__i915_gem_..._create_user(9)

💖 __i915_gem_..._create_user(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the lil manpage for __i915_gem_..._create_user 🎀 this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and honestly it's giving "internal helper that knows what it's doing" energy 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

__i915_gem_object_create_user — creates a new object using the same path as DRM_I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct drm_i915_gem_object * __i915_gem_object_create_user (struct
drm_i915_private *i915 , u64 size , struct intel_memory_region
**placements , unsigned int n_placements );

like literally that's the whole signature, no cap 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• i915 — the i915 private struct, your main character 🫶
• size — size of the buffer, in bytes 📏
• placements — possible placement regions, in priority order — yes bestie, priority order, don't shuffle them 🙈
• n_placements — number of possible placement regions 🔢

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this function is exposed primarily for selftests 🧪 like it's not out here doing the most for everyone, it's a selftest girlie. and it does very little error checking — not me showing up to the function with zero guardrails 💀

it is assumed that the set of placement regions has already been verified to be valid ✅ so like, do that part yourself first, okay? it's not gonna double-check you. vibe check your placements before you call, fr fr 🌈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c 📁
• i915_gem_create_ioctl(9)
• i915_gem_create_ext_ioctl(9)

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💡 friendly reminder bestie: very little error checking means you are the error checking. slay responsibly 👑

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that's the whole page!! source: ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem, dated October 2026, and we're out 💅✨ bye bestie, go create some objects 🍓