pvr_gem_object_from_handle(9)

💖 pvr_gem_object_from_handle(9) 💖

bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — today’s main character is pvr_gem_object_from_handle, and she’s here to hand you a reference like it’s a VIP pass 🎟️✨

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✨ NAME ✨

pvr_gem_object_from_handle — obtain a reference to an object from a userspace handle. no cap, that’s the whole vibe 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct pvr_gem_object * pvr_gem_object_from_handle (struct pvr_file
*pvr_file , u32 handle );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pvr_file — the PowerVR-specific file that handle is associated with 💅
• handle — the userspace handle referencing the target object 🎯

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here’s the tea 🍵 — on return, handle always maintains its reference to the requested object (if it had one in the first place). literally always, bestie.

If this function succeeds, the returned object will hold an additional reference. so you’re not just borrowing it, you’re getting a whole extra refcount moment ✨

When the caller is finished with the returned object, they should call pvr_gem_object_put on it to release this reference. please don’t ghost it — clean up your references, it’s giving responsible Unix citizen 🌈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• A pointer to the requested PowerVR-specific object on success, or
• NULL otherwise 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_gem.c
• pvr_gem_object_flags_validate(9), pvr_gem_object_into_handle(9), pvr_gem_object_vmap(9), pvr_gem_object_vunmap(9), pvr_gem_object_zero(9), pvr_gem_create_object(9), pvr_gem_object_create(9), pvr_gem_get_dma_addr(9)

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