ENUM DPU_PERF_MODE(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 enum dpu_perf_mode (Kernel API Manual, section 9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for enum dpu_perf_mode, aka the performance tuning mode situation for the DPU. it's a whole vibe selector for how the display driver handles performance, and honestly? it ate. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

enum dpu_perf_mode — performance tuning mode. that's it, that's the whole thing, and yet it's lowkey iconic. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's the struct in all her glory, word-for-word, no notes:

enum dpu_perf_mode {
    DPU_PERF_MODE_NORMAL ,
    DPU_PERF_MODE_MINIMUM ,
    DPU_PERF_MODE_FIXED ,
    DPU_PERF_MODE_MAX

};

🌸 Constants 🌸

so there's four constants and each one is a different little mood. let's go through them, no cap:

  • DPU_PERF_MODE_NORMAL — performance is controlled by the user mode client. you hand over the aux cord, basically. 🫶
  • DPU_PERF_MODE_MINIMUM — performance is bounded by the minimum setting</c> — it's giving "we're keeping it cute and capped at the floor" energy. 🧚
  • DPU_PERF_MODE_FIXED — performance is bounded by the fixed setting — locked in, no wiggle room, periodt. 🔥
  • DPU_PERF_MODE_MAX — maximum value, used for error checking. she's not a real mode, she's the boundary police so the code knows when something's gone off the rails. 💀
ngl, DPU_PERF_MODE_MAX is the "main character energy" of error checking — it exists purely so the checks can yell "bestie that's out of range" 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

if you wanna go deeper (and you should, iykyk), the kernel file lives at:

./drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_core_perf.c

and these are the besties you'll want to pull up next, fr fr:

like, that's the whole squad. go read 'em, they slay. 🌈

💖 that's the page! brought to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1 by way of the October 2026 edition of enum dpu_perf_mode(9) — stay tuned, stay iconic, and remember: performance tuning is a lifestyle 💅✨🎀🦋

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