jpeg_v5_0_1...ing_get_rptr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💫 jpeg_v5_0_1_dec_ring_get_rptr — get read pointer 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual section 9 🎀 — yes we're in the kernel, yes we're in the DRM/AMDGPU hangout, and yes this little function is about to be your new fave. it's jpeg_v5_0_1_dec_ring_get_rptr and honestly? iconic behaviour only. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

jpeg_v5_0_1_dec_ring_get_rptr — get read pointer 🫶

like, that's literally the whole job description and she ate.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

uint64_t jpeg_v5_0_1_dec_ring_get_rptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

so you hand her a ring and she hands you back a uint64_t. simple. clean. no drama. no cap. ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer 👑 like, that's it, that's the whole argument list, she doesn't need anything else from you, she's lowkey self-sufficient.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns the current hardware read pointer. ⭐

that's it. that's the vibe. one job, done flawlessly, main character energy fr fr. no side effects described, no extra lore, just: give her the ring, get a read pointer back. periodt. 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file that houses all this magic lives at:

./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/jpeg_v5_0_1.c 📁💜

and bestie, here's the whole friend group, go say hi to the siblings 👇

like look at that roster 😭 get_rptr, get_wptr, set_wptr — the pointer trio, the it-girls of the decode ring 💅🔥

ngl if you came here looking for set_rptr… she's not on the list bestie, don't manifest her, just work with what's here 🙈

🧚 sign-off 🧚

and that's the whole page! 🎀 brought to you by the fine people hanging out in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, living under the Kernel API Manual banner. mwah. go read a ring pointer. slay. 💜🫶✨

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