pvr_ioctl_create_vm_context(9)

💅 pvr_ioctl_create_vm_context(9) 💅

ok so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for pvr_ioctl_create_vm_context — yep that's the whole title, it's giving very "my function name is longer than my will to live" energy but we move 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

pvr_ioctl_create_vm_context — the IOCTL that creates a VM context. that's it. that's the whole vibe. short, sweet, iconic 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int pvr_ioctl_create_vm_context (struct drm_device *drm_dev , void
*raw_args , struct drm_file *file );

like, look at her. three args, one int return, absolutely no notes 👑

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• drm_dev — [IN] the DRM device, aka the whole reason we're here. she's the main character 🔥
• raw_args — [IN/OUT] the arguments passed to this IOCTL. heads up bestie: this must be of type struct drm_pvr_ioctl_create_vm_context_args. not optional, no cap, don't try to sneak something else in there 🙈
• file — [IN] the DRM file private data. yes it's private. mind your business but also here's the pointer 💅

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so the way this works: userspace calls this bad boy via DRM_IOCTL_PVR_CREATE_VM_CONTEXT. that's the whole description, she's a woman of few words and honestly? respect 🫶

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💀 RETURN 💀

• 0 on success — slay ✨
• any error returned by pvr_vm_create_context — aka if the underlying call is going through it, that energy gets passed straight back to you 😭

ngl, this function doesn't invent its own errors. it just forwards whatever pvr_vm_create_context hands it. so if you're debugging, that's your next stop, iykyk 🔍

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_drv.c
• PowerVR (Series 6 and later) and IMG Graphics Driver(9)
• pvr_ioctl_create_bo(9)
• pvr_ioctl_get_bo_mmap_offset(9)
• pvr_dev_query_gpu_info_get(9)
• pvr_dev_query_runtime_info_get(9)
• pvr_dev_query_quirks_get(9)
• pvr_dev_query_enhancements_get(9)
• pvr_ioctl_dev_query(9)
• pvr_ioctl_create_context(9)
• pvr_ioctl_destroy_context(9)
• pvr_ioctl_create_free_list(9)
• pvr_ioctl_destroy_free_list(9)
• pvr_ioctl_create_hwrt_dataset(9)
• pvr_ioctl_destroy_hwrt_dataset(9)
• pvr_ioctl_destroy_vm_context(9)
• pvr_ioctl_vm_map(9)
• pvr_ioctl_vm_unmap(9)
• pvr_drm_driver_open(9)
• pvr_drm_driver_postclose(9)

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this little gem lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/imagination, it's stamped October 2026, and it answers to the name pvr_ioctl_create_vm_context(9) — go forth and create those VM contexts, bestie, you've got this 🌈💜