cik_sdma_vm_set_pages(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 cik_sdma_vm_set_pages(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the cik_sdma_vm_set_pages(9) page — it's a Kernel API Manual entry and honestly it's a little baddie of a function. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

cik_sdma_vm_set_pages — update the page tables using sDMA 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void cik_sdma_vm_set_pages (struct radeon_device *rdev , struct
radeon_ib *ib , uint64_t pe , uint64_t addr , unsigned count , uint32_t
incr , uint32_t flags );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

literally every single one of them, no skipping, we're thorough here 💅

  • rdev — the radeon_device pointer. it's giving "main character struct" 👑
  • ib — the indirect buffer we're gonna fill up with commands ✨
  • pe — the addr of the page entry 🎀
  • addr — the dst addr to write into pe 🦋
  • count — how many page entries we're updating, i.e. the number of them 🌸
  • incr — increase next addr by incr bytes, so it just keeps on stepping 🚶‍♀️
  • flags — the access flags, iykyk 🔥

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Update the page tables using sDMA (CIK). that's the whole vibe — short, sweet, iconic. periodt. ✨

ngl bestie this description is lowkey minimal but we're not out here inventing lore, we're just reporting the facts 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik_sdma.c — and then the whole squad, fr fr:

and that's the page bestie 🫶 it lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon, the version stamp says October 2026, and the header on top of it all is cik_sdma_vm_set_pages(9). slay, go update those page tables 💅✨

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