vmw_bo_init(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_bo_init — initialize a vmw buffer object ✨

Okay bestie, welcome to vmw_bo_init(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 — this is the page for getting a vmw buffer object initialized, and we're keeping all the deets, no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here's the signature in all its glory, character-for-character:

       int vmw_bo_init (struct vmw_private *dev_priv , struct vmw_bo *vmw_bo ,
       struct vmw_bo_params *params , void (*destroy)(struct ttm_buffer_object
       *) );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev_priv — pointer to the device private struct 🫶
• vmw_bo — the buffer object to initialize 💅
• params — parameters used to initialize the buffer object 🌸
• destroy — the function used to delete the buffer object 🦋

💜 RETURN 💜

Returns Zero on success, and a negative error code on error. That's the whole vibe check 😭✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_bo.c — and the whole squad is here too, no skips:

• vmw_bo_free(9)
• vmw_bo_pin_in_placement(9)
• vmw_bo_pin_in_vram_or_gmr(9)
• vmw_bo_pin_in_vram(9)
• vmw_bo_pin_in_start_of_vram(9)
• vmw_bo_unpin(9)
• vmw_bo_get_guest_ptr(9)
• vmw_bo_pin_reserved(9)
• vmw_bo_map_and_cache(9)
• vmw_bo_unmap(9)
• vmw_user_bo_synccpu_grab(9)
• vmw_user_bo_synccpu_release(9)
• vmw_user_bo_synccpu_ioctl(9)
• vmw_bo_unref_ioctl(9)
• vmw_user_bo_lookup(9)
• vmw_bo_fence_single(9)
• vmw_bo_swap_notify(9)
• vmw_bo_move_notify(9)

Cute sign-off time 🎀✨: this page comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and it's literally vmw_bo_init(9) saying byeee 💖🦋👑