xe_bb_alloc(9)

✨ xe_bb_alloc(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes bestie, the kernel has lore too 💅 and today's main character is xe_bb_alloc.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xe_bb_alloc — allocates a brand new batch buffer structure, periodt ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct xe_bb * xe_bb_alloc (struct xe_gt *gt );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• gt — the xe_gt, obvs. that's the whole vibe of what you're handing in 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what it does: it allocates and initializes a new xe_bb structure, and it comes with an associated suballoc object attached — and that suballoc object is uninitialized, ngl, like it literally just rolled out of bed 🙈.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

You get back the batch buffer structure — or an ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) if the memory said "not today" 😭💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bb.c
• xe_bb_init(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — no cap, every detail's in there 🧚‍♀️💜

sign-off time 🎀: this gem lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, dated October 2026, and it's brought to you straight from the Kernel API Manual — slay, go read xe_bb_init(9) next 💅✨