xe_sync_needs_wait(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to xe_sync_needs_wait(9) from the Kernel API Manual 🫶 this page is literally about Sync needs a wait (input dma-fence not signaled) — that's the whole name, and honestly it ate. If you're here, you're checking whether a sync entry needs a wait because the input dma-fence isn't signaled. No cap, that's the vibe. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the signature is giving one function, one argument, zero drama:

bool xe_sync_needs_wait (struct xe_sync_entry *sync );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sync — Sync object. That's the sync object, main character energy, the one we're checking 🦋

🦋 RETURN 🦋

True if sync needs a wait, False otherwise. periodt. ⭐

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

The Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c is the home base for this whole squad, and these are the linked besties iykyk:

• xe_sync_entry_wait(9)
• xe_sync_in_fence_get(9)
• __xe_sync_ufence_get(9)
• xe_sync_ufence_get(9)
• xe_sync_ufence_put(9)
• xe_sync_ufence_get_status(9)

mwah 💖 this page comes from the ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe source/version corner and is dated October 2026 — may your syncs always know whether to wait, bestie. 🌈🍓