drm_gem_shme..._with_handle(9)

💖 drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're in kernel land today, and yes you're gonna slay it 🫶 This one's called drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle, and it's literally the "make me a buffer and give me a handle to it" girly. no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle (struct drm_file *file_priv ,
struct drm_device *dev , size_t size , uint32_t *handle );

like, that's the whole vibe. one call, four args, and you're done 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• file_priv — the DRM file structure you're creating the dumb buffer for. it's giving "whose buffer is this anyway" energy.
• dev — the DRM device. the main character of the whole operation, fr fr.
• size — how big the object you're allocating should be. pick a number, any number 🦋
• handle — where the GEM handle gets handed back to you on success. she's an out-param and she's iconic for it.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically: this allocates an shmem GEM buffer by calling drm_gem_shmem_create, and then returns a GEM handle pointing at it. that's it. that's the whole function. lowkey elegant, highkey useful ✨

you give it a file, a device, and a size, and it gives you back a handle. obsessed with the symmetry honestly 🎀

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

Zero on success 🎉 — or an error code otherwise 😭. (yes, check it. always check it. i'm begging.)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, in order of appearance at the function:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c — this is where the magic lives, go read it 💜
• overview(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_init(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_create(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_release(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_free(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_pin(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_unpin(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_dumb_create(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_mmap(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_print_info(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_get_sg_table(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_get_pages_sgt(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_prime_import_sg_table(9)
• drm_gem_shmem_prime_import_no_map(9)

like, the entire drm_gem_shmem_* squad is here and they all ate 💅🔥

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and that's the page bestie!! this lil cutie ships from ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026 🗓️✨ go forth, allocate responsibly, and remember: drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle(9) is the manual name, iykyk 🧚💖 periodt.