ttm_object_device_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ttm_object_device_release(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the ttm_object_device_release page — major Kernel API Manual energy, and honestly? it's a tiny little function with one job and it does it iconically 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ttm_object_device_release — the function that releases all the data held by a ttm_object_device. that's it. that's the whole vibe. clean, simple, ate 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ttm_object_device_release (struct ttm_object_device **p_tdev );

like, look at her. void return, one pointer-to-a-pointer argument. no cap, she's lowkey elegant 🫶

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • p_tdev — a pointer to a pointer to the ttm_object_device object you're releasing. and listen, this is the important part: *p_tdev is gonna get set to NULL by this function. so don't be out here using it after, okay? it's giving dangling pointer trap if you're not paying attention 🙈

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So what does it actually do? It releases all the data associated with a ttm_object_device. all of it. every last crumb. 🍓

Typically you'd call this from driver::unload, right before the device private data structure gets destroyed — like, the cleanup crew showing up before the demolition crew, y'know? main character energy for the teardown phase 👑

fr fr, remember: after this runs, *p_tdev is NULL. that's not a bug, that's the whole design. respect it 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.h, plus the whole friend group:

like, the entire extended universe is right there if you wanna go read more. iykyk 📚✨

and that's the page, bestie!! this little gem lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendars, screenshot it, send it to the group chat, whatever you gotta do. mwah 💖🎀🦋💅

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