cik_sdma_ring_pad_ib(9)

💅 cik_sdma_ring_pad_ib(9) — live from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to cik_sdma_ring_pad_ib(9) — this is the function whose whole thing is padding the IB to the required number of dw, and honestly? iconic. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

cik_sdma_ring_pad_ib — pad the IB to the required number of dw 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

the literal signature is giving exactly this, no cap:

void cik_sdma_ring_pad_ib (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , struct amdgpu_ib
*ib );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ring — the amdgpu_ring structure holding ring information. that's the ring-info holder, periodt. 🌀
• ib — the indirect buffer to fill with padding. yes bestie, this is the IB getting the padding treatment. 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go touch grass in these related pages, iykyk:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/cik_sdma.c
• cik_sdma_init_microcode(9)
• cik_sdma_ring_get_rptr(9)
• cik_sdma_ring_get_wptr(9)
• cik_sdma_ring_set_wptr(9)
• cik_sdma_ring_emit_ib(9)
• cik_sdma_ring_emit_hdp_flush(9)
• cik_sdma_ring_emit_fence(9)
• cik_sdma_gfx_stop(9)
• cik_sdma_rlc_stop(9)
• cik_ctx_switch_enable(9)
• cik_sdma_enable(9)
• cik_sdma_gfx_resume(9)
• cik_sdma_rlc_resume(9)
• cik_sdma_load_microcode(9)
• cik_sdma_start(9)
• cik_sdma_ring_test_ring(9)
• cik_sdma_ring_test_ib(9)
• cik_sdma_vm_copy_pte(9)
• cik_sdma_vm_write_pte(9)
• cik_sdma_vm_set_pte_pde(9)
• cik_sdma_ring_emit_pipeline_sync(9)
• cik_sdma_ring_emit_vm_flush(9)
• cik_sdma_emit_copy_buffer(9)
• cik_sdma_emit_fill_buffer(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 source/version vibes: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu; date: October 2026; and the page is cik_sdma_ring_pad_ib(9). mwah 💋✨