STRUCT TTM_VALIDATE_BUFFER(9)

💅 struct ttm_validate_buffer(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for struct ttm_validate_buffer(9) — we're doing struct lore today and it's honestly iconic. No cap, this one is short and sweet, so let's get into it. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

struct ttm_validate_buffer — that's the whole name, bestie. The description slot is literally blank in the original, so we're not inventing extra lore. Periodt. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct ttm_validate_buffer {
    struct list_head head;
    struct ttm_buffer_object *bo;
    unsigned int num_shared;
 };

🎀 Members 🎀

• head — list head for thread-private list. it's giving organizational queen energy 🎀
• bo — refcounted buffer object pointer. lowkey important, highkey a pointer 💖
• num_shared — How many shared fences we want to add. bestie, it's literally right there in the name ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./include/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.h — go peek, iykyk 👀
• ttm_eu_backoff_reservation(9), ttm_eu_reserve_buffers(9), ttm_eu_fence_buffer_objects(9) — the friend group you should also check out 🫶

this little gem comes from ./include/drm/ttm, dated October 2026, and it's all about struct ttm_validate_buffer(9) — mwah 💖