uvd_v3_1_ring_emit_fence(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 uvd_v3_1_ring_emit_fence(9) 💖

okay bestie so this is a page out of the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is uvd_v3_1_ring_emit_fence — yes the whole (9) suffix is giving "section 9, kernel internals, don't ask questions" energy, we love that for her 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

uvd_v3_1_ring_emit_fence — emit a fence & trap command 🚧🔥

like literally that's it, that's her whole job description, and honestly? iconic.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void uvd_v3_1_ring_emit_fence (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , u64 addr , u64
seq , unsigned flags );

no cap, that's the signature, copy it exactly, do not come for me about the line break, that's just how the manpage breathes ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

okay so here's who's showing up to the group chat:

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer 🌀 like this is the ring the command gets written into, main character energy fr
  • addr — the address 🏠 literally just an address, that's the whole vibe
  • seq — the sequence number 🔢 a u64 bestie, she's numbered and she knows it
  • flags — fence related flags 🚩 an unsigned full of fence-related flag-ness, yk the drill

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Write a fence and a trap command to the ring. 🫶

like... that's the whole thing?? she writes a fence and a trap command to the ring and then she's done, periodt. short and sweet, no notes, we stan an efficient queen 👑

💀 not me realizing this is genuinely the entire description. some functions write whole essays in their manpage, this one said "fence, trap, ring, bye" and honestly? respect.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole uvd_v3_1_* friend group is here and they're all linked, go read them, iykyk 🌈

✨ cute sign-off time ✨

this lil masterpiece lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and it's brought to you by the Kernel API Manual — go forth, emit your fence, trap your command, and slay 💖🦋🎀🌸🫶👑⭐🍓🧚💜

uvd_v3_1_ring_emit_fence(9) — mwah, no notes 💅

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