xe_file_get(9)

💖 xe_file_get — the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, real talk: this is the xe_file_get(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey tiny but it's important, so let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xe_file_get — take a reference to the xe file object. that's the whole vibe. you're grabbing a ref, no cap 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct xe_file * xe_file_get (struct xe_file *xef );

literally one call. one pointer in, one pointer out. iconic 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• xef — pointer to the xe file. yes bestie, the xe file. that's the one. you already have the pointer, now you're gonna do something responsible with it 🍓

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so listen 👑 — anyone holding a pointer to xef must take a reference to the xe file object using this call. like, not "should", not "maybe if you feel like it". must. if you've got an xef pointer and you're not the one who owns it, you call this. that's the rule, periodt 🌈

no cap: skipping the reference grab is how you end up with the object vanishing out from under you, and that's giving 💀 energy, not main character energy.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

returns the xe file pointer. that's it. that's the return value. you get the pointer back 🫶

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c, plus these absolute legends:

• xe_file_put(9)
• xe_is_xe_file(9)
• xe_device_is_admin_only(9)
• xe_device_create(9)
• xe_device_init_early(9)
• xe_device_probe_early(9)
• xe_device_wmb(9)
• xe_device_is_l2_flush_optimized(9)
• xe_device_td_flush(9)
• xe_device_assert_mem_access(9)
• Xe Device Wedging(9)
• xe_device_set_wedged_method(9)
• xe_device_declare_wedged(9)
• xe_device_validate_wedged_mode(9)
• xe_wedged_mode_to_string(9)
• xe_device_asid_to_vm(9)

go read xe_file_put(9) next, it's literally the other half of this relationship, iykyk 💜

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and that's the page!! sign-off time: this little cutie lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe and the whole thing is dated October 2026 🧚‍♀️ mwah, go take your references properly babes 💖