xe_exec_queue_create(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 xe_exec_queue_create(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual for xe_exec_queue_create(9) — yes that's a section 9, we're in kernel-doc land now, come on in 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

xe_exec_queue_create — create an exec queue, that's it, that's the whole vibe 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct xe_exec_queue * xe_exec_queue_create (struct xe_device *xe ,
struct xe_vm *vm , u32 logical_mask , u16 width , struct xe_hw_engine
*hwe , u32 flags , u64 extensions );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • xe — the Xe device, your main character 🖥️
  • vm — the VM for the exec queue, like the address space it lives in
  • logical_mask — logical mask of HW engines (yes, exactly what it sounds like)
  • width — width of the exec queue, which is the number of LRCs, no cap
  • hwe — the hardware engine, the actual silicon vibe
  • flags — exec queue creation flags, your little knobs
  • extensions — extensions for exec queue creation, extra stuff, iykyk

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what does it do? It creates an exec queue — and by "creates" I mean it allocates and initializes one — with all the specified parameters you just handed it. That's the whole thing. Iconic, honestly ✨

👑 RETURN 👑

You get a pointer to the created exec queue on success 🎉 — and ERR_PTR on failure 😭 (so like, check it, bestie, fr fr).

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the way this list is LONG, but we love her for it 💜

💀 reminder bestie: this page lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe and it's dated October 2026 — go read the source if you want the full lore, no cap.

okay that's the whole page, ily, go create some exec queues responsibly 🧚‍♀️💖✨

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