radeon_fence_process(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 radeon_fence_process(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so real talk, this one's from the radeon_fence_process(9) page in the Kernel API Manual and it's honestly short but it matters, so let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

radeon_fence_process — literally just: process a fence. that's the whole gig. no cap. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void radeon_fence_process (struct radeon_device *rdev , int ring );

that's it. two args, no return value (it's a void, so it gives you nothing back — very demure, very mindful 🙈).

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • rdev — a radeon_device pointer 💖 like, the actual radeon device we're talking about here.
  • ring — the ring index that this fence is associated with 🎀 so you gotta know which ring you're talking about, iykyk.

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so what does it DO 👀 it checks the current fence value, and if the sequence number has increased, it wakes the fence queue. that's the whole vibe. and yes — this goes for all asics, no exceptions, everyone's invited to the party 💅🔥

ngl, this is one of those "small function, big consequences" situations — it's the thing that notices "oh we moved forward" and goes and wakes everybody up 🌸

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the kernel file lives right here in ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c 🍓 and here's the whole fence friend group, they all show up together:

and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this came out of ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon, dated October 2026, and it's radeon_fence_process(9) — go forth and process those fences, you absolute icon 👑✨💖

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