xe_sriov_packet_alloc(9)

💅 xe_sriov_packet_alloc(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this is the glow-up guide to xe_sriov_packet_alloc, and yes she is a function and yes she is iconic.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

xe_sriov_packet_alloc — Allocate migration data packet

like, she makes the packet. that's the whole vibe.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct xe_sriov_packet * xe_sriov_packet_alloc (struct xe_device *xe );

no cap, that's the entire signature. one arg, one pointer back. slay.

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• xe — the xe_device 💖 (yes that's it, that's the argument, she takes the device and she's happy)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea: this function only allocates the "outer" structure. that's it. that's the whole job.

the way that it does not initialize the migration data backing storage — like, at all — is honestly so real of her. the inside is empty. the vibes are immaculate but the storage is uninitialized. main character energy only for the shell 💅

lowkey important: if you were expecting a fully set-up migration data storage, bestie, this is not that function. the "outer" structure is all you get from this one.

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💀 RETURN 💀

• Pointer to xe_sriov_packet on success 🎉💖
• NULL in case of error 😭🙈

fr fr, always vibe check your return value. NULL is not a gift, it's a warning.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sriov_packet.c
• xe_sriov_packet_free(9)
• xe_sriov_packet_init(9)
• xe_sriov_packet_init_from_hdr(9)
• xe_sriov_packet_read_single(9)
• xe_sriov_packet_write_single(9)
• xe_sriov_packet_process_descriptor(9)
• xe_sriov_packet_save_init(9)

the whole squad, honestly. go read them too 👑🌈

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and that's the page, bestie 🎀 big kisses from ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe — dropped October 2026, xe_sriov_packet_alloc(9) era, no notes 💜✨🦋