sdma_v4_4_2_inst_gfx_stop(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 sdma_v4_4_2_inst_gfx_stop(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, section 9 bestie 🎀

okay so. bestie. gather round. we're in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, yeah the fun one) and today's main character is sdma_v4_4_2_inst_gfx_stop — no cap, this one's whole job is shutting the gfx async dma engines down 💀✨

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v4_4_2_inst_gfx_stop — stop the gfx async dma engines 🛑

like. it stops them. the gfx async dma engines. that's the vibe. periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void sdma_v4_4_2_inst_gfx_stop (struct amdgpu_device *adev , uint32_t
inst_mask );

look at her. void return, so she doesn't even give you a little success message back, she just does the thing. iconic behavior honestly 👑

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • adev — an amdgpu_device pointer 💖 literally just the handle to your amdgpu device, bestie, she needs to know which device we're talking about
  • inst_mask — mask of dma engine instances to be disabled 🌈 it's a mask, so it's giving "choose your fighters" energy — the instances you set in here are the ones getting yeeted into the disabled state

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Stop the gfx async dma ring buffers. 🛑🎀

that's it. that's the whole thing. she halts the gfx async dma ring buffers and dips. no notes. ate and left no crumbs. 🔥

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the kernel file itself lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v4_4_2.c — go read the source if you're feeling feral 🫶

and here's the whole friend group, all of them, every single one, i'm not skipping a single bestie 😭:

lowkey a whole squad. iykyk 💜

aaand that's the page, bestie 🫶 this lil gem came out of the source path ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and it's the sdma_v4_4_2_inst_gfx_stop(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. mwah. go forth and stop those gfx async dma engines 💖🎀✨

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