sdma_v7_0_ctx_switch_enable(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 sdma_v7_0_ctx_switch_enable — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🦋

okay bestie so you found a page in the Kernel API Manual, and it's about sdma_v7_0_ctx_switch_enable — literally the function that halts (or un-halts!!) the async dma engines context switch 💅 ngl it's giving "tiny function, big job" and we love that for it.

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v7_0_ctx_switch_enable — stop the async dma engines context switch 🛑

like yes that's the whole name, no cap, that's the vibe.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sdma_v7_0_ctx_switch_enable (struct amdgpu_device *adev , bool
enable );

returns nothing (it's a void, she doesn't owe you a return value 💀), takes an amdgpu_device pointer and a bool. that's it. that's the whole signature. periodt.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adev — an amdgpu_device pointer 🫶 that's the GPU device handle you're working with, bestie, don't forget to actually pass it.
  • enable — enable/disable the DMA MEs context switch ✨ yes it's a bool, yes it does both directions, it's a multitalented icon.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Halt or unhalt the async dma engines context switch 💅

that's it, that's the whole thing — she halts, she unhalts, she's booked and busy. main character energy fr fr 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file where all this lives, lowkey the mothership:

  • ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v7_0.c

and the whole friend group (yes we're listing every single one, iykyk, we do not skip members of the squad 💜):

ok that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓 go forth and halt some context switches responsibly 💀

and the cute little sign-off: this one comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, under the manual name sdma_v7_0_ctx_switch_enable(9) — slay, see you in the next manpage 🌈✨🎀

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