vcn_v1_0_enc_ring_get_rptr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vcn_v1_0_enc_ring_get_rptr 💅

okay so bestie, you're looking at vcn_v1_0_enc_ring_get_rptr — that's the function name, and honestly it's giving "long name, tiny job" energy, which is iconic of kernel APIs fr fr. It lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's here to grab one very specific thing for you. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

vcn_v1_0_enc_ring_get_rptr — get enc read pointer. that's it. that's the whole job. lowkey perfect. ✨

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

uint64_t vcn_v1_0_enc_ring_get_rptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

she takes one arg and hands you a uint64_t back. no cap. 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer. yes, that's the whole description. she's a pointer to the ring, main character energy, nothing more to say. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Returns the current hardware enc read pointer. literally that's it. that's the function. it goes and reads what the hardware's enc read pointer currently is and gives it back to you. obsessed with the simplicity honestly. 🔥

no extra lore, no hidden behaviour, no surprise side quests — the manpage says it returns the current hardware enc read pointer and that's the whole vibe check. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file she lives in, in all her glory: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v1_0.c

and the whole friend group 🫶:

and that's the page bestie!! 🥳 this lil beauty lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and she's filed under the name vcn_v1_0_enc_ring_get_rptr(9). slay, go read your read pointers responsibly 💜⭐

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