drm_gpusvm_notifier_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_gpusvm_notifier_alloc — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this page lives in the Kernel API Manual section 9 (that's the kernel-functions girlies, iykyk), and it's about one very specific little function. it's giving "small but crucial," and honestly? we're obsessed. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

drm_gpusvm_notifier_alloc — Allocate GPU SVM notifier 💖

like, it literally makes a notifier. that's the whole gig. main character energy fr fr.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct drm_gpusvm_notifier * drm_gpusvm_notifier_alloc (struct
drm_gpusvm *gpusvm , unsigned long fault_addr );

so you hand it a gpusvm and a fault_addr, and it hands you back a struct drm_gpusvm_notifier *. that's it. that's the exchange. 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • gpusvm — Pointer to the GPU SVM structure. literally just a pointer to your GPU SVM struct, nothing sneaky 🧚
  • fault_addr — Fault address. the address where the fault happened, bestie 💅

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea: this function allocates and initializes the GPU SVM notifier structure. allocate and initialize. both. it's not just throwing memory at you and dipping — it sets the thing up too. slay 💜

no cap, that's the whole description. short, sweet, iconic.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • on success → you get a pointer to the allocated GPU SVM notifier 💖
  • on failure → you get ERR_PTR 😭 (so like, check it properly, don't just vibe-check it with NULL)
fr fr: ERR_PTR is not NULL. use your IS_ERR()-style checks, bestie. don't come for me later 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is LONG long, so buckle up, we're going through the whole friend group, no skipping, everyone gets named 👑

and that's the page, bestie!! go forth and allocate responsibly 💅✨

source: ./drivers/gpu/drm · dated October 2026 · stay slay, read your manpages, and don't leak your notifiers 🎀💖

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