xe_preempt_fence_create(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for xe_preempt_fence_create, and it is literally your helper to create and arm a preempt fence. bestie, that's the whole vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the little summoning spell, exactly as written:

struct dma_fence * xe_preempt_fence_create (struct xe_exec_queue *q ,
       u64 context , u32 seqno );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• q — the struct xe_exec_queue used for arming. main character energy fr fr.
• context — the dma-fence context used for arming. iconic.
• seqno — the dma-fence seqno used for arming. periodt.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Allocates and inserts the preempt fence into context's timeline, and registers e as the struct xe_exec_queue to be preempted. no cap, that's what it does.

🌸 RETURN 🌸

A pointer to the resulting struct dma_fence on success. An error pointer on error. In particular if allocation fails it returns ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_preempt_fence.c
• xe_preempt_fence_alloc(9), xe_preempt_fence_free(9), xe_preempt_fence_arm(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe · date: October 2026 · xe_preempt_fence_create(9) signing off, periodt. 🎀