uvd_v6_0_ring_emit_fence(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 uvd_v6_0_ring_emit_fence(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual girlies KNOW ✨

okay so bestie, buckle up, because today we're reading a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's honestly serving serious driver-internals realness 🎀 no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

uvd_v6_0_ring_emit_fence — bestie, this one literally emits a fence & trap command. that's the whole gig. iconic behavior fr 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void uvd_v6_0_ring_emit_fence (struct amdgpu_ring *ring , u64 addr , u64
seq , unsigned flags );

look at her. void, so she gives nothing back (very main character of her 💀), and she takes four little arguments. copy it exactly if you're writing it out, iykyk 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer, aka the ring we're doing all this for 👑
  • addr — the address, just vibing there being an address ✨
  • seq — the sequence number, a u64, keeping things in order like the organized queen she is 🎀
  • flags — the fence-related flags, unsigned, carrying all the fence lore 🌈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does she actually do? she writes a fence and a trap command to the ring. that's it. that's the whole description. short, sweet, and lowkey iconic 😭🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file itself lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v6_0.c — go read the source, bestie, it's giving lore 🧚

and the whole friend group ✨ (all of these are (9) pages, we stan a consistent squad):

ok that's the whole page bestie, go forth and emit your fences 💜

sign-off time 🎀✨ this little masterpiece is brought to you by the fine folks over at ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and yes the page name is uvd_v6_0_ring_emit_fence(9) in case you forgot already 🙈💖 slay, bye! 🦋

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