i915_gem_create_ioctl(9)

✨ i915_gem_create_ioctl ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for i915_gem_create_ioctl — literally the function that makes a brand new mm object and hands you a handle to it 💅 no cap, that's the whole vibe.

So like, you want a fresh object? This is the girl who does that. She creates it, she gives you a handle, she moves on. Main character energy fr fr 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int i915_gem_create_ioctl (struct drm_device *dev , void *data , struct drm_file *file );

that's the whole signature, bestie — three params, returns an int, copy it exactly, don't @ me 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the drm device pointer 👑 like, which device are we even doing this on
• data — the ioctl data blob ✨ the little packet of info that comes with the call
• file — the drm file pointer 💖 your file, your context, your whole situation

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c — like, the actual source, go read it iykyk 📖
• __i915_gem_object_create_user(9) — the underscore-prefixed friend 💜
• i915_gem_create_ext_ioctl(9) — the "ext" version, the upgraded one, she's iconic too ⭐

💀 real talk: this page is short and sweet. don't go inventing extra flags in your head, bestie — what you see is what you get, and that's periodt.

and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this lil page came from the source tree at ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem, dated October 2026 — slay, go create some objects 💅✨