xe_guc_pc_mc6_residency(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xe_guc_pc_mc6_residency(9) — so you wanna know about the mc6 residency counter

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and today's main character is xe_guc_pc_mc6_residency 💖 it's a tiny little function that hands you back an mc6 residency counter, and yes we're gonna get into it ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

xe_guc_pc_mc6_residency — the mc6 residency counter, that's it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, the whole signature, no cap:

u64 xe_guc_pc_mc6_residency (struct xe_guc_pc *pc );

it takes one thing and gives you back a u64. simple. iconic. periodt 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • pc — a Xe_GuC_PC instance 🫶 that's the thing you're passing in, that's the whole argument list, we love a one-arg king 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so this function does not exist in a vacuum, she has a whole friend group and honestly the whole squad is listed in the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c — go say hi to GuC Power Conservation (PC)(9) first, she's the ringleader 💜

like, that's the whole group chat and every single one of them is invited 🧚 the getters, the setters, the rc6_residency cousin (she's different, she's rc6, don't mix them up 😭), the flush-freq-limit duo, and the start/stop/init/fini lifecycle girlies. all of them. no one left on read 💀

ngl the source lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe and this page is dated October 2026 — shoutout to the Kernel API Manual for hosting, love that for us 🌈

and that's the page, bestie!! 🍓 mwah 💋 go read your counters, stay hydrated, and remember: (9) means it's a kernel API page, iykyk 👑💖

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