ips_gpu_busy(9)

💖 ips_gpu_busy(9) 💖

hey bestie 🫶 welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ips_gpu_busy — the one where we’re literally asking is the GPU busy? 👀✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ips_gpu_busy — is GPU busy? 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool ips_gpu_busy (struct ips_driver *ips );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ips — the IPS driver struct, aka the main character for this call 💖

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so the whole vibe here is checking the GPU for load 👀. We’re doing this to see whether we should increase its thermal budget. In this case, we need to call into the i915 driver. That’s the move — no cap 🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

True if the GPU could use more power, false otherwise. That’s the whole return situation, bestie 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
• CPU buddies: ips_cpu_busy(9), ips_cpu_raise(9), ips_cpu_lower(9)
• Turbo-enabling crew: do_enable_cpu_turbo(9), ips_enable_cpu_turbo(9)
• Turbo-disabling crew: do_disable_cpu_turbo(9), ips_disable_cpu_turbo(9)
• GPU buddies: ips_gpu_raise(9), ips_gpu_lower(9), ips_enable_gpu_turbo(9), ips_disable_gpu_turbo(9)
• Exceeded checks: mcp_exceeded(9), cpu_exceeded(9), mch_exceeded(9)
• Limits and adjustments: verify_limits(9), update_turbo_limits(9), ips_adjust(9)
• Monitoring and IRQ: ips_monitor(9), ips_irq_handler(9)
• Detection and i915 symbols: ips_detect_cpu(9), ips_get_i915_syms(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶💋 source/version: ./drivers/platform/x86 · date: October 2026 · page: ips_gpu_busy(9) — mwah 💖