vme_free_consistent(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vme_free_consistent — the Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the vme_free_consistent page, straight out of the kernel API manual ✨ this is the cleanup crew of the VME world and honestly it's giving "the friend who helps you move out of your apartment" energy 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

vme_free_consistent — literally just frees memory you already allocated before. that's the whole job. no cap 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void vme_free_consistent (struct vme_resource *resource , size_t size ,
       void *vaddr , dma_addr_t dma );

like, that's the whole signature, copy it exactly please, no typos, i'm watching 👀

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • resource — pointer to a VME resource. it's the thing that says "yeah this allocation is mine" 🧚
  • size — the size of the allocation you're freeing. gotta match up, bestie.
  • vaddr — the virtual address of the allocation. the vibes-address, if you will ✨
  • dma — the physical address of the allocation. the actual real-world address, no pretending 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the whole point: it frees a previously allocated block of contiguous memory 🔥 that's it, that's the function. contiguous block, already allocated by you earlier, now getting gently released back into the wild. release the block, queen 👑

ngl, the "previously allocated" part is doing heavy lifting here — this is the undo button for an allocation you already made, not a fresh start 💖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group, fr fr. all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c and honestly it's a whole roster 🌈

that's the page, periodt 💅 this little beauty ships from ./drivers/staging/vme_user and it's dated October 2026, so like... mark your calendar bestie, that's the version we're all living in 🎀 bye, love you, free your memory responsibly 💖

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