msm_context_vm(9)

💅 msm_context_vm(9) — like, the kernel API manual, section 9, bestie

okay so you're in the Kernel API Manual and the page is msm_context_vm(9) — say that three times fast, i can't 😭

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✨ NAME ✨

msm_context_vm — lazily create the context's VM 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct drm_gpuvm * msm_context_vm (struct drm_device *dev , struct
msm_context *ctx );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the drm device 🖥️
• ctx — the context 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the vibe: the VM is lazily created. Meaning it doesn't just spawn the second you look at it — userspace gets a chance to opt-in to having a userspace managed VM before the VM gets created. main character energy: the VM waits for you to say yes. 👑

⚠️ real talk though — this does not return a reference to the VM. nope. none. zero. 🙈 Once the VM is created, it exists for the lifetime of the context. periodt. 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c — go read it, iykyk 📖✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie, no cap 🧚‍♀️ it lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/msm, dated October 2026 — mwah, slay, goodbye 💜🌈⭐