drm_gem_init(9)

💅 drm_gem_init(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 🎀

okay so real talk: this is drm_gem_init(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's a short one but it's important, so pay attention ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_gem_init — gets the GEM device fields all set up and ready to slay 💫

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int drm_gem_init (struct drm_device *dev );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• dev — the struct drm_device structure you want to initialize, bestie. hand it over and it gets set up 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

alsooo lowkey you should go read the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c — it's the whole vibe, fr fr. and then there's the entire friend group of related pages:

• drm_gem_huge_mnt_create(9)
• drm_gem_object_init(9)
• drm_gem_private_object_init(9)
• drm_gem_private_object_fini(9)
• drm_gem_object_handle_get_if_exists_unlocked(9)
• drm_gem_object_handle_free(9)
• drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked(9)
• drm_gem_handle_delete(9)
• drm_gem_dumb_map_offset(9)
• drm_gem_handle_create_tail(9)
• drm_gem_handle_create(9)
• drm_gem_free_mmap_offset(9)
• drm_gem_create_mmap_offset_size(9)
• drm_gem_create_mmap_offset(9)
• drm_gem_get_pages(9)
• drm_gem_put_pages(9)
• drm_gem_objects_lookup(9)
• drm_gem_object_lookup(9)
• drm_gem_dma_resv_wait(9)
• drm_gem_open(9)
• drm_gem_release(9)
• drm_gem_object_release(9)
• drm_gem_object_free(9)
• drm_gem_vm_open(9)
• drm_gem_vm_close(9)
• drm_gem_mmap_obj(9)
• drm_gem_get_unmapped_area(9)
• drm_gem_mmap(9)
• drm_gem_lock_reservations(9)
• drm_gem_lru_init(9)
• drm_gem_lru_remove(9)
• drm_gem_lru_move_tail_locked(9)
• drm_gem_lru_move_tail(9)
• drm_gem_lru_scan(9)
• drm_gem_evict_locked(9)

like, that's the whole squad 💀 go read them all, iykyk 🌈

anyway that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, very demure, very current, very much a drm_gem_init(9) moment. go forth and initialize, bestie 🌟💜