xe_pt_update_ops_prepare(9)

💜 xe_pt_update_ops_prepare(9) — like, the actual kernel API manual bestie 💜

okay so before we even start — yes, this is a real page from the Kernel API Manual, and yes, it's about page tables. don't run away. it's giving "niche but iconic" and honestly we're gonna eat 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

xe_pt_update_ops_prepare — literally the function that prepares PT update operations. that's it, that's the vibe 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int xe_pt_update_ops_prepare (struct xe_tile *tile , struct xe_vma_ops
*vops );

so she takes two things and returns an int. simple queen behavior 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• tile — the Tile of PT update operations. that's her home turf, respect it 🏡
• vops — the VMA operationa. (yes it says "operationa" in the og, we're keeping it, no cap 😭💀)

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea ☕ — xe_pt_update_ops_prepare does the whole prep arc for PT update operations. the main character energy includes, in order-ish:

• updating internal PT state 🔄
• allocating memory for page tables 🧠✨
• populating the page table being pruned in 🌱
• creating PT update operations for leaf insertion / removal 🍃➡️🍂

it's basically the backstage crew making sure the show can go on. obsessed 🫶

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

• 0 on success — slay 🎉
• a negative error code on error — not slay, but at least she tells you 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

calling all link-hoppers, this list is long and we're not skipping a single one, periodt:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
• xe_pt_create(9)
• xe_pt_populate_empty(9)
• xe_pt_shift(9)
• xe_pt_destroy(9)
• xe_pt_clear(9)
• Pagetable building(9)
• struct xe_pt_stage_bind_walk(9)
• xe_pt_stage_bind(9)
• xe_pt_nonshared_offsets(9)
• xe_pt_zap_ptes(9)
• xe_pt_zap_ptes_range(9)
• xe_pt_stage_unbind(9)
• xe_pt_update_ops_run(9)
• xe_pt_update_ops_fini(9)
• xe_pt_update_ops_abort(9)

like, she has friends. a whole friend group of PT functions. iykyk 🧚‍♀️

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 💖✨

cute little sign-off moment: this lil masterpiece comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's from the future, we stan a time-traveling manpage 🕰️💅🎀