amdgpu_vce_ring_test_ring(9)

💅 amdgpu_vce_ring_test_ring(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so real talk, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual for amdgpu_vce_ring_test_ring(9), and honestly? It's a little one but it's doing its job and we respect it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

amdgpu_vce_ring_test_ring — literally just vibing in there to test if the VCE ring is working. That's it. That's the whole function. Vibe check on the ring, no cap 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int amdgpu_vce_ring_test_ring (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

so it takes one thing and it gives you back an int. main character signature behavior ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ring — the engine to test on. like, this is the ring you're checking up on. give it a poke, see if it's alive, iykyk 🌸

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file in question, obviously:

• ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c

and the whole friend group of related calls (it's giving ensemble cast, obsessed):

• 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(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_parse_cs_vm(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_emit_ib(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_emit_fence(9)
• amdgpu_vce_ring_test_ib(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 it lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, marked October 2026, and honestly it ate. slay 🎀✨👑