amdgpu_sync_get_owner(9)

💅 amdgpu_sync_get_owner(9) 💅

okay so you're reading the Kernel API Manual bestie, and this specific page is all about amdgpu_sync_get_owner — like, one tiny function, but she's doing her little job and we respect her for it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

amdgpu_sync_get_owner — extract the owner of a fence

like, figuratively pull the owner out. no cap, that's literally it 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void * amdgpu_sync_get_owner (struct dma_fence *f );

that's the whole vibe. one arg, one pointer out, very demure ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• f — the fence 🦋 and yes, this is the fence you're getting the owner from. that's the assignment. that's the whole task.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So picture this: a fence exists. somebody made it. this function's entire personality is answering who — it extracts who originally created the fence 😭 and hands them back to you as a void *.

that's it. that's the function. short queen, iconic behavior, no notes 👑

lowkey obsessed with how a function this small still gets its own manual page. main character energy fr fr 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so if you're gonna go snooping around, here's the whole friend group and where they live:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
• amdgpu_sync_create(9)
• amdgpu_sync_same_dev(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_get_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)

go read all of them, i'll wait, bring snacks 🍓🧚

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anyway that's the page!! it came from the source tree at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, and this particular glow-up is dated October 2026 — mwah, love that for us 💖✨🎀 bye bestie, go extract some owners 🦋