amdgpu_vce_ring_begin_use(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

amdgpu_vce_ring_begin_use - power up VCE

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for amdgpu_vce_ring_begin_use(9) ✨ and the name is literally doing the most: it's here to power up VCE 🔥. That's the whole vibe, and honestly? iconic.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void amdgpu_vce_ring_begin_use (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

It returns void, so no little return value is coming back to you, bestie — the signature said what it said 💅.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ring — an amdgpu ring. That's it, that's the argument 🫶.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This function is the make-it-happen moment: it makes sure VCE is powerd up when we want to use it 🔌✨. (Yes, the page says "powerd up" — we are respecting the typo, it's part of the lore 💀💅.)

So when you call amdgpu_vce_ring_begin_use with your struct amdgpu_ring *ring, it's making sure VCE is powered up for use. No cap, that's the described job 🧚.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c 📁 — literally the kernel file, bestie.
• amdgpu_vce_firmware_name(9)
• amdgpu_vce_early_init(9)
• amdgpu_vce_sw_init(9)
• amdgpu_vce_sw_fini(9)
• amdgpu_vce_entity_init(9)
• amdgpu_vce_suspend(9)
• amdgpu_vce_resume(9)
• amdgpu_vce_idle_work_handler(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_end_use(9)
• amdgpu_vce_free_handles(9)
• amdgpu_vce_get_create_msg(9)
• amdgpu_vce_get_destroy_msg(9)
• amdgpu_vce_validate_bo(9)
• amdgpu_vce_cs_reloc(9)
• amdgpu_vce_validate_handle(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_parse_cs(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_parse_cs_vm(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_emit_ib(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_emit_fence(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_test_ring(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_test_ib(9)

💖 footer tea, bestie: source/version is ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, date is October 2026 — that's the whole footer, mwah! 🫶