sdma_v4_0_ring_get_rptr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 sdma_v4_0_ring_get_rptr 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for sdma_v4_0_ring_get_rptr — yes the whole page is literally just named after this one function, and honestly? she earned it. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v4_0_ring_get_rptr — get the current read pointer 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

uint64_t sdma_v4_0_ring_get_rptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ring — amdgpu ring pointer. that's the whole vibe. she takes a ring pointer, that's it, that's the argument 💅

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Gets the current rptr from the hardware (VEGA10+). 🔥

like, literally, it reaches into the hardware and pulls the current read pointer out — VEGA10 and everything newer. no cap. that's the entire function and she's iconic for it. ✨

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v4_0.c — that's the home base of this whole squad 🏠

lowkey the whole sdma_v4_0 friend group is tagged here, so if you're lost, just start clicking through the squad list. iykyk 🫶

that's the whole page bestie!! 🍓 this cutie lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu (the source/version spot), stamped with October 2026, and she goes by sdma_v4_0_ring_get_rptr(9) — mwah, go read the other ones, ily, bye 💜🌈

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