drm_gem_shmem_object_pin(9)

hey bestie!! welcome to drm_gem_shmem_object_pin(9) in the Kernel API Manual — this is the little wrapper page, and it’s literally here to make your GEM object pinning era make sense. okay so let’s get into it 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_gem_shmem_object_pin — GEM object function for drm_gem_shmem_pin()

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int drm_gem_shmem_object_pin (struct drm_gem_object *obj );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• obj — GEM object. that’s the whole vibe, bestie: it’s the GEM object, periodt.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this function wraps drm_gem_shmem_pin. like, that’s its whole job. Drivers that employ the shmem helpers should use it as their drm_gem_object_funcs.pin handler — so if your driver is on the shmem-helper train, this is the handler bestie you slot in there. no cap 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the gang’s all here — go peek at:

• Kernel file ./include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h struct drm_gem_shmem_object(9), drm_gem_shmem_object_free(9), drm_gem_shmem_object_print_info(9), drm_gem_shmem_object_unpin(9), drm_gem_shmem_object_get_sg_table(9), drm_gem_shmem_object_mmap(9), DRM_GEM_SHMEM_DRIVER_OPS(9)

mwah 💋 source/version: ./include/drm; date: October 2026; page: drm_gem_shmem_object_pin(9). now go pin responsibly, bestie 🫶🎀