vmw_binding_add(9)

💅 vmw_binding_add(9) — or, "how to start tracking a binding, bestie"

okay so real quick before we dive in: this page lives in the Kernel API Manual section 9, and the function is vmw_binding_add. she's a lil function but she's got main character energy in the vmwgfx binding world, fr fr. 🌸

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_binding_add — start tracking a context binding 🎀

like, this is literally the "hey bestie, keep an eye on this one" function.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void vmw_binding_add (struct vmw_ctx_binding_state *cbs , const struct
vmw_ctx_bindinfo *bi , u32 shader_slot , u32 slot );

no cap, that's the whole signature. four things in, nothing out — she returns void because she's not about that ~receipts~ life. 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• cbs — pointer to the context binding state tracker 🫶 this is the lil tracker that's gonna be keeping the notes, so hand her over nicely.
• bi — information about the binding to track 💖 the actual deets on the thing you want watched.
• shader_slot — the shader slot of the binding ⭐ yep, the shader one.
• slot — the slot of the binding 🎀 and the plain slot, which is a different slot, iykyk.

lowkey do not mix up shader_slot and slot. they are siblings, not twins. 🙈

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

starts tracking the binding in the context binding state structure cbs ✨ that's it, that's the whole bit. she begins the tracking. the binding goes in, the tracking begins, the vibe is immaculate. 🦋

like, literally all she does is kick off the tracking inside cbs — the manual is not out here promising you anything more, and honestly? respect. 👑

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay so there are a lot of siblings here, and I'm listing every single one because we don't gatekeep in this house 💜 — also the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_binding.c, which is where all this lives.

struct vmw_ctx_binding_state(9), struct vmw_binding_info(9), vmw_cbs_context(9), vmw_binding_loc(9), vmw_binding_drop(9), vmw_binding_cb_offset_update(9), vmw_binding_add_uav_index(9), vmw_binding_transfer(9), vmw_binding_state_kill(9), vmw_binding_state_scrub(9), vmw_binding_res_list_kill(9), vmw_binding_res_list_scrub(9), vmw_binding_state_commit(9), vmw_binding_rebind_all(9), vmw_binding_scrub_shader(9), vmw_binding_scrub_render_target(9), vmw_binding_scrub_texture(9), vmw_binding_scrub_dx_shader(9), vmw_binding_scrub_cb(9), vmw_collect_view_ids(9), vmw_collect_dirty_view_ids(9), vmw_emit_set_sr(9), vmw_emit_set_rt(9), vmw_collect_so_targets(9), vmw_emit_set_so_target(9), vmw_binding_emit_dirty_ps(9), vmw_collect_dirty_vbs(9), vmw_emit_set_vb(9), vmw_binding_emit_dirty(9), vmw_binding_scrub_sr(9), vmw_binding_scrub_dx_rt(9), vmw_binding_scrub_so_target(9), vmw_binding_scrub_vb(9), vmw_binding_scrub_ib(9), vmw_binding_scrub_so(9), vmw_binding_state_alloc(9), vmw_binding_state_free(9), vmw_binding_state_list(9), vmw_binding_state_reset(9), vmw_binding_dirtying(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚 from the ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx source, dated October 2026 — so go forth, track those bindings, and remember: the tracking starts here, periodt. 💀💖