xe_exec_que...max_priority(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xe_exec_queue_device_get_max_priority — no cap, it's the priority ceiling

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and tbh the function name is a whole mouthful — we're literally just checking how high an exec queue's priority is allowed to go 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

xe_exec_queue_device_get_max_priority — Get maximum priority for an exec queues

(yes, that's the official phrasing, "an exec queues", we don't fix what the kernel wrote 💀)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum xe_exec_queue_priority xe_exec_queue_device_get_max_priority
(struct xe_device *xe );

like, one arg, one return, super chill 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • xe — the Xe device. that's it, that's the whole input 🌈

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So what does it actually do? It returns the maximum priority level that can be assigned to an exec queue. That's the vibe check on how much priority you're allowed to have on this device ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

It hands you back the maximum priority level:

  • HIGH if you've got CAP_SYS_NICE — bestie privileges unlocked 💅
  • NORMAL otherwise — still valid, just not main character energy 😌

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the whole friend group, fr fr — and yeah, there are a lot of them, we're listing every single one 🍓

also the source lives at kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c if you wanna go read the actual code, iykyk 👀

lowkey a tiny function, highkey important — knowing your ceiling before you ask for priority saves you a whole lot of 😭

that's the whole page bestie, go forth and get those priorities 💖

sign-off szn: this gem comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, dated October 2026 — mwah, periodt 🧚‍♀️⭐

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