amdgpu_sync_get_fence(9)

✨ amdgpu_sync_get_fence ✨

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's genuinely one of the cutest little helpers in the whole sync squad 💅 like she just reaches into the bag, pulls out the next fence, and dips — no cap.

💖 NAME 💖

amdgpu_sync_get_fence — get the next fence from the sync object 🎀

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct dma_fence * amdgpu_sync_get_fence (struct amdgpu_sync *sync );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sync — the sync object to use, bestie. that's the one you're reaching into 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

kk so here's the whole vibe: this function gets the next fence out of the sync object, but only the one that is not signaled yet — and then it removes it. so it's not a peek, it's a full-on take-and-go situation 💀 like she grabs it and it's gone from the sync object, that's the whole point.

lowkey the order of operations in the original is "Get and removes" and honestly? same energy. it gets, and it removes. both. at once. main character behaviour ✨

ngl if you were expecting a polite little read-only look, this is not that. she takes the fence with her when she leaves 🙈

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

the kernel file where all of this lives, in all its glory:

• ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c

and the whole sync friend group, fr fr — go say hi to all of them:

• amdgpu_sync_create(9)
• amdgpu_sync_same_dev(9)
• amdgpu_sync_get_owner(9)
• amdgpu_sync_keep_later(9)
• amdgpu_sync_add_later(9)
• amdgpu_sync_fence(9)
• amdgpu_sync_resv(9)
• amdgpu_sync_kfd(9)
• amdgpu_sync_peek_fence(9)
• amdgpu_sync_clone(9)
• amdgpu_sync_move(9)
• amdgpu_sync_push_to_job(9)
• amdgpu_sync_free(9)
• amdgpu_sync_init(9)
• amdgpu_sync_fini(9)

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and that's the whole page, periodt 🧚 this little icon comes to you straight out of ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026 — go off, kernel docs, you ate that 💜🌈⭐