space destructor, and yes it's giving “last one out, turn off the lights” energy 🔥

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🎀 NAME 🎀

i915_vm_resv_release — final struct i915_address_space destructor, periodt 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void i915_vm_resv_release (struct kref *kref );

Literally right there, no cap ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• kref — a pointer to the i915_address_space.resv_ref member, bestie 🫶 that's the whole vibe.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So this function gets called when the last lock sharer is no longer sharing the i915_address_space._resv lock 👑 and it also gets called if we raced when destroying a vma by the vma destruction 😭 like, the race condition said “not today” and this function said “bet” 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c — go read it, iykyk 🧚‍♀️

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mwah 💋 and that's the whole page! This iconic little manual page comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt and is dated October 2026 — slay, bye bestie 💖✨🎀