jpeg_v4_0_5_sw_fini(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 jpeg_v4_0_5_sw_fini(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, specifically the lil page for jpeg_v4_0_5_sw_fini. yes the name is a mouthful, no we're not changing it, it's iconic in a cursed way 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

jpeg_v4_0_5_sw_fini — literally the sw fini for the JPEG block. that's the whole vibe. software teardown, JPEG edition, slay 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int jpeg_v4_0_5_sw_fini (struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block );

it returns an int, it takes one arg, that's it, that's the whole signature, no cap 🫶

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • ip_block — a pointer to the amdgpu_ip_block for this hw instance. like, this specific hardware instance's ip block, not some other one. pointer to the actual struct. yes the asterisk matters, bestie 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does it actually DO? two things, and honestly they're giving "closing shift at the group chat" energy:

  • JPEG suspend
  • free up the sw allocation

that's it. that's the function. it suspends JPEG and releases the software allocation. short, sweet, ate and left no crumbs 🔥

ngl the description is only one line in the og, so there's nothing more to spill — don't go inventing behavior, bestie, iykyk 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file itself lives at:

./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/jpeg_v4_0_5.c

and here's the whole friend group, all of them, in order, no one left out:

like, the whole init/fini/suspend/resume pipeline plus the dec ring rptr/wptr crew. main character energy all around 👑

and that's the page, bestie 💜 this lil beauty ships from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and it's page jpeg_v4_0_5_sw_fini(9) of the Kernel API Manual. go forth and fini that sw. periodt ✨🎀

📦 where this page comes from