nvkm_gsp_mem_ctor(9)

💖 nvkm_gsp_mem_ctor(9) — bestie edition 💖

okay so you're reading the Kernel API Manual page for nvkm_gsp_mem_ctor, and honestly? it's giving "small function, big responsibility" energy. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

nvkm_gsp_mem_ctor — the constructor for nvkm_gsp_mem objects. literally what it says on the tin, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int nvkm_gsp_mem_ctor (struct nvkm_gsp *gsp , size_t size , struct
nvkm_gsp_mem *mem );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• gsp — the gsp pointer. yes. that's the whole description. iconic of the kernel docs tbh 💅
• size — the number of bytes to allocate. you know. the size. the bigness. the amount of memory we're asking for 🍓
• mem — the nvkm_gsp_mem object you want initialized. this is the glow-up recipient ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it actually do? it allocates a block of memory for use with GSP. that's the whole job, and it does it well 💜

here's the part you actually need to remember tho — this memory block can potentially out-live the driver's remove callback, so we take a device reference to make sure its lifetime is safe and nobody yanks the rug out from under it. that reference gets dropped in the destructor (not here, bestie — the destructor's job, not the constructor's). so like, yes this is a constructor but it's also doing a little lifetime-babysitting. main character energy fr fr 👑

ngl this is the classic "object survives longer than you'd think" situation — the reference is your seatbelt, don't sleep on it 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/gsp.c
• struct registry_list_entry(9)
• add_registry(9)
• build_registry(9)
• clean_registry(9)
• strip(9)
• r535_gsp_rpc_set_registry(9)
• r535_gsp_msg_run_cpu_sequencer(9)
• struct rpc_ucode_libos_print_v1e_08(9)
• r535_gsp_msg_libos_print(9)
• create_debugfs(9)
• r535_gsp_libos_debugfs_init(9)
• create_pte_array(9)
• r535_gsp_libos_init(9)
• nvkm_gsp_radix3_sg(9)
• r535_debugfs_shutdown(9)
• is_empty(9)
• r535_gsp_copy_log(9)
• r535_gsp_retain_logging(9)
• r535_gsp_libos_debugfs_fini(9)

like. that is a whole friend group of functions and structs, go say hi to them too 🧚

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<div align=center>⭐ and that's the tea ⭐</div>

this lil page lives over at ./drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm... and it's dated October 2026 — yeah, from the future, idk what to tell you 💀 happy nvkm_gsp_mem_ctor-ing, bestie, go allocate responsibly 🎀💖🔥