intel_runtime_pm_get(9)

💅 intel_runtime_pm_get(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for intel_runtime_pm_get 💖 this is the girl who grabs a runtime pm reference and honestly? she eats every time.

✨ NAME ✨

intel_runtime_pm_get — grab a runtime pm reference 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get (struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm );

yes, she returns an intel_wakeref_t and takes one struct intel_runtime_pm * — that's the whole vibe, no cap ✨

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• rpm — the intel_runtime_pm structure 👑 that's it, that's the argument, she's lowkey simple like that

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does she actually do? this function grabs a device-level runtime pm reference — mostly it's the GEM code using her to make sure the GTT or the GT is on 🔥 — and she makes sure the thing is powered up. main character energy fr fr.

⚠️ okay this part is important, do not skip: any runtime pm reference you get from this function must have a symmetric call to intel_runtime_pm_put to release the reference again. symmetric. like, you took one, you give one back. no cap, that's the rule 💀

✨ RETURN ✨

the wakeref cookie 🍪 — pass it straight to intel_runtime_pm_put and you're golden, iykyk 💖

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
• runtime pm(9)
• intel_runtime_pm_get_raw(9)
• __intel_runtime_pm_get_if_active(9)
• intel_runtime_pm_get_noresume(9)
• intel_runtime_pm_put_raw(9)
• intel_runtime_pm_put_unchecked(9)
• intel_runtime_pm_put(9)
• intel_runtime_pm_enable(9)

and that's the page bestie!! 🦋 she lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915 and she's dated October 2026 — iconic, timeless, obsessed 🌸 go forth and release your references 💜🎀