radeon_fence_unref(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 radeon_fence_unref(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so sit down, grab a boba, because we're talking about radeon_fence_unref — a tiny little function in the Kernel API Manual that is lowkey doing the most important job in the whole fence-keeping situation. it's giving cleanup crew. it's giving "i'm not the main character but the main character would literally be nothing without me." 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

radeon_fence_unref — remove a ref on a fence 🧚

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. one job, done flawlessly, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void radeon_fence_unref (struct radeon_fence **fence );

so the signature is literally right there — it returns void (nothing, silence, crickets, we move on) and it takes a struct radeon_fence **. yes bestie, a double pointer. two stars. it's giving i'm going to reach into your pointer and possibly rewrite what's in it, which honestly is iconic of it. ⭐

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • fence — radeon fence object 💜 — that's the fence we're dropping a reference on. it's your little guy. your blorbo. the one you're finally letting go.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Remove a reference on a fence — and yes, this applies to all asics, so there's no "oops wrong hardware" situation here, it works everywhere fr fr. 🫶

that's the whole description. no extra lore, no secret side quests. it removes one ref. that's the assignment and it understood it. 💅

ok but real talk as a little aside — this is unref, not ref. there's a radeon_fence_ref down in SEE ALSO for the opposite direction. don't get them twisted, bestie, that's how you get leaks and leaks are NOT cute. 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is long and honestly it ate. the kernel file for all of this lives at:

./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c

and here's the whole friend group, no one left out (iykyk) ✨:

like ok they really said "let us introduce you to everyone". 🌈

🍓 and that's the page!! short, sweet, does exactly one thing and does it slay. mwah. 💋

and for the lil sign-off: this whole thing comes to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon, dated October 2026 — so go forth, drop that ref, be free, and remember: every fence deserves its moment. 💖✨

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