xe_hw_engin...nd_exec_mode(9)

💅 xe_hw_engine_group_find_exec_mode — a Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is literally about finding the execution mode for an exec queue. yes it's a whole vibe. no cap. ✨

---

🌸 NAME 🌸

xe_hw_engine_group_find_exec_mode — find the execution mode for this exec queue 🦋

like, that's the whole job. it finds the execution mode. for the exec queue. iconic behaviour honestly 💅

---

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum xe_hw_engine_group_execution_mode xe_hw_engine_group_find_exec_mode
(struct xe_exec_queue *q );

she takes one argument and she returns an enum xe_hw_engine_group_execution_mode. main character energy fr fr 👑

---

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• q — the exec_queue 💖 yeah that's it, that's the parameter. just the exec queue. she's the one we're finding the execution mode for, and honestly? she ate.

ngl there's only one argument here so the vibe check is quick — hand her the exec_queue and let her do her thing 🫶

---

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file herself lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_engine_group.c — go say hi 🌈

and here's the whole friend group, all mutuals, all slaying:

• xe_hw_engine_setup_groups(9)
• xe_hw_engine_group_add_exec_queue(9)
• xe_hw_engine_group_del_exec_queue(9)
• xe_hw_engine_group_resume_faulting_lr_jobs(9)
• xe_hw_engine_group_suspend_faulting_lr_jobs(9)
• xe_hw_engine_group_wait_for_dma_fence_jobs(9)
• xe_hw_engine_group_get_mode(9)
• xe_hw_engine_group_put(9)

like ok group chat is popping off 💀💜

---

🌟 cute little sign-off 🌟

this masterpiece came from ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, dated October 2026, and yes the page is still called xe_hw_engin...nd_exec_mode(9) because truncation is also a vibe apparently 😭 stay hydrated, read your manpages, periodt 🍓💅