vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_get_rptr(9)

💅 vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_get_rptr(9) — the Kernel API Manual bestie era 🎀

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and specifically to vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_get_rptr(9) — yes that whole mouthful is the name, we don't make the rules, we just slay them ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_get_rptr — get read pointer. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it gets the read pointer. icon behavior fr 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

uint64_t vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_get_rptr (struct amdgpu_ring *ring );

so you call it, hand it a ring, and it hands you back a uint64_t. simple. elegant. no cap 🫶

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⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

• ring — an amdgpu_ring pointer. that's the one and only thing you pass in. she's the main character of this function, lowkey 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns the current hardware read pointer. and honestly? that's the entire plot. no twists, no secret bonus features, just the current hardware read pointer served fresh, exactly like it says on the tin 🍓

ngl this one is a short king of a manpage — the description really is just that one line. no extra lore hiding anywhere. i checked twice 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c — the mothership, the source of truth, the place where all of this actually lives 📁
• vcn_v2_5_early_init(9)
• vcn_v2_5_sw_init(9)
• vcn_v2_5_sw_fini(9)
• vcn_v2_5_hw_init(9)
• vcn_v2_5_hw_fini(9)
• vcn_v2_5_suspend(9)
• vcn_v2_5_resume(9)
• vcn_v2_5_mc_resume(9)
• vcn_v2_5_disable_clock_gating(9)
• vcn_v2_5_enable_clock_gating(9)
• vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_get_wptr(9)
• vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_set_wptr(9)
• vcn_v2_5_enc_ring_get_rptr(9)
• vcn_v2_5_enc_ring_get_wptr(9)
• vcn_v2_5_enc_ring_set_wptr(9)

like, the whole vcn_v2_5 friend group showed up to the function party and honestly? the group chat is thriving 💜 notice how we got the dec ring get rptr right here, plus all her rptr/wptr besties on both the dec and enc side — iykyk 🧚

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and that's the whole page!! fin. this absolute cutie of a manpage lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, dated October 2026, and it's filed under vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_get_rptr(9). mwah, go read your hardware pointers, bestie 😭💖