xe_sriov_packet_init(9)

✨ xe_sriov_packet_init(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for xe_sriov_packet_init 💅 this one lives in the kernel API manual and it's literally the glow-up moment for a migration packet — it sets up the header AND the backing storage in one go. main character energy fr fr 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xe_sriov_packet_init — Initialize migration packet header and backing storage.

like, it wakes the packet up, does its hair, and gives it a place to live 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int xe_sriov_packet_init (struct xe_sriov_packet *data , u8 tile_id , u8
gt_id , enum xe_sriov_packet_type type , loff_t offset , size_t size );

yep, that's the whole signature — copy it exactly, no cap 🙈

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👑 ARGUMENTS 👑

• data — the xe_sriov_packet itself, the little guy we're setting up 🫶
• tile_id — the tile identifier (which tile, bestie)
• gt_id — the GT identifier, iykyk
• type — an xe_sriov_packet_type, so it knows what kind of packet it is ✨
• offset — the offset of the data packet payload (within the wider resource). yes, within wider resource, keep that in mind 💀
• size — the size of the data packet payload 🍓

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

0 on success, or a negative error code on failure 😭 — so like, always check it, bestie, fr fr.

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sriov_packet.c — that's where the magic happens ⭐

and the whole squad, no gatekeeping:

• xe_sriov_packet_alloc(9)
• xe_sriov_packet_free(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)

lowkey go read those too, they're all part of the same friend group 💜

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aaaand that's the page! brought to you by ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, dated October 2026, and yes it's literally titled xe_sriov_packet_init(9) — slay, bye 💅✨🌷