STRUCT XE_VALIDATION_DEVICE(9)

✨ NAME ✨

struct xe_validation_device — The domain for exhaustive eviction</p> 💅

okay so this is the struct xe_validation_device(9) page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally all about one lil lock with main-character energy.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Here's the struct in all its iconic glory:

       struct xe_validation_device {
           struct rw_semaphore lock;
        };

🔐 Members 🔐

• lock — The lock used to exclude other processes from allocating graphics memory. no cap, that's its whole job 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The struct xe_validation_device represents the domain for which we want to use exhaustive eviction. The lock is typically grabbed in read mode for allocations, but when graphics memory allocation fails, it is retried with the write mode held. periodt. 🔥

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_validation.h
• xe_validation_lockdep(9)
• struct xe_val_flags(9)
• struct xe_validation_ctx(9)
• xe_validation_retry_on_oom(9)
• xe_validation_device_init(9)
• xe_validation_guard(9)

mwah 💋 this struct xe_validation_device(9) page is from ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, October 2026 — k bye bestie, go slay those allocations 🌈✨