amdgpu_vce_ring_parse_cs(9)

✨ NAME ✨

Okay so bestie, this is amdgpu_vce_ring_parse_cs(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally here to parse and validate the command stream. That’s the whole assignment. It’s giving “I check the vibes of your command stream and make sure everything is valid” energy, and honestly? Iconic. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Here’s the exact signature, no cap — copy it character for character:

int amdgpu_vce_ring_parse_cs (struct amdgpu_cs_parser *p , struct
       amdgpu_job *job , struct amdgpu_ib *ib );

Yes, it returns an int. That’s the return type right there in the function signature. We love a documented type moment. ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p — the parser context. Think of it as the group chat where all the parsing context lives. 💬
• job — the job to parse. This is the job getting parsed, obvi. 🛠️
• ib — the IB to patch. The IB gets patched here, and that’s the whole vibe. 🩹

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c — the source file reference, right where it belongs. 📁
• 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_begin_use(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_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)

mwah 💋 cute little source-and-date sign-off: this page comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026. That’s the footer vibe, preserved and slaying. 🫶💖