sdma_v7_1_ring_emit_ib(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 sdma_v7_1_ring_emit_ib — a kernel API manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for sdma_v7_1_ring_emit_ib(9). yes that's the whole title, yes it's a mouthful, no we're not shortening it, it's iconic like that 💖

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v7_1_ring_emit_ib — literally just schedules an IB on the DMA engine. that's the whole gig. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void sdma_v7_1_ring_emit_ib (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , struct
amdgpu_job *job , struct amdgpu_ib *ib , uint32_t flags );

it returns void, meaning it gives you nothing back, and honestly? respect. it just does the thing and leaves. main character energy fr fr 👑

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • ring — the amdgpu ring pointer. this is the ring we're talking about, bestie, it's giving "the venue" 🎤
  • job — the job we pull the vmid from. it's literally there so we can retrieve vmid, that's its entire purpose in this function's life 😌
  • ib — the IB object we're about to schedule. our little star of the show ⭐
  • flags — unused. not "sometimes used", not "used for special cases", unused. it's just... there. decorative. a lil guy 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

schedule an IB in the DMA ring. that's it, that's the description. short, sweet, and to the point, and honestly we love a function that knows exactly what it is. no cap. 🔥

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

first up, the actual kernel file where all this lives:

  • ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v7_1.c

and now the whole friend group 🫂 — every single one of these, no skips:

like, the whole squad showed up. we stan a well-documented family tree 🌈

ngl bestie, if you're reading a section 9 kernel API page at 3am, hydrate, stretch, and know that flags is still unused. it will always be unused. that's its journey 💀

that's a wrap, bestie!! 🎀 this cutie lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, it's dated October 2026, and it's a Kernel API Manual page, sdma_v7_1_ring_emit_ib(9) — mwah, slay, go schedule some IBs responsibly 💖✨🦋

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