vmw_resource_unpin(9)

💖 vmw_resource_unpin — bestie's guide to releasing a pin 💖

okay so real talk, this one is a little function in the Kernel API Manual (vmw_resource_unpin(9)) and honestly? It's giving "quietly iconic." Let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

vmw_resource_unpin — literally just removes a pin reference from a resource 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void vmw_resource_unpin (struct vmw_resource *res );

no cap, that's the whole thing. void in, void out, no drama 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• res — the resource you're removing a pin reference from. that's her. that's the one 🎯

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the vibe: having a pin reference means the resource can never be evicted, and its id will never change for as long as that pin reference is sitting there holding on. so when you unpin? you're letting go of that grip, bestie 😭

think of a pin reference as main-character energy for a resource — while it's pinned, nothing can kick it out and nothing can swap its id out from under it. so this function is you finally letting it be a normal resource again ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c 👑
• vmw_resource_mob_attach(9)
• vmw_resource_mob_detach(9)
• vmw_resource_release_id(9)
• vmw_resource_alloc_id(9)
• vmw_resource_init(9)
• vmw_user_resource_lookup_handle(9)
• vmw_resource_buf_alloc(9)
• vmw_resource_do_validate(9)
• vmw_resource_unreserve(9)
• vmw_resource_check_buffer(9)
• vmw_resource_backoff_reservation(9)
• vmw_resource_do_evict(9)
• vmw_resource_validate(9)
• vmw_resource_unbind_list(9)
• vmw_query_readback_all(9)
• vmw_query_move_notify(9)
• vmw_resource_needs_backup(9)
• vmw_resource_evict_type(9)
• vmw_resource_evict_all(9)
• vmw_res_type(9)
• vmw_resource_dirty_update(9)
• vmw_resources_clean(9)

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 big sign-off energy: this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, dropped as part of the Kernel API Manual — go unpin something and slay, fr fr 💖✨🌸🦋