drm_gpusvm_range_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ drm_gpusvm_range_alloc(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's about drm_gpusvm_range_alloc — the function that literally makes a GPU SVM range appear out of nowhere and gets it all set up 💅 bestie, it's giving "allocator but make it graphics."

🌸 NAME 🌸

drm_gpusvm_range_alloc — allocate a GPU SVM range

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct drm_gpusvm_range * drm_gpusvm_range_alloc (struct drm_gpusvm
*gpusvm , struct drm_gpusvm_notifier *notifier , unsigned long
fault_addr , unsigned long chunk_size , bool migrate_devmem );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • gpusvm — a pointer to the GPU SVM structure. this is the whole situation we're working inside 🫶
  • notifier — a pointer to the GPU SVM notifier structure
  • fault_addr — the fault address. yes, that fault address 😭
  • chunk_size — the chunk size
  • migrate_devmem — a flag that says whether we should migrate device memory or not

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

this function allocates the GPU SVM range structure and initializes it. both things. in one go. iconic behavior honestly ✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

on success you get a pointer to the allocated GPU SVM range 💖 on failure you get an ERR_PTR. so like… vibe check the return value before you use it, fr fr 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gpusvm.c, plus the whole friend group:

okay that's the whole page, no cap 💜 this one lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm, and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future era behavior 🌈 and the page itself is drm_gpusvm_range_alloc(9), periodt 🎀 bye bestie, go allocate something responsibly 🧚

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