uvd_v5_0_ring_get_rptr(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is the uvd_v5_0_ring_get_rptr(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ and it's literally about uvd_v5_0_ring_get_rptr — aka the “get read pointer” function. that's the whole assignment 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

uint64_t uvd_v5_0_ring_get_rptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer 🫶 like, the ring you're asking about, passed in as a pointer. periodt.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns the current hardware read pointer — no cap, that's the tea ☕✨ it's giving “ask the hardware where it's reading right now” and you get that pointer back. iconic behavior, honestly 👑🔥

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v5_0.c
• uvd_v5_0_ring_get_wptr(9)
• uvd_v5_0_ring_set_wptr(9)
• uvd_v5_0_hw_init(9)
• uvd_v5_0_hw_fini(9)
• uvd_v5_0_mc_resume(9)
• uvd_v5_0_start(9)
• uvd_v5_0_stop(9)
• uvd_v5_0_ring_emit_fence(9)
• uvd_v5_0_ring_test_ring(9)
• uvd_v5_0_ring_emit_ib(9)

signing off from the uvd_v5_0_ring_get_rptr(9) page with source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu and date October 2026 — stay slay, bestie 💜🧚