xe_vm_kill(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is xe_vm_kill(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the name is xe_vm_kill — literally “VM Kill” 💀. bestie, the vibes are dramatic but the job is simple: this page is about killing a VM.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void xe_vm_kill (struct xe_vm *vm , bool unlocked );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vm — the VM. like, the actual VM we're about to deal with. 👑
• unlocked — this flag indicates the VM's dma-resv is not held. noted, bestie 📝

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the function kills the VM by setting the banned flag, which indicates the VM is no longer available for use. 🚫💅

and if it's in preempt fence mode, it also kills all exec queue attached to the VM. yeah. all of them. no cap 😭🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group is here, bestie — kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c, plus:

• xe_vm_drm_exec_lock(9)
• xe_vm_remove_compute_exec_queue(9)
• xe_vm_validate_rebind(9)
• xe_vm_bump_lru(9)
• xe_vm_resume_rebind_worker(9)
• xe_vm_add_fault_entry_pf(9)
• xe_vm_range_rebind(9)
• xe_vm_range_unbind(9)
• xe_vma_mem_attr_copy(9)
• xe_vm_lock_vma(9)
• xe_vm_create_scratch(9)
• xe_vm_find_vma_by_addr(9)
• xe_vma_has_default_mem_attrs(9)
• struct xe_vma_lock_and_validate_flags(9)
• xe_vm_bind_kernel_bo(9)
• xe_vm_lock(9)
• xe_vm_unlock(9)
• xe_vm_invalidate_vma_submit(9)
• xe_vm_invalidate_vma(9)
• xe_vma_need_vram_for_atomic(9)
• xe_vm_alloc_madvise_vma(9)
• xe_vm_find_cpu_addr_mirror_vma_range(9)
• xe_vm_alloc_cpu_addr_mirror_vma(9)
• xe_vm_add_exec_queue(9)
• xe_vm_remove_exec_queue(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe; date: October 2026; page: xe_vm_kill(9). that's the cute little footer sign-off, bestie, bye 🫶🌈