xe_file_put(9)

💅 xe_file_put — like, the whole manual, bestie

Okay so this is xe_file_put(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? It's a short one. It's giving "one job, does it well" energy. Let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

xe_file_put — drops a reference to the xe file object. That's it. That's the whole vibe check. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void xe_file_put (struct xe_file *xef );

No cap, that's the entire signature — copy it exactly like that, spaces and all, don't come for me 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• xef — a pointer to the xe file. Just a pointer. Pointing at the xe file. That's the whole thing ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does it do? It's used to drop a reference to the xef object. Yes bestie, reference counting — the classic "who's still holding onto this thing" situation. When you're done with your ref, you hand it back. Iconic, lowkey essential, not me being obsessed with a one-line function 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Okay this is the part where it gets long, so buckle up. Here's everything it points you at, fr fr:

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c, plus all of these lovely people:

• xe_file_get(9)
• xe_is_xe_file(9)
• xe_device_is_admin_only(9)
• xe_device_create(9)
• xe_device_init_early(9)
• xe_device_probe_early(9)
• xe_device_wmb(9)
• xe_device_is_l2_flush_optimized(9)
• xe_device_td_flush(9)
• xe_device_assert_mem_access(9)
• Xe Device Wedging(9)
• xe_device_set_wedged_method(9)
• xe_device_declare_wedged(9)
• xe_device_validate_wedged_mode(9)
• xe_wedged_mode_to_string(9)
• xe_device_asid_to_vm(9)

That's the whole squad 💖 go read them, iykyk 👑

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Heads up bestie: get the ref back with xe_file_get(9) before you go dropping it — this page is literally just about the put half 🎀

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✨ and that's a wrap ✨ this icon lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, dated October 2026, and honestly? She ate. Periodt. 💅🌸🦋