intel_runtim...ut_unchecked(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 intel_runtime_pm_put_unchecked(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a little retro, a little problematic, and honestly kind of a "don't do this at home" situation, but we're gonna get through it together 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

intel_runtime_pm_put_unchecked — drop an unchecked runtime pm reference, no questions asked, no receipts kept 😭

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void intel_runtime_pm_put_unchecked (struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm );

like literally that's the whole signature, it's giving minimalism 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • rpm — the struct intel_runtime_pm structure, aka the thing you're about to hand a reference back to 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this function drops the device-level runtime pm reference that you got from intel_runtime_pm_get, and ngl it might power down the corresponding hardware block right away if this happens to be the last reference 👀 like it does not wait, it does not check in, it just goes 💀

and here's the tea: this function exists only for historical reasons and should be avoided in new code, because the correctness of its use cannot be checked 🙈 like the vibes are immaculate but the safety is not, bestie

the way that this thing cannot verify you used it right is genuinely the whole problem 😭 always use intel_runtime_pm_put instead. periodt. 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c, plus all these icons 👑

and that's the page babes 🌈 this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915 and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ go forth, use intel_runtime_pm_put instead, and stay iconic 💜🧚‍♀️

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