sdma_v4_4_2_ring_emit_ib(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ sdma_v4_4_2_ring_emit_ib — kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you're deep in the amdgpu SDMA mines and you found sdma_v4_4_2_ring_emit_ib, a section 9 kernel API page. no cap, she's a tiny function with a big job. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

sdma_v4_4_2_ring_emit_ib — schedule an IB on the DMA engine ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void sdma_v4_4_2_ring_emit_ib (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , struct
amdgpu_job *job , struct amdgpu_ib *ib , uint32_t flags );

literally that's the whole signature, copy it exactly, don't @ me 🫶

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • ring — an amdgpu ring pointer 💫 the ring in question, bestie
  • job — the job to retrieve vmid from 👑 yes, the vmid comes from here
  • ib — the IB object to schedule 🌟
  • flags — unused 🙈 (she's just there for the vibes, don't pass anything meaningful expecting it to do stuff)

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Schedule an IB in the DMA ring. that's it, that's the whole description ✨ like, the function's entire personality is "put this IB on the DMA ring." iconic, concise, lowkey slay 🔥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v4_4_2.c — go read her for the real tea 🍓

and here's the whole friend group, all of them section 9, all of them in the same file's orbit:

💀 quick vibe check: flags is unused. that's not me being shady, that's just what the page says. fr fr.

that's the whole page, bestie 🧚💜 sourced from the kernel file under ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, October 2026, manual name sdma_v4_4_2_ring_emit_ib(9) — stay hydrated, keep your pointers valid, and slay your DMA ring scheduling ✨👑🎀

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