radeon_ring_commit(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 radeon_ring_commit(9) — the Kernel API Manual era ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the radeon_ring_commit(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "one job and she does it." let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

radeon_ring_commit — literally the function that tells the GPU to go execute the new commands sitting on the ring buffer. that's it, that's the whole vibe. she's the messenger 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void radeon_ring_commit (struct radeon_device *rdev , struct radeon_ring
*ring , bool hdp_flush );

copy it exactly like that if you're writing it out, okay? no cap, the commas and the spacing are on purpose 🙈

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • rdev — a radeon_device pointer, aka the "which radeon device are we even talking about" handshake 👑
  • ring — the radeon_ring structure that's holding all the ring information. she's the one carrying the gossip 📥
  • hdp_flush — a bool that says whether or not to perform an HDP cache flush. yes or no bestie, pick one 💅

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the whole plot: you update the wptr (the write pointer) to tell the GPU to execute the new commands on the ring buffer. that's the entire main character moment 🤩

and the little parenthetical at the end? "(all asics)" — meaning this works on every asic, no exceptions, no "well actually." periodt 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

like, go read these next, iykyk 💜

🫶 friendly reminder that this whole page lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon in the kernel tree — that's the source, bestie, don't lose her ✨

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this dropped October 2026, brought to you by the lovely people at ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon — stan them, they keep the GPU fed 🍓🧚‍♀️

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