to_dma_fence_array(9)

💅 to_dma_fence_array(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this icon is straight from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the glow-up spell for fences. let's get into it, no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

to_dma_fence_array — cast a fence to a dma_fence_array.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct dma_fence_array * to_dma_fence_array (struct dma_fence *fence );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fence — the fence you're trying to cast to a dma_fence_array. that's it, that's the assignment.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns NULL if the fence is not a dma_fence_array, or the dma_fence_array otherwise.

so like, vibe check the fence: wrong type? you get NULL, bestie. right type? you get the dma_fence_array back. simple, iconic, slay.

no hidden plot twists here — the return is exactly NULL or the dma_fence_array, periodt.

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

• Kernel file ./include/linux/dma-fence-array.h struct dma_fence_array_cb(9)
• struct dma_fence_array(9)
• dma_fence_array_for_each(9)

mwah 💋 that's the whole page, signed off from the source/version ./include/linux in October 2026, page to_dma_fence_array(9), periodt. 🫶