drm_gem_handle_create(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ drm_gem_handle_create(9) ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (that's the manual name btw, we love a kernel-era moment 🫶) — it's all about drm_gem_handle_create, and it's literally the "make it official" step for a GEM object. let's get into it 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int drm_gem_handle_create (struct drm_file *file_priv , struct
drm_gem_object *obj , u32 *handlep );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • file_priv — the drm file-private structure you're registering the handle for. it's giving "whose account is this going on" energy.
  • obj — the object to register. the main character in question 👑
  • handlep — pointer to return the created handle back to the caller. that's your little receipt, bestie 🧾

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does it actually do? it creates a handle for this object ✨. the way this works: it adds a handle reference to the object, which includes a regular reference count. so heads up — callers will likely want to dereference the object afterwards. don't forget, okay? 😭

also, since this publishes obj to userspace, the object must be fully set up by this point — like, fully. no half-finished fits allowed 💀. drivers must call this last in their buffer object creation callbacks. periodt.

fr fr: this is the moment obj goes public, so if you call it too early you're posting a draft to the main feed. do not. 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c plus this whole friend group:

and that's the whole vibe check 💜 this page lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and honestly? iconic. go create some handles, bestie, you got this 🌈⭐

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