vmw_bo_pin_in_start_of_vram(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 vmw_bo_pin_in_start_of_vram 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's vmw_bo_pin_in_start_of_vram(9), and yes it's giving very specific, very niche, very slay 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_bo_pin_in_start_of_vram — move a buffer to start of vram. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vmw_bo_pin_in_start_of_vram (struct vmw_private *dev_priv , struct
vmw_bo *buf , bool interruptible );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dev_priv — driver private. the driver's own little private stash, iykyk 🙈
  • buf — DMA buffer to pin. this is the buffer we're pinning down, main character energy 👑
  • interruptible — use interruptible wait. basically: can this wait get interrupted? choose wisely ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so like, this function takes the reservation_sem in write mode. no cap. 📝

then it flushes and unpins the query bo, and the whole reason is literally to avoid failures. that's the tea ☕

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • Zero on success 🎉
  • Negative error code on failure 😭
  • in particular, -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted by a signal 💀

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_bo.c, plus the whole friend group:

okay that's the whole page, bestie 🍓 and for the cute little sign-off: this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and the manual is literally vmw_bo_pin_in_start_of_vram(9) 💅✨ periodt.

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