sdma_v4_4_2_inst_page_stop(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 sdma_v4_4_2_inst_page_stop(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for sdma_v4_4_2_inst_page_stop, and it's literally the "ok we're done here" button for the page async dma engines. she stops things. that's her whole job. iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v4_4_2_inst_page_stop — stop the page async dma engines 🛑

like, actually stop them. not a vibe check, a real shutdown of those engine instances.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sdma_v4_4_2_inst_page_stop (struct amdgpu_device *adev , uint32_t
inst_mask );

no return value, she just does the thing and leaves 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adev — amdgpu_device pointer. bestie, this is your GPU device handle, the main character of the whole operation 🫶
  • inst_mask — mask of dma engine instances to be disabled. so like, you pick which instances get the nap, by mask. not all of them have to go at once ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Stop the page async dma ring buffers.

that's it. that's the whole thing. the page async dma ring buffers get stopped, the engines wind down, and everybody goes home 🙈 ngl it's a short description but it's honest work.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole fam, no cap — every one of these is linked up with this page:

lowkey the whole sdma_v4_4_2 squad lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu — go say hi 🐧

and that's the page, bestie!! mwah 💋 this one came from the ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu directory, dated October 2026, and it'll always be findable as sdma_v4_4_2_inst_page_stop(9). stay slaying ✨👑

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