xe_bo_notif...epare_pinned(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xe_bo_notifier_prepare_pinned — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for xe_bo_notifier_prepare_pinned ✨ (the header up top truncates it as xe_bo_notif...epare_pinned(9) which is honestly giving "my name got cut off in the group chat preview" 😭 but we know her full name now).

🌸 NAME 🌸

xe_bo_notifier_prepare_pinned — get a pinned VRAM object ready to be backed up in system memory 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int xe_bo_notifier_prepare_pinned (struct xe_bo *bo );

literally one argument, one int, no drama 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • bo — the buffer object we're prepping. that's her. the main character of this function 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the vibe: if this call succeeds, the object's backup pages get allocated, periodt ✨ Expectation is that you're calling this from the PM notifier, before suspend/hibernation kicks in 😴 — like packing your bag the night before, not while the car's already pulling out of the driveway 🚗💨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 on success 🎉
  • a negative error code on failure 💀 (no cap, check it)

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, in the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c:

and that's the whole thing, bestie — you ate 💅✨

this legend lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, dated October 2026, and yes the page still signs off as xe_bo_notif...epare_pinned(9) because she refuses to change her display name 😭🫶

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