vce_v4_0_ring_get_wptr(9)

💫 vce_v4_0_ring_get_wptr(9) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, that's the manual name, we're fancy here 💅 — and today's main character is vce_v4_0_ring_get_wptr. it's a little function, it's an icon, it does exactly one thing and honestly? respect.

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✨ NAME ✨

vce_v4_0_ring_get_wptr — get write pointer 🌸

like literally, that's the whole job. getting the write pointer. no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

uint64_t vce_v4_0_ring_get_wptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

she takes one thing and she gives you back a uint64_t. that's the vibe check and she passed 💖

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer. that's it, that's the whole argument list, one (1) ring pointer, she travels light 🫶

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

returns the current hardware write pointer. literally that's the description, the original said it in one line and we are NOT padding it out, the confidence is giving main character energy 👑

so yeah — you hand her the ring, she hands you back the current hardware write pointer as a uint64_t. short queen behaviour, we stan 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vce_v4_0.c — that's where she lives, that's her home base 🏠
• vce_v4_0_ring_get_rptr(9) — the read pointer sibling, obsessed with the symmetry ngl
• vce_v4_0_ring_set_wptr(9) — the setter, the counterpart, the other half of the wptr duo iykyk
• vce_v4_0_start(9) — the starter, go check her out too ⭐

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so that's the whole page, no crumbs left behind, every detail accounted for 🧚💜 and before you go — this lil beauty comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu and it's dated October 2026, so mark your calendars bestie, see you then 🍓✨