xe_gt_sriov...empt_timeout(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅✨ xe_gt_sriov_pf_config_set_preempt_timeout ✨💅

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the page for xe_gt_sriov_pf_config_set_preempt_timeout — yes that's a whole mouthful, yes we're gonna get through it together 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

xe_gt_sriov_pf_config_set_preempt_timeout — configures the PF/VF preemption timeout. that's it, that's the whole vibe check ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int xe_gt_sriov_pf_config_set_preempt_timeout (struct xe_gt *gt ,
                                               unsigned int vfid ,
                                               u32 preempt_timeout );

like yes, three args, no cap, we're doing this 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • gt — the xe_gt. that's your graphics tile bestie, the whole reason we're here 💖
  • vfid — the PF or VF identifier. so like, which one of these are we talking to 👑
  • preempt_timeout — the requested preemption timeout, measured in microseconds. and oh my god the detail: 0 is infinity. literally zero means forever. iconic behaviour, honestly 😭✨

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

⚠️ okay important: this function can only be called on PF.

that's the whole description. no elaboration, no extra lore, she said what she said 💅🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success 🎉
  • a negative error code on failure 💀

fr fr that's the entire contract, no surprises 🧚

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the source file lives right here: ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_sriov_pf_config.c — go read it if you're feeling brave 📖

and here's the whole friend group, all of them, every single one, no skipping 🙈:

that's fifty-five links, i counted, we don't gatekeep here 💜

okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 💅✨

this one ships out of ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, October 2026, and it answers to the name xe_gt_sriov...empt_timeout(9) — go forth and configure your preemption timeouts responsibly 🎀🌸🦋

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