STRUCT VMW_SURFACE_OFFSET(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is the struct vmw_surface_offset(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about backing store mip level offset info. that's the whole vibe. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the struct is serving this exact shape, no cap:

       struct vmw_surface_offset {
           uint32_t face;
           uint32_t mip;
           uint32_t bo_offset;
        };

🎀 Members 🎀

here's the cast, bestie — no skips:

• face — surface face. the surface face, periodt.
• mip — mip level. yes, the mip level.
• bo_offset — offset into backing store of this mip level. it's giving "where this mip level sits in the backing store" energy. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file is ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c, and the whole group chat of related stuff is right here:

• struct vmw_user_surface(9)
• struct vmw_surface_dirty(9)
• vmw_surface_dma_size(9)
• vmw_surface_define_size(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_size(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_encode(9)
• vmw_surface_define_encode(9)
• vmw_surface_dma_encode(9)
• vmw_hw_surface_destroy(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_create(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_dma(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_bind(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_unbind(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_destroy(9)
• vmw_surface_init(9)
• vmw_user_surface_base_to_res(9)
• vmw_user_surface_free(9)
• vmw_user_surface_base_release(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_ioctl(9)
• vmw_surface_define_ioctl(9)
• vmw_surface_reference_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_create(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_ext_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_ext_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_internal(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_internal(9)
• vmw_subres_dirty_add(9)
• vmw_subres_dirty_full(9)
• vmw_dumb_create(9)

mwah 💋 — brought to you by ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, October 2026 edition, and yes, struct vmw_surface_offset(9) is still the main character. 🫶