vcn_v5_0_2_sw_fini(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ vcn_v5_0_2_sw_fini — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about vcn_v5_0_2_sw_fini — the sw fini for the VCN block. yes, that's the whole name, no cap, and it's giving "last one to leave the party turns off the lights" energy 💡💅

This page lives in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's all about one tiny function that cleans up after your VCN hardware instance. iconic behavior, honestly.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vcn_v5_0_2_sw_fini (struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block );

That's it. That's the whole vibe. It hands you back an int and takes exactly one argument. simple! clean! we love a minimal signature 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ip_block — a pointer to the struct amdgpu_ip_block for this hw instance. like, the specific one. the main character of this particular hardware moment 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it actually do? VCN suspend and free up sw allocation — i.e. it suspends the VCN block and frees the software allocation. that's the entire description, bestie, and we're not gonna pretend there's more, because there isn't. it suspends, it frees, it exits stage left. periodt ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where the friend group gets long, so buckle up 🧚‍♀️

The kernel file this lives in is:

./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_2.c

And here's the whole crew, in the order the page lists them (keep it exact, iykyk):

twenty-four whole friends and this function is one of them. squad goals fr fr 💖

ngl, this page is short and sweet — it's a cleanup function, not a novel. but every detail is here, so you're not missing a thing 🍓

and that's a wrap, bestie! this page comes to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future-dated slay, we love a timestamp that ate 🌈⭐ mwah 💜

vcn_v5_0_2_sw_fini(9) — out! 🎀

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