gfx_v7_0_get...lock_counter(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 gfx_v7_0_get_gpu_clock_counter — the kernel API manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to the gfx_v7_0_get...lock_counter(9) page (yes the title got truncated with dots in the header, that's just how the man page renders it, it's giving "ran out of character limit" energy 😭). It's a kernel API manual, it lives in section 9, and it's literally one function. Short page. Iconic page. Let's go 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

gfx_v7_0_get_gpu_clock_counter — grab yourself a snapshot of the GPU clock counter, that's the whole vibe 🕐

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

uint64_t gfx_v7_0_get_gpu_clock_counter (struct amdgpu_device *adev );

like... that's it. that's the function. one argument, returns a 64-bit number. slay 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • adev — an amdgpu_device pointer 🫶 that's the whole description, no cap. It's the device you're asking about, periodt.

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

So what does it actually do? It fetches a GPU clock counter snapshot (SI) 🔥 — yes, "SI" is literally in the original and we're keeping it, don't come for me.

And then it returns the 64 bit clock counter snapshot 💖. That's the tea. That's the entire tea. A snapshot goes in, a 64-bit counter comes out. Very demure, very mindful ✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the friend group 🫶 — the kernel file first, then the whole squad:

go read all of them, i'll wait 🍓

ngl there's a tiny sadness here: if you came looking for warnings, bugs, exit statuses or environment variables — this page doesn't have any. Not a one. No cap. It's a two-line function and honestly? she ate. 💀

so yeah bestie, that's the whole page: it's from the kernel API manual, the source/version line points at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, and it's dated October 2026 🌈 (yes, the future, don't ask). Same truncated gfx_v7_0_get...lock_counter(9) footer as the top — full circle, main character energy 👑💖 see u in the next man page, mwah 🧚

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