spu_release_saved(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for spu_release_saved(9) — it’s giving very specific kernel business, and we’re gonna get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

spu_release_saved — unlock spu context and return it to the runqueue. That’s the whole vibe: unlock it, send it back to the runqueue, slay. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void spu_release_saved (struct spu_context *ctx );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • ctx — context to unlock. literally the context in question, bestie 🎀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

  • Kernel file ./arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/context.c — the source file to go look at if you’re curious 👀
  • spu_acquire_saved(9) — the matching acquire side, iykyk 🔥

source/version is ./arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/... and the date is October 2026 — that’s the cute little footer sign-off, periodt 💖 byeee 🫶

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