xe_mmio_gem_mmap_offset(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 xe_mmio_gem_mmap_offset β€” NAME πŸ’…

okay so bestie, xe_mmio_gem_mmap_offset is literally the function that gives you back the mmap-able fake offset ✨ β€” that's the whole vibe, that's the name, no cap.

This one's part of the Kernel API Manual, and yes we're getting into it 🫢


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u64 xe_mmio_gem_mmap_offset (struct xe_mmio_gem *gem );

that's it, that's the whole signature, she's clean, she's iconic πŸ’–


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • gem β€” the GEM object created with xe_mmio_gem_create. like, you gotta have made her first, you can't just show up with nothing πŸ™ˆ

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so what does she actually do? this function returns the mmap-able fake offset that got allocated back when you called xe_mmio_gem_create ✨

that's it. that's the tea. fake offset in, fake offset out, main character energy πŸ‘‘

and if you wanna go deeper ikk, check out the reference "Exposing MMIO regions to userspace" β€” the docs said it, not me πŸ’…

🌸 reminder bestie: the offset was allocated during xe_mmio_gem_create, so that's where it came from. no shortcuts, no inventing your own offsets fr fr

πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

go read them, they're all part of the same little friend group 🧚


πŸ’œ and that's a wrap, bestie! this lil page comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe and it's dated October 2026 β€” go forth and mmap responsibly, periodt πŸ’…πŸŽ€

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