Intel developers have submitted a new round of updates for the Intel Xe kernel graphics driver, aimed at enhancing its ability to manage video memory pressure and out-of-memory situations for vRAM. These changes, sent out this week, are being prepared for inclusion in the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel merge window next month. The key improvement introduces a new user-space API specifically designed to help the driver better cope with such scenarios. This development follows recent work that landed transparent hugepages for device pages, identified as an SVM win, further contributing to more robust memory management within the Intel Xe driver.