sdma_v4_0_ring_pad_ib(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 sdma_v4_0_ring_pad_ib 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the sdma_v4_0_ring_pad_ib(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is a lil function in the kernel docs and honestly she's giving "quiet luxury" — does one tiny job and does it flawlessly 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

sdma_v4_0_ring_pad_ib — pad the IB to the required number of dw 💖

like. that's literally her whole personality. she pads. that's it. no cap 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void sdma_v4_0_ring_pad_ib (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , struct amdgpu_ib
*ib );

returns nothing (void, she gives nothing back and that's iconic of her 💅), takes two pointers, and no she will not elaborate 💀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ring — the amdgpu_ring structure holding ring information 💍 like yeah she's the one carrying all the ring deets, main character energy fr
  • ib — indirect buffer to fill with padding 🧚 this is the one getting stuffed with padding, she's the canvas, the muse, the vessel ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v4_0.c 📁 — go read the source bestie, iykyk 👑

and then the whole sdma_v4_0 friend group, all of them, no one left out 🫶:

okay that's the whole page bestie, she ate and left no crumbs 🍓💜 mwah 💋

signing off from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu — October 2026 edition, page sdma_v4_0_ring_pad_ib(9) — stay padded, stay slaying ✨👑

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