i915_gem_fence_alignment(9)

💅 i915_gem_fence_alignment(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for i915_gem_fence_alignment(9) — yes, the manual name is literally the function name, and we’re folding it in right here at the top like a little name tag. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

i915_gem_fence_alignment - required global GTT alignment for a fence

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Here’s the exact signature, no cap:

u32 i915_gem_fence_alignment (struct drm_i915_private *i915 , u32 size ,
       unsigned int tiling , unsigned int stride );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• i915 — i915 device, aka the whole vibe source.
• size — object size.
• tiling — tiling mode.
• stride — tiling stride.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

the way that this function just returns the required global GTT alignment for a fence — and a fence here is literally a view of a tiled object — while taking into account potential fence register mapping is honestly iconic. that’s it, that’s the whole assignment, bestie. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_tiling.c buffer object tiling(9)
• i915_gem_fence_size(9)
• i915_gem_set_tiling_ioctl(9)
• i915_gem_get_tiling_ioctl(9)

okay that’s the whole adorable little reference, mwah 💋 — source/version is ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem and the date is October 2026. periodt. 🎀