UNION DRM_VMW_EXTENDED_CONTEXT_ARG(9)

💜 union drm_vmw_extended_context_arg(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual, and today's main character is this little union from the vmwgfx_drm.h corner of the universe 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

union drm_vmw_extended_context_arg — that's it, that's the name, she's a union and she's iconic 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

union drm_vmw_extended_context_arg {
    enum drm_vmw_extended_context req;
    struct drm_vmw_context_arg rep;
 };

like, look at her. two members. no notes. 🔥

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🦋 Members 🦋

• req — the context type. literally what kind of context we're talking about here 💖
• rep — the context identifier. the actual ID that comes back, iykyk 🫶

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🌈 Description 🌈

so what IS this thing? it's the argument to the DRM_VMW_CREATE_EXTENDED_CONTEXT Ioctl. that's the whole vibe. she shows up, she carries the argument, she slays, periodt 👑

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay this is the part where I introduce you to the whole friend group — they all live in the kernel file ./include/uapi/drm/vmwgfx_drm.h and honestly they're all so valid:

• enum drm_vmw_handle_type(9)
• struct drm_vmw_getparam_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_size(9)
• union drm_vmw_surface_create_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_fence_rep(9)
• struct drm_vmw_bo_rep(9)
• union drm_vmw_alloc_bo_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_control_stream_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_cursor_bypass_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_fence_wait_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_fence_event_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_shader_create_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_gb_surface_create_req(9)
• struct drm_vmw_gb_surface_create_rep(9)
• union drm_vmw_gb_surface_create_arg(9)
• union drm_vmw_gb_surface_reference_arg(9)
• enum drm_vmw_synccpu_op(9)
• struct drm_vmw_synccpu_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_handle_close_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_gb_surface_create_ext_req(9)
• union drm_vmw_gb_surface_create_ext_arg(9)
• union drm_vmw_gb_surface_reference_ext_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_msg_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_mksstat_add_arg(9)
• struct drm_vmw_mksstat_remove_arg(9)

go read them all, they're all eating down 💀✨

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ngl bestie, that's the whole page. short and sweet, just like she deserves 🍓

okay and finally, the cute little sign-off: this one lives over in ./include/uapi/drm, and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendars, the manual page is union drm_vm..._context_arg(9) and she said what she said 🧚💜🌸