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π sdma_v6_0_ctxempty_int_enable(9) β the Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense π
okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β¨ this one is a tiny little function with one whole job and honestly? she ate. let's get into it π«Ά
πΈ NAME πΈ
sdma_v6_0_ctxempty_int_enable β literally just enables or disables context empty interrupts. that's it. that's the whole vibe check π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void sdma_v6_0_ctxempty_int_enable (struct amdgpu_device *adev , bool
enable );
look at her. void. no return value. no drama. no crumbs left behind π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
adevβ anamdgpu_devicepointer, aka your little handle to the AMD GPU situation. she needs to know which device we're talking about, iykyk πenableβ abool, so it'strue/falseenergy. this is you deciding whether context switching should happen because of queue empty conditions. on or off. main character decision honestly β¨
π₯ DESCRIPTION π₯
enable or disable the async dma engines queue empty context switch. that's the whole description, no cap π it's giving "small function, big responsibility". you flip enable and the async dma engines either do or don't context switch when the queue goes empty. iconic behaviour ngl π
π SEE ALSO π
the lore lives in this kernel file, bestie:
./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v6_0.c
and here's the whole friend group, all of them, no one left out π«Ά:
sdma_v6_0_ring_get_rptr(9)sdma_v6_0_ring_get_wptr(9)sdma_v6_0_ring_set_wptr(9)sdma_v6_0_ring_emit_mem_sync(9)sdma_v6_0_ring_emit_hdp_flush(9)sdma_v6_0_ring_emit_fence(9)sdma_v6_0_gfx_stop(9)sdma_v6_0_rlc_stop(9)sdma_v6_0_enable(9)sdma_v6_0_gfx_resume_instance(9)sdma_v6_0_gfx_resume(9)sdma_v6_0_rlc_resume(9)sdma_v6_0_load_microcode(9)sdma_v6_0_start(9)sdma_v6_0_ring_test_ring(9)sdma_v6_0_vm_copy_pte(9)sdma_v6_0_vm_write_pte(9)sdma_v6_0_vm_set_pte_pde(9)sdma_v6_0_ring_emit_pipeline_sync(9)sdma_v6_0_emit_copy_buffer(9)sdma_v6_0_emit_fill_buffer(9)
go read them. they're all slaying in their own ways β
okay that's the whole page!! this one came from the ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu corner of the world π¦ and it's dated October 2026 β so like, future vibes fr fr π anyway ily, go enable some context empty interrupts responsibly, mwah ππβ¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms