cik_sdma_vm_copy_pages(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 cik_sdma_vm_copy_pages(9) — like, the kernel API manual bestie ✨

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, page cik_sdma_vm_copy_pages(9) 🎀 yes the title is also the name, that's just how these pages roll, no notes 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

cik_sdma_vm_copy_pages — update PTEs by copying them from the GART, literally that's the whole gig 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void cik_sdma_vm_copy_pages (struct radeon_device *rdev , struct
       radeon_ib *ib , uint64_t pe , uint64_t src , unsigned count );

it's giving "void function, no return value, we just vibe and do the work" 💀✨

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

  • rdev — a radeon_device pointer, i.e. the whole graphics device situation 👑
  • ib — the indirect buffer we're filling with commands, she's the canvas fr fr 🎨
  • pe — addr of the page entry, that's the spot we're aiming at 🎯
  • src — src addr to copy from, the origin story 🌈
  • count — number of page entries to update, so like, how many we're doing in one go ✨

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So what it does: updates PTEs by copying them from the GART using sDMA (CIK). That's it, that's the whole tea ☕💅 no cap, it's a short one and she ate 🍓

heads up bestie, this is the CIK flavour specifically — the (CIK) is right there in the description and it's not decorative 😭

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

bestie the whole friend group is here, all living in the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik_sdma.c 🌸 go say hi to:

and that's the page!! 💖 sign-off time: this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ periodt, go read the source, ily, bye 🎀🦋💜

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