vmw_bo_move_notify(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for vmw_bo_move_notify(9) — and the function itself is vmw_bo_move_notify, aka the TTM move_notify_callback 💅✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void vmw_bo_move_notify (struct ttm_buffer_object *bo , struct
       ttm_resource *mem );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bo — the TTM buffer object that is about to move 👀💨
• mem — the struct ttm_resource indicating to what memory region the move is taking place 🗺️✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It detaches cached maps and device bindings that require that the buffer doesn't move — literally the “you can’t sit with us if you need this buffer to stay put” cleanup, no cap 🧹💖 periodt.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_bo.c — home base 🏠. And the whole crew:

• 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_bo_init(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)

mwah 💋 source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, date October 2026, page vmw_bo_move_notify(9) — bye bestie, go be iconic 🫶✨