msm_gem_vm_close(9)

okay so bestie, this is msm_gem_vm_close(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the VM cleanup queen 👑✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

msm_gem_vm_close — close a VM. simple, iconic, done 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void msm_gem_vm_close (struct drm_gpuvm *gpuvm );

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• gpuvm — the VM to close. yes, that exact VM, bestie 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the way that this gets called when the drm device file is closed 😌 it's here to tear down VM related resources, and those resources will drop refcounts to GEM objects that were still mapped into the VM at the time. no cap, that's the whole vibe — teardown business only 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file is ./drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_vma.c, and the related lineup is:

• struct msm_vm_map_op(9)
• struct msm_vm_unmap_op(9)
• struct msm_vm_op(9)
• struct msm_vm_bind_job(9)
• msm_gem_vm_unusable(9)
• msm_gem_vm_create(9)

mwah 💋 this page came from ./drivers/gpu/drm/msm, dated October 2026. go be gorgeous, bestie 🌈⭐