gfx_v7_0_ring_test_ib(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 gfx_v7_0_ring_test_ib(9) — straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up era of kernel docs 🎀 this one's a little function that lives in the amd GPU driver and honestly? it's giving "trust but verify" energy. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

gfx_v7_0_ring_test_ib — the basic ring IB test 💖 literally just "does this thing work" for your gfx ring.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int gfx_v7_0_ring_test_ib (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , long timeout );

two arguments, one int back. simple. iconic. 🔥

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ring — the amdgpu_ring structure that's holding all your ring information 👑 like, this is the whole vibe of the ring right here.
  • timeout — the timeout value, measured in jiffies, or MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT if you're feeling patient 🕰️ (and by patient we mean maximum patience, periodt).

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does it do? It allocates an IB and executes it on the gfx ring (CIK). 🫶 That's it, that's the whole thing.

It's providing a basic gfx ring test — a little vibe check, if you will — to verify that IBs are actually working. ✨

Returns 0 on success 💚, error on failure 💀. no in-between, it's not going to be nice about it.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Bestie, this one has friends. So many friends. Here's the whole group chat 💬 plus the kernel file it all lives in:

Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v7_0.c

ngl bestie, if you're deep enough in the kernel to be reading this page, you already know. but like… now you really know 💅

okay that's a wrap! 🎀 this masterpiece brought to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, under the name gfx_v7_0_ring_test_ib(9). go forth and test those IBs, queen 👑💖

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