unpin_user_pages(9)

💅 unpin_user_pages(9) 🌸

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual entry for unpin_user_pages(9), and she is literally here to release an array of gup-pinned pages. no cap. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

unpin_user_pages — release an array of gup-pinned pages. periodt. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void unpin_user_pages (struct page **pages , unsigned long npages );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• pages — array of pages to be marked dirty and released. yes, that whole array, bestie. 🫶
• npages — number of pages in the pages array. literally the count. 🔥

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

For each page in the pages array, release the page using unpin_user_page.

Please see the unpin_user_page documentation for details — fr fr, go read it if you want the deep lore. 📖✨

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file ./mm/gup.c plus all these icons:

• try_grab_folio(9)
• unpin_user_page(9)
• unpin_folio(9)
• folio_add_pin(9)
• unpin_user_pages_dirty_lock(9)
• unpin_user_page_range_dirty_lock(9)
• unpin_user_folio(9)
• unpin_folios(9)
• try_grab_folio_fast(9)
• follow_page_mask(9)
• __get_user_pages(9)
• fixup_user_fault(9)
• populate_vma_page_range(9)
• fault_in_writeable(9)
• fault_in_subpage_writeable(9)
• fault_in_readable(9)
• get_dump_page(9)
• get_user_pages_remote(9)
• get_user_pages(9)
• get_user_pages_fast_only(9)
• get_user_pages_fast(9)
• pin_user_pages_fast(9)
• pin_user_pages_remote(9)
• pin_user_pages(9)
• memfd_pin_folios(9)
• folio_add_pins(9)

kisses, bestie 💋 — this page comes from ./mm and is dated October 2026. slay. 🌈👑