host1x_syncpt_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 host1x_syncpt_alloc(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie so this page lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's literally all about grabbing yourself a syncpoint. it's short, it's sweet, it's iconic. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

host1x_syncpt_alloc — allocate a syncpoint 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct host1x_syncpt * host1x_syncpt_alloc (struct host1x *host ,
unsigned long flags , const char *name );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • host — the host1x device data, aka the whole vibe you're working with 💖
  • flags — a bitfield of HOST1X_SYNCPT_* flags, so like, the settings, no cap 🔥
  • name — the name for the syncpoint, used in debug prints. give it a cute little label so you can find it later 🏷️

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what does it do? It allocates a hardware syncpoint for the caller's use. and when we say "for the caller's use" we mean it literally — the caller then has the sole authority to mutate the syncpoint's value until it is freed again. main character energy only, nobody else gets to touch it 👑💅

heads up bestie: if no free syncpoints are available, or a NULL name was specified, it returns NULL. so fr fr, check your name and check your availability 😭

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/host1x/syncpt.c — go read the source, it's giving lore 📖✨

that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 💖 this one's from ./drivers/gpu/host1x, dated October 2026, and yeah the header still says host1x_syncpt_alloc(9) because some things never change 🫶 slay ✨🌸

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