amdgpu_ring_soft_recovery(9)

💅 amdgpu_ring_soft_recovery(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie

okay so this is amdgpu_ring_soft_recovery, straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely the "get back up, queen" of the amdgpu ring world 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool amdgpu_ring_soft_recovery (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , unsigned int
vmid , struct dma_fence *fence );

literally returns a bool, no cap — take the struct amdgpu_ring *ring, an unsigned int called vmid, and a struct dma_fence *fence, and see what happens 😌

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• ring — the ring we're tryna do the recovery on, like that's the whole vibe 💫
• vmid — the VMID we're trying to get going again 🎀
• fence — the fence that timed out, aka the one that ghosted us 👻

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So basically: it tries to get a ring proceeding again when it is stuck. That's it, that's the whole glow-up attempt 💅✨

ngl "soft recovery" is giving gentle intervention energy — it's trying to get the ring moving, not guaranteeing anything. That's the whole documented promise, bestie 🫶

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c — iconic, main character source file 👑

and then the whole friend group, fr fr:

• amdgpu_ring_max_ibs(9)
• amdgpu_ring_alloc(9)
• amdgpu_ring_insert_nop(9)
• amdgpu_ring_generic_pad_ib(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_test_helper(9)
• amdgpu_multi_ring_reset_helper_begin(9)
• amdgpu_multi_ring_reset_helper_end(9)

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that's the page!! 💖 mwah 🎀

sign-off time, bestie: this lil masterpiece comes to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and yes — it's amdgpu_ring_soft_recovery(9) all the way down 🌈⭐ slay, bye 💜