amdgpu_ring_generic_pad_ib(9)

🎀 amdgpu_ring_generic_pad_ib(9) 🎀

hey bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual for amdgpu_ring_generic_pad_ib(9) — yes, the whole page is literally about this one function, and honestly she's serving utility 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

amdgpu_ring_generic_pad_ib — pad IB with NOP packets. that's the name, that's the gig, no cap ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void amdgpu_ring_generic_pad_ib (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , struct
       amdgpu_ib *ib );

she takes a ring and an ib, and returns void — no return value, just NOP-packet business 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ring — the amdgpu_ring structure holding ring information. she's giving ring deets, your honor 💍
• ib — the IB to add NOP packets to. this is the lil buffer getting the NOP treatment ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so real talk: this is the generic pad_ib function for rings except SDMA. not SDMA, bestie — everyone else? she's your girl for padding that IB with NOP packets. periodt 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
• amdgpu_ring_max_ibs(9)
• amdgpu_ring_alloc(9)
• amdgpu_ring_insert_nop(9)
• amdgpu_ring_commit(9)
• amdgpu_ring_undo(9)
• amdgpu_ring_init(9)
• amdgpu_ring_fini(9)
• amdgpu_ring_emit_reg_write_reg_wait_helper(9)
• amdgpu_ring_soft_recovery(9)
• amdgpu_ring_test_helper(9)
• amdgpu_multi_ring_reset_helper_begin(9)
• amdgpu_multi_ring_reset_helper_end(9)

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mwah 💋 source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu + Kernel API Manual, dated October 2026, for amdgpu_ring_generic_pad_ib(9). byeee bestie, go pad those IBs 🫶✨