vmw_bo_dirty_clear_res(9)
π NAME π
vmw_bo_dirty_clear_res β bestie, this one clears a resource's dirty region from its backing mob, no cap β¨
okay so real talk, we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (9 means kernel API stuff, iykyk), and this little icon is all about wiping the dirty slate clean π§Ήπ
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void vmw_bo_dirty_clear_res (struct vmw_resource *res );
literally that's it. one argument, void return, in and out π«Ά
π ARGUMENTS π
resβ the resource π that's the whole vibe, she's the star of the show
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
Okay so here's the tea β β this function clears all dirty ranges affecting the resource straight out of its backup mob's dirty tracking. Like, every single dirty range that's touching res? gone. deleted. not me cleaning up the tracking state πβ¨
it's giving "fresh start era" fr fr π
β SEE ALSO β
the whole friend group, bestie, they all hang out together π«Ά:
- Kernel file
./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.cπ struct vmw_bo_dirty(9)vmw_bo_dirty_scan_pagetable(9)vmw_bo_dirty_scan_mkwrite(9)vmw_bo_dirty_scan(9)vmw_bo_dirty_pre_unmap(9)vmw_bo_dirty_unmap(9)vmw_bo_dirty_add(9)vmw_bo_dirty_release(9)vmw_bo_dirty_transfer_to_res(9)
and that's the whole page, bestie π§π this cutie lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, stamped October 2026 β go forth and clear those dirty ranges, you're gonna slay π₯π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms