omap_gem_dumb_create(9)

🎀 omap_gem_dumb_create(9) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the omap_gem_dumb_create(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is literally about creating a dumb buffer, and it's shorter than my attention span after a coffee. no cap. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

omap_gem_dumb_create — create a dumb buffer 💖

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

int omap_gem_dumb_create (struct drm_file *file , struct drm_device *dev
, struct drm_mode_create_dumb *args );

it's giving "three arguments, one int return, let's go" energy. periodt. 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• file — our client file. yes, our client file, bestie. 🎀
• dev — our device. the device in question, iconic. ✨
• args — the requested arguments copied from userspace. copied from userspace, exactly as requested, no edits. 💅

🌟 DESCRIPTION 🌟

okay so the actual tea: this function allocates a buffer suitable for use for a frame buffer of the form described by user space. then it gives userspace a handle by which to reference it. it's giving "here's your handle, bestie, go reference your buffer" energy. 💖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c — then go peek at omap_gem_fault(9), omap_gem_dumb_map_offset(9), omap_gem_pin(9), omap_gem_unpin_locked(9), and omap_gem_unpin(9). iykyk, the whole friend group is linked. 🫶

and that's the whole page! cute little sign-off: source/version is ./drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm, and the date is October 2026. mwah, ily, go create a dumb buffer responsibly 💋🎀