intel_vgpu_sync_oos_pages(9)
π intel_vgpu_sync_oos_pages π
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β¨ β yes, the Kernel API Manual, we're doing Big Kernel Things today and you're gonna slay it, i promise π«Ά
πΈ NAME πΈ
intel_vgpu_sync_oos_pages β sync all the out-of-synced shadow for vGPU π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
int intel_vgpu_sync_oos_pages (struct intel_vgpu *vgpu );
π ARGUMENTS π
vgpuβ a vGPU. that's it, that's the whole argument. one (1) vGPU, iconic, low maintenance π
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
so like, this function is the main character of pre-submission prep π§: it gets called before submitting a guest workload to the host, and its whole job is to sync all the out-of-synced shadow for the vGPU. no cap, that's the vibe β everything out of sync gets brought back in line before the handoff π«
π₯ RETURN π₯
- Zero on success π (yay, ate, no notes)
- a negative error code if it failed π (it's giving "something went wrong", we don't love that)
π SEE ALSO π
peep the kernel file right here, bestie:
./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c
and the whole friend group π―ββοΈ β every single one of these, no skips:
intel_vgpu_flush_post_shadow(9)intel_vgpu_create_ppgtt_mm(9)_intel_vgpu_mm_release(9)intel_vgpu_unpin_mm(9)intel_vgpu_pin_mm(9)intel_vgpu_gma_to_gpa(9)intel_vgpu_emulate_ggtt_mmio_read(9)intel_vgpu_init_gtt(9)intel_vgpu_clean_gtt(9)intel_vgpu_find_ppgtt_mm(9)intel_vgpu_get_ppgtt_mm(9)intel_vgpu_put_ppgtt_mm(9)intel_gvt_init_gtt(9)intel_gvt_clean_gtt(9)intel_vgpu_invalidate_ppgtt(9)intel_vgpu_reset_ggtt(9)intel_gvt_restore_ggtt(9)
and that's the page, bestie π
β¨ shoutout to ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt for holding it down, and to October 2026 for the timestamp β periodt, see you in the next manpage ππ¦π
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