sdma_v4_0_ring_emit_ib(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 sdma_v4_0_ring_emit_ib(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🌸

okay bestie, so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's about sdma_v4_0_ring_emit_ib — literally the function that schedules an IB on the DMA engine. VEGA10 energy only, we don't do anything else here 💅 let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v4_0_ring_emit_ib — Schedule an IB on the DMA engine 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void sdma_v4_0_ring_emit_ib (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , struct
amdgpu_job *job , struct amdgpu_ib *ib , uint32_t flags );

that's the whole vibe, no cap ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • ring — the amdgpu ring pointer 🌀 like, the actual ring bestie, that's where the work goes
  • job — the job we're pulling the vmid out of 🔍 (yes, from the job, don't ask me, that's just the plot)
  • ib — the IB object we're scheduling 👑 the main character of this whole function fr fr
  • flags — unused 😭 literally not used, she's invited but she's not doing anything

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Schedule an IB in the DMA ring (VEGA10). that's it, that's the function 🫶 iconic, lowkey, does exactly what it says on the tin.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the kernel file lives right here, bestie:

./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v4_0.c

and here's the whole friend group, all the sdma_v4_0 girlies 💜:

aaaaand that's the page!! 🎀 source/version is the Kernel API Manual, the directory is ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, and this icon was published October 2026 under sdma_v4_0_ring_emit_ib(9) 💖 mwah, go schedule something slay ✨🦋

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