dma_resv_set_deadline(9)

💖 dma_resv_set_deadline(9) 💖

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for dma_resv_set_deadline(9), and bestie, it's giving “Set a deadline on reservation's objects fences.” lowkey iconic, highkey useful, let's get into it ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

dma_resv_set_deadline — Set a deadline on reservation's objects fences

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the whole signature, slay:

void dma_resv_set_deadline (struct dma_resv *obj , enum dma_resv_usage
       usage , ktime_t deadline );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• obj — the reservation object
• usage — controls which fences to include, see enum dma_resv_usage.
• deadline — the requested deadline (MONOTONIC)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

May be called without holding the dma_resv lock. Sets deadline on all fences filtered by usage.

that's the whole tea, fr fr — no extra lore, no hidden side quest 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole squad:

• Kernel file ./drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c
• Reservation Object Overview(9)
• dma_resv_init(9)
• dma_resv_fini(9)
• dma_resv_reserve_fences(9)
• dma_resv_reset_max_fences(9)
• dma_resv_add_fence(9)
• dma_resv_replace_fences(9)
• dma_resv_iter_first_unlocked(9)
• dma_resv_iter_next_unlocked(9)
• dma_resv_iter_first(9)
• dma_resv_iter_next(9)
• dma_resv_copy_fences(9)
• dma_resv_get_fences(9)
• dma_resv_get_singleton(9)
• dma_resv_wait_timeout(9)
• dma_resv_test_signaled(9)
• dma_resv_describe(9)

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xoxo, your kernel bestie 💖 — footer tea: source/version ./drivers/dma-buf, date October 2026, and the page is dma_resv_set_deadline(9). periodt 🎀