sdma_v2_4_ring_emit_ib(9)

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💅 sdma_v2_4_ring_emit_ib(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual entry, bestie 🎀

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about sdma_v2_4_ring_emit_ib — yes the whole name, we're being formal today ✨

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v2_4_ring_emit_ib — Schedule an IB on the DMA engine. That's it, that's the whole job description, and honestly? Iconic. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sdma_v2_4_ring_emit_ib (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , struct
amdgpu_job *job , struct amdgpu_ib *ib , uint32_t flags );

like literally just those four params and it returns void, no cap. 💜

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

okay bestie let's go through these one by one, no skipping 🔥

  • ring — amdgpu ring pointer. this is the DMA ring we're dropping the IB onto 💫
  • job — the job to retrieve vmid from. yes we're digging the vmid out of it, that's the whole reason it's here 🎀
  • ib — the IB object to schedule. this is the main character of the function, fr fr 👑
  • flags — unused. that's it. unused. collection of zero bits, we stan a consistent flag 🙈

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Schedule an IB in the DMA ring (VI). 🦋

that's the vibe. one sentence, zero fluff, ate and left no crumbs 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so first off, the kernel file itself lives at:

./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v2_4.c

and then the whole friend group, the entire sdma_v2_4_* squad, all here, all linked, all in the manual, iykyk 🧚:

like look at that roster. twenty-two whole entries. that's a full friend group chat right there 😭💖

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