pvr_gem_object_into_handle(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pvr_gem_object_into_handle(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

Okay so listen — this is a kernel API manual page, and the function it's hyping up is called pvr_gem_object_into_handle. Yes the name is a whole mouthful, no I did not make it up, and yes it's iconic in a very specific "DRM driver internals" way. Let's get into it. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

pvr_gem_object_into_handle — literally just converting a reference to an object into a userspace-accessible handle. That's the whole gig. That's the vibe. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int pvr_gem_object_into_handle (struct pvr_gem_object *pvr_obj , struct
pvr_file *pvr_file , u32 *handle );

Three args, one int coming back at you. Copy it exactly, bestie, no freestyling. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • pvr_obj — [IN] The target PowerVR-specific object. This is the main character of this whole operation, lowkey. 👑
  • pvr_file — [IN] The file you want to associate the handle with. Yes, specifically that file. 🍓
  • handle — [OUT] A pointer where the newly created handle gets stored. Super important detail: it stays unmodified if an error gets encountered. So if things go sideways, whatever was in there before? Still there. Untouched. Respect. 🙈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea. 🫖 If an error is encountered, ownership of pvr_obj will not have been transferred — you keep your stuff, no harm done, we love a clean failure.

But if this function succeeds? Okay so now we have a situation. Further use of pvr_obj is considered undefined behaviour unless you're explicitly holding another reference to it. Not "kinda sketchy", not "probably fine" — literally undefined behaviour, fr fr. So either you hold another reference on purpose, or you keep your hands off. Periodt. 💀

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 on success, or
  • Any error encountered while attempting to allocate a handle on pvr_file.

That's it, that's the list. Short and honest, we stan. ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file lives right here, no cap:

./drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_gem.c

And these are the besties in the same friend group — go say hi:

okay that's the whole page, you ate that, go forth and handle your objects responsibly 🧚💜

This lil gem came from ./drivers/gpu/drm/imagination, dated October 2026, and it's pvr_gem_object_into_handle(9) — bookmark it, screenshot it, send it to the group chat. 😭💖

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