xe_sa_bo_new(9)

xe_sa_bo_new(9) 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual corner of the group chat — this page is all about xe_sa_bo_new(9), and it's lowkey iconic in its simplicity. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xe_sa_bo_new — Make a suballocation. that's it, that's the name. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole call, verbatim, no edits:

struct drm_suballoc * xe_sa_bo_new (struct xe_sa_manager *sa_manager ,
       u32 size );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sa_manager — the xe_sa_manager. yes, the description is literally just that, and honestly? minimalist queen behavior. 💅
• size — number of bytes we want to suballocate. the name is self-aware, we love that for us. 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Try to make a suballocation of size size. That's the whole assignment, bestie — try is doing a lot of work in that sentence, so don't gloss over it. No cap. ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

You get a drm_suballoc, or an ERR_PTR. Those are the two outcomes listed, periodt. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sa.h
• xe_sa_manager_gpu_addr(9)
• xe_sa_bo_swap_guard(9)

go check those out for the full lore, iykyk 🧚

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cute sign-off time: source/version is ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, dated October 2026 — bye bestie, slay your suballocations 💜