drm_gpuvm_range_valid(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ drm_gpuvm_range_valid ✨

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's literally just one tiny function doing a vibe check on your address range 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

drm_gpuvm_range_valid — checks whether the given range is valid for the given &drm_gpuvm ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool drm_gpuvm_range_valid (struct drm_gpuvm *gpuvm , u64 addr , u64 range );

like yes that's the whole signature, she's compact and iconic 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • gpuvm — the GPUVM to check the range for, i.e. the main character here 👑
  • addr — the base address, the starting point of the whole situation
  • range — the range starting from the base address, so like how far we're going from addr

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Checks whether the range is within the GPUVM's managed boundaries. that's it, that's the whole job 😭 she's just making sure you're not coloring outside the lines, no cap.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

true for a valid range, false otherwise. literally binary queen behavior 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gpuvm.c — and then the whole extended friend group, fr fr:

ngl that's a lot of friends but every single one of them ate, go read them, iykyk 💜

sign-off time bestie 🧚 this lil page lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm, dated October 2026, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual fam. mwah, go check your ranges, slay 💅✨🍓

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