svm_range_li...d_flush_work(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ svm_range_list_lock_and_flush_work(9) ✨

okay bestie so we're in the Kernel API Manual today, and the star of the show is svm_range_list_lock_and_flush_work(9) β€” yes the header be truncating it like svm_range_li...d_flush_work(9), don't let that jump-scare you πŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

svm_range_list_lock_and_flush_work β€” flush pending deferred work ✨ (that's literally the whole assignment, she's focused πŸ’–)


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

void svm_range_list_lock_and_flush_work (struct svm_range_list *svms ,
struct mm_struct *mm );

it's giving "void, no return value, all vibes" 🫢


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • svms β€” the svm range list 🌈 like, the actual list we're messing with, main character energy
  • mm β€” the mm structure πŸ’œ the memory-map thing, you know her

πŸ‘‘ CONTEXT πŸ‘‘

Returns with mmap write lock held, pending deferred work flushed πŸ”₯

so when this bad girl returns, two things are true, periodt: the mmap write lock is held, and the pending deferred work has been flushed ✨ no cap, that's the contract, respect it πŸ™ˆ


🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

bestie go read the source, it's literally right there: Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c 🧚 and then the whole friend group:


okay that's the whole page, you ate that πŸ“ mwah πŸ’‹

sign-off time πŸŽ€ this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd, dated October 2026, and it's filed under svm_range_li...d_flush_work(9) β€” iykyk πŸ’–βœ¨

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from