spu_deactivate(9)

💖 NAME 💖

spu_deactivate(9) — unbind a context from its physical spu, bestie. Straight from the Kernel API Manual, and yes we’re keeping every detail while making it cute. No cap. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void spu_deactivate (struct spu_context *ctx );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ctx — the spu context to unbind. That’s the context getting detached from its physical spu, periodt.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so here’s the whole vibe: spu_deactivate unbinds ctx from the physical spu it is running on, and then schedules the highest priority context to run on the freed physical spu. That’s literally it, and it’s lowkey iconic. 🦋

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c — yes, that’s the path, bestie.

• spu_bind_context(9)
• spu_unbind_context(9)
• find_victim(9)
• spu_unschedule(9)
• spu_activate(9)
• grab_runnable_context(9)
• spu_yield(9)
• count_active_contexts(9)
• spu_calc_load(9)

💖 and that’s the page, bestie — sourced from ./arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/..., dated October 2026, and signed off with spu_deactivate(9). mwah 💋