sdma_v7_1_ring_get_rptr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 sdma_v7_1_ring_get_rptr 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're fancy now 🎀 — and today's main character is a little function called sdma_v7_1_ring_get_rptr. she's short, she's sweet, she's literally the read pointer retrieval arc.

✨ NAME ✨

sdma_v7_1_ring_get_rptr — get the current read pointer 🌸

like. that's it. that's her whole job. and she ate.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

uint64_t sdma_v7_1_ring_get_rptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

she takes one arg and she hands you back a uint64_t. simple queen behavior 👑

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

  • ring — amdgpu ring pointer 🫶 that's it, that's the whole input. just a pointer to the amdgpu ring, minding its own business, no cap.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so what does she do — get the current rptr from the hardware. literally that. hardware says "here's the rptr," and she goes "slay, thank you," and returns it to you ✨

no tricks, no surprises, no hidden lore. pure vibes, pure hardware read. iykyk 💜

ngl bestie this is one of those "the name tells you everything" functions and honestly? iconic. we stan a self-documenting queen 🌈

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go read her friends, they're all in the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v7_1.c — the whole group chat lives there 🧚

okay that's the whole page, you're caught up, you're so smart now 💖✨

sign-off time 🎀 this lil slice of the Kernel API Manual was brought to you by the source path ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026 — periodt, that's the whole footer, love u bye 🦋💜

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