xe_drm_client_alloc(9)

💖 xe_drm_client_alloc(9) — Kernel API Manual entry ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xe_drm_client_alloc — allocate drm client

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct xe_drm_client * xe_drm_client_alloc (void );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. Literally none, bestie, it said what it said 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

This allocates the drm client struct so client memory gets tracked against that same client for the whole client life — like a dedicated memory-tracking bracelet that stays on till the client’s era is over 😭✨. Call this API whenever a new client has opened the xe device. That’s the vibe check: new xe client shows up, you call this.

🌈 RETURN 🌈

A pointer to the client struct 🫶 — or NULL if it can’t allocate. No cap, that’s the return.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_drm_client.c — the source home, iconic
• DRM Client usage stats(9)
• __xe_drm_client_free(9)
• xe_drm_client_add_bo(9)
• xe_drm_client_remove_bo(9)
• xe_drm_client_fdinfo(9)

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