cayman_dma_vm_pad_ib(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

cayman_dma_vm_pad_ib — pad the IB to the required number of dw

okay bestie, you found the cayman_dma_vm_pad_ib(9) page in the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving "one tiny job, done cute" energy ✨ that job? pad the IB to the required number of dw. no cap 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void cayman_dma_vm_pad_ib (struct radeon_ib *ib );

the way this signature is just sitting there with its void and its struct radeon_ib *ib — iconic. periodt 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ib — indirect buffer to fill with padding. that's it, bestie: the indirect buffer is the thing getting filled with padding 🌸

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the SEE ALSO squad is linked through the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ni_dma.c, and honestly? a whole friend group:

• cayman_dma_get_rptr(9)
• cayman_dma_get_wptr(9)
• cayman_dma_set_wptr(9)
• cayman_dma_ring_ib_execute(9)
• cayman_dma_stop(9)
• cayman_dma_resume(9)
• cayman_dma_fini(9)
• cayman_dma_is_lockup(9)
• cayman_dma_vm_copy_pages(9)
• cayman_dma_vm_write_pages(9)
• cayman_dma_vm_set_pages(9)

xoxo, this page comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon, dated October 2026, and yes, the manual page is cayman_dma_vm_pad_ib(9) 💖