vce_v3_0_ring_get_rptr(9)

💅 vce_v3_0_ring_get_rptr — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 🎀 today's main character is vce_v3_0_ring_get_rptr, and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she does exactly one thing. iconic behavior fr fr.

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✨ NAME ✨

vce_v3_0_ring_get_rptr — get read pointer 🫶

like... literally that's the whole job. get the read pointer. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

uint64_t vce_v3_0_ring_get_rptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

that's it. one function, one argument, returns a uint64_t. she's lowkey minimal and we stan 💖

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer 💫 that's your ring, bestie. hand her over and she'll do her thing.

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Returns the current hardware read pointer 🔥

that's the vibe. the current. hardware. read pointer. returned. periodt 💅 (and yeah, the return type is uint64_t, so it's giving big-number energy 🌈)

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vce_v3_0.c 📁 that's where she lives, go say hi
• vce_v3_0_ring_get_wptr(9) — the wptr sibling, matching set energy 🍓
• vce_v3_0_ring_set_wptr(9) — the setter, also in the family 💜
• vce_v3_0_start(9) — and this one, start her up ⭐

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ok that's the whole page 🙈 short and sweet, just like she should be. go get that read pointer, bestie — you got this 💪✨

written under ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and that's the whole manual page, mwah 💋🎀