sdma_v6_0_r...ipeline_sync(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💫 sdma_v6_0_ring_emit_pipeline_sync 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes THE Kernel API Manual, we're in the big leagues now 🎀 — and today's main character is sdma_v6_0_ring_emit_pipeline_sync(9). she's short, she's sweet, she makes the GPU wait its turn. iconic behavior honestly.

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v6_0_ring_emit_pipeline_sync — sync the pipeline 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sdma_v6_0_ring_emit_pipeline_sync (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

like, that's the whole vibe. one function, one pointer, zero drama. 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer, aka the ring we're out here synchronizing. she's the struct amdgpu_ring * in question, no cap.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Make sure all previous operations are completed (CIK). that's it. that's the whole function.

basically she's the group-chat "okay everyone wait, did we ALL finish??" message 📣 — everything queued up before this point has to be done done, and she's the one who says it. CIK energy, periodt. 🔥

ngl this one's a tiny legend: no return value, no surprises, just vibes and a guarantee that the stuff before her is finished. 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file where all this magic lives, lowkey the source of truth:

./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v6_0.c

and her whole friend group 🧚 — go say hi:

okay that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈 she lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, this edition is dated October 2026, and it's brought to you by the Kernel API Manual — go forth and sync those pipelines fr fr 💜⭐ slay

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