dma_fence_spinlock(9)

okay bestie, you're looking at the dma_fence_spinlock(9) page from the kernel API manual, and it is giving “one job, zero drama” energy. The whole point? Get the spinlock that protects a fence. Periodt. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

dma_fence_spinlock — return pointer to the spinlock protecting the fence 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

spinlock_t * dma_fence_spinlock (struct dma_fence *fence );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fence — the fence to get the lock from 🦋

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so this function returns either the pointer to the embedded spin lock or the pointer to the external spin lock. That's it. That's the whole function. No cap. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

if you want the whole friend group, go here:

• Kernel file ./include/linux/dma-fence.h
• 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_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_array(9)
• dma_fence_is_chain(9)
• dma_fence_is_container(9)

made with 💖 from source/version ./include/linux, dated October 2026 — bye bestie, go protect those fences! 🌈