drm_gpusvm_range_start(9)

💜 drm_gpusvm_range_start(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel API manual (drm_gpusvm_range_start(9), yes that's the whole title, we're not shortening it) and you just need to know where a GPU SVM range starts. That's it. That's the whole function. She's a getter, she's iconic, she serves.

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✨ NAME ✨

drm_gpusvm_range_start — literally just the GPU SVM range start address. no cap, that's the entire job description.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned long drm_gpusvm_range_start (struct drm_gpusvm_range *range );

look at her go 🫶 she takes one (1) pointer and hands you back an unsigned long. the way that signature is so clean, i'm obsessed.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• range — pointer to the GPU SVM range 💅 that's the one you're asking about. give her the range, she gives you the start.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

the GPU SVM range start address, returned as an unsigned long. that's it bestie, no hidden lore, no error codes, no surprises. she ate and left no crumbs ✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group, fr fr. all of these live in the kernel file ./include/drm/drm_gpusvm.h:

• struct drm_gpusvm_ops(9)
• struct drm_gpusvm_notifier(9)
• struct drm_gpusvm_pages_flags(9)
• struct drm_gpusvm_pages(9)
• struct drm_gpusvm_range_flags(9)
• struct drm_gpusvm_range(9)
• struct drm_gpusvm(9)
• struct drm_gpusvm_ctx(9)
• drm_gpusvm_init_pages(9)
• enum drm_gpusvm_scan_result(9)
• drm_gpusvm_driver_set_lock(9)
• drm_gpusvm_notifier_lock(9)
• drm_gpusvm_notifier_unlock(9)
• drm_gpusvm_range_end(9)
• drm_gpusvm_range_size(9)
• drm_gpusvm_notifier_start(9)
• drm_gpusvm_notifier_end(9)
• drm_gpusvm_notifier_size(9)
• __drm_gpusvm_range_next(9)
• drm_gpusvm_for_each_range(9)
• drm_gpusvm_for_each_range_safe(9)
• __drm_gpusvm_notifier_next(9)
• drm_gpusvm_for_each_notifier(9)
• drm_gpusvm_for_each_notifier_safe(9)

like, the range start is giving main character energy but she did NOT get here alone 💖 go read the rest, iykyk.

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ngl, drm_gpusvm_range_start(9) is the lowkey bestie of drm_gpusvm_range_end(9) — you literally cannot have one without the other. character development 🧚

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and that's the page, bestie!! 💖✨🎀 shoutout to the source ./include/drm and the date October 2026 — that's the vibe check stamp, saving it for the group chat 😭👑💅