xe_bo_unlock(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xe_bo_unlock(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 🎀

okay so real talk, this is xe_bo_unlock(9) from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the tiny little "and we're done here" button for buffer object locks ✨ it's short, it's sweet, it's giving cleanup era, and you're gonna slay it.

✨ NAME ✨

xe_bo_unlock — unlock the buffer object's dma_resv object 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void xe_bo_unlock (struct xe_bo *bo );

that's it. that's the whole function. no cap, she's a one-liner icon 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • bo — the struct xe_bo whose lock is about to be released 🫶 like, hand her over and she gets set free.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: you locked a buffer object lock earlier, right? and now you're done with it. this is the part where you let it go 🕊️

xe_bo_unlock unlocks a buffer object lock that was locked by xe_bo_lock.

that's literally it. it's the matching pair, the friendship bracelet situation — xe_bo_lock ties it, xe_bo_unlock unties it. don't leave a lock hanging, bestie, that's not the vibe check you want to fail 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole extended friend group lives in Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c — go say hi 💜

okay that's the whole page and you ATE that 💅✨

cute little sign-off time: this one comes out of ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendars, bestie, the future is now 🌈⭐💖

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