dma_fence_is_array(9)

💅 dma_fence_is_array

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual today bestie, and this page is about dma_fence_is_array — one tiny little bool function that answers one very specific question and then dips. iconic behaviour honestly. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

dma_fence_is_array — check if a fence is from the array subclass 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool dma_fence_is_array (struct dma_fence *fence );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• fence — the fence to test 🌸 like, the one you're side-eyeing and going "hmm… are you an array or not"

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Return true if it is a dma_fence_array and false otherwise. that's it. that's the whole function. no cap. ✨

it's literally a vibe check for fences 💅 you hand it a fence, it tells you whether that fence is from the array subclass. true = yes bestie it's a dma_fence_array. false = nope, not this one 🫶

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./include/linux/dma-fence.h and honestly the whole friend group:

• struct dma_fence(9)
• struct dma_fence_cb(9)
• struct dma_fence_ops(9)
• dma_fence_was_initialized(9)
• dma_fence_put(9)
• dma_fence_get(9)
• dma_fence_get_rcu(9)
• dma_fence_get_rcu_safe(9)
• dma_fence_spinlock(9)
• dma_fence_lock_irqsave(9)
• dma_fence_unlock_irqrestore(9)
• dma_fence_assert_held(9)
• Safe external access to driver provided object members(9)
• dma_fence_is_signaled_locked(9)
• dma_fence_is_signaled(9)
• __dma_fence_is_later(9)
• dma_fence_is_later(9)
• dma_fence_is_later_or_same(9)
• dma_fence_later(9)
• dma_fence_get_status_locked(9)
• dma_fence_set_error(9)
• dma_fence_timestamp(9)
• dma_fence_wait(9)
• dma_fence_is_chain(9)
• dma_fence_is_container(9)

mwah 💜 that's the whole page. source is ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and the header said dma_fence_is_array(9) in case you forgot what you clicked on. go check your fences bestie, ily, bye 👑✨