ttm_bo_shrink_avoid_wait(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ttm_bo_shrink_avoid_wait(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a tiny little function from the TTM (translation table manager) world, and it's literally just a yes-or-no vibe check 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ttm_bo_shrink_avoid_wait — the "should we not wait for the GPU while we're shrinking stuff" decider 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool ttm_bo_shrink_avoid_wait (void );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • void — no arguments, babe. none. zero. it takes nothing, it needs nothing, main character energy 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like, sometimes — think direct reclaim — you genuinely should not be waiting around. and when I say waiting I mean especially GPU waiting, because that kind of stall can freeze up a whole system that could otherwise be out here making actual progress shrinking something else that takes way less time 🙈

it's giving "don't block the group chat waiting on one person to type" fr fr 💀

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • true — yep, GPU waiting should be avoided 😌
  • false — nope, you're fine to wait 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c — and honestly, the whole squad:

and that's the whole page, no cap 🌈 this icon lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/ttm and the docs are dated October 2026 — go off, kernel docs, you ate 💜✨

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