hl_hw_block_mem_init(9)

✨ hl_hw_block_mem_init(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual 🎀 this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's literally called hl_hw_block_mem_init and it's lowkey the setup queen of HW block memory 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

hl_hw_block_mem_init — HW block memory initialization. that's it, that's the whole vibe ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void hl_hw_block_mem_init (struct hl_ctx *ctx );

it returns void, so like… no return value to obsess over, bestie 🫶

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• ctx — pointer to the habanalabs context structure. that's the struct hl_ctx bestie, keep up 💅

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does this icon actually do? she initializes the HW block virtual mapped addresses list 🗂️ and its lock 🔒. that's the whole job. the list gets set up, the lock gets set up, done, slay, periodt ✨

no cap, that's literally the entire description — no secret bonus behaviour, no hidden side quests 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/memory.c

and the whole squad of related functions, fr fr 👇

• dma_map_host_va(9), dma_unmap_host_va(9), dram_pg_pool_do_release(9), free_phys_pg_pack(9), free_device_memory(9), clear_va_list_locked(9), print_va_list_locked(9), merge_va_blocks_locked(9), add_va_block_locked(9), add_va_block(9), is_hint_crossing_range(9), get_va_block(9), hl_get_va_range_type(9), hl_unreserve_va_block(9), init_phys_pg_pack_from_userptr(9), map_phys_pg_pack(9), unmap_phys_pg_pack(9), map_device_va(9), unmap_device_va(9), hl_hw_block_mmap(9), export_dmabuf_from_addr(9), allocate_timestamps_buffers(9), hl_pin_host_memory(9), hl_userptr_delete_list(9), hl_userptr_is_pinned(9), va_range_init(9), va_range_fini(9), vm_ctx_init_with_ranges(9), hl_vm_ctx_fini(9), hl_vm_init(9), hl_vm_fini(9), hl_hw_block_mem_fini(9)

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ok that's the whole page bestie, go init that list and lock it up 💜

and before you go — this lil masterpiece comes from ./drivers/accel/habanalabs/common and it's dated October 2026 🗓️✨ catch you in the next manpage, mwah 🫶🎀