vmw_binding_drop(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vmw_binding_drop(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and today's main character is vmw_binding_drop. she's short, she's sweet, she does exactly one thing and she ate. ✨

🌸 NAME

vmw_binding_drop — stop tracking a context binding. that's it. that's the whole job. lowkey iconic for it 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS

void vmw_binding_drop (struct vmw_ctx_bindinfo *bi );

literally one function, one arg, returns nothing (void, so don't go looking for a return value, she gives you nothing back and that's fine 💅).

🦋 ARGUMENTS

  • bi — pointer to binding tracker storage. yes bestie, this is the storage for the tracker. hand her the pointer and she'll do her thing. 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION

okay so here's the tea: vmw_binding_drop stops tracking a context binding, and then it re-initializes its storage. two-for-one. obsessed. 🧚

typically you reach for this when the context binding is being replaced — with a binding to another resource, or, honestly, the same resource, for that matter. either way, same vibe, same call. no cap. 🌈

👑 SEE ALSO

bestie the friend group is huge, buckle up. first up, the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_binding.c (that's where all of this lives, fr fr), then:

that's the whole group chat, every single one of them, no one left on read 💀💜

ngl if you actually read all 40 of those you deserve a little treat. go drink some water. 🍓

and that's the page! huge thank you to the source at ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026 — mwah, love u, mean it. slay and goodbye 💅✨🌸

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