intel_context_lock_pinned(9)

💅 intel_context_lock_pinned — a whole manual page, bestie

okay so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and its whole personality is: hold the pinned-ness still. That's it. That's the vibe. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

intel_context_lock_pinned — stabilises the "pinned" status of the HW context 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int intel_context_lock_pinned (struct intel_context *ce );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• ce — the context. the one. the main character. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically you acquire a lock on the pinned status of the HW context, and while you're holding that lock the context can't be bound to the GPU and it can't be unbound either — like, not on your watch, no cap. 🔥

the point of all this? intel_context_is_pinned stays stable. literally that's the whole assignment: keep it stable while the lock is held. periodt. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h
• intel_context_is_pinned(9)
• intel_context_unlock_pinned(9)

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fr fr, go read intel_context_unlock_pinned(9) next — you can't hold this lock forever, bestie. release your grip. 🙈

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okay and the cute lil sign-off: this one comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt, dated October 2026, and it's page intel_context_lock_pinned(9) from the Kernel API Manual. slay 💖✨