ttm_object_file_release(9)

💅 ttm_object_file_release — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> entry for ttm_object_file_release(9) — yes that's the whole title, we're starting strong 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ttm_object_file_release — release data held by a ttm_object_file 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ttm_object_file_release (struct ttm_object_file **p_tfile );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one function, double pointer, no cap 🔥

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p_tfile — pointer to pointer to the ttm_object_file object you're releasing, like a little pointer-to-a-pointer situation 👑 and the plot twist? *p_tfile will be set to NULL by this function. literally cleaned up for you, iconic 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it actually do?? it releases, like, all the data associated by a ttm_object_file 💜

typically it's called from file_ops::release — that's the moment where it all goes down 🍓

⚠️ real talk though: the caller must ensure that there are no concurrent users of tfile. not "probably none", not "i think we're good" — none. fr fr, that's on you bestie 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group 🧚:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.h enum ttm_object_type(9)
• struct ttm_base_object(9)
• struct ttm_prime_object(9)
• ttm_base_object_init(9)
• ttm_base_object_lookup(9)
• ttm_base_object_lookup_for_ref(9)
• ttm_base_object_unref(9)
• ttm_ref_object_base_unref(9)
• ttm_object_file_init(9)
• ttm_object_device_release(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — brought to you by the <purple>Kernel API Manual</purple>, straight out of ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated <cyan>October 2026</cyan> ⭐ slay, go free your tfile 💖🎀🦋